Phd on blockchain imaginaries at Utrecht University & Institute of Network Cultures
“Strange but powerful snail solidarities are emerging”
| Website | http://integloerich.nl/ |
New post: An interview between @integloerich and I on Economic Live Action Role Playing Games, crushing neoliberalism through art and more.
" Neoliberalism was always already a game, although it is one that we did not consent to, with rules that are enforced through dispossession, violence, enclosure, and resource extraction. Let’s play a different game."
Ths book contains conversations with artists & activists that engage critically with the socioeconomic setup of their sector .. @integloerich
We're delighted to announce the publication from Open Humanities Press of Dark Botany: The Herbarium Tales, edited by Prudence Gibson, Sigi Jottkandt, Marie Sierra and Anna Westbrook.
Available in open access and print:
http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/dark-botany/
Dark Botany activates the material and sensorial wonder of plants. In this Wunderkammer of critical plant studies essays and plant+artworks, the herbarium emerges as a site of multiple materialities and reflexive forms of counter-narrative. Herbaria specimens come alive as assemblages, telling truths about their dark histories and darker contemporary currents, while reflecting on the complexity of texture, movement, memory, compound structure, chemical emissions and rapid evolution of plants and languages. What one discovers is that herbaria are not static: they are as vital, energetic and enigmatic as the plants in their collections.
#OA #OAbooks #humanities #openhumanities #ohp #plants #PlantScience #environmentalhumanities #art
Our Special Issue on 'The City as a License: Design, rights and civics in a blockchain society' for Big Data & Society is out! (w/ Martijn de Waal, @gabferri, John Vines, @chriselsden).
The SI features critical examinations of citizenship and rights in blockchain-based Smart Cities, (algorithmic) governance, and the right to the city.
Contributors include: Shenja Van Der Graaf, Mehdi Montakhabi, Vasilis Kostakis, Alex Pazaitis, Jillian Crandall, & Silvia Semenzin.
In their introduction to the Creative Urban Methods dossier, Sigrid Merx, Coco Kanters, Michiel de Lange, and Nanna Verhoeff advocate for revisiting "situated knowledges" and adopting creative approaches for studying the multifaceted nature of contemporary urban life and culture.
I'll be opening and moderating this interesting event at @impakt in two weeks: Digital Colonialism – Contemporary practices of extraction https://impakt.nl/events/2024/event/digital-colonialism/
In our introduction Gerwin van Schie and I will highlight some blockchain-related examples of different forms of digital colonialism, while some speakers focus on practices of resistance in the broader tech context.
Speakers: @gabrielopereira, Abdo Hassan, Chloë Arkenbout, and Evelyn Wan
Looking forward to a great conversation!
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Jan. 22 2024 16:00-18:00 I co-organize a roundtable event about ‘Creative Urban Methods’. Both to celebrate the launch of our recent special issue on #creativeurbanmethods in Mediapolis (http://mediapolisjournal.com/dossier-creative-urban-methods/) and to discuss the merits of innovative ways for studying #mediacities.
Date: 22 January 2024
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Location: MCW Lab, Kromme Nieuwegracht 20 (entrance via Muntstraat 2A), Utrecht, NL.
Link: https://urbaninterfaces.sites.uu.nl/save-the-date-roundtable-creative-urban-methods/
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