Archiving by Design betekent dat je de archieffunctie als een organisatiefunctie ontwerpt en systemen inzet die dat ontwerp realiseren. Centraal bepalen, regelen en organiseren hoe moet worden gearchiveerd en decentraal faciliteren met (misschien meerdere) systemen en (misschien meerdere) edepotvoorzieningen …

The quest of organization haunts us. If anarchists were once said to defy authority, nowadays we defy organization. Structures are perceived to hold us back and pin us down with the iron cage of identity. The solidified social limits our freedom with its demand of never-ending “engagement.” How desperate …

Studies show adults’ attitudes towards citizenship to be related to their educational level. It has been claimed that higher educated people more often possess ‘good’ citizenship values. However, only limited insight exists into how differences in citizenship attitudes between adolescents from various …

Eerder gepubliceerd in Bodem, 2018, nr. 12 Wolters Kluwer Eeuwige nazorg of afbouwen? Vele verontreinigde locaties zijn in Nederland geïsoleerd van hun omgeving. Volledige sanering bleek hier technisch en/of financieel niet haalbaar of wenselijk. Maar zitten we hier nu ‘eeuwig’ aan vast, met hoge maatschappelijke …

I am proud to present the preface I wrote for Silvio Lorusso’s book, which came out in November 2018, in Italian, published by Krisis Publishing in Brescia, Italy. Here is the link if you want to know more about this title and order it. This is critical design theory at its best–Made in Europe. The text …

While classical melancholy was defined by isolation and introspection, today’s tristesse plays out amidst busy social media interactions. Geert Lovink on ‘technological sadness’ – the default mental state of the online billions.

Poster presentation at Let’s Gro Groningen, on the opportunity for inner-city production of biogas within a circular restaurant concept at the Boterdiep, Groningen, in collaboration with Mr Maik van Heerd (Progress Events), Mr Geert Greving (Groningen Gist), Mr Ruud Paap (New Energy Coalition), Thomas …

This online STS muhabbet, friendly but critically engaging conversation that took place between Yetiskin and Lovink will walk you through the stages of identifying the problems, threats, and possibilities that media technologies have brought to the table of not only users but also social science researchers …

(This is part III of a series of essays on meme theory, all published on this site. Part I is called They Say That We Can’t Meme: Politics of Idea Compression. Part II is entitled Rude Awakening: Memes as Dialectical Images)