Een nieuw bestaan opbouwen in Nederland, is een terugkerende thema in gesprekken met (voormalig) vluchtelingen die wij hebben gevoerd in het kader van onderzoek naar studeren en werken in Nederland. In de gesprekken over deze nieuwe start klonk vaak optimisme, dankbaarheid en volharding door. Dat laatste …

Social media users can be forgiven for feeling dissatisfied. ‘Old media’ news, based on the perpetual celebrity comeback, has hit a conceptual impasse with new cancel culture. Geert Lovink calls for the renewal of social networking tools giving users a constructive voice.

“Dökülen gözyaşları yalnızsın diye heba olmaz.” René Char—“Autocorrect dün gece rüyama girdi.” Darcie Wilder—“Kişisel olan gayri şahsidir.” Mark Fisher —Motivasyonel konuşmacı: “Sola kaydır ve hayatına devam et.”—“Kolay sayılırım ama seninle görüşmek için çok meşgulüm” t-shirt’ü—“Neden benimle ortada …

This is the age of network extinction. Small is trivial. Notorious vagueness and non-commitment on the side of slackerish members killed the once cute, postmodern construct of networks. Platforms did the rest. Decentralization may be the flavour of the day, but no one is talking about networks anymore …

Who are you in the digital public sphere? Are you »a woman«, »a man« or a robot? Are you classified as »right-wing« or »left-wing«? Dutch researcher Miriam Rasch writes about how twisted alternatives for bodies and identities are created online. A translation of the essay was originally published in …

Hoe kunnen we vanuit onzichtbare ervaringen tot nieuwe pedagogische principes in de kunsteducatie komen? Dat is de centrale vraag in dit essay. Vanuit een literaire benadering onderzoek ik hoe onzichtbare ervaringen tot stand komen en hoe je ze herkent. Een leidend begrip dat ik in mijn bronnen ben tegengekomen en dat ik zal pogen te verhelderen, is het begrip osmose, …

As a teacher in ICT and Media Design at Fontys University of Applied Sciences I know but all too well what many of my students want. They are part of a makers community. Most of them just want to build cool stuff with whatever (new) technology may be relevant. My students are by grosso modo millennials …