In diesem Essay geben wir zunächst einen Überblick über den Stand der Forschung zur Netzwerktheorie, um uns dann eine mafsgebliche Kategorie in der kybernetischen Herrschaft anzuschauen: das Model!. Wir kritisieren das Medell als eine estumgebung, die Zukünftigkeit einschränkt, und prüfen dann den heutigen …

Over many years we’ve been looking at the emergence of “organized networks” as an alternative concept that could counter the social media platform a priori of gathering (and then exploiting) “weak links.”[1] Organized networks invent new institutional forms whose dynamics, properties, and practices are …

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 …

Exploring the politics of networks through and beyond social media Organized networks are an alternative to the social media logic of weak links and their secretive economy of data mining. They put an end to freestyle friends, seeking forms of empowerment beyond the brief moment of joyful networking. …