Monthly Archives: November 2016

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0110-digital-turk-work-20160110-story.html via http://jdeanicite.typepad.com/i_cite/2016/11/crowdwork.html “”This online piecework, or “crowdwork,” represents a radical shift in how we define employment itself The individuals performing this work are of course not traditional employees, but neither are they freelancers. They are, instead, “users” or “customers” … Continue reading →

Originally posted on enemyindustry:
Originally, written at the request of Deleuze Studies, who seem to have forgotten they asked somewhere along the way. Not to worry, it’s a great opportunity to show off this photo of a magnificent cumulonimbus (Thanks, by…

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“The debate about accelerationism has been violent and vituperative. Here I want to consider the battle over the notion of the future. Accelerationism, in its various forms, has often claimed a monopoly on the future. The argument is that only … Continue reading →

“What does civic engagement look like in a digital age? What does it mean to participate in civic life when the lines between online and offline, political and social, organization and network are increasingly blurred? We define civic media as … Continue reading →

Originally posted on VIRALITY:
This symposium at The Centre for Entangled Media Research (CEMR) in the College of Arts and the School of Film and Media at the University of Lincoln, UK now has a nice website with all the…

https://downloads.sms.cam.ac.uk/2351164/2351170.mp3 “Cybernetics and systems analysis – both important contributors to our contemporary information architecture – have been the subjects of highly critical historical analyses. Scholars such as Peter Galison, S. Amadae and Paul Edwards argue that the techno-sciences of cybernetics … Continue reading →

“Channeling the promise global interconnection, and framed as the mark of contemporary optimization, “the digital” has come to represent the path towards the future for diverse nations, economies, and populations alike. In the midst of its accelerating pursuits across distinct … Continue reading →