[D66] Stuck on the Platform

[René Oudeweg]

valiz.nl <https://valiz.nl/en/publications/stuck-on-the-platform>


  Stuck on the Platform

Valiz 1
3-4 minutes
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  * A plea to reclaim the internet from addictive platform capitalism,
    from the author of /Sad by Design/
  * For everyone who wants to scrutinize their own use of the internet
    and online platforms //
  * From Zoom fatigue, to the NFT hype, to online cancel culture and more

Author:* *Geert Lovink
<https://networkcultures.org/geert/>Design: Irene Stracuzzi
<https://irenestracuzzi.com/>

April 2022, Valiz | Pb | 240 pp. | 24 x 14,5 cm (h x w) | English | ISBN
978-94-93246-08-9 | € 25,00

*Geert Lovink* is a Dutch media theorist, internet critic and author of
/Uncanny Networks/ (2002), /Dark Fiber /(2002), /My First Recession/
(2003), /Zero Comments /(2007), /Networks Without a Cause/ (2012),
/Social Media Abyss/ (2016), /Organisation after Social Media/ (with Ned
Rossiter, 2018) and /Sad by Design /(2019).

In 2004 he founded the Institute of Network Cultures
<https://www.networkcultures.org/> at the Amsterdam University of
Applied Sciences (HvA). His center organizes conferences, publications
and research networks such as Video Vortex (online video), The Future of
Art Criticism and MoneyLab (internet-based revenue models in the arts).
Recent projects deal with digital publishing experiments, critical meme
research, participatory hybrid events and precarity in the creative
sector. In December, 2021 he was appointed Professor of Art and Network
Cultures at the Art History Department, Faculty of Humanities of the
University of Amsterdam for one day a week.

*Press *

Click here <https://newbooksnetwork.com/stuck-on-the-platform-2> to
listen to the interview with Geert Lovink about his book by Rueben
Niewenhuis on New Books Network (13 October 2022)

(Only in Dutch) Click here
<https://www.designdigger.nl/2022/10/05/interview-internetpionier-geert-lovink-een-gereguleerd-socialemediaplatform-zou-algemeen-beschikbaar-moeten-zijn-net-als-drinkwater/>
to read the interview 'Internetpionier Geert Lovink: “Een gereguleerd
socialemediaplatform zou algemeen beschikbaar moeten – zijn net als
drinkwater"' by Jeroen Junte on designdigger.nl (5 October 2022)

(Only in Dutch) Click here
<https://valiz.nl/images/publicaties/Stuck_on_the_Platform/Recensie_Lovink_Stuck_on_the_Platform_GONZO_sept-okt_2022-min.png> to
read the review of /Stuck on the Platform/ in Gonzo (circus) (Sep-Oct 2022)

(Only in Dutch) Click here
<https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/dus-internet-moet-veranderen-maar-hoe-twee-nederlandse-auteurs-hebben-daar-ideeen-over~bb65f50f/> to
read the interview with Geert Lovink about /Stuck on the Platform /by
Laurens Verhagen in de Volkskrant (19 August 2022)

/Stuck on the Platform /featured
<https://valiz.nl/images/publicaties/Stuck_on_the_Platform/Stuck_on_the_Platform_in_Amsterdam_Alternative_JulyAugust_2022_compressed.pdf> in
Amsterdam Alternative's Tip Top 5 (July/August 2022)

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We’re all trapped. No matter how hard you try to delete apps from your
phone, the power of seduction draws you back. Doom scrolling is the new
normal of a 24/7 online life. What happens when your home office starts
to feel like a call center and you’re too fried to log out of Facebook?
We’re addicted to large-scale platforms, unable to return to the
frivolous age of decentralized networks. How do we make sense of the
rising disaffection with the platform condition? Zoom fatigue, cancel
culture, crypto art, NFTs and psychic regression comprise core elements
of a general theory of platform culture. Geert Lovink argues that we
reclaim the internet on our own terms./Stuck on the Platform/ is a
relapse-resistant story about the rise of platform alternatives, built
on a deep understanding of the digital slump.

Explore the digital sources mentioned in the footnotes of the book
<https://digitalcontentvalizmakingpublic.net/Stuck-on-the-Platform>
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