<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> may be of interest for some of you... Best wishes, Sebastian. ________________________ <div class="moz-forward-container"> Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch (eds), Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2013. ISBN: 978-90-818575-2-9, paperback, 384 pages. Now freely downloadable as pdf on: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/publication/unlike-us-reader-social-media-monopolies-and-their-alternatives">http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/publication/unlike-us-reader-social-media-monopolies-and-their-alternatives</a> To order a free print copy of the reader, visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://networkcultures.org/publications">http://networkcultures.org/publications</a> Check the book trailer here and feel free to share! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://vimeo.com/59997671">https://vimeo.com/59997671</a> The Unlike Us Reader offers a critical examination of social media, bringing together theoretical essays, personal discussions, and artistic manifestos. How can we understand the social media we use everyday, or consciously choose not to use? We know very well that monopolies control social media, but what are the alternatives? While Facebook continues to increase its user population and combines loose privacy restrictions with control over data, many researchers, programmers, and activists turn towards designing a decentralized future. Through understanding the big networks from within, be it by philosophy or art, new perspectives emerge. Unlike Us is a research network of artists, designers, scholars, activists, and programmers, with the aim to combine a critique of the dominant social media platforms with work on ‘alternatives in social media’, through workshops, conferences, online dialogues, and publications. Everyone is invited to be a part of the public discussion on how we want to shape the network architectures and the future of social networks we are using so intensely. Contributors: Solon Barocas, Caroline Bassett, Tatiana Bazzichelli, David Beer, David M. Berry, Mercedes Bunz, Florencio Cabello, Paolo Cirio, Joan Donovan, Louis Doulas, Leighton Evans, Marta G. Franco, Robert W. Gehl, Seda Gürses, Alexandra Haché, Harry Halpin, Mariann Hardey, Pavlos Hatzopoulos, Yuk Hui, Ippolita, Nathan Jurgenson, Nelli Kambouri, Jenny Kennedy, Ganaele Langlois, Simona Lodi, Alessandro Ludovico, Tiziana Mancinelli, Andrew McNicol, Andrea Miconi, Arvind Narayanan, Wyatt Niehaus, Korinna Patelis, PJ Rey, Sebastian Sevignani, Bernard Stiegler, Marc Stumpel, Tiziana Terranova, Vincent Toubiana, Brad Troemel, Lonneke van der Velden, Martin Warnke and D.E. Wittkower. Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2013 ISBN 978-90-818575-2-9 <div apple-content-edited="true"><img id="da93e053-2146-4622-9f37-422c23579112" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:part2.01000903.03020608@uti.at" height="293" width="200"> --- Miriam Rasch, MA Institute of Network Cultures Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA room 04A07 Rhijnspoorplein 1 NL-1091 GC Amsterdam t: +31 20 5951865 f: +31 20 5951840 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:miriam@networkcultures.org">miriam@networkcultures.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.networkcultures.org">www.networkcultures.org</a> PO BOX 1025 NL-1000 BA Amsterdam </div> </div> </body> </html>