Tag Archives: Geert Lovink

MyCreativity: Alternative Business and Organisation Models

Roman Tol | 21 November 2006, 5:09 am | 1 comment | tags: , , ,

The topic of discussion at MyCreativity was to propose a new system of copyright that withstands the 21st century, respects the domains of knowledge and creativity, and provides artist with a worthy financial compensation. Joost Smiers has clearly thought about this thoroughly. His lecture was the most detailed and covered some important issues. In this blog post I will translate…

MyCreativity: Made in Europe Part II: Dispatches from the City

Twan Eikelenboom | 20 November 2006, 6:07 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , ,

The closing session of MyCreativity continued the previous session on dispatches from the city: Examples of the Creative Industry -or insert preffered term here- from around Europe. The first session covered Vienna, Dublin, Barcelona and Basel.

In this second session we’re venturing into London, Helsinki, Berlin and with Rotterdam we’re bringing MyCreativity back home to the Netherlands. What…

MyCreativity: Made in Europe Part I: Dispatches from the City

Pepijn Uitterhoeve | 20 November 2006, 1:17 am | 4 comments | tags: , ,

This two-hour lecture covered the cities of Vienna, Dublin, Barcelona and Basel (Switzerland).

MyCreativity

Monika Mokre and Elisabeth Mayerhofer covered Vienna, Aphra Kerr covered Dublin, Barbara Strebel covered Basel, and Matteo Pasquinelli covered Barcelona.

The lecture started with Vienna, which was delivered at lightning speed. I didn’t know Austrians could speak English that fast. This made it hard for me…

MyCreativity, Fifth Session (Creative Labour and Precarious Creativity) Part Two

Heleen van der Klink | 19 November 2006, 11:16 pm | tags: , , , , , ,

photo of davidCreative labour as the basis for a critique of creative industries policy- David Hesmondhalgh

At this presentation Hesmondhalgh would to like think about how an analysis of creative labour might contribute to critique. Therefore he suggests three critical approaches to creative labour:

1. NICL: This term was created by

MyCreativity, First Session Part One

Michael Stevenson | 17 November 2006, 3:42 pm | tags: , , , ,

MyCreativity: Geert Lovink & Ned RossiterAt around 10:15 the usual suspects started showing up, including my fellow master students (some of us are aware that a 10 a.m. start means 10:30 in conference-speak). Geert Lovink (see photo) opened the proceedings as laptops took over the podium. Ned Rossiter (see photo), whose new book was presented a little while ago, reminded the crowd that we…

Discuss Article: Blogging, the Nihilist Impulse – Geert Lovink

Anne Helmond | 05 September 2006, 2:42 pm | 2 comments | tags: , ,

On page three, paragraph three Lovink states that ‘blogs were the actual catalysts that realized democratization’.

But wasn’t Usenet an early catalyst? Or is Usenet dismissed because it has never reached critical mass?

He also states on page three, paragraph four that ‘For business types there is no immediate money in it’. I am of opinion that this is no…