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Dingpolitik and an internet of things

Tjerk Timan | 11 September 2008, 4:49 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , ,

The relevancy of performing research into the topic of an Internet of Things lies in the fact that, although seemingly the concept has faded into the background, reality might be catching up.
Where the web 2.0 bubble keeps on growing within the natively digital, a slow but steady growth can be seen in, amongst other things, near-field –communication devices,…

Non-figurative versus disfiguration

Rosa Menkman | 07 August 2008, 11:25 am | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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As described before, the glitch can be understood as a break from the (expected) flow within a system. When we take this definition literally, any accident, technological or natural, can be defined as a glitch. The French cultural theorist Paul Virilio states that technology cannot exist without its potential accident. The accident (and thus the glitch)…

Mobile city conference – Stephen Graham on the politics of urban space

Tjerk Timan | 29 February 2008, 3:45 pm | 9 comments | tags: , , , , , , ,

Introduction by Ole Bouman:
At the NAI, values of architecture are defended that we are fond of to defend. Most architects and policy makers do belief that architecture is about shelter and enclosure, occupation and representation. Archiving architecture used to be at the core of the NAi, but it has to look at what is happening with architecture now…