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Mareline Heijman

Prior to the master New Media, I've completed the ba Media & Cultuur at the University of Amsterdam. Interests: virtual reality, identity, future, creation, the way new media shapes us.

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Resistance to Locative Media: Google Germany

The Germans proof that castles in the skies can be actualized. A real act of resistance to power has been put . More than 244.000 German internet users requested Google not to photograph their houses for Google Street View. The...
By Mareline Heijman on 11/01/10 3
Pet animal 2.0: Neopets

Pet animal 2.0: Neopets

If blogs are Foucauldian confession than this is mine. I used to play Neopets. Nine years ago I’ve created an account to be recognized in Neopia as “Mareline”. My virtual pets, luckily a user is only allowed to have...
By Mareline Heijman on 10/31/10 2

A Clay Tablet Is Not a Book

Mcluhan believed the medium to be the message. When we are trying to understand the effects of the medium, we ought to analyze the medium. And when the medium changes, the message is bound to transform. Who’s utopian vision...
By Mareline Heijman on 10/19/10 Comments Off on A Clay Tablet Is Not a Book

Fail Whale: Studying Discourses by Means of Twitter

It’s a bit difficult to study Twitter when you’re not on it. Hence I log in with the user account I’ve created a while ago, 18 months ago to be exact. Again, I don’t really get the excitement. Despite...
By Mareline Heijman on 10/11/10 Comments Off on Fail Whale: Studying Discourses by Means of Twitter

Encyclopedic Enough?

The integration of wiki knowledge into mirror worlds would possibly satisfy our desire to capture and understand the world to a large extend. Mirror Worlds; Yes, I would like to contribute. The 80s ‘neutral’ knowledge-gathering tour took me from...
By Mareline Heijman on 10/04/10 1

Book Review: Check in/ check uit. De digitalisering van de openbare ruimte. [The Digitalization of Public Space] by C. van ’t Hof, R. van Est, F. Daemen

Is it still possible to check out? Check in/ check uit. De digitalisering van de openbare ruimte. stems from the assumption that new media developments such as OV-chipkaart and Google Street view are the visible parts of a fundamental...
By Mareline Heijman on 09/26/10 5

Blogging and IKEA

Knowing I have the opportunity to express my feelings in a blog, makes me feel content. Yes, this may seem as the perfect outlet for my thoughts. They only need some organization. Normally I would buy boxes, at the...
By Mareline Heijman on 09/12/10 Comments Off on Blogging and IKEA