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Cybernetic Subjectivity and Information

Cybernetic Subjectivity and Information

The image above attempts to illustrate some of the core elements of what we could call ‘cybernetic subjectivity,’ that is, how the process of ‘subjectification’ might occur within a cybernetic framework. Here, we refer to Michel Foucault’s idea of...
By Sanne Stevens on 05/08/19 Comments Off on Cybernetic Subjectivity and Information
Extraction and accumulation in times of platform capitalism

Extraction and accumulation in times of platform capitalism

The above visualization represents some of the core developments in what has been referred to as ‘platform capitalism’. It draws upon the small volume by Nick Srniceck with the same title. In ‘Platform Capitalism’, Srnicek explains how capitalism is...
By Sanne Stevens on 03/26/19 Comments Off on Extraction and accumulation in times of platform capitalism
A Call for Collectivization: Addressing the atomization and exploitation of ‘lean platform’ workers

A Call for Collectivization: Addressing the atomization and exploitation of ‘lean platform’ workers

Sketching the Problem: Lean Platforms and ‘Precarity by Design’ The platform labor economy, epitomized by platforms such as Uber and TaskRabbit, is actively reshaping the relationship between workers and the labor that they perform. Sometimes referred to as the...
By Sanne Stevens on 03/25/19 Comments Off on A Call for Collectivization: Addressing the atomization and exploitation of ‘lean platform’ workers
Am I—Reflections on the search recommendations, algorithmic identity and the datafied subject

Am I—Reflections on the search recommendations, algorithmic identity and the datafied subject

“The endless, continuously updated streams of information online are selected, processed and made available through recommendations calculated by complex algorithms. Am I explores how these algorithmic recommendations shape our everyday existence – and both reflect as shape our sense...
By Sanne Stevens on 10/24/18 Comments Off on Am I—Reflections on the search recommendations, algorithmic identity and the datafied subject
Stop trying to script my life

Stop trying to script my life

The colonization of the empty state and nudges as contested territory. On another day at the office, something remarkable happens. I manage to clean up my entire email inbox. Not being the kind of person whose inbox is often...
By Sanne Stevens on 09/23/18 Comments Off on Stop trying to script my life