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Blog Entry Back When the Past had a Future: Being Precarious in a Network Society
by Nishant Shah — published Feb 12, 2013 — last modified Feb 12, 2013 06:16 AM — filed under: , , ,
We live in Network Societies. This phrase has been so bastardised to refer to the new information turn mediated by digital technologies, that we have stopped paying attention to what the Network has become. Networks are everywhere. They have become the default metaphor of our times, where everything from infrastructure assemblies to collectives of people, are all described through the lens of a network.
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Blog Entry Digital Habits: How and Why We Tweet, Share and Like
by Nishant Shah — published Oct 23, 2012 — last modified Oct 23, 2012 10:13 AM — filed under: ,
There aren’t always rational explanations for the ways in which we behave on networks. While there are trend spotting sciences and pattern recognition methods which try to make sense of how and why we behave in these strange ways on networks, they generally fail to actually help us understand why we do the things that we do when we are connected.
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Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 1 Live Blog: Globalising Lady GaGa
by Alok Vaid-Menon — published Sep 27, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 05:02 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bengaluru, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners. The workshop aims to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
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Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 1 Live Blog: Introduction
by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 26, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 04:38 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bengaluru from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners. The workshop hopes to generate dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become the visible landmarks of contemporary life, and produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
Located in RAW / … / Blogs / Habits of Living
Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 1 Live Blog: PechaKucha
by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 26, 2012 — last modified Oct 10, 2012 07:15 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bengaluru, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners. The workshop aims to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
Located in RAW / … / Blogs / Habits of Living
Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 2 Live Blog: Deepak Menon on Water in India
by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 27, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 05:14 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bengaluru, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners. The workshop aims to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
Located in RAW / … / Blogs / Habits of Living
Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 2 Live Blog: On Technology and Affective Indian Feminism(s)
by Alok Vaid-Menon — published Sep 27, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 09:39 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bengaluru, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners. The workshop aims to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
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Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 2 Live Blog: Radhika Gajjala Lectures on e-Philanthropy
by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 28, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 05:40 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
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Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 3 Live Blog: Akansha Rastogi's Performance on Exhibition Space
by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:09 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
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Blog Entry Habits of Living Thinkathon — Day 3 Live Blog: Eivind Rossaak on Archives in Motion
by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:39 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Habits of Living Thinkathon (Thinking Marathon) is being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, from September 26 to 29, 2012. The event brings together a range of multi-disciplinary scholars and practitioners. The aim of the workshop is to generate a dialogue on the notion of surrogate structures that have become visible landmarks of contemporary life, and to produce new conceptual frameworks to help us understand networks and the ways in which they inform our everyday practice and thought.
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