Lovink, Geert, Dr.

Former Mercator Fellow

INSTITUTE OF NETWORK CULTURES


Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Room 04A07

Benno Premsela Huis

Rhijnspoorplein 1

1091 GC Amsterdam

Geert Lovink is a Dutch media theorist, internet critic and author of Uncanny Networks (2002), Dark Fiber (2002), My First Recession (2003), Zero Comments (2007), Networks Without a Cause (2012) and Social Media Abyss (2016). In 2004 he founded the Institute of Network Cultures at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. His centre organizes conferences, publications and research networks such as Video Vortex (online video), Unlike Us (alternatives in social media), Critical Point of View (Wikipedia), Society of the Query (the culture of search), MoneyLab (internet-based revenue models in the arts). Recent projects deal with digital publishing and the future of art criticism. He also teaches at the European Graduate School (Saas-Fee/Malta) where he supervises PhD students.

  • Kritik der sozialen Medien und Plattform-Kapitalismus
  • Onlinevideo Ästhetik
  • Experimente in der Kunstkritik
  • Internettheorie
  • Deutsche Medientheorie
  • Internetbezahlungsmodelle
Auf deutsch erschienen:

Im Bann der Plattformen, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2017.
Das halbwegs Soziale, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2013.
mit Pit Schulz: Jugendjahre der Netzkritik, Amsterdam, 2009.
Zero Comments, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2008.
Dark Fiber, Bundeszentrale für politische Bilding, Berlin, 2004.
Hör zu oder stirb, ID-Archiv, Berlin-Amsterdam, 1992.