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(Scroll down to read the vacancy in Dutch) The Hmm is a platform for internet and digital cultures. Through events, online research dossiers, and educational programmes, we reflect on people’sRead More
Author: Lilian Stolk
Introduction
How can a lighter internet be more accessible and sustainable?… Read More
Can Blockchain Contribute to a Lighter Internet?
Saratu Abiola researches if the blockchain can make the internet more inclusive.… Read More
We are Planet Earth: an interview with Andres Colmenares, IAM
Lilian Stolk interviews IAM founder Andres Colmenares about his perspective on a sustainable, accessible, interdependent internet. … Read More
Introduction
How do fans organise online? And how do they shape our online culture?… Read More
Online fandom: a troubled history
Sjef van Beers introducing online fandom and stan culture… Read More
Meet three stans: someone from the Rihanna Navy, the A.R.M.Y and a Smiler
What’s it like to be a stan? We asked 3 stans to answer this question.… Read More
Why we should not stan: about fandom and the music industry
Lilian Stolk interviews David Turner about why stans, according to David, are one of the worst aspects of the record industry.… Read More
Introduction
How do you create an interesting experience for both physical and virtual visitors? … Read More
‘We are here together now’ is the crux of every event
Interview with Esther Hammelburg, who is doing her PhD on ‘liveness’, about the essence is of attending an event.… Read More
Sharing Hybrid #01: one year of organising online events
What have we learned after one year of organising online events? We shared experiences with a few other cultural organisations and researchers.… Read More
Sharing Hybrid #02: the first hybrid experiments
Now that physical events can take place again, we reflect on our first hybrid experiences this year.… Read More
Report The Hmm @ Online events
For The Hmm @ Online events we invited 8 artists, cultural organisations and developers to talk about the online event experiments they did.… Read More
The hybrid formats we tested
What hybrid experiments have we tried so far and what can we learn from them? We reflect on three experiences.… Read More
Internet in “the rest of the world”
When things are written about internet culture, especially when written in English, it is often about trends, platforms or tools that are used and developed in North America or Europe. In this article Lilian Stolk explores the internet in “the rest of the world”.… Read More
Resisting Algorithmic Colonialism
A list of initiatives that are developing tools specifically for the African continent or raise awareness of the adoption of Western technologies.… Read More
Introduction
Can alternative platforms fix the internet? … Read More
ohyay! ohyay! ohyay! A platform that lets you define your own interactions
Lilian Stolk visits the virtual office of Andrew Lin, one of the founders of ohyay.… Read More
Enter: a friendly and experimental digital space
Interview with Florian van Zandwijk, project manager Enter… Read More
10 thoughts on the future of the internet
Lilian Stolk interviews philosopher and developer Jan Hein Hoogstad… Read More