Vacancy: Visual Communication 2026
The Hmm is a platform for internet culture. We explore and celebrate what people do online, and take a critical look at how this is influenced by the technology weRead More
Author: Lilian Stolk
Links The Archive and the Audience
Publication Preserving Practices – The Archive and the Audience: https://etherport.org/publications/workshop/Preserving_Practices_2/ The workshop pad: https://etherport.org/w/workshop::Preserving_Practices_2::Avery_Dame-Griff_Lecture.md Login to etherport via: https://etherport.org/manage/ Password: PreservingPractices2025
8 tips to make a fun livestream!
Based on our experience organising hybrid events and livestreams, as well as insights gathered through experimentation and audience feedback, we have identified ten practical lessons for creating engaging and inclusiveRead More
Introduction: This is who youâre being mean to
What do current gender expression trends show us about internet culture today?… Read More
Quiz: Assigned Gender By Algorithm
With this essay in the format of a quiz, Senka MilutinoviÄ explores how gender is mediated online and how we as users can resist and subvert where the algorithmic gaze leads our expression of it.… Read More
Vacature: Zakelijk Productie LeadÂ
The Hmm is een platform voor internetcultuur. We onderzoeken en vieren wat mensen online doen, en kijken kritisch naar hoe dit beĂŻnvloed wordt door de technologie die we gebruiken. WeRead More
Job Opening for Communication (16 hours a week)
(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
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
e-KondĆ time! How can we tidy up our virtual spaces?
With the various platforms and devices we use on a daily basis, it can be hard to start with cleaning them up. Let The Hmm help you out with this handy guide.… 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
âWe are here together nowâ 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