Designing an inclusive internet: 6 considerations for the near future

We have to start rethinking the way we approach the internet if we want it to be an inclusive space. After a roundtable discussion last year, these are some points to remember.… 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

The Power of the Poor Image

Margarita Osipian shares eight inspiring works from the Small File Media Festival—showing the beauty of the tiny image. … Read More

Audio Report: Data Centre Tour

Listen back to our experiences visiting the data centres in the Wieringermeerpolder… Read More

e-Kondō 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

The pandemic shifted and re-shaped our societies, but what impact did it have on the monopolisation of Big Tech? … Read More

A change of tone: Social media and mental health

During the pandemic, the online world was unavoidable. In this essay, Guus Hoeberechts asks us to rethink the ways in which we interact online. … Read More

The Googlization of Health: Privacy in the age of Big Tech

Guus Hoeberechts interviews researcher Marjolein Lanzing about contact tracing technologies, privacy, and the domination of Big Tech. … Read More

Humour in Pandemic Times

In this image contribution, Giselinde Kuipers and Mark Boukes trace the global humour cycle of the pandemic through memes.… Read More

Giselinde Kuipers is a professor of sociology at the KU Leuven in Belgium. She is a cultural and comparative sociologist who studies the social shaping of cultural standards in today’s increasingly globalized fields and societies.

Mark Boukes is an Associate Professor of Corporate Communication in the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam.

Giselinde and Mark, together with an international team of humour researchers, are studying humour in times of Covid.

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

Adding up the numbers

Christina Eugenia Puentes illustrates the working life of a fan.… Read More

Paradise: life inside a fanbase

Guus Hoeberechts interviews Oumaima about her life inside the BTS A.R.M.Y.… Read More

The Hmm Hybrids 1: The Joy of Getting Ready 

We’ve really missed the pre-event rituals that seemed to have disappeared with online events. How do we bring them back into the livestreamed experience? … 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