Wired last month had an article that critically examines the use of what is euphemistically labeled ‘crowd control tech’ but in fact is an ongoing […] Read More
Author: Michiel de Lange
Michiel de Lange (1976) is an Assistant Professor in New Media Studies at Utrecht University, researching mobile media and urban culture and identity. He is the co-founder of The Mobile City, an independent research group founded in 2007 that investigates the influence of digital media technologies on urban life and the implications for urban design and policy. Michiel is trained as a cultural anthropologist, and holds a PhD in philosophy (2010) with a dissertation about mobile media technologies and urban identities. He collaborated in a locative media art & science project (www.nomadicmilk.net). He worked for Kennisland, a Dutch think-tank that aims to strengthen the knowledge-based society. Here he worked on several projects at the intersection of ICTs and the city, e.g. co-organizing the Creative Capital conference. He also volunteered and worked for Cybersoek, a computer neighborhood center in Amsterdam. He is advisor e-culture at Mediafonds.
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The Conversation reports on a recent study about CCTV and bias in crime investigations, under the header “The camera never lies? Our research found CCTV […] Read More
According to a recent press release by the national government, a sensor registry is being worked on. Too bad they the actual register itself cannot […] Read More
While I’m at it, this publication came out in 2022. It is co-authored with several colleagues, but to be honest, Tamalone & Corelia did by […] Read More
My colleagues Karin van Es and Nanna Verhoeff edited this great collection of essays on datafication and algorithmization. With my colleagues in the Designing for […] Read More
Undark has an intriguing opinion article about the current trend of tech companies interested in neuroscience. Neuroscience research has produced various technologies capable of measuring […] Read More
This is the third part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, […] Read More
This is the second part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, […] Read More
This is the first part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, […] Read More
A black man was wrongfully jailed for a week after a face recognition error, Ars Technica writes. With an increasing number of cities and law […] Read More
Wired has a long-read on how a digital nomad initiative has wrecked havoc in the island of Madeira, Portugal. Rising housing prices, in some places […] Read More
Vice reports on one of many cases in which a vindictive ex (almost always male) uses Apple’s AirTags or similar tech to keep stalking and […] Read More
In Australia’s Byron Bay, various authorities are fighting among themselves about putting a cap on short term renting, The Guardian reports. On December 14, The […] Read More
Vice reports on the way big corporations forge deals with the Greek government to experiment with new tech. Volkswagen is testing and making claims about […] Read More
The Atlantic writes about ambient intelligence and smart home products as ‘Luxury Surveillance’: “This intense devotion to tracking and quantifying all aspects of our waking […] Read More
Vice writes about how public advertisement billboards in the UK turn up the dial a notch or two towards a pervasive Deleuzian society of control […] Read More
The Intercept reports about Cubic Corporation, a private company that is in part a military contractor for the U.S. and foreign military. The report unravels […] Read More
Vice argues that “Right-wing pundits, landlords, and tech executives all believe they can prove we are amid a crime wave with just one more video.” […] Read More
The Intercept reports that the city of Detroit is on the brink of deciding whether to divert some $7 million of federal money on ShotSpotter, […] Read More
Another case of promoting certain types of mobility through tech: Arts Technica writes that an update to the Google Maps interface now allows for choosing […] Read More