Dini and Jaap, the incredibly hospitable Dutch couple in Jos where we are staying, gave us one of their many golden tips that the Ministry […] 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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Believe it or not, these are real Dutch cows in the heart of Nigeria. They were once imported by Dutch-owned WAMCO company, producers of Peak […] Read More
Anywhere you go, people have started their own enterprise by putting down a parasol and a table. When you want to make a phone call […] Read More
Not a particularly uncommon sight in Nigeria, apparently. But this was out first!
Radio antennas are being transformed into GSM antennas.
Somwhere in Kaduna. The “Xtra Connect” offer by South-African corporation MTN means calling cheaper to family or friends (“Call 3 family & friends @ 25k/sec”). […] Read More
Advertisement for mobile phone operator, 28 nov. ’06 Kaduna Nigeria. Interestingly, you hardly see any mobile phone actually being used by people on the ads […] Read More
Pic taken November 27 2006 at Abuja supermarket.
Today we were in Kaduna to meet the folks from Newage Film Company. Nothing spacy in long robes but a professionally looking company. Esther talked […] Read More
oh, and i just posted these last 2 items from my mobile phone…well done MTN for having gprs access in nigeria!
we have arrived in abuja safely. Picked up from the airport by driver and an armed man… That moist smoky air and thick sound of […] Read More
Tomorrow me and Esther Polak are going to Nigeria on the NomadicMILK fieldtrip. Packing my bags now… I will try to post some new stuff […] Read More
Anybody can upload a short mobile phone clip to the website 15×15.org which is then displayed on the homepage for 15 seconds as one of […] Read More
Xen Mendelsohn from Xellular Identity has a very interesting interview with Nick Wright from Mobile Youth Trends. Nick is co-author of the mobileYouth 2006 report. […] Read More
Hey, there are people inspired by me :). Check out Darryl Cressman’s article about mobile gifting. Darryl is from the School of Communication, at Simon […] Read More
Last Friday, October 27, I did a talk for the Transito Festival 2006 at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. It was an evening about identity and […] Read More
According to Washington Post, Indian Fishermen make intensive use of the mobile phone to find the best place to sell their fish. While still at […] Read More
Blog has been silent for a while, which in my case is an indication of doing lots of things at the moment..:). This post on […] Read More
(Via the mobile-society@groups.l.google.com mailinglist) The SFGate has an article dated February 27, 2006 about the impact of the mobile phone. The somewhat over the top […] Read More
We have probably seen this example of a USB stick that swells up when full, and deflates when empty. (source: www.smallsurfaces.com) Although this is a […] Read More