pic source: http://www.erational.org/netart/recallme/ news source: www.newsday.com The ubiquitous presence of the mobile phone can be a nuisance during class, meetings, concerts, the movies, etc. USA […] 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.
Michiel is on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Is the mobile phone becoming more and more of a device for pastime? It seems many mobile phone operators and content providers think that way. […] Read More
With web 2.0 approaching, at least if we must believe the hype, the mobile world is lagging behind. I read this piece on mobile 2.0 […] Read More
Things are getting busier now: I have said yes to several opportunities of presenting a paper before a group: March 15: I will present a […] Read More
VPRO’s digital television channel HollandDoc is broadcasting a couple of really interesting documentaries this week about the history and development of the internet. From January […] Read More
NWO programme “Transformaties in Kunst en Cultuur” (Transformations in Art and Culture) (website poorly updated) is starting a science-art project (Geestesoog NWO #3 Sept. 2005 […] Read More
According to Textually.org, a student has won a price awarded by Motorola for a competition to make the world “seamlessly mobile”. Student John Finan has […] Read More
On the right hand side, you will find an increasing number of links to other research projects I’ve come across. Many of these are in […] Read More
Came across the website of Ludicorp today, the business responsible for creating and developing social software like Flickr. I think their “corporate philosophy?? – which […] Read More
I have recently bought a bunch of anthropological classics, works written by well known anthropological oldies. These works I consider interesting for my research, because […] Read More
On new years day, I traditionally go to see a movie to recover from my hangover. Yesterday it was Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog. What […] Read More
Last thursday, December 8, the full Playful Identities Group (P.I.G.) got together at Waag Society for a meeting amongst ourselves and later with a couple […] Read More
Vibrating jacket can transmit sensations of being touched via the internet.
Saturday, November 19, the 27th Dutch/Flemish Philosophy-day took place. The motto was “Thinking without Borders: challenges for philosophy in the 21st century” (Grenzeloos denken: uitdagingen […] Read More
What: opening exhibition “Alter Ego” – photo’s of gamers and their online avatars Who: British artist Robbie Cooper Where: Home Gallery, Prinsengracht 548, Amsterdam When: […] Read More
The Inquirer published an interesting article today about a new step made by Philips in ambient awareness in computer games. It is the development of […] Read More
Last thursday Willem – a friend of mine – and I attended a lecture by Lev Manovich at the V2 “Institute for the Unstable Media” […] Read More
I am just home from a really interesting mini-seminar in Eindhoven, organised during the Dutch Design Week 2005. The meeting was about Ambient Intelligence and […] Read More
Friday October 14 2005, I attended an small meeting organised by the Cyberspace Salvations research group. There were 6 people present: Peter Pels & Stef […] Read More
Just a coupe of loose reflection on ‘play’ in contemporary culture…. Saw an item about a week ago on local TV channel AT5 about a […] Read More