Mirko Tobias Schäfer / Assistant Professor
University of Utrecht Department for Media and Culture Studies
Mirko Tobias Schäfer / Assistant Professor
University of Utrecht Department for Media and Culture Studies
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Date February 2013 / Category News
Last year I have been appointed research fellow at the Vienna University of Applied Arts, where I joined the Artistic Technology Research Lab. A first term of research took place during September and December 2012; the next term will start in April.
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Date February 2013 / Category News
Utrecht Data School is a research initiative for students to analyse and visualize data. Using data from social media platforms or analysing hyperlinks of websites reveals social interaction and patterns of communication.
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Date May 2013
In my book Bastard Culture! I refer frequently to Henry Jenkins but I never had the opportunity to discuss my thoughts on participatory culture with him. Therefore it was a great pleasure and honour when Henry invited me to speak with him about participatory culture and about new media research in general.
Date May 2013
Morgan Marquis-Boire and his colleagues from the Citizenlab have published a new report that shows how surveillance software produced by European companies is used to target citizen & human rights advocates in repressive regimes. It is a disgrace that our Western politicians lack the competence & courage to ban the export of technology that undermines the basic rights our constitutions hold in highest regard and which threatens the lives and freedom of democracy and human rights activists.
Date April 2013
Media artist, software developer and Flusser Award laureaute Denis Roio aka Jaromil frames revisits Bitcoin's potential cultural impact. His essay provides a rigorous inquiry of the origins of Bitcoin and its technological qualities.
Date April 2013
Brett Scott, author of The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future, has written an excellent laymen's introduction to bitcoin
Date April 2013
Patrick Meier comments on a recent UN OCHA survey on power shifts through networked aid agencies, (local) communities and information technology. He summarizes the profound impact those 'digital formation' have on aid work and on power relations.
Date April 2013
The technology discourse critic Evgeny Morozov investigates how O'Reilly shapes our perception of technology and how his publishing activities frame internet technologies
Date April 2013
In view of Google's decision to shut down Google Reader, economist Krugman proposes that information infrastructures should be public uitilities. Quite in opposite to our policy makers -who in general lack the interest, competence or courage to socialize commercial infrastructures that have emerged as vital elements of a public sphere- Krugman argues from an economical perspective for their public provision.
Date March 2013
A special issue of First Monday on critique of social media monopolies. This programmatic collection sets out to not only criticize commercial social media platforms but also the way media studies researches media practices and power structures.
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Mirko Tobias Schaefer is a researcher in the field of digital culture.
This website provides information on his research interests and teaching activities.
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Mirko Tobias Schaefer
Department for Media and Culture Studies
Utrecht University
Kromme Nieuwegr. 20
NL-3512 HH Utrecht