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NEWSLETTER
Institute of Network Cultures
February 22, 2005.

Inaugural Speech by Geert Lovink
Thursday February 24 at 16 o’clock, Geert Lovink's ' openbare les' 
(maybe best translated as 'inaugural speech') will take place at the 
auditorium of the HvA, Weesperzijde 190 (next to Amstelstation) in 
Amsterdam. The lecture is in Dutch and is titled 'Networking of 
Notworking, Principes van de Netwerkcultuur'. For more information and 
last-minute registration visit 
http://www.hva.nl/lectoraten/openbareles-050224.htm. The lecture will 
be live streamed at www.networkcultures.org/stream.  The lecture is 
accompanied by a free publication (in English) of Geert Lovink's essay 
titled The Principles of Notworking. This publication can be ordered by 
email. Just send a request to: info at networkcultures.org.

A Decade of Webdesign Archive
On 21-22 January 2005, the INC organized the conference A Decade of 
Webdesign, together with the Piet Zwart Institute Ma Media Design 
Research, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The conference website is 
still online, and will be completed with transcriptions of all the 
presentations. The resource section already hosts a blog made by our 
ethno-bloggers Nancy Mauro-Flude and Goran Batic. The documentation 
will be available online the first week of May. The design timeline, 
made by staff and students of the Piet Zwart Instituut Rotterdam, MA 
Media Design Research, is still online at the website 
www.designtimeline.org. Thanks again to all speakers, participants, 
crew members, project partners and sponsors for making this an 
unforgettable event!

Nieuwe Media in Nederland
Our lecture series on new media in the Netherlands continues... Next up 
are two speakers from the new media working practice.
Monday February 28, 12.15 at the HvA Weesperzijde 190 (next to 
Amstelstation), D00.07.
Jeroen Fabius (Dance Unlimited) will present a lecture on the use of 
new media in dance and performance productions.
On Monday March 21 (same time & place), Theo Ploeg (Cut Up Media) will 
present his lecture on online popjournalism.
Both lectures are in Dutch, extensive descriptions are available at 
http://www.networkcultures.org/index.php?page=pd&lang=en&ID=4.

Incommunicado 05: Alternatives in ICT for Development
Workconference:June 16-17, 2005 & Public Event: June 15, 2005
A new project team has started the research for our next big event: 
Incommunicado 05. Incommunicado 05 is organized in cooperation with 
Waag Society in Amsterdam (www.waag.org), and the Delhi-based media 
centre Sarai (www.sarai.net). Incommunicado 05 will consist of a 
workconference and a public event that will take place in De Balie, 
Amsterdam. Check our call for participation at 
www.networkcultures.org/projects, or check the Incommunicado website at 
www.incommunicado.info. For more information on the conference, or if 
you need assistance in applying for funding, please contact Matthijs 
Rutten: matthijs at networkcultures.org.

Project Agenda
February – June 2005 Nieuwe Media in Nederland (lecture series)

April 22-23, 2005 German Media Theory
This event will take place at the university theatre in Amsterdam, 
April 22-23. You can subscribe for the mailinglist by sending an email 
to Geert Lovink, geert at xs4all.nl.

June 16-17, 2005 Incommunicado 05: Alternatives in ICT for Development

September 22, 2005 Urban Screens, one day seminar on large screens in 
public spaces.

October 7-8, 2005 Art and Politics of Netporn
Organized in collaboration with Katrien Jacobs

Please check our website for more information on current and future 
projects: www.networkcultures.org/projects.
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