BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21332@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Expo: Histories of Digital Culture DTSTAMP:20260428T201206Z DTSTART:20260610T120000Z DTEND:20260610T163000Z DESCRIPTION:What do we know about our digital past? What did the first sett lers of\ncyberspace think of life online? How were social media conceived and designed in\nthe early days of computer networking\, and how might thi s help us to look at the\npresent differently? What can we discover when w e dig into archives of the World\nWide Web and other media?\n\nExplore the history online communities\, digital aesthetics and more in 'virtual\nmus eum exhibits' created by students from the Bachelor's programme Media &\nI nformation for the course Histories of Digital Culture. In addition to bro wsing\nthe exhibits\, you can assemble a student-produced zine as well as attend\nspotlight presentations\, where students will present their most i nteresting\ndiscoveries.\n\nThe event includes a keynote by Anya Shchetvin a and Nathalie Fridzema called\n"Imagining the Internets: A Collaborative Glossary." Shchetvina and Fridzema\nwill discuss how the internet has been imagined\, narrated\, and contested and\nwhat concepts we need to study t hat process. By discussing their forthcoming\npublication with the Institu te of Network Cultures (with support of EASST)\, they\nwill bring together short essays by the publication's contributors (coming from\nSTS\, Media Studies\, and Web History) to map a scattered vocabulary for analysing\nin ternet imaginaries. This ranges from established concepts like sociotechni cal\nimaginaries and metaphors to more experimental propositions like skeu omorphism\nand affective surplus.\n\n\nPROGRAMME\n\n14:00 Opening\n15:00 S potlights 1\n16:00 Keynote: “Imagining the Internets: A Collaborative Glos sary” by Anya\nShchetvina & Nathalie Fridzema\n17:00 Spotlights 2\n17:30 D rinks\n18:30 End\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nAnya Shchetvina is a PhD candidate in Me dia Studies at the Humboldt-Universität\nin Berlin. She is a coordinator o f Matter of\nImagination and co-editor of Imagining the Internet(s): A Col laborative\nGlossary. In the past\, she has coordinated The club for inter net and society\nenthusiasts in Moscow\, facilitating critical pedagogical and research projects\,\nas well as public discussions related to interne t studies.\n\nNathalie Fridzema is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Media and Journalism\nStudies at the University of Groningen. She is coordinato r of Matter of\nImagination and co-editor of Imagining the Internet(s): A Collaborative\nGlossary. Her research examines the cultural history of the early Dutch web\n(1994–2004)\, with a focus on web imaginaries\, everyday practices\, and regional\nhistories often overlooked in dominant accounts of internet history. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/expo-histories-of-digital-culture GEO:52.3690637;4.894763 LOCATION:VOX-POP - Binnengasthuisstraat 9\, 1012 ZA Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,burgwallen,community,discussion,exhibition,exp erimental,opening X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:What do we know about our digital past? What d id the first settlers of cyberspace think of life online? How were social media conceived and designed in the early days of computer networking, and how might this help us to look at the present differently? What can we di scover when we dig into archives of the World Wide Web and other media?

Explore the history online communities, digital aesthetics and more in 'virtual museum exhibits' created by students from the Bachelor's prog ramme Media & Information for the course Histories of Digital Culture. In addition to browsing the exhibits, you can assemble a student-produced zine as well as attend spotlight presentations, where students will prese nt their most interesting discoveries.

The event includes a keynote by Anya Shchetvina and Nathalie Fridzema called "Imagining the Internets: A Collaborative Glossary." Shchetvina and Fridzema will discuss how the i nternet has been imagined, narrated, and contested and what concepts we ne ed to study that process. By discussing their forthcoming publication with the Institute of Network Cultures (with support of EASST), they will brin g together short essays by the publication's contributors (coming from STS , Media Studies, and Web History) to map a scattered vocabulary for analys ing internet imaginaries. This ranges from established concepts like socio technical imaginaries and metaphors to more experimental propositions like skeuomorphism and affective surplus.

Programme

14 :00 Opening
15:00 Spotlights 1
1 6:00 Keynote: “Imagining the Internets: A Collaborative Glossary” by Anya Shchetvina & Nathalie Fridzema
17:00 Spo tlights 2
17:30 Drinks
18:30 End

Speakers

Anya Shchetvina is a PhD candid ate in Media Studies at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin. She is a coord inator of Matter of
Imagination and co-editor of Imaginin g the Internet(s): A Collaborative Glossary. In the past, she has coo rdinated The club for internet and society enthusiasts in Moscow, facilita ting critical pedagogical and research projects, as well as public discuss ions related to internet studies.

Nathalie Fridzema is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen. She is coordinator of Matter of Imagination< /em> and co-editor of Imagining the Internet(s): A Collaborative Gloss ary. Her research examines the cultural history of the early Dutch we b (1994–2004), with a focus on web imaginaries, everyday practices, and re gional histories often overlooked in dominant accounts of internet history .

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