topic: Urgent Publishing

In 2019 ArtEZ University of the Arts and Willem de Kooning Academy organized a three-day event about publishing strategies in post-truth times.

How can designers, developers, artists, writers and publishers intervene in the public debate and counter misinformation in a meaningful and relevant way? 15-17 May 2019, the Institute of Network Cultures, ArtEZ University of the Arts and Willem de Kooning Academy organized a 3-day event about publishing strategies in post-truth times. Following the conference, a publication was made.

publication – 02 jun. 2020

Here and Now? Explorations in Urgent Publishing

Publication of the two-year research project 'Making Public' (2018-2020).

In the past two years, ArtEZ Studium Generale and ArtEZ Press have participated in the two-year research project Making Public (2018-2020). During this project, we looked at various strategies that publishers can use to play an urgent role in the public debate with their publications. Methods and prototypes have been developed to allow publishers to approach the current information society in new and alternative ways. Now there is a publication: Here and Now? Explorations in Urgent Publishing

Video recordings

Video recordings were made of the three-day event.
Er werden video-opnamen gemaakt van het driedaagse evenement.

Summary of the programme  
Urgent Publishing: Pre-Conference Night: Post-Truth Publishing
Urgent Publishing: Opening by Nishant Sha
Urgent Publishing Session 1: The Carrier Bag Theory of Non-Fiction  Axel Andersson. Post-digital Publishing and the Return of Locality  Janneke Adema & Gary Hall. Posthumanities Publishing
Lídia Pereira. Pervasive Labour Union zine
Urgent Publishing Session 1: The Carrier Bag Theory of Non-Fiction, Discussion Panel
Urgent Publishing Session 2: Memes as Means
Opening by Inte Gloerich
Silvia dal Dosso & Noel David Nicolaus (Clusterduck)
Evelyn Austin. The World Wide Web of Gatekeepers
Isabel Löfgren. Memes as means
Urgent Publishing Session 2: Memes as Means, Discussion Panel
Urgent Publishing Session 3: The Afterlife of Publications
Opening by Geert Lovink
Krista Jantowski. A Much Needed Location for a Community of Readers
Marc van Elburg. Parasiting Zineculture
Urgent Publishing Session 3: The Afterlife of Publications, Discussion Panel

video – 01 jun. 2019

Urgent Publishing Pre-Conference Night POST-TRUTH PUBLISHING

Inventing new ways of publishing between fast populism and slow academia. How to counter misinformation and stimulate open public discussions through a speedy publishing process, high quality content and spot-on positioning? With Clara Balaguer, Padmini Ray Murray, Morten Paul, and Nikola Richter, moderated by Florian Cramer.