Call for Contributions: The MoneyLab Reader
INC Reader #10
Edited by Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz
MONEYLAB
The MoneyLab project launched late 2013 by the Institute of Network
Cultures and the University of Warwick considers sprouting alternative
digital-economic forms, radical experiments with crypto-currencies,
payment systems and revenue models against the backdrop of the ongoing
global economic decline. The first MoneyLab conference took place in
Amsterdam on March 21-22 2014. Blog reports and videos of the talks and
discussions can be found through http://networkcultures.org/moneylab.
MONEYLAB READER
Part of the project will be the publication of the MoneyLab Reader in
the INC Reader series. A volume of critical essays by theorists,
programmers, activists, and artists; edited by Geert Lovink and
Nathaniel Tkacz and to be published early 2015.
WE INVITE
Internet, visual culture and media scholars, critical finance scholars,
anthropologists, Bitcoin researchers, artists, curators, free software
and open-content advocates, P2P gurus, financial activists, conference
participants and others to submit proposals for The MoneyLab Reader.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
Mobile Money // Networks & Money // Activism & Finance // Monetization
of Social Capital // Crowdfunding Research // Crypto Money // Histories
of Internet Banking // Money & Art // Recommendation Systems //
E-wallets // Payment Systems // Like, +One, and Favorite Economies.
FORMATS
We welcome interviews, dialogues, essays and articles, images (b/w),
email exchanges, manifestos, or other, with a maximum of 8,000 words,
but preferably shorter at around 5,000 words. For scope and style, take
a look at the previous INC Readers and the style guide (pdf).
WANT TO JOIN?
Send in your proposal (500 words max.) before June 1st, 2014. You may
expect a response before July 1st, 2014.
DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
September 1st, 2014.
EMAIL TO
Miriam Rasch (Publications Coordinator @ Institute of Network Cultures)
at miriam[at]networkcultures[dot]org
BACKGROUND
While the economic downturn endures and budget cuts prevail, we have
witnessed the emergence and rise of alternative payment systems and
revenue models in digital media. Online bartering sites, a plethora of
crowdfunding platforms, new forms of valuation, e-wallets and
crypto-currencies like Bitcoin, are but a few examples. These coincide
with the huge growth of mobile money transfer services across Asia and
Africa and the general convergence of digital and financial industries.
MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives is a network that aims to critically
explore, map and probe the politics, inner-workings and governance of
these alternative digital-economic forms. It is not enough to merely
promote and further develop (technical) alternatives, we also need time
to ask ourselves critical questions and re-examine the very
underpinnings of our endeavours.
Of central importance to this project is the formation of a
collaborative network of researchers, artists, developers, engineers,
and others interested in sharing, coining, critiquing, and ushering in
alternative network economies., focused on the monetization debate and
looked into three specific fields of inquiry: Bitcoins and other
crypto-currencies, crowd funding research and mobile money in the global
South.
MORE INFORMATION
MoneyLab: http://networkcultures.org/moneylab
INC Readers: http://networkcultures.org/publications
INC Reader #10
Edited by Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz
MONEYLAB
The MoneyLab project launched late 2013 by the Institute of Network
Cultures and the University of Warwick considers sprouting alternative
digital-economic forms, radical experiments with crypto-currencies,
payment systems and revenue models against the backdrop of the ongoing
global economic decline. The first MoneyLab conference took place in
Amsterdam on March 21-22 2014. Blog reports and videos of the talks and
discussions can be found through http://networkcultures.org/moneylab.
MONEYLAB READER
Part of the project will be the publication of the MoneyLab Reader in
the INC Reader series. A volume of critical essays by theorists,
programmers, activists, and artists; edited by Geert Lovink and
Nathaniel Tkacz and to be published early 2015.
WE INVITE
Internet, visual culture and media scholars, critical finance scholars,
anthropologists, Bitcoin researchers, artists, curators, free software
and open-content advocates, P2P gurus, financial activists, conference
participants and others to submit proposals for The MoneyLab Reader.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
Mobile Money // Networks & Money // Activism & Finance // Monetization
of Social Capital // Crowdfunding Research // Crypto Money // Histories
of Internet Banking // Money & Art // Recommendation Systems //
E-wallets // Payment Systems // Like, +One, and Favorite Economies.
FORMATS
We welcome interviews, dialogues, essays and articles, images (b/w),
email exchanges, manifestos, or other, with a maximum of 8,000 words,
but preferably shorter at around 5,000 words. For scope and style, take
a look at the previous INC Readers and the style guide (pdf).
WANT TO JOIN?
Send in your proposal (500 words max.) before June 1st, 2014. You may
expect a response before July 1st, 2014.
DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
September 1st, 2014. The reader is expected to come out early 2015.
EMAIL TO
Miriam Rasch (Publications Coordinator @ Institute of Network Cultures)
at miriam[at]networkcultures[dot]org
BACKGROUND
While the economic downturn endures and budget cuts prevail, we have
witnessed the emergence and rise of alternative payment systems and
revenue models in digital media. Online bartering sites, a plethora of
crowdfunding platforms, new forms of valuation, e-wallets and
crypto-currencies like Bitcoin, are but a few examples. These coincide
with the huge growth of mobile money transfer services across Asia and
Africa and the general convergence of digital and financial industries.
MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives is a network that aims to critically
explore, map and probe the politics, inner-workings and governance of
these alternative digital-economic forms. It is not enough to merely
promote and further develop (technical) alternatives, we also need time
to ask ourselves critical questions and re-examine the very
underpinnings of our endeavours.
Of central importance to this project is the formation of a
collaborative network of researchers, artists, developers, engineers,
and others interested in sharing, coining, critiquing, and ushering in
alternative network economies., focused on the monetization debate and
looked into three specific fields of inquiry: Bitcoins and other
crypto-currencies, crowd funding research and mobile money in the global
South.
MORE INFORMATION
MoneyLab: http://networkcultures.org/moneylab
INC Readers: http://networkcultures.org/publications
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