UDHR

Presence
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Presence

In this research presence refers to the presence of a human beings who breathes and has a heart…
Qualified relations in advanced media conditions
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Qualified relations in advanced media conditions

Yet, Bishop ignores Bourriaud’s insistence that relational art has something to do with the above
Embedded in a cocon
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Embedded in a cocon

At 3am at night a hundred Iraqi and American special forces attack the house in Tal Afar, a city in…
Stowaway's
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Stowaway's

The container functions as a symbol for globalization and freedom of transport, while the people…
Hamburg/Subvision
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Hamburg/Subvision

Three weeks of interaction with my work in a new surrounding.
Vital Information - een kwestie van overleven
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Vital Information - een kwestie van overleven

Nederlandstalige blogpost over Presence and the design of trust en een belofte om er een vervolg…
Blurring You and not-You
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Blurring You and not-You

The blurring between You and not-You creates confusions as well as solutions. In not-You spaces…
Moral distance towards other selves
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Moral distance towards other selves

By way of mass media and social network technologies millions of people see Human Rights being…
Moral distance towards one's actions
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Moral distance towards one's actions

Using transaction and automation technologies one can act in another place at another time just by…
YUTPA: WITH YOU IN UNITY OF TIME, PLACE AND ACTION
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YUTPA: WITH YOU IN UNITY OF TIME, PLACE AND ACTION

When discussing social interactions I suggest that we should formulate the YUTPA configurations in…
MORAL DISTANCE
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MORAL DISTANCE

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations, 1948) states in Article 1: All human…
Producing natural presence
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Producing natural presence

Natural presence has to be produced. Food, shelter, safety, education and social interaction are…
Human dignity as a tool for survival
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Human dignity as a tool for survival

Inspired by Damasio, I would argue that the UDHR can also be read as a tool for achieving the well
EMOTIONAL CLASH
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EMOTIONAL CLASH

The presence theory of Riva, Waterworth & Waterworth is based on the work of Antonio Damasio, which…
1990: THE HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIC HAS SURFACED, A PANDEMIC IS FEARED
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1990: THE HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIC HAS SURFACED, A PANDEMIC IS FEARED

Today the AIDS crisis has reached a previously unthinkable scale. In the global Report UN AIDS 2006…
3 AUGUST 1989: THE HACKER IN THE LION'S DEN
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3 AUGUST 1989: THE HACKER IN THE LION'S DEN

The second day at the GHP focused on "$$, secrets & the right to information". note 116 The three
Alternative use of technology
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Alternative use of technology

The same week a more formal Paradiso press release concerning the ICATA '89 stated the following:

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Spread the Byte
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Spread the Byte

"During the summer of 1989 the world as we know it will go into overload. An interstellar particle…
Not-You is information (biased or not)
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Not-You is information (biased or not)

I can be with my lover, leave the house and pass a 'bump' and not even notice this person. Where…
The 'other' changes shape
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The 'other' changes shape

I become more aware of my presence in the world because I notice that another person perceives my…
Human Rights and the Internet
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Human Rights and the Internet

“The 20th century will be known both for its commitment to human rights and for the ongoing…
Civil and Criminal law
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Civil and Criminal law

All societies, even all groups, invent rules by which they channel the behaviour of their…
People I know and people I do not know
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People I know and people I do not know

Among the crowds that characterize the many urban environments we distinguish 'the mass' and…
Enacting 'being alive'
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Enacting 'being alive'

Haraway's insights imply consequences for the sense of presence on an even deeper level. In the…