Engagement
A person can be fully committed to understand a specific text, to play a game, to build a place up to a point that the self more or less vanishes in this passionate attention. Engagement is more and more connected to notions of authenticity. One can be as authentic on a piece of land as on Facebook. Engagement is a qualifying factor for authentity in on- and offline worlds.
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ART
Seperated Families
How must it be when your mum tells you that they she has to move to another country to work and…
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ART
The Tree of Love
There she stands, a lonely tree in a forest of concrete. She seems healthy though, full of leaves.
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ACADEMIA
One Frame of Fame
With the project One Frame of Fame, the pop band C-Mon & Kypski is producing a video for their new…
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Article
The BBC White Spectrum
The BBC White Spectrum is a visual way to present the BBC news (Have Your Say) debate on the…
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ACADEMIA
Ten characteristics of play
1. Attractive: looking good 2. Intuitive: ease of use 3. Interactive: can you perform action? 4.
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ACADEMIA
De Amstel Verandert (www.deamstelverandert.nl)
On the De Amstel Verandert website (translation: The Amstel River in change), one can propose his…
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ACADEMIA
Breda-Morgen (www.breda-morgen.nl)
This project is an interactive site from and for the citizens of Breda. The goal is to connect…
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ACADEMIA
Modern democracy needs public participation
Trust is one of the principal requirements for a stable society (Markova and Gillespie 2008). In…
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ACADEMIA
Negotiation and agency in an online world
People manage their identity online, and this is often time consuming. Professional life depends…
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ACADEMIA
Reciprocity and music
The nature of reciprocity fundamentally changes in mediated presence. When, for example, mediating…
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ACADEMIA
From transactions to interaction
In theatre, the distinction is made between actions and activities. Actions affect identity and…
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Article
Reputation and performance
A fourth crucial dynamic for relations online is reputation. On the Internet, large groups of…
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ACADEMIA
How we interact with each other and systems
When discussing communities of people and systems, a distinction has to be made between ‘use’ and…
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ACADEMIA
Words that act
The experience of Facebook is difficult to communicate to someone who has never experienced…
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ACADEMIA
Sense of place
Mediated communication is very effective because representations and shared references do help…