Michiel de Lange
@mdelange.bsky.social
Associate Professor New Media at Utrecht University | digital media and urban culture | [urban interfaces] | The Mobile City | ‘Inclusion in the datafied city’
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Michiel de Lange
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Michiel de Lange (@mdelange@sciences.social)
150 Posts, 567 Following, 168 Followers · Assistant Professor New Media at Utrecht University | mobile media, urban culture | cofounder [urban interfaces] & @themobilecity
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Hello! Just in. Interested in #digitalculture #mediacities #mobilemedia. Working @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social in the department of Media & Culture Studies.
Also on Mastodon sciences.social/@mdelange but hoping for some more (inter)action here.
Also on Mastodon sciences.social/@mdelange but hoping for some more (inter)action here.
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Easy to damage, hard to grow!
9 december: stakingsdag tegen de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs en de wetenschap. Stop de afbraak.
Kennis is geen kostenpost, maar de basis van onze toekomst. #AthenasAngels; @woinactie.bsky.social; @remcobreuker.bsky.social;
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9 december: stakingsdag tegen de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs en de wetenschap. Stop de afbraak.
Kennis is geen kostenpost, maar de basis van onze toekomst. #AthenasAngels; @woinactie.bsky.social; @remcobreuker.bsky.social;
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December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Easy to damage, hard to grow!
9 december: stakingsdag tegen de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs en de wetenschap. Stop de afbraak.
Kennis is geen kostenpost, maar de basis van onze toekomst. #AthenasAngels; @woinactie.bsky.social; @remcobreuker.bsky.social;
vimeo.com/1109639682?f...
9 december: stakingsdag tegen de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs en de wetenschap. Stop de afbraak.
Kennis is geen kostenpost, maar de basis van onze toekomst. #AthenasAngels; @woinactie.bsky.social; @remcobreuker.bsky.social;
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Stop the cuts in higher education! Stop de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs!! Mooie opkomst en goede mars!! #doehetniet
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Stop the cuts in higher education! Stop de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs!! Mooie opkomst en goede mars!! #doehetniet
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"Districts and departments often buy systems on marketing promises rather than evidence. Few ask who validated the model or how it performs across racial groups," writes Nicholas E. Stewart in @techpolicypress.bsky.social.
A Doritos Bag, a Police Response, and an AI Accountability Crisis | TechPolicy.Press
The Justice Education Project's Nicholas E. Stewart says AI used in policing, schools, and courts cannot rely on trust in technology companies.
www.techpolicy.press
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Districts and departments often buy systems on marketing promises rather than evidence. Few ask who validated the model or how it performs across racial groups," writes Nicholas E. Stewart in @techpolicypress.bsky.social.
Are you a Research Master or PhD student, and interested in cities, media, arts and performance? Check out our #urbaninterfaces seminar 'The Risky City' in late Spring 2026 at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & RMeS Research School for Media Studies
www.rmes.nl/ui-seminar-2...
www.rmes.nl/ui-seminar-2...
[ui] seminar 2025-2026: The Risky City - Research school for Media Studies (RMeS)
May - June 2026 | Utrecht University Cities today are especially vulnerable to what has been called a ‘polycrisis’, where multiple risks converge and amplify each other. These include a nature crises ...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Are you a Research Master or PhD student, and interested in cities, media, arts and performance? Check out our #urbaninterfaces seminar 'The Risky City' in late Spring 2026 at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & RMeS Research School for Media Studies
www.rmes.nl/ui-seminar-2...
www.rmes.nl/ui-seminar-2...
Interesting collection of shorter essays and commentaries from a wide geographic range on digital authoritarianism in situated (smart/urban) contexts.
Special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, vol 1(3) in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social, edited by @kylzjarrett.bsky.social, Jing Hiah, @robkitchin.bsky.social & @steelecat717.bsky.social y.social. All 49 pieces open access. journals.sagepub.com/toc/ddsa/1/3
Dialogues on Digital Society - Volume 1, Number 3
Table of contents for Dialogues on Digital Society, 1, 3
journals.sagepub.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Interesting collection of shorter essays and commentaries from a wide geographic range on digital authoritarianism in situated (smart/urban) contexts.
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Sterke opinie @rensbod.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social over de sloop van het hoger onderwijs.
'Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat.'
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'Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat.'
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Opinie | Hoe een mini-kabinet het hoger onderwijs sloopt
Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.
www.nrc.nl
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Sterke opinie @rensbod.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social over de sloop van het hoger onderwijs.
'Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat.'
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
'Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat.'
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Nederlandse overheid ongehoord naïef en gemakzuchtig #digitalsovereignty
Het betalen van belasting zullen we voortaan moeten zien als landverraad: www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
Amerikanen krijgen open deur naar Belastingdienst. ‘De vraag is niet óf maar hoe ze zullen meelezen’
Het ministerie van Financiën kan niet garanderen dat de Amerikanen niet zullen meekijken met de Belastingdienst. ‘Dat de servers op Europese bodem staan, maakt geen verschil.’
www.trouw.nl
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Nederlandse overheid ongehoord naïef en gemakzuchtig #digitalsovereignty
Happy that our consortium of academic and societal partners received a major #NWO-KEM grant for working on #resilientcities through Key Enabling Methods. The consortium is lead by Mascha van der Voort (University of Twente).
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One Project receives funding for knowledge development and application of KEMs for more effective policy (NWA) | NWO
NWO has allocated project funding within the “NWA KEM” call. The project will receive €3.142.022. This programme focuses on developing knowledge about methods that support policymakers in successfully steering societal transitions.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Happy that our consortium of academic and societal partners received a major #NWO-KEM grant for working on #resilientcities through Key Enabling Methods. The consortium is lead by Mascha van der Voort (University of Twente).
www.nwo.nl/en/news/one-...
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Saxony plans to use drones to film inside moving cars. The aim is to catch people using their cell phones while driving. Police will also use behavioral scanners, Palantir data analysis, live facial recognition, facial search engines, and government-deployed malware.
Sachsen will mit Drohnen in fahrende Autos filmen. So sollen Menschen überführt werden, die beim Fahren ihr Handy bedienen. Die Polizei soll außerdem Verhaltensscanner, Palantir-Datenanalyse, Live-Gesichtserkennung, Gesichter-Suchmaschinen und Staatstrojaner nutzen.
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Novelle des Polizeigesetzes: Sachsen will anlasslos mit Drohnen in fahrende Autos filmen
Die sächsische Polizei soll Menschen, die beim Autofahren ihr Handy bedienen, mit Drohnen jagen. Doch das ist nur ein Hammer im Polizeigesetz-Entwurf: Die Polizei soll in Zukunft auch Verhaltensscanne...
netzpolitik.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Saxony plans to use drones to film inside moving cars. The aim is to catch people using their cell phones while driving. Police will also use behavioral scanners, Palantir data analysis, live facial recognition, facial search engines, and government-deployed malware.
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Shocked and surprised. Did not see that coming. 🥸
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Shocked and surprised. Did not see that coming. 🥸
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The contracts usually prevent the council/PD/HOA/retailer from physically interacting *in any way* with these camera installations.
The Evanston, IL case is just one example that illustrates just how untrustworthy #Flock is as a vendor and why we should avoid/cancel contracts with them.
The Evanston, IL case is just one example that illustrates just how untrustworthy #Flock is as a vendor and why we should avoid/cancel contracts with them.
City covers Flock cameras while waiting for removal - Evanston RoundTable
A Flock camera on the south side of Emerson Street, east of McCormick Boulevard, is seen on Sept. 24 covered up by black plastic secured with tape to the
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November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The contracts usually prevent the council/PD/HOA/retailer from physically interacting *in any way* with these camera installations.
The Evanston, IL case is just one example that illustrates just how untrustworthy #Flock is as a vendor and why we should avoid/cancel contracts with them.
The Evanston, IL case is just one example that illustrates just how untrustworthy #Flock is as a vendor and why we should avoid/cancel contracts with them.
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💡 New publication alert!
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025
Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💡 New publication alert!
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The unity around “sovereignty” in Europe masks a deeper question that inevitably follows and underpins the current broad agreement: sovereignty for what purpose, and in service of whose political project? asks @openfuture.bsky.social’s Zuzanna Warso.
Building Digital Sovereignty: What Does Europe Need and How to Achieve It | TechPolicy.Press
The EU should not re-do the entire digital stack but confront the structural bottlenecks that sustain Europe’s digital dependence, writes Zuzanna Warso.
www.techpolicy.press
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The unity around “sovereignty” in Europe masks a deeper question that inevitably follows and underpins the current broad agreement: sovereignty for what purpose, and in service of whose political project? asks @openfuture.bsky.social’s Zuzanna Warso.
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De politiek achter de AI-bubbel, en wat het voor ons betekent
www.doorbraak.eu/de-politiek-...
“De hele AI-hype is een hallucinatie gebleken, en binnenkort gaan er miljarden dollars verdampen als ook de markt zich dat realiseert.
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“De hele AI-hype is een hallucinatie gebleken, en binnenkort gaan er miljarden dollars verdampen als ook de markt zich dat realiseert.
De politiek achter de AI-bubbel, en wat het voor ons betekent | Doorbraak.eu
De investeringen in zogenaamde “AI” zijn een enorme bubbel. Het is slechts een kwestie van tijd voordat die barst. En we weten nu al: het kapitaal wil dat gebruiken om de economie grondig te herbouwen...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
De politiek achter de AI-bubbel, en wat het voor ons betekent
www.doorbraak.eu/de-politiek-...
“De hele AI-hype is een hallucinatie gebleken, en binnenkort gaan er miljarden dollars verdampen als ook de markt zich dat realiseert.
www.doorbraak.eu/de-politiek-...
“De hele AI-hype is een hallucinatie gebleken, en binnenkort gaan er miljarden dollars verdampen als ook de markt zich dat realiseert.
Great to see this CfP "The Synthetic City" #urbanAI for @mediapolis.bsky.social w/ guest editors @scott-rodgers.bsky.social @marcospdias.bsky.social & colleagues.
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Abstract deadline 30 November 2025.
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Abstract deadline 30 November 2025.
CFP: ‘The Synthetic City’ Dossier for Mediapolis Journal
The Synthetic City A Dossier for Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture Guest Editors: Scott Rodgers, Helena Atteneder, Lou Therese Brandner, Marcos Dias, Diogo Pereira Henriques and Sara Tren…
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October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Great to see this CfP "The Synthetic City" #urbanAI for @mediapolis.bsky.social w/ guest editors @scott-rodgers.bsky.social @marcospdias.bsky.social & colleagues.
mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...
Abstract deadline 30 November 2025.
mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c...
Abstract deadline 30 November 2025.
Join us next week on Wed 8 October 20:00-20:45 CEST for the Master's Open Day @uumediaculture.bsky.social if you are interesting in our international Master program about #digitalmedia #digitalculture #digitalfutures www.uu.nl/en/masters/n...
Register here: www.uu.nl/en/masters/g...
Register here: www.uu.nl/en/masters/g...
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Join us next week on Wed 8 October 20:00-20:45 CEST for the Master's Open Day @uumediaculture.bsky.social if you are interesting in our international Master program about #digitalmedia #digitalculture #digitalfutures www.uu.nl/en/masters/n...
Register here: www.uu.nl/en/masters/g...
Register here: www.uu.nl/en/masters/g...
Dutch Tax Administration and Customs completely switch to Microsoft Cloud. Motivation letter full of 'efficiency' and 'productivity' rhetoric but not a word about national or EU data/platform sovereignty.
Belastingdienst en Douane gaan - ondanks alle zorgen over Amerikaanse techbedrijven en wens Tweede Kamer om naar alternatieven te kijken - volledig over naar de cloud van Microsoft.
Link: www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...
Link: www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Dutch Tax Administration and Customs completely switch to Microsoft Cloud. Motivation letter full of 'efficiency' and 'productivity' rhetoric but not a word about national or EU data/platform sovereignty.
Interesting Call: Special Issue on "Data Centre Urbanism" eura.org/news-urp-25c... Deadline for Abstract submission: November, 30 2025 #CfP #datacenters
URP Call for Papers "Data Centre Urbanism"
Call for papers!
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September 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Interesting Call: Special Issue on "Data Centre Urbanism" eura.org/news-urp-25c... Deadline for Abstract submission: November, 30 2025 #CfP #datacenters
Interesting ethnographic exploration of the materiality and situatedness of the Internet, rugged data bunkers for ethereal ‘cloud’ storage, data loss as cultural fear, and eternal data selves, by @aretaylor.bsky.social
theconversation.com/underground-...
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Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack
Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Interesting ethnographic exploration of the materiality and situatedness of the Internet, rugged data bunkers for ethereal ‘cloud’ storage, data loss as cultural fear, and eternal data selves, by @aretaylor.bsky.social
theconversation.com/underground-...
theconversation.com/underground-...
The book is out! “Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values”
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #governingthesigitalsociety
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@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #governingthesigitalsociety
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Book launch Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values
GDS organizes a festive book launch of the edited volume Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The book is out! “Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values”
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #governingthesigitalsociety
www.uu.nl/en/events/bo...
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #governingthesigitalsociety
www.uu.nl/en/events/bo...
At the #AIindeStad conference in Breda.
(Re)thinking the relation between Ai and urban life. Main question for me today: how can #urbanAI be made more civic?
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(Re)thinking the relation between Ai and urban life. Main question for me today: how can #urbanAI be made more civic?
indestad.ai
September 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
At the #AIindeStad conference in Breda.
(Re)thinking the relation between Ai and urban life. Main question for me today: how can #urbanAI be made more civic?
indestad.ai
(Re)thinking the relation between Ai and urban life. Main question for me today: how can #urbanAI be made more civic?
indestad.ai