kritik_der_digitalitaet_soziologische_perspektiven [Felix Stalder, Prof. DfA]

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Im Modul „Kritik der Digitalität, Soziologische Perspektiven“ werden aktuelle Entwicklungen des Digitalen anhand aktueller Texte eingeführt und diskutiert.

Wir nehmen anhand der Arbeiten von Vladan Joler und Kate Crawford künstlerische und wissenschaftliche Strategien der Sichtbarmachung der materiellen Dimensionen der Digitalität und der darin enthaltenen sozialen und ökologischen Konflikte in den Blick. 

**Anforderungen:**
  * 80% Anwesenheit
  * Teilnahme an den Diskussionen
  * Konzeption, Realisation und Präsentation einer Karte oder eines Diagrams

[[https://pad.vmk.zhdk.ch/kritik-der-digitalit%C3%A4t|Pad für's Modul]]
==== Montag ====


**Einführung:** 

Die Wolke: Einführung

  * John Perry Barlow [[https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence| A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace]], 1996
  * Rosen, Rebecca J. “[[https://archive.ph/4t586|Clouds: The Most Useful Metaphor of All Time?]]” The Atlantic, September 30, 2011.
  * Hu, Tung-Hui. A Prehistory of the Cloud. The MIT Press, 2015. (reading: Introduction) [[https://paul.zhdk.ch/pluginfile.php/327382/mod_folder/content/0/A%20Prehistory%20of%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Tung-Hui%20Hu.pdf?forcedownload=1||PDF in Paul.zhdk.]] (requires log-in)

  * James Bridle. [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000nc1n|Under The Cloud]] ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20201101015926/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000nc1n|Archive.org]], [[https://paul.zhdk.ch/pluginfile.php/327382/mod_folder/content/0/Under%20the%20Cloud%20%5Bm000nc1m%5D.mp4?forcedownload=1|local copy]], paul.zhdk) BBC Radion, 2020, 28 Min [[https://jamesbridle.com|James Bridle]] (Home Page)
  * Andrew Wilson [[https://andrewnormanwilson.com/WorkersGoogleplex.html|Workers Leaving the Googleplex]], 11 Min. 2011
  * [[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/reyhan/the-hidden-hands-scanning-the-worlds-knowledge-fo|Buzzfeed Article]], 2012


Mapping: Einführung
  * [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s5m7w/episodes/guide|BBC: Maps: Power, Plunder and Posession]], 3 Parts, 2011
  * Holmes, Brian. “Counter Cartographies.” In Else/Where: Mapping: New Cartographies of Networks and Territories ; [Mapping Networks, Mapping Conversations, Mapping Territories, Mapping Mapping], edited by Janet Abrams, Peter Hall, and Design Institute. Univ. of Minnesota Design Institute, 2008. (p. 20-26) [[https://paul.zhdk.ch/pluginfile.php/327382/mod_folder/content/0/Else_where%20_%20mapping%20new%20cartographies%20of%20-%20Abrams%2C%20Janet%3B%20Hall%2C%20Peter.pdf?forcedownload=1|PDF in Paul.zhdk]]
  * kollektiv orangotango+, ed. [[https://orangotango.info/not-an-atlas/|This Is Not an Atlas: A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies]]. Transcript Verlag, 2019. (read introduction) [[https://paul.zhdk.ch/pluginfile.php/327382/mod_folder/content/0/This_Is_Not_An_Atlas.pdf?forcedownload=1|PDF in Paul.zhdk]]



==== Dienstag ====

**Vladan Joler & Cate Crawford.** 

Anatomy of an AI System (2018)
https://anatomyof.ai/

  * Amazon advertising campaign, “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvZ41XjUjY|All-New Amazon Echo]]”, September 27, 2017
  * Long history of cable infrastructure. https://www.submarinecablemap.com
    * Trevor Paglen: [[https://paglen.studio/2020/04/09/landing-sites|Landing Sites]], 2020 [[https://paglen.studio/2020/05/22/undersea-cables|Undersea Cables]], 2020)
    * Ingrid Burrington: [[https://lifewinning.com/projects/submarine-cable-taps/|Submarine Cable Taps]], 2014 
    *  César Escudero Andaluz [[https://escuderoandaluz.com/2017/11/01/free-universal-cut-kit-for-internet-dissidence-f-u-c-k-id/|F.U.C.K.- ID. Free Universal Cut Kit for Internet Dissidence]]
  * Amazon Data Centers Location https://www.datacentermap.com/c/amazon-aws/datacenters
  * Rare Earth Elements https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Rare-Earth-Elements.jpg
  * The Global E-waste Monitor 2024 https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Environment/Pages/Publications/The-Global-E-waste-Monitor-2024.aspx
  * Joy Boulamwini.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxuyfWoVV98|Ain't I a Woman]], 2018, 3:30
  * Simon Denny. [[https://simondenny.net/document-relief-18-amazon-worker-cage-patent/|Document Relief 18 (Amazon Worker Cage Patent)]]

Lesen und Präsentieren des Textes zu Anatomy of an AI System
  * Sectionen 1 & 2; 3-6
  * Sectionen 1 & 2; 7-10
  * Sectionen 1 & 2; 11-14
  * Sectionen 1 & 2; 15-18
  * Sectionen 1 & 2; 19-21



** Weitere Karten/Diagramme von Vladan Joler ** 

Vladan Joler. [[https://labs.rs/en/facebook-algorithmic-factory-immaterial-labour-and-data-harvesting|Facebook Algorithmic Factory]], 2016

Vladan Joler. New Extractivism. https://extractivism.online/ (Video & [[https://extractivism.online/New_Extractivism_A0_Map.pdf|Map]])

Vladan Joler, Gordan Savičić, Felix Stalder: [[https://bird-map.net|Infrastructure of a Migratory Bird.]], 2022-25

Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler [[https://calculatingempires.net|Calculating Empires]]. (2023)

**Aufgabe für Gruppenarbeit.** 

Aufteilen in 2 Gruppen.

Einen Punkt/Symbol aus der Karte von Crawford/Joler "Anatomy of an AI System" und recherchieren:

  * Kapitel aus Kate Crawford's "Atlas of AI" lesen.
    * Crawford, Kate. //Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence//. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
  * Welches Feld steckt hinter diesem Punkt/Symbol?
  * Wer sind die Hauptakteure?
  * Welche Konflikte prägen das Feld und die Akteure?
  * Gibt es künstlerische Arbeiten dazu?
  * Wie könnte man diesen Bereich mappen (Ästhetik)?




==== Mittwoch ====

** The Issue of Mapping**

Joler, Vladan et al. Black Box Cartography: A Critical Cartography of the Internet and Beyond. Limited edition of 250. Brescia: Krisis Publishing, 2023.
  * Daphne Dragona: Mapping Exploitation / Empowering Knowledge. Critical mapmaking an the work of Vladan Joler. p.7-14 [{{ ::daphne_dragona.pdf | Local Copy}}

Regine Debatty. E[[https://we-make-money-not-art.com/exploitation-forensics-interview-with-vladan-joler/|xploitation Forensics. Interview with Vladan Joler]]. We Make Money, Not Art. 2017

**Other Approaches to Mapping Techno-politics**

[[https://bureaudetudes.org/|Bureau d'Etudes]]. 
  * Holmes, Brian and Bureau d’Études, eds. An Atlas of Agendas: Mapping the Power, Mapping the Commons. Second edition. Onomatopee, 88.1. Eindhoven: Lecturis, 02.

Mark Lombardi. [[https://www.moma.org/artists/22980|Moma]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lombardi|Wikipedia]]

* An Atlas to Track Blockchain-Colonialism. https://escuderoandaluz.com/2024/04/10/an-atlas-to-track-blockchain-colonialism/
  * Suzanne Treister. Hexen 2.0 (2009-2011). https://www.suzannetreister.net/HEXEN2/HEXEN_2.html

**Mapping: Design Perspective**
  * Fawcett-Tang, Roger, and William Owen, eds. Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems. RotoVision, 2002.
  * Pedersen, B. Martin. The graphic visualization of quantitative information, procedures, and data = Die graphische Visualisierung von quantitativer Information, Abläufen und komplexen Sachverhalten. Graphis diagrams 1. Graphis Press, 1988.



**Warum Mapping keine Datenvisualisierung ist**

  * Fokus: Beziehungen vs. Muster
  * Methode: Vereinfachung der Komplexität vs. Reduzierung von Rauschen
  * Ziel: Lesbarkeit vs. Erkennen


**Nachmittag:**

Zeit für Recherche der eigenen Map

==== Donnerstag ====

Vormittag:


Zeit für Recherche der eigenen Map


Nachmittag:

Präsentation der Recherche und der Map