Unlike Us #3

Unlike Us #3 - Social Media: Design or Decline
Session 3: Political Economy of Social Networks: Art & Practice

Tobias Leingruber (DE) - The Future of Identity in a Digital World
Conference Day #1 (22 March 2013)

With more than 1 billion (monthly active) users Facebook is the dominant identity system on the web. When signing up for new services around the open web it’s quite common and sometimes mandatory these days to use ‘Facebook Connect’ instead of creating a new and independent user account. People stop ranting on blog comments because those only allow comments connected to a ‘real name’ or ‘Facebook identity’—‘til the end of time. For the good or bad we are losing anonymity and Facebook Inc. is establishing order in our digital world. The project “Social ID Bureau” draws a possible near future of Facebook Inc. actually giving-out ‘real life’ passports (socialidbureau.com). Leingruber will give an overview on this project, the vision and where we are today. How is Facebook Inc. already controlling our digital identities and influencing our everyday lives? Where are the issues and what are the opportunities?

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Unlike Us #3

Created by Institute of Network Cultures

Unlike Us #3: 22-23 March, 2013
at TrouwAmsterdam and Studio HvA / MediaLAB Amsterdam

Is the word ‘social’ hollowed out, or does it still have some meaning? How to understand the thunderous growth of mobile uses in social media? Is there really something…


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Unlike Us #3: 22-23 March, 2013
at TrouwAmsterdam and Studio HvA / MediaLAB Amsterdam

Is the word ‘social’ hollowed out, or does it still have some meaning? How to understand the thunderous growth of mobile uses in social media? Is there really something like a Facebook riot and how do we start one? Theorists, programmers and artists alike react to the monopolies that control social media – by designing decentralized networks, creating art that’s criticizing and surprising at the same time or by trying to understand the big networks from within. Meet them at the third Unlike Us conference organized by the Institute of Network Cultures on 22-23 March 2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

International speakers discuss both the big gestures of Theory, the ambitious plans of artists, programmers and activists. There are workshops to put Unlike Us into practice without delay and discussions on specific issues that Unlike Us hasn’t dealt with so far. The different themes will cover theory and critique, decentralization, mobile use, activism, and the art and politics of social networks.

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