critical infrastructure lab

bi- weekly tuesday session 16:00 – 17:00 cest/cet* (once every two weeks)
facilitated by niels@criticalinfralab.net

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October 29th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Introduction + Chapter 1 // The Apple II Age – Introduction
November 12th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 2 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 1
November 26th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 3 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 2
December 10th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 4 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 3
January 7th, 2025 – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 5 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 4
January 21st – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 6 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 5
February 4th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 7 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 6
February 18th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 8 + Conclusion // The Apple II Age – Chapter 7
March 4th – The Apple II Age – Inconclusions + Epilogue
March 18th – European Objects – Chapter 1 and 2
April 1st – European Objects – Chapter 3 and 4
April 15th – European Objects – Chapter 5 and 6
April 29th – European Objects – Chapter 7 and 8
May 6th – European Objects – Conclusion

previous books read in this reading group:

• The Smartness Mandate – Orit Halpern
• Technology of Empire – Daqing Yang
• News from Germany – Heidi J.S. Tworek
• balkan cyberia – viktor petrov
• how not to network a nation – benjamin peters
• technologies of speculation – sun-ha hong
• the closed world – paul edwards
• four internets – kieron o’hara & wendy hall
• what is wrong with rights – radha d’souza
• digital design and topological control – parisi
• golden age of analog – galloway
• countering the cloud – luke munn
• medium design – keller easterling
• reluctant power – rita zajác
• between truth and power – julie cohen
• the question concerning technology in china – yuk hui

/* We use CEST between the last Sunday of March until the last Sunday of October, then we switch back to CET