critical infrastructure lab

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

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April 2 author discussion with Peters, Petrov, and Sun-Ha Hong
April 16 – May 14 break (suggestion: read The Smartness Mandate)
May 28 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Introduction + Chapter 1
June 11 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 2
June 25 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 3
July 9 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 4
July 23 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 5
August 6 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 6
August 20 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 7
September 3 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 8
September 17 – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 9
October 1st – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Chapter 10
October 15th – News from Germany & Technology of Empire // Conclusion
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
December 24th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 5 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 4
January 7th, 2025- Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 6 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 5
January 21st – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 7 // The Apple II Age – Chapter 6
February 4th – Telegraphic Imperialism – Chapter 8 + Conclusion // The Apple II Age – Chapter 7
February 18th – The Apple II Age – Inconclusions + Epilogue
March 4th – European Objects – Chapter 1 and 2
March 18th – European Objects – Chapter 3 and 4
April 1st – European Objects – Chapter 5 and 6
April 15th – European Objects – Chapter 7 and 8
April 29th – European Objects – Conclusion

previous books read in this reading group:

• 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