Strategies for Critical Internet Cultures in the Age of Trump

Geert Lovink We're overwhelmed by media events that unfold in
real-time. Is this spectacle a smoke screen for more drastic,
longterm measure? What's our own plan? The politically correct
strategies of 'civil society' are all well-meant and related to
important issues but seem to move towards a parallel universe,
unable to response to the cynical meme design that is rapidly
taking over key power positions. Are there ways to not just hit
back but also be one step ahead? How can we move from data to Dada
and become a 21st century avantgarde, one that truely understands
the technological imperative and shows that "we are the social in
social media"? How do we develop, and then scale up, critical
concepts and bring together politics and aesthetics in a way that
speaks to the online millions? How do you make fun of the petty
world of the xenophobes? Generations have studied the mistakes made
in the interbellum, but what's the conclusion, now that we're in a
similar situation? How can we design, and then mobilze, a
collective networked desire that unites us in a 'deep diversity'?
What do we have in stock now that it's time to act? Is the promise
of open, distributed networks going to do the job?