[ecrea] Call for Contributions: The MoneyLab Reader, Edited by Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz

Call for Contributions: The MoneyLab Reader
INC Reader #10

Edited by Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz


MONEYLAB

The MoneyLab project launched late 2013 by the Institute of Network 
Cultures and the University of Warwick considers sprouting alternative 
digital-economic forms, radical experiments with crypto-currencies, 
payment systems and revenue models against the backdrop of the ongoing 
global economic decline. The first MoneyLab conference took place in 
Amsterdam on March 21-22 2014. Blog reports and videos of the talks and 
discussions can be found through http://networkcultures.org/moneylab.

MONEYLAB READER

Part of the project wil l
include
 the publication of the MoneyLab Reader in the INC Reader series. A 
volume of critical essays by theorists, programmers, activists, and 
artists; edited by Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz and to be published 
early 2015.

WE INVITE

Internet, visual culture and media scholars, critical finance scholars, 
anthropologists, Bitcoin researchers, artists, curators, free software 
and open-content advocates, P2P gurus, financial activists, conference 
participants and others to submit proposals for The MoneyLab Reader.

POSSIBLE TOPICS

Mobile Money // Networks & Money // Activism & Finance // Monetization 
of Social Capital // Crowdfunding Research // Crypto Money // Histories 
of Internet Banking // Money & Art // Recommendation Systems // 
E-wallets // Payment Systems // Like, +One, and Favorite Economies.

FORMATS

We welcome interviews, dialogues, essays and articles, images (b/w), 
email exchanges, manifestos, or other, with a maximum of 8,000 words, 
but preferably shorter at around 5,000 words. For scope and style, take 
a look at the previous INC Readers and the style guide (pdf).

WANT TO JOIN?

Send in your proposal (500 words max.) before June 1st, 2014. You may 
expect a response before July 1st, 2014.

DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

September 1st, 2014.

EMAIL TO

Miriam Rasch (Publications Coordinator @ Institute of Network Cultures) 
at miriam[at]networkcultures[dot]org

BACKGROUND

While the economic downturn endures and budget cuts prevail, we have 
witnessed the emergence and rise of alternative payment systems and 
revenue models in digital media. Online bartering sites, a plethora of 
crowdfunding platforms, new forms of valuation, e-wallets and 
crypto-currencies like Bitcoin, are but a few examples. These coincide 
with the huge growth of mobile money transfer services across Asia and 
Africa and the general convergence of digital and financial industries.

MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives is a network that aims to critically 
explore, map and probe the politics, inner-workings and governance of 
these alternative digital-economic forms. It is not enough to merely 
promote and further develop (technical) alternatives, we also need time 
to ask ourselves critical questions and re-examine the very 
underpinnings of our endeavours.

Of central importance to this project is the formation of a 
collaborative network of researchers, artists, developers, engineers, 
and others interested in sharing, coining, critiquing, and ushering in 
alternative network economies., focused on the monetization debate and 
looked into three specific fields of inquiry: Bitcoins and other 
crypto-currencies, crowd funding research and mobile money in the global 
South.


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Nathaniel Tkacz - Assistant Professor  |  CIM - The University of Warwick
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Research: CIM  |  Twitter: @__nate__  |  Current Project: MoneyLab
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