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piqer for: piqd Boom and bust Global finds Globalization and politics Technology and society
German media and technology journalist. Founding editor of piqd. Most of his piqs are digging into the new digital public sphere. How is the web changing public opinion? Who defines what's relevant and what's not? How can we make sure relevant information still finds an audience? How could alternatives to Facebook, Twitter and other commercial social networks look like?
Frederik is director of the media innovation think tank vocer.org. He's teaching "digital journalism" at the Hamburg Media School.
The Weekend Digest: Our Piqs Of The Week
- The End of Sand: We Are Running Out Of The World's Second Most Consumed Natural Resource (piqd by Luis Eduardo Barrueto / Source: The New Yorker)
- Brazil: The Tale Of Escalating Violence Against Indigenous Populations Triggered By Unsustainable Development (piqd by Pamela Leiva Jacquelín / Source: The New York Times)
- Stories Told With The Penis (piqd by Valentina Nicolae / Source: The Guardian)
- God And The Devil In The Operating Room: The Horrors That Trauma Surgeons Confront Every Day (piqd by Patricia Alonso / Source: Huffington Post Highline)
- Paris Exit — A Lonely Man's Decision (piqd by Urszula Papajak / Source: The New York Times)
Introduced: Elvia Wilk
(Globalization and Politics, Technology and Society)
Elvia Wilk is a writer and editor living in Berlin, covering art, architecture, urbanism, and emerging technologies. She contributes to publications like Frieze, Artforum, e-flux, die Zeit, the Architectural Review, and Metropolis. Currently she's a contributing editor at Rhizome and publications editor for transmediale festival for arts and digital culture.
Introduced: Vito Laterza
(Boom and Bust, Globalization and Politics)
I am an anthropologist and political analyst interested in politics, economy and society in Africa and the West, from a global geopolitical perspective. I am a research fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, and a visiting researcher in the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town.
I have published widely in academic and professional publications and write regularly for international media such as Al Jazeera English, The Independent, Boston Review, openDemocracy and Africa Is A Country. I edit the Human Economy Blog.