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syllabus for Other Media Histories: Networks
https://loriemerson.net/2026/08/12/syllabus-for-other-media-histories-networks/
Published: August 12, 2026 18:24
This fall semester marks the first time in well over a decade that I have attempted to teach an undergraduate class that is exactly my research on what I fondly call “other networks.” I hope I’m able to model what it looks like to approach the history of…
Liberation Radio(s) Beyond the Internet Imaginary
https://loriemerson.net/2026/03/25/liberation-radios-beyond-the-internet-imaginary/
Published: March 25, 2026 16:33
Below is the text of the conference paper I’m presenting at the annual conference for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies on March 26th. *** Liberation Radio(s) Beyond the Internet Imaginary A couple years into working on my book Other Networks: A…
Other Cybernetics for Other AIs
https://loriemerson.net/2025/09/18/other-cybernetics-for-other-ais/
Published: September 18, 2025 18:57
Below is the text for a talk I’m giving tomorrow on Friday September 19th in St. Pölten, Vienna at a wonderful event called “Reenacting Dartmouth,” organized by Seppo Gründler and Elisabeth Schimana. I’m also very keen to hear papers by my fellow panelists…
How to Activate the Potential of Imaginary Networks
https://loriemerson.net/2025/08/07/how-to-activate-the-potential-of-imaginary-networks/
Published: August 7, 2025 16:32
Based on the handful of imaginary networks I wrote about in Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook (Anthology Editions, 2025), I am grateful for the opportunity I was given to contribute an article on “How to Activate the Potential of Imaginary…
exploring NABU in 2025, a Canadian cable TV network from 1984
https://loriemerson.net/2025/07/14/exploring-nabu-in-2025-a-canadian-cable-tv-network-from-1984/
Published: July 14, 2025 19:24
One of the networks I wrote about in Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook is the NABU Network (or the Natural Access to Bi-Directional Utilities Network). This was the only instance of a two-way network that operated over cable television. Users…
Recipe for an Other Networks Lecture-Performance
https://loriemerson.net/2025/03/04/recipe-for-an-other-networks-lecture-performance/
Published: March 4, 2025 18:57
This Will Have Been a NetworkRecipe for a Lecture-Performance 1. Place a kitchen timer on a chair or stool and set it to 30 minutes. 2. Take no more than 1 minute to choose an Other Network.  3. Read out loud any information on the network for no more…
Other Networks is now available for pre-order
https://loriemerson.net/2025/02/22/other-networks-is-now-available-for-pre-order/
Published: February 22, 2025 18:16
At long last, my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is officially available from Anthology Editions for pre-order here! Sadly, despite publishing many gorgeous books, the publisher won’t be around for much longer which means…
notes on activating the potential of imaginary networks
Published: January 4, 2025 21:17
What follows is the draft introduction I have written for an essay I’m working on (“How to Activate the Potential of Imaginary Networks”) that is the result of my initial work cataloging a handful of imaginary networks for Other Networks: A Radical…
the history of microbroadcasting and how you can too!
https://loriemerson.net/2024/09/21/the-history-of-microbroadcasting-and-how-you-can-too/
Published: September 21, 2024 14:21
While I was working on the entry on “Microbroadcasting” for my book Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, and some time after libi striegl and I attempted (somewhat unsuccessfully) to assist a group of graduate students at Concordia University…
a brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks
https://loriemerson.net/2024/08/31/a-brief-history-of-barbed-wire-fence-telephone-networks/
Published: August 31, 2024 20:16
If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underlying infrastructure and then chronologically. You’ll also notice…