{"id":120,"date":"2023-02-12T21:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T20:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/scale\/?p=120"},"modified":"2023-05-10T13:45:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:45:05","slug":"localizing-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/scale\/artist-talks\/localizing-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Localising the Internet: Cuban Alternative Data Distribution Networks and the Social Infrastructures that Sustain Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Localising the Internet\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bv5ntckqsDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this talk, media artist Nestor Sir\u00e9 and anthropologist and filmmaker Steffen K\u00f6hn will give intimate insights into the unique materiality of Cuban alternative data distribution networks and the lives of the people who sustain them. 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