SKATEPARKS
- sounds
- a map of the loops they are taking
- clothing
- gender (bias?)
- rollerskating, type?
- protection (as I am currently suffering from concussion I am particularly interested in this topic as a head injury can happen really quickly)
- groups / alone?
- do you have to fit in to be able to spend time there?
- what are the unspoken rules?
- deck of skating
- different demographic
- different movement
- is there a difference between actual skateparks and places that were taken over by skaters
- what are the rules on a skatepark
- can you navigate the space
- aerodoinamics / motion
SKATEPARK WESTBLAAK
- dedicated skating spot recognised by the city
- is the hotspot of skaters in the city
- central location
- in the middle of two main roads
- surrounded by fences - creates an own space
- Skating area is in the middle of the space separated through a different kind of concrete and colour
- surrounding benches and other areas to sit
- this puts skaters into the spotlight
- this can create an vulnerable situation because you are in the focus of everyone surrounding you, you can be watched from all angles even from the street and surrounding cafes
- so this does not create a safe environment for beginners
- observation: next to the main skating area is also an area hidden under the trees with smaller ramps, here are beginners taking their space
- there are rules in place like wearing protection, which are not followed by the skaters present
- these rules are only written in dutch, after talking to one of the skaters we recognised that there are international students present that are not able to speak dutch. Is this inclusive?
MOVEMENT IN
THE SPACE
- Kids are in the main zone with more experienced (mostly male in their 20s) skaters, they seem to have no fear of judgement, more fascination
- older guys are showing the kids how to stand on a board or doing tricks
- a approx. 20 year old girl is sitting at the side observing the older guys, she seems too scared to go inside of the "bowl", she takes a few attempts
- People from all age groups are sitting around the main zone and watch, also familes
- People are practicing their tricks on the side
- very much male dominated
- also a meeting place with friend (community)
- kids are mostly on scooters
- no one wears protection
- they are trying and trying again the same tricks
- scale of movement is not so big (stay in smaller setting
2nd Observation
Photography in
the Space
3rd Observation
- like a stadium, surrounding people are screaming and cheering on
- filming each other (performance, taking to another space online)
- they are competing with themselves
- skating itself is not a group sport but there is a community and they are doing it together
- 10 men to 1 girl
- 95 % white
- white male dominated space
- mostly skaters with a skateboard
- more intimidating to start skating when you are older
- no real sportsclub
- "skatekitchen"
- are sure of their movement
- how do you get into this community? Do you have to be able to skate or dress a certain way?
- falling is part of the sport? (almost becomes a spectacle, compilation videos of the hardest falls)
- skatepark reflects neighbourhood (south maybe more diverse?)
Skating in Fashion
Mapping
Version 2
NEW SPACE
Market makers do more than make money. They shape behaviors of people and companies. Netflix is undeniably shaping how people live going back to its founding in 1997. Along with Amazon, Netflix ushered in the era of on-demand living. If Amazon made it possible for people to buy things on their own terms, Netflix did the same for entertainment. Arguably Netflix and Amazon laid the groundwork for Uber’s disruption of the transportation industry through on-demand ride sharing. Together these companies ushered in an economy based on on-demand living.
A Cultural Phenomenon
NETFLIX
- subscription-based streaming service
- online streaming of a library of films and television series
- 193 million paid subscriptions worldwide
- available worldwide except in the following: mainland China (due to local restrictions), Syria, North Korea, and Crimea (due to U.S. sanctions)
- producer and distributor for both film and television series "Netflix Original"
- Netflix has affected the way that audiences watch televised content
- you can watch content in your own pace
- after Film the next one automatically starts, that's how they keep you hooked
- streaming service is launching multiple shows that feature predominantly non-white casts.
- Space can continuously change and changes can be made instant through an update of the website
- poor captioning for the deaf or hard of hearing on all of its content
- lack of moral responsibility of Netflix
- distribution model for original films has led to conflicts with the legacy film industry
- film made from Netflix can not take part in the Academy Awards
- tax avoidance
- ffering content that presents wellness pseudoscience and conspiracy theories as true
CRITICAL
MENU TO NARROW YOUR SEARCH /SPACE
MOVEMENT IN THE SPACE
DIGITAL SPACE CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE PHYISICAL SPACE
Netflix filters what you can see when you travel to another country. You can access that country’s Netflix library, which may differ from what you can watch at home. There are nearly 4,000 movie titles available for viewing in the U.S. But if you travel to Italy for vacation, you would have access to roughly 2,500 titles.
MAPPING OF DIGITAL SPACE IN PHYSICAL SPACE
UNITED STATES: 5879 Titles
GEORGIA: 2116 Titles
Netflix writes that the artwork on its content has the biggest influence on what people choose to watch — capturing "82 percent of their focus while browsing Netflix." Well, yeah, that seems obvious; Netflix is a giant carousel of image thumbnails! But Netflix writes that the window for getting someone's attention is pretty short: users spend an average of just under 2 seconds looking at each show or film they come across. So Netflix took these findings and decided to build a system that harnesses the judgements people are able to make in that span of time.
There's definitely some sneaky demographic targeting going on. Netflix calls differences in engagement "regional nuance," but what it's really talking about is aggregation of unconscious bias. The company found that thumbnails for Sense 8 differed in popularity between Germany, the US, the UK, and Brazil, and the difference in Netflix's examples appear to be driven at least partially by racial identity. Netflix also says it identified several other winning strategies:
- Show close-ups of emotionally expressive faces
- Show people villains instead of heroes
- Don't show more than three characters
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Intervention
Research question:How is Netflix shaping our politics and social dynamics by filtering which media we consume?
Netflix has heavily affected the way that audiences watch televised content. Being available in 190 countries and having 192.95 million paid subscribers worldwide, shows how influential this space is on how and what media we consume and therefore have the power to shift attitudes and political views.
Does Netflix know our identity and can I hack their perception of me by feeding the algorithm with wrong information? How does the space change?
For much of television’s history, the industry itself has acted as the determinant in formulat- ing the cultural experience in how television is accessed and consumed: everything from pro- gram lengths, the amount of commercials, avoidance of inappropriate content, genre and episod- ic conventions and airing schedules has been developed around general public trends and perpet- uated by the networks, channels and advertisers.
Netflix has changed this media landscape by allowing to offer a customised and tailored movie experience.
This also means that Netflix has its own cultural significance and heritage of mapping audience relations to the media. Algorithms, now heavily incorporated into the functioning of web-based com- panies, may also be a means to document culture and social information in a way that has never before been possible.
Netflix knows who I am, so therefore the space knows who I am and customising the space towards me while I am in it. So therefore the space must depend on me. Or am I depending on the space that is created for me?
1. ANALYSE THE SYSTEM(THE CULTURAL BUBBLE)
Netflix, like scrolling through Snapchat or viewing Twitter, also need not be a group activity. We may be social creatures, but Netflix is making us less so. Netflix has changed how we entertain ourselves, and in doing so it is altering the way we spend time with family and friends. Because Netflix can be watched from many different platforms and is thus a mobile form of entertainment, it allows individuals to get up and go wherever they have internet connection to watch their favorite shows or movies. Because so many Americans have portable devices and many different kinds of them, they can isolate and entertain themselves without having any other human contact.
Movie theater attendance has continued to fall over the years, and now the most important use of live-streamed television is, arguably, for sports. People might fume over political debates together around a television, or watch a game at a sports bar, but for simple entertainment, Netflix encourages people to retreat to corners of their living spaces and entertain themselves alone.
This physical separation between family and friends is not the only form of isolation that Netflix encourages. The streaming that Netflix provides may also be deepening the differences between Americans culturally and thus politically. In December 2016, a New York Times graphic showed that Americans in different geographical areas, such as urban versus rural, watch different shows. In urban areas, people watch shows like “Orange is the New Black,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and “American Horror Story.” In rural areas, people watch shows like “Bones,” “The Walking Dead,” and “Supernatural.” Other maps have demonstrated that people who voted for President Trump last fall were mostly people from rural areas, whereas those who voted for Hillary Clinton were predominantly from urban areas.
Because Netflix leads viewers to new shows based on what was previously watched, it has the effect of creating a cultural bubble. People who watch certain types of shows or movies will be more likely to watch the types of movies that fit models that more closely align with how they view the world. Without exposure to other types of media, people will not understand each other nearly as well. At the very least, people who watch different shows will have less to talk about.
How to intervent
1. ANALYSE THE SYSTEM
2. DISRUPT THE SYSTEM
3. LEAVE THE SYSTEM
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Over time I can’t help but wonder — is this shrinking my worldview? Is this pushing me to be stuck in an infinite loop of my own beliefs and “likes”? Maybe my taste in movies and music is no longer mine at all, but what an algorithm is telling me due to decisions I have made in the past.
Are we stuck in a cultural eco chamber, in a filter bubble?
Can we break this bubble
culture within the company
"Pinned down by our tenacious data profiles, we’ll be forever looking into our own reflections, prisoners of our own tastes."
3. LEAVE THE SYSTEM (ALTERNATIVES)
PLATTFORM ALTERNATIVES
- https://www.idfa.nl/en/
- https://www.lecinemaclub.com
- https://mubi.com/de/showing
- https://www.criterionchannel.com
https://www.vodclub.online
ACCOUNT: Mexico
LOCATION: Netherlands
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS
ACCOUNT: Luxembourg
LOCATION: Netherlands
ACCOUNT: Netherlands
LOCATION: Netherlands
ACCOUNT: Austria
LOCATION: Austria
3. DISRUPT THE SYSTEM
Creating a "fake" avatar John Doe, and feed the algorithm with wrong information to see how the algorithm reacts to it and how it can influence the filter bubble
WITHOUT GIVING THE ALGORITHM MUCH INFORMATION
AFTER GIVING THE ALGORITHM INFORMATION (LIKES/ LIST, ETC)
Liking Movies with Action, Weapons, War, etc.
WITHOUT GIVING THE ALGORITHM MUCH INFORMATION
AFTER GIVING THE ALGORITHM INFORMATION (LIKES/ LIST, ETC)
1. MUSTANG (WATCHED ON MUBI)
Growing up in Austria, almost every film was synchronised in German in the cinema as well as on TV. Therefore it was quite a new and refreshing experience to see that all movies are in their original language on Mubi and you can not choose the audio language like on Netflix.
As a first movie I chose "Mustang" a Turkish movie that plays deep in in a remote Turkish village and depicts the lives of five young orphaned sisters and challenges they face growing up as girls in a conservative society.
Mustang tells a straightforward story of female empowerment, but it’s the way it tells that story that makes it deserving of all the accolades it’s received, including an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film
I must admit wouldn't it have been for this challenge of leaving Netflix, I would probably not have chosen to watch this movie. At first the language and the heaviness of the movie made me want to look for another movie. However, the movie deeply impacted me and made it on the list of my favourite movies.
2. THE SEAWEED IN YOUR HAIR (WATCHED ON LÉ CINEMA CLUB)
Le cinema club releases one movie a day on its platform with a review/ summery about it. This is an interesting format then can avoid endless scrolling looking for a movie on Netflix. It also forces you to get out of your comfort zone and watch a movie that is presented to you rather then the one that would fit your mood or taste.
Furthermore it is a shortmovie and a lyrical essay, a format that is not really explore on Netflix.
Are we stuck in a cultural eco chamber, in a filter bubble?
Can we break this bubble by leaving/queering the space?
Focus on Nr3: Leave the System
How netflix dominates certain conversations and waves
Why do we need alternatives
- Rabbit hole -> critic to be apparent
- The best diet of consuption is a varied one
- Why it is problematic to consume everything one source
Going to show what the problem is with netflix -> that then is also a next step to take alternatives
Reality can be different things. We can easily say that my perspective is my reality. There is truth to that statement. When we look at the shared reality of an event, though, the more perspectives you get the better
FINAL INTERVENTION:
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