Michiel de Lange

Michiel de Lange is a PhD candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, fac. Philosophy. Michiel studies mobile technologies in relation to personal and cultural identities. His research project is called Playful Identities (www.playful-identities.nl), a collaboration between philosophers, media theorists, and social scientists. Michiel has an MA in Cultural Anthropology (University of Amsterdam). In 2000 he did research in Jakarta on the rise of the internet, and in 2007 on the mobile phone and mobility. Michiel collaborated in a locative media art/science project which takes place in Nigeria (www.nomadicmilk.net). Between 2001-2005 Michiel worked for Knowledgeland (www.knowledgeland.org), a Dutch thinktank that initiates innovative projects to enhance the knowledge-based society. Michiel worked for Cybersoek (www.cybersoek.nl), a computer neighborhood center in Amsterdam, teaching people of all ages and backgrounds how to use digital media.

Michiel blogs about his research at blog.bijt.org.