From 0cf6f798c335974ff8c419820cb1b6bf5207004b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tomi Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 21:55:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update content/bonfire/rijeka.md --- content/bonfire/rijeka.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/bonfire/rijeka.md b/content/bonfire/rijeka.md index cfcdd9e..c47ac3c 100644 --- a/content/bonfire/rijeka.md +++ b/content/bonfire/rijeka.md @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ The event was facilitated by Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, Tomislav Medak, Dav Contributors: Mara Ferreri, Yasamin Ghalehnoie, Max Haiven, Nicholas Herzberg, Morana Miljanovic, Rodolfo Suárez Molnar, Giulia Palladini, Paul Stubbs, Cassie Thornton, Polymnia Tsinti, Valeria Verdolini. +![](static/images/white_collar_crime.jpg) + # About the topic of institutional tinkering Our epoch could arguably be thought of as one of “total bureaucratization” (Graeber 2015), one where most democratic institutional processes appear as hollowed out, functioning as merely ceremonial affairs (Crouch 2016) while resources and opportunities are administered via computerized “pattern discrimination” (Apprich, Chun, Cramer, Steyerl 2018). Access to social welfare, benefits and support are increasingly regulated by a stratified bureaucracy and means-testing, moving us further away from the universal provision of welfare. Despite the rapid spread of digital tools in the last decades, one that at its inception was heralded as a means for eliminating “paper work” and streamlining effectiveness, systemic demands on individuals to comply with often cumbersome and invasive procedures of reporting and verification have not decreased, but multiplied.