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Resistance to the Current - (Information Policy) by Johan Soderberg & Maxigas (Paperback)
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- How hacking cultures drive contemporary capitalism and the future of innovation.
- About the Author: Johan Söderberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Göteborg and Associate Editor of Science as Culture.
- 240 Pages
- Political Science, Public Policy
- Series Name: Information Policy
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"Argues that hacking provides a privileged vantage point for probing the logic of informational capitalism since hackers are at the forefront of structural transformations of late modernity"--Book Synopsis
How hacking cultures drive contemporary capitalism and the future of innovation. In Resistance to the Current, Johan Söderberg and Maxigas examine four historical case studies of hacker movements and their roles in shaping the twenty-first-century's network society. Based on decades of field work and analysis, this intervention into current debates situates an exploding variety of hacking practices within the contradictions of capitalism. Depoliticized accounts of computing cultures and collaborative production miss their core driver, write Söderberg and Maxigas: the articulation of critique and its recuperation into innovations. Drawing on accounts of building, developing, and running community wireless networks, 3D printers, hackerspaces, and chat protocols, the authors develop a theoretical framework of critique and recuperation to examine how hackers--who have long held a reputation for being underground rebels--transform their outputs from communal, underground experiments to commercial products that benefit the state and capital. This framework allows a dialectical understanding of contemporary social conflicts around technology and innovation. Hackers' critiques of contemporary norms spur innovation, while recuperation turns these innovations into commodified products and services. Recuperation threatens the autonomy of hacker collectives, harnessing their outputs for the benefit of a capitalist system. With significant practical implications, this sophisticated multidisciplinary account of technology-oriented movements that seek to challenge capitalism will appeal to science and technology readers interested in innovation studies, user studies, cultural studies, and media and communications.About the Author
Johan Söderberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Göteborg and Associate Editor of Science as Culture. He researches the development of alternative addiction treatments and the hacking of medicine. Maxigas is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media at the University of Amsterdam. His research on hacking, cybernetics, and old social media has been published in academic journals including the Social Studies of Science and the Internet Policy Review.Dimensions (Overall): 8.98 Inches (H) x 5.98 Inches (W) x .94 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.4 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Series Title: Information Policy
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: Public Policy
Publisher: MIT Press
Theme: Science & Technology Policy
Format: Paperback
Author: Johan Soderberg & Maxigas
Language: English
Street Date: November 22, 2022
TCIN: 90235229
UPC: 9780262544566
Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-1361
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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