Resistance to the current : the dialectics of hacking / Johan Söderberg and Maxigas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Söderberg, Johan, 1976- author.

Maxigas, author.

Series:

Information Policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hacking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2022

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction: The Dialectics of Hacking

2. Theorizing Critique and Recuperation

3. Community Wireless Networks: A Darknet of Light

4. Open-Source 3D Printing: Reproducing Machines and Social Relations

5. Hackerspaces: Memory and Forgetting Through Generations of Shared Machine Shops

6. Internet Relay Chat: A Time Machine that Stood the Test of Time

7. Conclusion: The Struggle Ahead.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-37201-0

0-262-37200-2

9780262372015

OCLC:

1334601383