Guerrilla networks : an anarchaeology of 1970s radical media ecologies / Michael Goddard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goddard, Michael, 1965- author.

Series:

Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques.

Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism in mass media--History--20th century.

Radicalism in mass media.

New Left--History--20th century.

New Left.

Guerrillas--History--20th century.

Guerrillas.

Terrorism and mass media--History--20th century.

Terrorism and mass media.

Alternative mass media--History--20th century.

Alternative mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The radical youth movements of the 1960s and '70s gave rise to both militant political groups ranging from urban guerrilla groups to autonomist counterculture, as well as radical media, including radio, music, film, video, and television. This book is concerned with both of those tendencies considered as bifurcations of radical media ecologies in the 1970s. While some of the forms of media creativity and invention mapped here, such as militant film and video, pirate radio and guerrilla television, fit within conventional definitions of media, others, such as urban guerrilla groups and autonomous movements, do not. Nevertheless what was at stake in all these ventures was the use of available means of expression in order to produce transformative effects, and they were all in different ways responding to ideas and practices of guerrilla struggle and specifically of guerrilla media. This book examines these radical media ecologies as guerrilla networks, emphasising the proximity and inseparability of radical media and political practices.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Media (An)archaeology, Ecologies, and Minor Knowledges

2. Armed Guerrilla Media Ecologies from Latin America to Europe

3. Autonomy Movements, the Nexus of 1977, and Free Radio

4. Militant Anti-Cinemas, Minor Cinemas and the Anarchive Film

5. Ecologies of Radical and Guerrilla Television

Conclusion: Terms of Cybernetic Warfare

Endnotes

Bibliography

Key Film, Television, and Video Cited

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-352) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69699-6

1-04-078384-8

90-485-6137-X

90-485-2753-8

9781003696995

OCLC:

1031468914