Point taken. In any case, chapters will be uploaded on my website one by one. And I am sure the book will appear on some torrent very soon. I don't do research to sell books but to learn and share knowledge and learn from the sharing and exchange of view - and there is always a way (or more) to do so :-) Stefania
On 2013-11-11, at 2:53 PM, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: > Looks interesting, but not enough to pay $85 (or $66 with the NA > discount, but maybe plus shipping!) for.. Maybe you need to find a > more "disruptive" publisher! > > Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato, > > Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes > <[email protected]> > +1 (817) 271-9619 > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:38 AM, stefi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear Liberationtech list >> >> **Apologies for cross-posting** >> >> I am happy to announce the release of my book Social Movements and Their >> Technologies. Wiring Social Change (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). >> >> The book might be of interest to those of you working on internet activism >> and dissent networking, social movement communication, communication for >> development. It is based on an unprecedented body of qualitative data built >> over the years by interviewing radical techies and hacktivists typically >> very difficult to reach. It offers also a historical grounding to the >> current efforts by activists around the world to organize autonomously in >> the field of communication infrastructure. >> >> Blurb >> Social Movements and Their Technologies. Wiring Social Change explores the >> interplay between social movements and their "liberated technologies". It >> analyzes the rise of low-power radio stations and radical internet projects >> ("emancipatory communication practices") as a political subject, focusing on >> the sociological and cultural processes at play. It provides an overview of >> the relationship between social movements and technology and investigates >> what is behind the communication infrastructure that made possible the main >> protest events of the past 15 years. In doing so, Stefania Milan illustrates >> how contemporary social movements organize in order to create autonomous >> alternatives to communication systems and network and how they contribute to >> change the way people communicate in daily life, as well as try to change >> communication policy from the grassroots. >> >> You can find out more on http://stefaniamilan.net/book (including the table >> of contents and the proofs of chapter 1). >> If you buy by the end of January, there is a discount of 20% in you are >> based in the United States, and 50% for everyone else (for books bought by >> individuals and only through www.palgrave.com). You can find flyers and >> discount codes on http://stefaniamilan.net/book >> >> Hope you like it! >> Stefania >> >> Stefania Milan, PhD >> Data J Lab / Citizen Lab >> stefaniamilan.net @annliffey >> >> -- >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of >> list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, >> change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at >> [email protected]. > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of > list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. > -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
