For those of us interested, but unaffiliated with an academic library, any chance of a way to give input without shelling out US$30 for the privilege of sending the author our expert feedback? ;)
We e-bandits (hmmm… do I qualify or care to? ) do not come with fat expense accounts. Yrs, Shava Nerad [email protected] On Dec 11, 2013 11:07 AM, "Yosem Companys" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Wendy Wong <[email protected]> > > Hi Everyone: > > I just wanted to let you know about an article I (and co-author Pete > Brown) have in the new issue of Perspectives on Politics on the role > of Wikileaks, Anonymous, and other “e-bandits” in global activism . > Here is the link: > http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=pps > > Here is the abstract for “E-Bandits in Global Activism: Wikileaks, > Anonymous, and the Politics of No One." > > In recent years, WikiLeaks and Anonymous have made headlines > distributing confidential information, defacing websites, and > generating protest around political issues. Although many have > dismissed these actors as terrorists, criminals, and troublemakers, we > argue that such actors are emblematic of a new kind of political > actor: extraordinary bandits (e-bandits) that engage in the politics > of no one via anonymizing Internet technologies. Building on > Hobsbawm's idea of the social bandit, we show how these actors > fundamentally change the terms of global activism. First, as political > actors, e-bandits are akin to Robin Hood, resisting the powers that be > who threaten the desire to keep the Internet free, not through > lobbying legislators, but by “taking” what has been deemed off limits. > Second, e-banditry forces us to think about how technology changes > “ordinary” transnational activism. Iconic images of street protests > and massive marches often underlie the way we as scholars think about > social movements and citizen action; they are ordinary ways we expect > non-state actors to behave when they demand political change. > E-bandits force us to understand political protest as virtual missives > and actions, activity that leaves no physical traces but that has > real-world consequences, as when home phone numbers and addresses of > public officials are released. Finally, e-banditry is relatively open > in terms of who participates, which contributes to the growing sense > that activism has outgrown organizations as the way by which > individuals connect. We illustrate our theory with the actions of two > e-bandits, Anonymous and WikiLeaks. > > We’d love to hear your thoughts! > > Wendy H. Wong > Director, Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice > Associate Professor, Department of Political Science > Associate Director, Munk School Global Justice Lab > > Munk School of Global Affairs | University of Toronto > 315 Bloor Street West | Room 214 > Toronto, ON M5S 1A3 > Phone: 416-946-8703 | Fax: 416-946-5566 > www.munkschool.utoronto.ca > individual.utoronto.ca/wendyhwong > -- > 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]. >
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