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"Tearing down barriers to accessing research, one click at a time" Barbie Keiser ----- Original Message ----- From: Shava Nerad <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 12:19 pm Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Wikileaks, Anonymous, and global activism To: Liberation Technologies <[email protected]>, [email protected] > 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: > > > > > > 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: > > > > 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: 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].
