So well said, Marc, thank you. I also think that if, as Helen said, there wasn’t this process of coopting, limiting, manipulating language for the purpose of control, we wouldn’t have the knock-on effect of perceiving hacking as the domain of the ‘little boy rebel’ but rather it would be a natural part of engaging with the world and all of our technologies (from thought to tools to digital tech).
g. > On 7 Jul 2016, at 11:39 AM, marc garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Why has our working definition of ‘technology’ become so narrow? We have > >such tunnel vision, sometimes… > > For my PhD, in 2013 I uploaded a draft paper called ‘Hack Value’ where the > study explores aspects of technological and physical forms of hacking. > https://marcgarrett.org/2013/07/27/hack-value/ > <https://marcgarrett.org/2013/07/27/hack-value/> > > The paper argues that hacking is not only a special and mysteriously, > technical skill, but is a way of thinking around blockages by oppressors, and > has been used by grass roots cultures (in the UK) for hundreds (even > thousands) of years. The thesis refers the True Levellers and the Diggers and > other examples of imaginative dissent. Also, there has been writing on the > subject by Kathleen Kennedy in her book in 2009 called ‘Medieval Hackers’- > https://punctumbooks.com/titles/medieval-hackers/ > <https://punctumbooks.com/titles/medieval-hackers/> > > The thing is, it’s not about the ‘little boy rebel’ thing, as some may > presume. It’s more about connecting up with people who share similar values, > whilst adapting to the forces trying to block such an very emancipatory need > happening. And thus, particular actions need to take place which are grounded > and not merely gestures that relate to: breaking into and opening up closed > systems, changing a context or situation, highlighting an issue, finding ways > around problems, changing defaults, and restructuring things. > > And this where I think my own and various peers who we’ve been working with > connect up. Way back, we realised technology was not the utopia that certain > ‘innovation’ gurus, either believed or pretended was true. > > And, like you I think Jampijinpa’s pithy comment, when he said “…this > so-called technology”. As you say, is true. > > This is what’s so amazing about working different people from places that are > completely different to our Westernised canons or sets of belief systems. > When their voices are heard, the context of what is learned and rediscovered, > resonates deeply beyond the traditional shallowness of the ‘art market’ > dominated world, as well as the soiled sheen of corporate nonsense that > blinds us all from building real alliances with others on our own terms. > > Wishing you well. > > marc > > On 6 July 2016 at 20:16, Gretta Louw <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Thanks so much for this - a lovely summary! I especially get a kick out of > Jampijinpa’s pithy comment about “…this so-called technology”. It’s so true. > Why has our working definition of ‘technology’ become so narrow? We have such > tunnel vision, sometimes… > > g. > > >> On 06 Jul 2016, at 12:00, furtherfield <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Networking the Unseen Video. >> >> This video was taken at Networking the Unseen opening event at Furtherfield >> Gallery (London) on Friday 17 June 2016. >> https://vimeo.com/173324435 <https://vimeo.com/173324435> >> >> Featuring Artists: Gretta Louw, Lily Hibberd, Brook Andrew, Curtis Taylor, >> Jenny Fraser, Sharon Nampijinpa Anderson and the Warnayaka Art Centre. >> >> If you have not been to the show yet & wish to visit -- look here >> http://furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/networking-unseen >> <http://furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/networking-unseen> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > -- > -- > > Marc Garrett > Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield. > > Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network > http://www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> - for art, > technology and social change since 1996 > > Furtherfield Gallery & Commons, > Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ > T +44(0)208 802 1301/+44(0)208 802 2827 > M +44(0)7533676047 > www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> > <http://www.furtherfield.org/>_______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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