The Rise of Nerd Politics: Digital Activism and Political Change: Anthropology, Culture & Society
Autor John Postillen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 aug 2018
The recent irruption of WikiLeaks, Anonymous, Snowden and other tech-savvy actors onto the global political stage raises urgent questions about the impact of digital activism on political systems around the world. The Rise of Nerd Politics is an anthropological exploration of the role that such actors play in sparking new processes of political change in the digital age.
Drawing from long-term ethnographic research in Spain, Indonesia and Malaysia--as well as empirical examples from the United States, Iceland, Taiwan and further afield--Postill tracks the rise of technology "nerds" as a new transnational class of political brokers with growing influence. The book identifies and explores four domains of "nerd politics" that have experienced a dramatic expansion since 2010: digital rights, data activism, social protest, and institutional politics.
A lively and engaging intervention at the conjuncture of anthropology, media studies, and sociology, this book offers a pertinent reflection on the future of political change in the digital age.
Drawing from long-term ethnographic research in Spain, Indonesia and Malaysia--as well as empirical examples from the United States, Iceland, Taiwan and further afield--Postill tracks the rise of technology "nerds" as a new transnational class of political brokers with growing influence. The book identifies and explores four domains of "nerd politics" that have experienced a dramatic expansion since 2010: digital rights, data activism, social protest, and institutional politics.
A lively and engaging intervention at the conjuncture of anthropology, media studies, and sociology, this book offers a pertinent reflection on the future of political change in the digital age.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780745399843
ISBN-10: 0745399843
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 133 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press
Seria Anthropology, Culture & Society
ISBN-10: 0745399843
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 133 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press
Seria Anthropology, Culture & Society
Notă biografică
John Postill is the Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communications at RMIT University, Melbourne.
Descriere
The Rise of Nerd Politics is a lively anthropological exploration of the role that 'freedom technologists' play in sparking new processes of political change in the digital age. Drawing on the author's anthropological fieldwork into social media and digital activism in Spain, Indonesia and Malaysia, the book focuses on technologists as a new class of transnational political actors, arguing that ‘freedom technologists’ have managed to shape the hybrid media worlds in which today's political change unfolds.
Taking as its centrepiece the recent wave of uprisings and protests around the globe, The Rise of Nerd Politics considers the dynamic interrelation among mediated events, practices and trends. Postill explores the role that social media plays in processes of political change, entering the space of institutional politics through new citizen parties such as Podemos and Barcelona en Comu, as well as anti-institutional groups such as Wikileaks, Anonymous, and various pirate parties.
Comparing Spain's ongoing techno-political transformation to those of Tunisia, Iceland, the US, Malaysia and Indonesia, Postill argues that in all five countries ‘freedom technologists’ are playing significant roles in highly uneven, ongoing processes of political change - each of which has ramifications for the future of political change in the digital age.
Taking as its centrepiece the recent wave of uprisings and protests around the globe, The Rise of Nerd Politics considers the dynamic interrelation among mediated events, practices and trends. Postill explores the role that social media plays in processes of political change, entering the space of institutional politics through new citizen parties such as Podemos and Barcelona en Comu, as well as anti-institutional groups such as Wikileaks, Anonymous, and various pirate parties.
Comparing Spain's ongoing techno-political transformation to those of Tunisia, Iceland, the US, Malaysia and Indonesia, Postill argues that in all five countries ‘freedom technologists’ are playing significant roles in highly uneven, ongoing processes of political change - each of which has ramifications for the future of political change in the digital age.