Gabriella Coleman talk Monday, Jan. 28 -- Weapons of the Geek

[Shannon Dea]

Dear colleagues,

this talk on Anonymous and hacker culture will be of interest to many of
you.

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Shannon Dea

Weapons of the Geek
>
> Garbiella Coleman, McGill University
>
> Mon, 28 Jan, 2013
> 4:30 pm
> DC 1302
>
> Abstract: Drawing on fieldwork among Free and Open Source software
> hackers and the Anonymous protest movement, I will discuss some
> attributes of hacker and geek activism that set their actions apart from
> other modalities of dissent and contextualize their actions in light of
> broader historical trends concerning censorship, intellectual property,
> privacy, and surveillance.
>
> Bio: Gabriella (Biella) Coleman is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and
> Technological Literacy in the Art History and Communication Studies
> Department at McGill University. Trained as an anthropologist, she
> researches, writes, and teaches on hackers and digital activism. Her
> first book on Free Software, “Coding Freedom: The Aesthetics and the
> Ethics of Hacking” has been published with Princeton University Press
> and she is currently working on a new book on Anonymous and digital
> media.
>

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