Tag: activism

Posted in social networks

Mark Zuckerberg et la collectivisation de la plus-value numérique (S01E02)

Deuxième épisode de notre grande saga bédé… Click to enlarge « Go to the previous episode Go to the next episode… read more Mark Zuckerberg et la collectivisation de la plus-value numérique (S01E02)

Posted in social networks

La farce du e-G8 et la tragédie du cognitariat (S01E01)

Le premier épisode d’une série BD qui devrait plaire aux grands comme aux petits… Click to enlarge » Go to… read more La farce du e-G8 et la tragédie du cognitariat (S01E01)

Posted in Non classé

e-G8 : la conscience d’un internaute, combien ça coûte ?

Sur Mediapart, le guru du numérique Nova Spivak a dénoncé l’effort d’embrigadement du Net opéré par l’administration Sarkozy. Invité au… read more e-G8 : la conscience d’un internaute, combien ça coûte ?

Posted in body space

Avatar activism and the "survival of the mediated" hypothesis

By now, you’re all way too familiar with the Egyptian Facebook activism. And everybody and his sister has spent the last year-and-a-half discussing how wrong was Malcolm Gladwell in dismissing Moldovan Twitter activism. And millions of you have smiled at Gaddafi’s crazy rant against Tunisian Wikileaks activism. But I’m sure the notion of Avatar activism appeals to a more restricted audience.

Posted in body

E-Santé : Résistance, autonomie et environnements apomédiés

La quatrième séance de mon séminaire EHESS Corps et TIC : approches socio-anthropologiques des usages numériques a eu lieu le… read more E-Santé : Résistance, autonomie et environnements apomédiés

Posted in social capital

Merchandising WikiLeaks

Wikileaks pizzas, Wikileaks condoms, Wikileaks dog tee-shirts… Merchandising dissent or just another way to support and fund the new public enemy number 1?

Posted in body social capital space

My article "A History of Virulence" finally published in Body and Society

Sage journal Body and Society vol 16, n. 4 is finally out! Pardon my enthusiasm, but this issue features my… read more My article "A History of Virulence" finally published in Body and Society

Posted in body

A History of Virulence: The Body and Computer Culture in the 1980s (part 2 – with illustrations)

From viral marketing to computer viruses, the cultural logic of virality permeates the Web. The December 2010 issue of the Sage journal Body & Society will publish my long-awaited 36-page essay “A History of Virulence: The Body and Computer Culture in the 1980s”. The text that follows is the second part of the “author’s cut” version of the article: an archeology of computer-mediated moral panic, autonomist marxist hacking, and AIDS activism.

Posted in body

A History of Virulence: The Body and Computer Culture in the 1980s (part 1)

From viral marketing to computer viruses, the cultural logic of virality permeates the Web. The December 2010 issue of the Sage journal Body & Society will publish my long-awaited 36-page essay “A History of Virulence: The Body and Computer Culture in the 1980s”. The text that follows is the first part of the “author’s cut” version of the article: an archeology of computer-mediated moral panic, autonomist marxist hacking, and AIDS activism. Enjoy.

Posted in social capital social networks

Scratch the surface of any vandal and you find a “regular” Wikipedia user

A database of the most vandalised Wikipedia articles has been released on the Wiki-research mailing list: a useful portrayal of the cultural interests (and cultural biases) of the entire community.