[SIGCIS-Members] Gabrielle Coleman’s Piece in the Atlantic

[Ceruzzi, Paul]

Thanks Erik for posting this.

I must say, however, that the Atlantic article is a little creepy. Personally I don't think there is a distinction between hackers and users (or "luzers") of a computer. I think even Alan Kay said that. 

Best

Paul Ceruzzi



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From: members-bounces at sigcis.org [members-bounces at sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Erik P. Rau [erau at drexel.edu]
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Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Gabrielle Coleman’s Piece in the Atlantic

Hey, everyone.

You may have heard Gabrielle Coleman (anthropologist of hackers) on PBS’s Here and Now program this morning. She summarizes here course at NYU in a recent (21.Sept) article in the Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/the-anthropology-of-hackers/63308/

The interview is here:

http://www.hereandnow.org/2010/11/30/hackers

She also has an interview on Vimeo:

http://vimeo.com/7122412

She’s interested in more than hacking culture qua hackers’ meanings, but also work culture, ethics, etc. She’s fairly philosophically grounded in the existential pleasures and work environments of hacking. (“internet as playground and factory”). Sounded fairly meaty. One might ask whether hackers are representative of the internet’s denizens (the answer is no, of course), and what they can tell us about the culture of the internet more generally.

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