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Urban Hacking and Its “Media Origins”
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Angela Krewani
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June 27, 2017
Abstract
This essay traces the genealogy of urban and mobile media hacking. It is argued that the forerunners of urban hacking were artists active within the Fluxus scene and Viennes Actionism. Their artistic practices can be seen as precursors for more recent interventions in public and particular urban spaces which have been described as “urban hacking.” These developments appear genealogically and are also related to a turn towards individual media production: the introduction of the Portapak video camera brought about grassroots media activism and influenced the institutionalisation of public television.
Published Online: 2017-6-27
Published in Print: 2017-7-26
© 2017 by transcript Verlag
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- Frontmatter
- Content
- Introduction. Making and Hacking
- I. Case Studies and Methodological Reflections
- Genealogy, Culture and Technomyth
- Experimenting with Novel Socio-Technical Configurations
- Reading Makers
- Hacking Together Globally
- “Just Do It!”
- II. Entering the Field
- Making with China
- Urban Hacking and Its “Media Origins”
- Making Sense of Sensors
- III. In Conversation with …
- Identity Crisis in the Pearl River Delta
- “There Simply Is No Unified Hacker Movement.” Why We Should Consider the Plurality of Hacker and Maker Cultures
- Biographical Notes
