From City Space to Cyberspace Art, Squatting, and Internet Culture in the Netherlands

The narrative of the birth of internet culture often focuses on the achievements of American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, but there is an alternative history of internet pioneers in Europe who developed their own model of network culture in the early 1990s. Drawing from their experiences in the...

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Main Author: Wasielewski, Amanda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Amsterdam University Press 14.07.2021
Series:Cities and Cultures
Subjects:
Data processing Computer science
Public Policy
City Planning & Urban Development
Urban communities
Punk, DIY, squatters, media art, Amsterdam
COMPUTERS
South
Contemporary Society
Media studies
AUP Wetenschappelijk
Media studies: internet, digital media and society
Internet: general works
Norway
Cultural Studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE
General
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Internet
Film, Media, and Communication
ISBN:9789463725453, 9463725458, 9789048553723, 9048553725
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Summary:The narrative of the birth of internet culture often focuses on the achievements of American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, but there is an alternative history of internet pioneers in Europe who developed their own model of network culture in the early 1990s. Drawing from their experiences in the leftist and anarchist movements of the '80s, they built DIY networks that give us a glimpse into what internet culture could have been if it were in the hands of squatters, hackers, punks, artists, and activists. In the Dutch scene, the early internet was intimately tied to the aesthetics and politics of squatting. Untethered from profit motives, these artists and activists aimed to create a decentralized tool that would democratize culture and promote open and free exchange of information.
ISBN:9789463725453
9463725458
9789048553723
9048553725
DOI:10.5040/9789048561797