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otto von busch & karl palmås

abstract hacktivism

the making of a hacker culture

In the nineteenth century, the motor replaced

the clockwork as the universal model of knowl-

edge. In a similar vein, new media technolo-

gies are currently replacing the motor as the

dominant ‘conceptual technology’ of contem-

porary social thought. This development, Otto

von Busch and Karl Palmås argue, has yielded

new ways of construing politics, activism and

innovation.

In this publication, Otto von Busch describes

”hacktivism” in an abstract sense, relating it

to phenomena such as shopdropping, craftiv-

ism, fan iction, liberation theology, and Span-

ish social movement YOMANGO. Similarly,

Karl Palmås examines how publications like

Adbusters Magazine, as well as business theo-

rists, have adopted a computer-inspired world-

view, linking this development to the dot.com

boom of the late 1990s.

abstract hacktivism: the making of a hacker culture

by Otto von Busch and Karl Palmås

London and Istanbul 2006

copyleft by the authors

ISBN: 9780955479625

1. New Media, 2. Politics, 3. Activism, I. Title.

Published in collaboration with OPENMUTE.org

This book was set mainly in Bitstream Vera and printed in

the United Kingdom by Lightning Source UK Ltd.

Abstract Hacktivism - Busch_ Otto von.pdf