Urban Hacking: Cultural Jamming Strategies in the Risky Spaces of Modernity

by Günther Friesinger (Editor), Johannes Grenzfurthner (Editor), Thomas Ballhausen (Editor)

Urban spaces became battlefields, signifiers have been invaded, new structures have been established: Netculture replaced counterculture in most parts and also focused on the everchanging environments of the modern city. Important questions have been brought up to date and reasked, taking current positions and discourses into account. The major question still remains, namely how to create culturally based resistance under the influence of capitalistic pressure and conservative politics. This collection of essays and contributions attempts to address this question and its implications for different scientific and artistic fields.

230 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Colvet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting concept. However in some parts of the book I feel like there was too much of an emphasis on nomencalture/terminology rather than core content (shouldn't be a dictionary). Nicely put together book though for anyone interested in the topic. Used this book to give 3 lectures on urban hacking for a teaching workshop.