Intimacy, Loss, Anonymity
Im Berliner Kunstlabor organisiert John Paul Ricco einen Workshop zu Intimacy, Loss, Anonymity. Toward a Theory of Queer Neutrality. 22nd June 2017 , 18.00 h
ANON-Member Randi Heinrichs on „Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy. The Many Faces of Anonymous“ by G.Coleman
PhD-Candidate Randi Heinrichs, who is completing her dissertation as a research group member of the Anon-Project, published a review on Gabriella Coleman’s „Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower“. The book has stirred up quite some discussions on the nature of Anonymity, hacktivism and how to do reasearch on those topics. Randi concludes: By de-anonymizing the many faces of […]
What does it mean to be a hacker these days? Anon Resarchers contribute to LIMN Issue #8
This is one of the questions alongside which the current issue #8 of LIMN explores issues around online-„security“, cyber hacks and digital-leaks especially regarding their transformative potential. The self-described „scholarly magazine devoted to outlining contemporary problems“ features contributions also by members of the „Reconfiguring-Anonymity-Group“, namely Götz Bachmann and Paula Bialski. For readers interested in not-only-academic […]
Colloquium Hamburg „Anonymous and confidential?! Practices dealing with identity and identifiability in data infrastructure.“
Colloquium of the Institute of European Ethnology/Cultural Anthropology/ University Hamburg „Anonymous and confidential?! Practices dealing with identity and identifiability in data infrastructure.“ // „Anonym und streng vertraulich?! Praxisformen im Umgang mit Identität und Identifizierbarkeit in Dateninfrastrukturen“ Summer Term 2017 | Wednesdays 6-8 PM, Room 220 (Edmund-Siemers-Allee 11, ESA West) Chair: Anna Henke Everyone knows […]
Watch(ed)! Documentary on Surveillance feat. RCA-researcher Nils Zurawski
Are you feeling watched? Then check out the documentary by rbb Fernsehen on the exhibition ‚Watched‘ about Surveillance and Phototgraphy (until 23/04/17 | CO Berlin), also featuring our researcher Dr. habil. Nils Zurawski talking about surveillance, anonymity and its politicality [4:40]:
Aram Bartholl: beyond enemy lines
Our researcher/artist Aram Bartholl found a way to vacuum form – and thereby play with one of anonymity’s major symbols: the mask.
danah boyd on 4chan and anonymity
“for the lolz”: 4chan is hacking the attention economy
Blogpost on Anonymity by J. Nathan Matias
J. Nathan Matias writes in The Real Name Fallacy: „People often say that online behavior would improve if every comment system forced people to use their real names. It sounds like it should be true – surely nobody would say mean things if they faced consequences for their actions? Yet the balance of experimental evidence over the past […]
Panel on Missing persons and unidentified bodies
This panel at the EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) annual conference in July 2016 addressed the issue of missing persons and unidentified bodies in various empirical contexts. Claiming that death is rather a process than a moment, papers addressed the question how such confrontations with ‚unusual‘ deaths are symbolically, socially, and politically negotiated.