This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three di... more This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dimensions of fabriculture are explored: the gendered spaces of production around new domesticity and the social home; the blurring of old and new media in digital craft culture; and the politics of popular culture that emerge in the mix of folk and commercial culture. Ultimately, we conceptualize craft as power (the ability or capacity to act), as a way of understanding current activist possibilities.
This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dim... more This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dimensions of fabriculture are explored: the gendered spaces of production around new domesticity and the social home; the blurring of old and new media in digital craft culture; and the politics of popular culture that emerge in the mix of folk and commercial culture. Ultimately, we conceptualize craft as power (the ability or capacity to act), as a way of understanding current activist possibilities.
Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I ... more Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I loosely call netwarstemporary radical democratic convergences in protest against Empire, the inequities of global capital and globalized governance regimes, or in ...
This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dim... more This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dimensions of fabriculture are explored: the gendered spaces of production around new domesticity and the social home; the blurring of old and new media in digital craft culture; and the politics of popular culture that emerge in the mix of folk and commercial culture. Ultimately, we conceptualize craft as power (the ability or capacity to act), as a way of understanding current activist possibilities.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEND NATIONAL security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stri... more IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEND NATIONAL security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stripes now scrutinize all porous systemsthe airlines, immigration policies, the immune systems of its citizens, national borders, and indeed, the Internet. In the service of ...
New frontiers in international communication theory, Jan 1, 2004
Tales OF Transnational Terrorists finding refuge in dark alcoves of the Internet appear regularly... more Tales OF Transnational Terrorists finding refuge in dark alcoves of the Internet appear regularly in newspaper headlines and governmental security reports (Schwartau 2000; Ludlow 2001). The discourse of cyberspace security positions the Internet as a vulnerable ...
Cultural Studies↔ Critical Methodologies, Jan 1, 2002
In an attempt to defend national security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stri... more In an attempt to defend national security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stripes now scrutinize all porous systems-the airlines, immigra-tion policies, the immune systems of its citizens, national borders, and indeed, the Internet. In the service of security, ...
Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I ... more Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I loosely call netwarstemporary radical democratic convergences in protest against Empire, the inequities of global capital and globalized governance regimes, or in ...
This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three di... more This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dimensions of fabriculture are explored: the gendered spaces of production around new domesticity and the social home; the blurring of old and new media in digital craft culture; and the politics of popular culture that emerge in the mix of folk and commercial culture. Ultimately, we conceptualize craft as power (the ability or capacity to act), as a way of understanding current activist possibilities.
This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dim... more This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dimensions of fabriculture are explored: the gendered spaces of production around new domesticity and the social home; the blurring of old and new media in digital craft culture; and the politics of popular culture that emerge in the mix of folk and commercial culture. Ultimately, we conceptualize craft as power (the ability or capacity to act), as a way of understanding current activist possibilities.
Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I ... more Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I loosely call netwarstemporary radical democratic convergences in protest against Empire, the inequities of global capital and globalized governance regimes, or in ...
This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dim... more This article examines the recent resurgence of interest in what we call “fabriculture.” Three dimensions of fabriculture are explored: the gendered spaces of production around new domesticity and the social home; the blurring of old and new media in digital craft culture; and the politics of popular culture that emerge in the mix of folk and commercial culture. Ultimately, we conceptualize craft as power (the ability or capacity to act), as a way of understanding current activist possibilities.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEND NATIONAL security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stri... more IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEND NATIONAL security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stripes now scrutinize all porous systemsthe airlines, immigration policies, the immune systems of its citizens, national borders, and indeed, the Internet. In the service of ...
New frontiers in international communication theory, Jan 1, 2004
Tales OF Transnational Terrorists finding refuge in dark alcoves of the Internet appear regularly... more Tales OF Transnational Terrorists finding refuge in dark alcoves of the Internet appear regularly in newspaper headlines and governmental security reports (Schwartau 2000; Ludlow 2001). The discourse of cyberspace security positions the Internet as a vulnerable ...
Cultural Studies↔ Critical Methodologies, Jan 1, 2002
In an attempt to defend national security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stri... more In an attempt to defend national security against diffuse networks of terror, pundits of all stripes now scrutinize all porous systems-the airlines, immigra-tion policies, the immune systems of its citizens, national borders, and indeed, the Internet. In the service of security, ...
Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I ... more Abstract: This dissertation tracks political ruptures within the network society of the kind I loosely call netwarstemporary radical democratic convergences in protest against Empire, the inequities of global capital and globalized governance regimes, or in ...
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