Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1447154924 ISBN 13 : 9781447154921

Editeur : Springer London Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Hacking Europe traces the user practices of chopping games in Warsaw, hacking software in Athens, creating chaos in Hamburg, producing demos in Turku, and partying with computing in Zagreb and Amsterdam. Focusing on several European countries at the end of the Cold War, the book shows the digital development was not an exclusively American affair. Local hacker communities appropriated the computer and forged new cultures around it like the hackers in Yugoslavia, Poland and Finland, who showed off their tricks and creating distinct "demoscenes." Together the essays reflect a diverse palette of cultural practices by which European users domesticated computer technologies. Each chapter explores the mediating actors instrumental in introducing and spreading the cultures of computing around Europe. More generally, the "ludological" element--the role of mischief, humor, and play--discussed here as crucial for analysis of hacker culture, opens new vistas for the study of the historyof technology.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book traces the evolution of European hacker culture: chopping games in Warsaw, hacking software in Athens, chaos in Hamburg, producing demos in Turku and partying with computing in Zagreb and Amsterdam. Emphasizes the role of mischief, humor and play.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447154924
• ISBN 13: 9781447154921
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 277
• Éditeur: Alberts Gerard, Oldenziel Ruth
• Coordonnées du fabricant: ProductSafety@springernature.com; ProductSafety@springernature.com; ; Poststr. 9; Darmstadt; 64293; Allemagne