TA34 – Digital Anthropology

The combination of a year reading into a subject and the element of total surprise made for a great interview. Gabriella Coleman and I finally set down to have a talk at the Chaos Communication Camp 2011 in Germany. I hope you enjoy and comment! Topics: * how Gabriella came to her discipline * the path to Free and open source culture * What Anthropology has to offer? advantages and limits * "going native" * working with digital material in social science * problems of anthropology studying the digital in western countries * necessary media literacy for studying digital communities * Hackers protesting the church of Scientology * publication and review process in social sciences * her research about Anonymous * Gabriela's role as scientist/spokesperson/activist * Forthcoming book: Coding and Freedome, the ethics and pleasures of hacking * emerging new Hacking entities Anonymous, AntiSec, LulSec, Telecomix