Book of Anonymity

An edited collection

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PDF, 486 pages

Published April 3, 2021 by Punctum Books.

ISBN:
978-1-953035-31-8
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3 stars (1 review)

Anonymity is highly contested, marking the limits of civil liberties and legality. Digital technologies of communication, identification, and surveillance put anonymity to the test. They challenge how anonymity can be achieved and dismantled. Everyday digital practices and claims for transparency shape the ways in which anonymity is desired, done, and undone. The Book of Anonymity includes contributions by artists, anthropologists, sociologists, media scholars, and art historians. It features ethnographic research, conceptual work, and artistic practices conducted in France, Germany, India, Iran, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. From police to hacking cultures, from Bitcoin to sperm donation, from Yik-Yak to Amazon and IKEA, from DNA to Big Data - thirty essays address how the reconfiguration of anonymity transforms our concepts of privacy, property, self, kin, addiction, currency, and labor.

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reviewed Book of Anonymity by Anon Collective

Collection of essays

3 stars

This book is a collection of essays around the concept of anonymity, both online and in the real world. Some essays are scientific studies of some aspect while others are to be classified more as art. The e-book is licensed under creative common (BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Over all the essays are interesting, thought provoking and engaging and well worth reading if the topic is of interest. I would however recommend readers to skip essays that are of less interest.

Subjects

  • Anonymity
  • Data Security
  • Surveillance
  • Personhood
  • Privacy
  • Art-Science Collaboration
  • Digital Cultures

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