A failed coup attempt with folk songs (Part V)

Protocols and Data Bodies in a Culture of Sharing

The objective of our day is to acquaint ourselves with the concept of anonymity both as a +social and political strategy and technical concept. I would like to start the day by looking at the use of the concept of anonymity in different +contexts: cultural artifacts, law, politics and activism. We can then go on to look at how the concept has been translated into digital systems, who +is for and against the different translations, and how all of this relates to concepts like +privacy, data protection, identity and surveillance. Finally, we will look at the prototype of a game in which the players simulate different +versions of anonymous communication protocols. The game still requires much refining, which +I hope we have the opportunity to start doing in the afternoon.

I am a researcher working in the group COSIC/ESAT at the Department of Electrical +Engineering in K. U. Leuven, Belgium. I am interested in the topics of privacy +technologies, participatory design, feminist critique of computer science, and online +social networks. I am especially excited about the topic of anonymity in technical as well +as cultural contexts, the spectrum being anywhere between anonymous communications and +anonymous folk songs. Beyond my academic work, I have also had the pleasure of +collaborating with artistic initiatives including Constant vzw, Bootlab, De-center, ESC in +Brussels, Graz and Berlin. You can find more information about my dwellings here: +http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/~sguerses

urlsnarf -i wlan0 bookmarks

• http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/Links_gathered_8-2-2011
• i love alaska - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SOCGdPyNU
• whose is this song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGCURBHF2Ss
• on anonymous - http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/pieces/anonymous-lulz-collective-action