Between ‘Hacktivism’ and Participation: Cultural Perspectives on the ...

Hacktivism emerged at a historical conjuncture in the 1990s and early 2000s as a form of political engagement that focused on, but was not restricted to shaping the internet as a political space. This presentation shows how hacktivists transferred protest repertoires from the street to the net, and built an open, distributed digital communication structure, which prefigured important features of today’s digital communication environment.