The Chaotic Freedom-Fighter: Anonymous as the Trickster of
Cyberculture

k 2014

The Chaotic Freedom-Fighter: Anonymous as the Trickster of Cyberculture

VALENTOVÁ, Eva

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Chaotic Freedom-Fighter: Anonymous as the Trickster of Cyberculture

Autoři

VALENTOVÁ, Eva

Vydání

English Studies as Archive and as Prospecting : 80 years of english studies in Zagreb, 18-21 September 2014, 2014

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Chorvatsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/14:00076633

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Anonymous; hacktivism; trickster; freedom; troll

Štítky

rivok

Změněno: 21. 2. 2018 10:39, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The presentation explores the connections between the hacktivist movement Anonymous and the mythological trickster figure, which is usually studied within the context of Native American and African cultures. Since both the trickster and Anonymous have proved to be too elusive to be trapped in a definition, the presentation takes up the features which were identified by some renowned scholars dealing with this figure as typical for the trickster (most notably Lewis Hyde in his The Trickster Makes This World and William J. Hynes in his essay "Mapping the Characteristics of Mythic Tricksters: A Heuristic Guide"), and these features are then examined in the context of the hacktivist culture. The aim of the presentation is to demonstrate that Anonymous has enough of these features to be considered a trickster in the true sense of the word: it is a group of pranksters, but their pranks often have a serious impact; the movement often plays a role of a situation-invertor and even a culture hero; it is deeply ambiguous and anomalous; and it can be characterised by a lack of identity and a disregard for rules, conventions and boundaries in general. In this way, the presentation in a way challenges the claim made by scholars such as Lewis Hyde or Michael P. Carroll that the true trickster can only be found in mythology, Native American and African in particular.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/0857/2013, interní kód MU

Název: Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu II (Akronym: NDEP)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu II, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

VALENTOVÁ, Eva. The Chaotic Freedom-Fighter: Anonymous as the Trickster of Cyberculture. In English Studies as Archive and as Prospecting : 80 years of english studies in Zagreb, 18-21 September 2014. 2014.

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VALENTOVÁ, Eva. The Chaotic Freedom-Fighter: Anonymous as the Trickster of Cyberculture. In \textit{English Studies as Archive and as Prospecting : 80 years of english studies in Zagreb, 18-21 September 2014}. 2014.

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