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Shit Tech for a Shitty World

ByTomislav Medak

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The philosopher Tomislav Medak takes the works and the research of Sašo Sedlaček as a vantage point from which to consider how forms of social domination structure technological development in the present and how the present technological configuration is functional for the reproduction of those forms of social domination. Sedlaček’s works show the advancement of technology as a source of waste. They also deploy methods of re-purposing the technologies that grow in the shadows of capitalist technoscience – obsolete hardware, free software, alternative technology design and indigenous techniques. The marginal status of such alternative technologies speaks to the fact that technologies cannot in themselves lead to the overcoming of exploitation of workers and spoliation of planetary ecosystems. The post-capitalist transition will require a tide of political mobilisation, but social movements have to understand that a reconfiguration of technology should be part of their strategy.

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Publication Date
Mar 17, 2016
Language
English
Category
Art & Photography
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Tomislav Medak

Specifications

Pages
12
Binding
Saddle Stitch
Interior Color
Color
Dimensions
A5 (5.83 x 8.27 in / 148 x 210 mm)

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