The politics of big borders: Data (in)justice and the governance of refugees

by Ahmad Karakira and Rana Tabbara

The article argues that data related to border access and refugees, especially into Europe, is being categorized and used in labelling…

CONCEPT LIST-Hacktivism: Conceptualization, Techniques, and Historical View

By Sally Farhat and Yara Yatim

Romagna, M. (2020). Hacktivism: Conceptualization, Techniques, and Historical View. In Holt, T.J. & Bossler, A.M. (eds.) The Palgrave handbook…

Antonio Gramsci

· Hegemony- Gramsci refers to hegemony as the consent given by the mass population to the dominating group in society without the use of physical force. This basically means that all morals values, believes and cultures that benefit the ruling class are understood as normal by the rest of society…

Concept List week 11: HackBack! Talking with Phineas Fisher

Hacking as Direct Action against the Surveillance State

Phineas Fisher is a self-proclaimed anarchist revolutionary. He made several attacks on the surveillance…

“Dissent Does Not Die in Darkness”

Ruba Al Sharki and Nicol Shomaly Awad

Rydzak, J., Karanja. M. and Opiyo, N. (2020). Internet Shutdowns in Africa| Dissent Does Not Die in Darkness: Network Shutdowns and Collective Action in African Countries. International Journal of Communication. 14: 4264–4287.

Concept List Week 9: Anatomy of an Internet shutdown

Anatomy of an internet shutdown

How citizens, telecom employees, and activists in Sudan turned a battle for digital rights into a referendum on the government.

Browne, S. (2015). Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness

Mariam Kharpoutli and Marguerita Sejaan

Dark matters- the questioning of how today’s surveillance practices are interconnected and influenced by the history of transatlantic slavery.

When Iran Blocked the Internet, Tech Experts in The U.S. Tried to Hack a Solution. Here’s Why They Couldn’t

by Ahmad Karakira & Rana Tabbara

The article reviews the consequences of the internet blockage that was done by the…

Kullab S., (2019). “Tuk Tuk” a newspaper for the Iraqi protest movement. Published by Associated Press News on November 20, 2019. Retrieved from: https://apnews.com/article/d8d7df732d37402b9b366d1eec66bea8

Leaderless uprising: refers to the phenomenon of social movements that are not initiated, guided or influenced by…

Phineas Fisher

The article refers to the controversy surrounding hacking operations in the context of resisting political hegemony. States and police forces are opting for hackers to control dissent and survey different groups, whereas underground hackers are using new techniques to expose the “dark side” of hacking…