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On a Roof On a Roof
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Reunited Berlin Reunited Berlin
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Networking Basics Networking Basics
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Freifunk Freifunk
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Freifunkerei Freifunkerei
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Traditions Traditions
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Trajectories Trajectories
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The Subversive The Subversive
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What Did Freifunk Do? What Did Freifunk Do?
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Afterword Afterword
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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Notes Notes
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References References
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3 Freifunk: When Technology and Politics Assemble into Subversion
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Published:May 2014
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Abstract
The chapter traces the lines that weave together wireless technology and subversive politics in Berlin, Germany. It examines a new wireless networking paradigm, and the creation of a free information infrastructure by a social structure known as Freifunk, or ‘free broadcasting’. Freifunk came into being from a background of political/technical (h)activism, squatters movements, and the re-merging of the two halves of Berlin/Germany. Tracing the development of the Freifunk network, the chapter argues that technology choice is both political action and a process of constant re-creation of society. The chapter shows the ways in which frictions between available technical models, forms of social organization and cultural values are productive of new effects. The subversion of wireless networking devices by the ‘DIY’ community in Berlin led to the development of a new networking paradigm and a free alternative mode for digital infrastructure. The Freifunk movement became a conduit for new cultural and technological expressions, and in doing so worked to subvert the hegemonic structures of (techno)society and expand a politics of subversion.
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