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Podcast: New Books in Anthropology
Episode: Gabriella Coleman on Hackers Cultures (Plural!)
Description: Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, and guest host, Paula Bialski, Associate Professor for Digital Sociology at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland, interview Gabriella Coleman, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, about her long career studying hacker cultures. Topics include how hacking has changed over time, the different colored āhatsā used to describe different hacker ethoses, the aesthetic dimensions of hacking including how poorly written code leads to moral outrage, and how Biella may soon found a new field of Critical Mold Studies. Professor Colemanās books includeĀ Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of HackingĀ andĀ Hack...