
In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations & concern that the internet has heightened rather than combated various forms of political & social inequality it is time we ask what comes after a broken internet? Ramesh Srinivasan & Adam Fish reimagine the internet from the perspective of grassroots activists & citizens on the margins of political & economic power They explore how the fragments of the existing internet are being utilized
- alongside a range of peoples places & laws
- to make change possible From indigenous & non-Western communities & activists in Tahrir Square to imprisoned hackers & whistleblowers this book illustrates how post-digital cultures are changing the internet as we know it
- from a system which is increasingly centralized commodified & personalized into something more in line with its original spirit autonomous creative subversive The book looks past the limitations of the internet reconceptualizing network technology in relation to principles of justice & equality Srinivasan & Fish advocate for an internet that blends the local concerns of grassroots communities & activists with the need to achieve scalable change & transformation