Re: <nettime> The Gentrification of Hacking: How yuppies hacked the

[Alessandro Delfanti <a.delfanti@insiberia.net>]

Well, we are most certainly not sympathetic with processes of co-option 
that transform oppositional cultures and integrate them into 
capitalism's evolution

The word "Recuperation" has been used to describe such processes--we may 
decide we want to use a better term but I believe the core issue is 
there to be discussed

Ciao!
a

> On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, Brian Holmes wrote:
> 
>> But I would like off this treadmill. It's really unbearable. There has
>> to be a better way.
> 
> Well, I don't think Alessandro and Jonas are defining our problem when
> switching from gentrification to recuperation. The former is already an
> edulcorated term, the latter is shedding a good light on capitalism's
> influence, almost suggesting that people out of its reach need to be
> treated. I admit not having read the draft however.
 <...>


#  distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission
#  <nettime>  is a moderated mailing list for net criticism,
#  collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets
#  more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l
#  archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org