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jcover |
Naming the Hacker
Mar 24 2008, 11:23 AM EDT
Turner quotes Brand who states that "when computers become available to everybody, the hackers take over" (117). When Felsenstein says "Don't avoid the word Hackers, Don't let somebody else define you," I thought of Bulter's concept in Excitable Speech of naming and the injury that it does. To what extent does naming oneself as a hacker resignify the term?
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taloy |
1. RE: Naming the Hacker
Mar 24 2008, 12:50 PM EDT
Could you expand on Butler's concept of naming? (as in, I don't know nothing about that)
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amyr6531 |
2. RE: Naming the Hacker
Mar 26 2008, 2:13 PM EDT
In order to understand Jennifer's question, we must have an understanding of Judith Butler's concept of injurious speech. Before we answer her question, we must think about whether we too see a similarity between Butler's concept and Felsenstein's words. To go on to answer the question, we must then think about Butler's concept some more. We must have an understanding of what the term "resignify" means and how it can be applied to naming. By asking "to what extent," rather than just "does or does not," Jennifer refuses possible binary thinking. However, at the same time, by using the words "to what extent" to frame her question, she implies that naming oneself as a hacker does resignify the term to a certain extent, even if it is a small extent.
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