This project is an attempt to reinvestigate the concept of subalternity in the context of the information age while building its foundation on the previous contentions offered by such critics as Ranajit Guha and Gayatri Spivak. Tracing from the culture of hacking, this project focuses on two types of resistive movement'hacktivism and the open source movement to raise particular problems in thinking about subalternity in the information age. Focusing on a hacktivist group called the Electronic Disturbance Theater, Chapter One sets forth the idea of a non-linear subaltern resistance. With its form of 'polyspatial resistance,' the Electronic Disturbance Theater seeks to merge 'off-' and 'on-line' sites of resistance in representing the 'off-line' subalterns. Drawing on the concept of noise in information theory, I expose the non-linear qualities and limitations of their subaltern movement. Chapter Two concentrates on the open source movement in Indonesia to locate the affective capacities on the formation of the subaltern. This chapter also raises the attention to the biopolitical concern of the subalterns by introducing the concept of subaltern habit. Taken together, the analysis of hacktivism and the open source movement has experimented to move away from the concern of representation in the studies of the subalterns and to perceive the subalterns as assemblages of affective forces of power offered most prominently by Gilles Deleuze where one perceives agency as an emergent characteristic. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. / Summer Semester, 2008. / June 20, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. / Amit S. Rai, Professor Directing Thesis; Christopher Shinn, Committee Member; Kathleen B. Yancey, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183603 |
| Contributors | Zulkarnain, Iskandar (authoraut), Rai, Amit S. (professor directing thesis), Shinn, Christopher (committee member), Yancey, Kathleen B. (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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