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Counter-Knowledge: an update on Foucault in the age of mobile communication

In our time, it has become easy to contribute to the general pool of knowledge: Tell somebody about events that have just happened and
think yourself useful, publish a video of a crime and make history, put up
a rumour and ruin someone’s career. My question is: Can we talk about
counter-knowledge when it comes to news-contributors who are not journalists but have mobile phones from which they can send messages and photos? I will first outline why the idea of counter-knowledge is attractive, then sketch it as defined by French philosopher Michel Foucault. My third point is about ways of writing which produce counter-knowledge, before finally asking if sending an image can have the same effect.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:13156
Date16 February 2015
CreatorsSchneider, Ulrich Johannes
PublisherPassagen-Verl.
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:bookPart, info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart, doc-type:Text
SourceEngagement and exposure / Kristóf Nyíri (ed.). Wien 2009, S. 103 - 108 ISBN 978-3-85165-906-1
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relationurn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-776112, qucosa:77611

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