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## Overview
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Welcome to the Culture Jamming page. Here we will explore and document
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the history and practice of culture jamming. Feel free to add to this
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wiki if you have gems to share.
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From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming): Coined
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by the collage band Negativland on its release JamCon '84, the phrase
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"culture jamming" comes from the idea of radio jamming: that public
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frequencies can be pirated and subverted for independent communication,
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or to disrupt dominant frequencies\[12\].
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\[12\] [Disrupt Dominant
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Frequencies](http://disruptdominantfrequencies.net/)
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## Museums, collections, directories
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[The Alternative Museum](http://www.alternativemuseum.org/) (Doesn't
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appear to have been updated since 2003)
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## DIY projects related to CJ
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[MAKE electronics
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projects](http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/culture_jamming_open_source_hardwar.html)
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## DC Area Culture Jamming
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[Capitol Climage Action](http://www.capitolclimateaction.org/)
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(apparently the webmaster has moved to SF?)
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## Examples
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- Barbie Liberation Organization
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- [Youtube Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVT4T7OR3iQ)
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## Articles and papers
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- [Elliot Feldman, Aug 22 2007,
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AP](http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/350004/what_is_culture_jamming.html)
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- [Mark Dery, Dec 23 1990, NY
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Times](http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/23/arts/the-merry-pranksters-and-the-art-of-the-hoax.html)
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## Movers and shakers
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[Mark Dery popularized the term "culture jamming" in his
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writing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dery)
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[Gareth Branwyn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_branwyn) has
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written about and practiced culture jamming writ large, influenced in
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part by the theories and practice of the
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[Dadaists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada), the
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[Surrealists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism), the
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[Futurists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism), the 60s
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counter-culture, [The Situationist
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International](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist_International),
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[Fluxus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluxus), [William
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Blake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_blake), and other
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proto-culture-jammers and thinkers. During the 80s and 90s he practiced
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[mail art](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art), published
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[zines](http://www.streettech.com/bcp/BCPgraf/CyberCulture/goinggaga.html),
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wrote early DIY-culture texts such as [The Happy Mutant
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Handbook](http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Mutant-Handbook-Carla-Sinclair/dp/1573225029/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268709584&sr=8-1),
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the seminal HyperCard stack, [Beyond
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Cyberpunk!](http://www.streettech.com/bcp/), held countless discussions
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on the topic on [The Well](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL), and
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articles for culture hacking champions, [Mondo
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2000](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo_2000) and
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[Wired](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_%28magazine%29) where he
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created and edited the longest running column for that publication,
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[Jargon
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Watch](http://www.amazon.com/Jargon-Watch-Dictionary-Jitterati-Hardwired/dp/1888869062/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268710455&sr=8-1),
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about the accelerating influence that information technology was
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exerting on the evolution of the English language. In 1997, he wrote
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[Jamming the
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Media](http://www.amazon.com/Jamming-Media-Gareth-Branwyn/dp/0811817954/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268708624&sr=8-2),
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a citizen's guide to reclaiming the tools of communication. He is
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currently Editor in Chief of the [MAKE Blog](http://blog.makezine.com/).
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2024-06-13 01:48:44 +00:00
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[Category:HacDC_Culture](Category:HacDC_Culture "wikilink")
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