[Commlist] IJoC Publishes a Special Section on Afterlives of the Californian Ideology

International Journal of Communication Publishes a Special Section on
Afterlives of the Californian Ideology: Tech Movements, Pioneer Communities,
and Imaginaries of Digital Futures


It was some 30 years ago that Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron coined the
term "Californian Ideology": At the intersection of hippiedom and yuppie
entrepreneurship, they argued, a vision for recreating the world with
digital technologies arose. But what has happened since? Has the rise of a
more global Internet eclipsed the centrality of California? Are emerging
technologies repeating the same patterns of political economy as earlier
ones, or have they required the crafting of new ideologies entirely?
This Special Section on Afterlives of the Californian Ideology: Tech
Movements, Pioneer Communities, and Imaginaries of Digital Futures, guest
edited by Andreas Hepp, Anne Schmitz, and Nathan Schneider, reflects on the
"afterlives" of this Californian Ideology—an ideology that emerged in and
through tech movements and pioneer communities.

The Special Section's contributions include case studies from Asia, Europe,
South America, and the United States and address recent manifestations of
the Californian Ideology by looking at Ethereum blockchain communities, tech
communities of crafting and repairing, the "mindset" of the Maker movement,
early civic hacking in South Korea, contemporary imaginaries of autonomous
driving, and the micropolitics of everyday online life. The issue concludes
with an interview with Richard Barbrook, who looks back at the polemic he
and Andy Cameron wrote, along with the limits of critiquing ideology alone.


These articles reveal that the Californian Ideology remains alive and well,
manifesting in many afterlives, which span diverse geographies and
technological substrates. Even among efforts to challenge and supplant the
dominance of Silicon Valley, Californian habits of mind continue to persist,
even if in new forms and disguises.    We invite you to read these 
articles that published in the International
Journal of Communication on June 22, 2023. Please log into ijoc.org to read
the papers of interest. We look forward to your feedback!
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 Afterlives of the Californian Ideology: Tech Movements, Pioneer 
Communities,
and Imaginaries of Digital Futures—Introduction
Andreas Hepp, Anne Schmitz, Nathan Schneider
Building Blockchain Frontiers: Ethereum as an Extension of the Californian
Ideology
Ann Brody, Tamara Kneese, Julie Frizzo-Barker

More-Than-Tech Communities: Alternative Imaginaries Within Hacking and
Crafting Fredy Mora-Gámez, Sarah R. Davies

Local Ambivalences Toward the Maker Ideology: Makerspaces, the Maker
Mindset, and the Maker Movement
Andreas Hepp, Anne Schmitz

Negotiating Silicon Valley Ideologies, Contesting "American" Civic Hacking:
The Early Civic Hackers in South Korea and Their Struggle
Danbi Yoo

Deepest Mediatization? Inventing the Autonomous Vehicle
James Miller

Homesteading on a Superhighway: The Californian Ideology and Everyday
Politics Nathan Schneider

"Polemic Becomes Canon": An Interview With Richard Barbrook on the
Californian Ideology
Nathan Schneider
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Larry Gross, Editor Kady Bell-Garcia, Managing Editor
Chi Zhang, Managing Editor, Special Sections
Andreas Hepp, Anne Schmitz, Nathan Schneider, Guest Editors

Please note that according to the latest Google Scholar statistics, IJoC
ranks 9th among all Humanities journals and 9th among all Communications
journals in the world — demonstrating the viability of open access
scholarly publication at the highest level.
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/
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