monkeys, profiles and collectivities of monkeys, profiles and collectivities of differencedifference

(re)constructing authorship(re)constructing authorshipsymposium, akademie schloss solitude, 22.-24.10.2015symposium, akademie schloss solitude, 22.-24.10.2015

felix stalder felix stalder || felix.openflows.com felix.openflows.com

Authorship as cultural constructAuthorship as cultural construct,,a type of subjectivitya type of subjectivity

an idealan ideal

the geniusthe genius, , impossible hero of the bourgeoisimpossible hero of the bourgeois

cultur industrycultur industry: : the genius as salary manthe genius as salary man

creative industriescreative industries: : genius as everymangenius as everyman

absolute individualityabsolute individuality, ,

secularization secularization && democratization democratization

from tragedy to farcefrom tragedy to farce

subjectivity transformedsubjectivity transformed

networked experience undermines networked experience undermines the notion of a clear boundarythe notion of a clear boundary

between inside between inside && outside outside

between actorsbetween actors

between actors between actors && actants actants

radical de-centeringradical de-centering

most obvious in the field of culturemost obvious in the field of culture

the gutenberg galaxy has endedthe gutenberg galaxy has ended, , a long time agoa long time ago

new types of subjectivities new types of subjectivities and authorshipsand authorships

II: : extension of individualityextension of individuality

copyright maximalismcopyright maximalism

NARUTO vsNARUTO vs.. DAVID JOHN SLATER DAVID JOHN SLATER

animals as individualsanimals as individuals

IIII. . dissolution of individualitydissolution of individuality

from natural person to synthetic from natural person to synthetic profileprofile

thinking thinking && doing doing

person person && groups groups

humans humans && machines machines

flexible boundariesflexible boundaries

statistical improbability in cloudsstatistical improbability in clouds

composed composed && imposed imposed by the data centerby the data center

remystificationremystification

III. networked individualityIII. networked individuality

singular singular && collective collective

flat to outsidersflat to outsiders

highly structured to insidershighly structured to insiders

specialized reputationspecialized reputation

competition & cooperationcompetition & cooperation

collective frames of referencescollective frames of references

singular contributionssingular contributions

collectivities of differencescollectivities of differences

relational authorshiprelational authorship

authorship without ownershipauthorship without ownership

doomed, dangerous, difficultdoomed, dangerous, difficult

doomed, dangerous, difficultdoomed, dangerous, difficult