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Carnival in the global village: Re-imagining information infrastructures

Author(s)
Kavanagh, Donncha  
Miscione, Gianluca  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/11095
Date Issued
2019-08-12
Date Available
2019-10-01T12:34:51Z
Abstract
Infrastructures are typically seen as boring and serious, and are routinely depicted using metaphors from transportation. We argue that the carnival is a fruitful metaphor for understanding emerging information infrastructures, as the information age is also the age of the carnival. We distinguish between the ubiquitous or distal carnival and its particular manifestations – the proximate carnival – both of which are characterized by play, anarchy, dissimulation, vulgar language, and excessive consumption. The article focuses on Bitcoin, which we see as a nascent information infrastructure and an exemplary instance of a proximate carnival. It also considers how the carnival metaphor might help us reimagine our study of the information age.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
The Information Society: An International Society
Volume
35
Issue
5
Start Page
299
End Page
313
Copyright (Published Version)
2019 the Authors
Subjects

Information infrastru...

Bitcoin

Cryptocurrencies

Carnival

Bakhtin

Games

Carnivalesque

DOI
10.1080/01972243.2019.1647321
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0197-2243
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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Business Research Collection

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