{"product_id":"free-culture-and-the-city-9781501767180","title":"Free Culture and the City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Culture and the City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines how and why free software spread beyond the world of hackers and software engineers and became the basis for an urban movement now heralded by scholars as a model for emulation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1990s, digital activists embraced a philosophy of free software and free culture in order to take control over their cities and everyday lives. Free culture, previously tethered to the digital realm, was cut loose and used to reclaim and resculpt the city. In Madrid the effects were dramatic. Common sights in the city were abandoned as industrial factories turned into autonomous social centers, urban orchards, guerrilla architectural camps, or community hacklabs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on two decades of ethnographic and historical work with free culture collectives in Madrid,\u003ci\u003e Free Culture and the City\u003c\/i\u003e shows how, in its journey from the digital to the urban, the practice of liberating culture required the mobilization of, and alliances\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409368031575,"sku":"9781501767180","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501767180.jpg?v=1730506559","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/free-culture-and-the-city-9781501767180","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}