Bulletin #0 – Hito Steyerl. The Unpredictable Potential of Archives

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Bulletin #0: Hito Steyerl. The Unpredictable Potential of Archives by Vincenzo Estremo

Abstract:

What happens when we surf the Internet from a country that exerts strong censorship? The aims of an Internet researcher might be considerably influenced by the territorialisation of their Internet surfing. The starting point in this non-academic paper is the author’s personal research on Hito Steyerl’s work. From that, he has come to provide a partial perspective of communication in Turkey’s contemporary politics. This Bulletin is focused on the accessibility of the information about Kurdish issues, and on how a new digital passport allows one to attain knowledge otherwise hidden.