1. Several early activist communications projects are described in Chandler A. and Neumark N. (eds) At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet Cambridge: MIT Press 2005. Several early activist communications projects are described in Chandler A. and Neumark N. (eds) At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet Cambridge: MIT Press 2005.
2. Thompson N. and G. Sholette eds. The Interventionists: User's Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life. Cambridge: MIT Press 2004; offers a recent but by no means exhaustive catalog of artist-activist projects. Thompson N. and G. Sholette eds. The Interventionists: User's Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life . Cambridge: MIT Press 2004; offers a recent but by no means exhaustive catalog of artist-activist projects.
3. I refer here to exploiting excess capacity---whether squatting abandoned buildings or utilizing privately owned bandwidth---rather than say vandalism or violence. I refer here to exploiting excess capacity---whether squatting abandoned buildings or utilizing privately owned bandwidth---rather than say vandalism or violence.
4. Indeed failure can sometimes enhance an activist's reputation; especially if it presents an opportunity to demonstrate commitment to the movement by say getting arrested. Indeed failure can sometimes enhance an activist's reputation; especially if it presents an opportunity to demonstrate commitment to the movement by say getting arrested.
5. It may also speak to some contestational designers' ability to leverage skills honed by working on activist projects into influential positions in mainstream R&D organizations. It may also speak to some contestational designers' ability to leverage skills honed by working on activist projects into influential positions in mainstream R&D organizations.