With a highly ideological charge, discourses on decentralised technologies have generated a wide vocabulary of context-specific terms that associate political, so- cietal and technological issues in rather original ways. Just as any other subject, however, these technologies (as tools, as conceptual design, as symbols) are rooted in specific geographies, ideologies, gender relations, and reflect the biases encod- ed in these contexts. The related terminology is used and interpreted according to 3 Ferrari different purposes and pre- and/or mis- conceptions. This prevents fruitful con- frontations on these types of technological developments, paving the
Ferrari, V. (2021). Introducing the glossary of decentralised technosocial systems. INTERNET POLICY REVIEW, 10, 1-5.
Introducing the glossary of decentralised technosocial systems
Valeria FerrariWriting – Original Draft Preparation
2021
Abstract
With a highly ideological charge, discourses on decentralised technologies have generated a wide vocabulary of context-specific terms that associate political, so- cietal and technological issues in rather original ways. Just as any other subject, however, these technologies (as tools, as conceptual design, as symbols) are rooted in specific geographies, ideologies, gender relations, and reflect the biases encod- ed in these contexts. The related terminology is used and interpreted according to 3 Ferrari different purposes and pre- and/or mis- conceptions. This prevents fruitful con- frontations on these types of technological developments, paving theI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


