Clashing cyphers, contagious content: The digital geopolitics of grime

• Main Author: WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Digital geopolitics; space-time; decoupling; territorialisation; cypher; grime; Digital Humanities; Sociology of Culture
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3238; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4495/viewcontent/Clashing_cyphers_TIBG_2020_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper seeks to expand popular geopolitics in line with the digital worlds in which many of us now live. By interpreting geopolitics as a method of cultural (re)production, it becomes a creative tool that can be used to shape and elevate the affective appeal of content. Digital technologies are...