Anthropology and blockchain

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2248016
AutoresArtyom Kosmarski (0000-0001-8475-0754, autor correspondente), Nikolay Gordiychuk (0000-0002-2117-7601)
Ano2021
Volume37
Fascículo6
Páginas1-3
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropology Today (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8322.12683
OpenAlexW3216363480
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas11

Blockchain and its related technologies break away from the contemporary dystopian imaginaries of control and exploitation endemic in IT. This editorial considers the relevance of blockchain for anthropologists, why they should care, and what the technology brings. After sketching the evolution of blockchain, we draw attention to its potential as a playground - a plethora of projects reimagining and remaking the basic stuff of political economy, including the meaning of money, collectivities, exchange and voting. Blockchain's utility for rethinking the basic rules of the game in academia also deserves attention

Blockchain · Computer security · Dystopia · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Voting · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy