Networking Futures

An interview with me about Networking Futures was aired today on KPFA’s Against the Grain, a weekly show about politics, society, and ideas.

Here’s a blurb:

In a new book, Jeffrey Juris explores how movement activists are using, and are being influenced by, communications technologies and networks. He claims that the network has become a powerful cultural ideal.

Here’s a link to the archive:

http://againstthegrain.org/node/123

Geert Lovink, a highly regarded media theorist, net critic, and activist, recently posted an interview with Jeffrey Juris, author of Networking Futures: the Movements against Corporate Globalization, on the Nettime mailing list.

To read the interview, go to:

http://mail.kein.org/pipermail/nettime-l/2008-October/000856.html

A review of my book was recently published in the M/C (Media/Culture) Journal. Here’s a brief excerpt:

“As well as incorporating detailed descriptions of the passionate network politics and continually shifting alliances between and within various protest groups around the world, Networking Futures has captured the vibrancy, energetic strategising and intense emotions experienced by activists… By recounting his own personal experiences and the dialogue exchanged with friends, Juris offers an important counterpoint to the detached and stereotypical manner in which mainstream media frames protest actions for consumption as propaganda.”

Read the rest of the review at:

http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2902

Just wanted to let folks know that the first review of my book has come out. Here’s a brief excerpt:

“The view Juris offers is more in-depth than has been generally reported even by sympathetic journalists. . . . Networking Futures stands as a pioneering document of what may yet prove to be a new new world order.”
Vince Carducci, Popmatters

Check out the entire review at:

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/62311/networki ng-futures-by-jeffrey-s-juris/

A story about Networking Futures was recently posted on ASU News. Here’s the link:

http://asunews.asu.edu/20080731_jurisbook

It’s true, Networking Futures is actually a book, the result of nearly 10 years of collaborative political and intellectual labor. Thanks to all of you who have helped and supported me along the way. You can get a copy of the book at Duke University Press, Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, and Powell’s, among other online outlets. Please leave your comments and reactions on the site…