The art of reverse engineering : open - dissect - rebuild / Günther Friesinger, Jana Herwig (eds.).

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Technology vs. technocracy "reverse engineering" as a user rebellion / Frank Apunkt Schneider, Günther Friesinger -- Reverse engineering the senses: sight/hearing and touch / Jana Herwig -- Biohacking: keeping synthetic biology research safe and responsible among amateur biologists / Markus Schmidt, Lei Pei, Alexander Kelle, Wei Wei -- The technosensual body: the emergence of fashion & technology / Anouk Wipprecht -- Eliminated in a hardly noticeable way / Johannes Grenzfurthner -- Hacking feminism / Stefanie Wuschitz -- The return of the physical: tangible trends in human-computer interaction / Tanja Döring -- Can someone pause the counting please? Encountering the new gamified reality of our times / Daphne Dragona -- It's a cyborg's world? Synthetic bodies as "social engineering" / Judith Schossböck -- Appropriation of vacancies -- by capital or by people? / Mara Verlič -- Cyberpeace, not cyberwar / Sylvia Johnigk -- Asking the girls out? Reverse engineering and the (re- )writing of Austrian film history / Thomas Ballhausen, Katharina Stöger -- Playing with glass beads / Nicole Prutsch.

Reverse Engineering is a term that comes originally from the field of mechanical engineering. Reverse Engineering indicates the process of analysing an existing object or system by laying out its construction plan to then rebuild it in every detail. This manner of reconstruction allows for modifications and adjustments to new demands and requirements, it signifies creative appropriation, democratisation of knowledge, further development. The contributions in this volume take Reverse Engineering to another level, applying it to the fields of arts, sciences and politics in an attempt to reveal t.

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