… am primit, dau mai departe – ca de la Voxpublica pentru Re-public. Ma grabesc sa adaug ca anuntul este cat se poate de serios si este adresat tuturor celor interesati in piraterie (de orice fel) ca forma de activism politic. Decat sa vorbiti despre piraterie numai pe Voxpublica, de ce sa n-o faceti cu toata seriozitatea pe Re-public. Spor la scris si tineti-ma la curent!

PS Imi cer scuze, dar nu am timp sa traduc comunicatul. Oricum, daca nu-l intelegeti, nu aveti nici cum sa scrieti

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to ask you to circulate this ‘call for papers’ which might be of interest to your faculty and postgraduate students.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation,

Pavlos Hatzopoulos

Managing editor – Re-public

Call for papers – Piracy as activism

Online journal Re-public invites contributions for its upcoming special issue titled “Piracy as activism”. In spite of its long and intense presence in the popular imagery, piracy is a concept that has only scarcely and timidly been linked to forms of political activism. Mostly seen through the lens of criminalisation and policing (including also the transgression of the existing order by the heroic pirates) piracy has rarely been analysed in relation to its influence in shaping the everyday life of contemporary communities.

Piracy, in the seas or lands or digital networks, encompasses a wide array of practices that shape, and often transform, these spaces and networks. Apart from this constitutive power, pirate practices also challenge the formal organisation of spaces and networks, by projecting and instituting alternative mobilities, hierarchies, boundaries, and social relations.

This special issue aims to explore pirate practices and subjectivities in terms of their resistance to the dominant organisations of everyday life. Possi