darkmatter Journal » Pirates and Piracy http://www.darkmatter101.org/site Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Editorial Notes: Pirates and Piracy – Material Realities and Cultural Myths http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/editorial-notes-pirates-and-piracy-material-realities-and-cultural-myths/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/editorial-notes-pirates-and-piracy-material-realities-and-cultural-myths/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:55:13 +0000 Andrew Opitz http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1503

This special issue of darkmatter sets out to examine the complicated and often incongruous cultural meanings assigned to pirates and piracy in the twenty-first century.[1] Debates about piracy have long featured certain telling contradictions. At different times,…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/editorial-notes-pirates-and-piracy-material-realities-and-cultural-myths/feed/ 0 Revolution Bootlegged: Pirate Resistance in Nigeria’s Broken Infrastructure http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/revolution-bootlegged-pirate-resistance-in-nigerias-broken-infrastructure/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/revolution-bootlegged-pirate-resistance-in-nigerias-broken-infrastructure/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:45:43 +0000 Jason Crawford http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1493 When news of the M/V Maersk Alabama hijacking broke from Western media outlets, Americans scoffed at the notion of a forthcoming “War on Piracy” where the global shipping industry would be at the mercy of young Somalians dressed in second-hand…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/revolution-bootlegged-pirate-resistance-in-nigerias-broken-infrastructure/feed/ 0 Digital Pirates and the Enclosure of the Intellect http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/digital-pirates-and-the-enclosure-of-the-intellect/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/digital-pirates-and-the-enclosure-of-the-intellect/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:40:15 +0000 Irmak Ertuna http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1479 As the production of knowledge and information increasingly becomes the guiding force of capitalist expansion, legal structures transform to accommodate the consolidation of wealth and power in the hands of already powerful actors. Consequently, the digital terrain of cyberspace becomes…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/digital-pirates-and-the-enclosure-of-the-intellect/feed/ 1 Where’s the Booty?: The Stakes of Textual and Economic Piracy as Seen Through the Work of Kathy Acker http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/where%e2%80%99s-the-booty-the-stakes-of-textual-and-economic-piracy-as-seen-through-the-work-of-kathy-acker/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/where%e2%80%99s-the-booty-the-stakes-of-textual-and-economic-piracy-as-seen-through-the-work-of-kathy-acker/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:35:16 +0000 Paige Sweet http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1484 “Once upon a Time, Not Long Ago, O…”: The title of the Preface to Kathy Acker’s Pussy, King of the Pirates at first may seem almost as trite as its pirate heroes. Almost, but not quite. Acker’s perverse juxtaposition of…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/where%e2%80%99s-the-booty-the-stakes-of-textual-and-economic-piracy-as-seen-through-the-work-of-kathy-acker/feed/ 0 Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy – Interview with Gabriel Kuhn http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/life-under-the-jolly-roger-reflections-on-golden-age-piracy-interview-with-gabriel-kuhn/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/life-under-the-jolly-roger-reflections-on-golden-age-piracy-interview-with-gabriel-kuhn/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:30:07 +0000 Nora Räthzel http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1467 In November 2009, PM Press released Gabriel Kuhn’s Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy, a study analyzing the most legendary pirate era from ethnographic, sociological and political angles. Gabriel Kuhn is a writer and translator who…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/life-under-the-jolly-roger-reflections-on-golden-age-piracy-interview-with-gabriel-kuhn/feed/ 0 Hostis humani generis. History of a multi-faceted word http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/hostis-humani-generis-history-of-a-multi-faceted-word/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/hostis-humani-generis-history-of-a-multi-faceted-word/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:25:44 +0000 Salvatore Poier http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1452 Introduction[1]

The semantic richness of the word “pirate” – which has been applied indifferently to sea criminals, copyright infringers, and hit-and-run drivers – is based on an assumption to which it seems every person could agree: crimes committed by pirates…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/hostis-humani-generis-history-of-a-multi-faceted-word/feed/ 0 Atlantic Orientalism: How Language in Jefferson’s America Defeated the Barbary Pirates http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/atlantic-orientalism-how-language-in-jefferson%e2%80%99s-america-defeated-the-barbary-pirates/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/atlantic-orientalism-how-language-in-jefferson%e2%80%99s-america-defeated-the-barbary-pirates/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:20:37 +0000 Angela Sutton http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1443 “In this work, I have most attempted a full description of the many hellish torments and punishments those piratical sea-rovers invent and inflict on the unfortunate Christians who may by chance unhappily fall into their hands…”[1] wrote John Foss, an…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/atlantic-orientalism-how-language-in-jefferson%e2%80%99s-america-defeated-the-barbary-pirates/feed/ 0 Voyage of the Black Joke: Piracy and Gallows Humor in an Era of Primitive Accumulation http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/voyage-of-the-black-joke-piracy-and-gallows-humor-in-an-era-of-primitive-accumulation/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/voyage-of-the-black-joke-piracy-and-gallows-humor-in-an-era-of-primitive-accumulation/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:15:21 +0000 Andrew Opitz http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1421 In 1827 there was a bloody mutiny aboard the slave ship Defensor de Pedro sailing from Africa to Brazil. The mutiny was successful and the leader of the revolt, a Galician sailor turned pirate named Benito de Soto, reportedly renamed…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/voyage-of-the-black-joke-piracy-and-gallows-humor-in-an-era-of-primitive-accumulation/feed/ 0 The Pirate and the Colonial Project: Kanhoji Angria http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/the-pirate-and-the-colonial-project-kanhoji-angria/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/the-pirate-and-the-colonial-project-kanhoji-angria/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:10:16 +0000 Derek L. Elliott http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1402 In the annals of Indian Ocean history the foremost pirates of the West Indian coast were Kanhoji Angria and later his sons. Today largely forgotten, Angria founded a dynasty in the late 1690s that became the main obstacle to the…

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/the-pirate-and-the-colonial-project-kanhoji-angria/feed/ 0 Unravelling Narratives of Piracy: Discourses of Somali Pirates http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/unravelling-narratives-of-piracy-discourses-of-somali-pirates/ http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/20/unravelling-narratives-of-piracy-discourses-of-somali-pirates/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:05:25 +0000 Muna Ali http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1389 Earlier this summer, we were both at the Harbourfront Centre, on Toronto’s waterfront, watching performers do magic tricks for children and families. One of the performers was dressed as a pirate straight out of Walt Disney films, such as Hook[1]…

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