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Sabotaje cultural

Graffiti in Berlin, 2008. Photo: das_sabrinchen | CC BY-ND 2.0

En breve

Una intervención cultural que altera una marca o un meme para expresar un punto de vista político subversivo.

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Principio clave

Know your cultural terrain

As an act of semiotic sabotage, culture jamming requires the user to have fluency in the signs and symbols of contemporary culture. The better you know a culture, the easier it is to shift, repurpose, or disrupt it. To be successful, the media artifact chosen for culture jamming must be recognizable to its intended audience. Further, the saboteur must be familiar with the subtleties of the artifact’s original meaning in order to effectively create a new, critical meaning.

Ejemplos del mundo real

Hungarians Use Wit, Paint and Photoshop to Deface the Government's Anti-Immigration Billboards

Hungarians humorously satirized government-sponsored anti-immigration billboards.

KKK Hoods and Russian Flags Appear in Trump Tower Gift Shop

Two artists slipped some additional items into the gift shop at the Trump Tower in New York City.

Nazi 'Perfect Aryan' Poster Child Was Jewish

A photographer submitted a Jewish girl for a contest to find a perfect Aryan baby, in order to “make the Nazis ridiculous.”

Aprende más

The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can’t Be Jammed
Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter, 2010
A User’s Guide to Détournement
Guy Debord and Gil J. Wolman, translated by Ken Knabb, 1956
Détournement as Negation and Prelude
SI 1959, translated by Ken Knabb, 1959