Constructive activism in the dark web: cryptomarkets and illicit drugs in the digital ‘demimonde’

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Constructive activism in the dark web: cryptomarkets and illicit drugs in the digital ‘demimonde’

This paper explores activism enacted through Silk Road, a now defunct cryptomarket where illicit drugs were sold in the dark web. Drawing on a digital ethnography of Silk Road, we develop the notion of constructive activism to extend the lexicon of concepts available to discuss forms of online activ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Maddox, A., Barratt, Monica, Allen, M., Lenton, Simon
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30881

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