Synopsis

For weeks, the phenomenon of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange has dominated both current and established media. Yet, a persistent quest for definitions, meanings, and interpretations of what WikiLeaks (and soon, OpenLeaks) truly represents continues. And what transformations it has wrought. These changes extend to transparency and the digitization of our information culture, as well as to more fundamental questions concerning democracy and power dynamics. In this report, Tegenlicht explores the orig