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Interview with Wu Ming 1: QAnon, Collective Creativity, and the (Ab)uses of Enchantment

Haiven, Max; Kingsmith, A.T; Komporozos-Athanasiou, Aris; (2022) Interview with Wu Ming 1: QAnon, Collective Creativity, and the (Ab)uses of Enchantment. Theory, Culture and Society: explorations in critical social science , 39 (7-8) pp. 253-268. 10.1177/02632764221144265. Green open access

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Abstract

In this interview with Wu Ming 1, a member of the mysterious but well-known and widely-translated novel-writing Wu Ming Collective, we discuss his new book, La Q di Qomplotto (The Q in Qonspiracy: How Conspiracy Fantasies Defend the System). In the interview, Wu Ming 1 unravels the power of narrative and games in driving conspiracy fantasies and fuelling new forms of activism that have risen to confront a system that gives rise to them.

Type: Article
Title: Interview with Wu Ming 1: QAnon, Collective Creativity, and the (Ab)uses of Enchantment
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/02632764221144265
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221144265
Language: English
Additional information: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Keywords: alternate reality games, capitalism, conspiracy theories, counter-games, critical theory, mythological narratives, QAnon
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10156421
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