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(Im)material culture : Towards an archaeology of cybercrime
Harfield, Clive Geoffrey Schofield, John
Harfield, Clive Geoffrey
Schofield, John
Abstract
Cybercrime is ubiquitous. People now inhabit a digital environment comprising permanent risk, exponential threats, and multiple virtual/physical harms, forming a global community of malefactors and the criminally exploited. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, through an archaeological lens, to characterize the new materiality of cybercrime (including its artefacts and architecture alongside digital/virtual manifestations). And second, to explore the potential for new perspectives on cybercrime borne out of this archaeological approach. In short: what is the archaeology of cybercrime and can new understandings emerge from an archaeological perspective? In undertaking this research we also challenge the long-held presumption that non-physical traces cannot be studied archaeologically. It is our contention that they can.
Keywords
cybercrime, cybersecurity, contemporary archaeology, new materiality, digital environment
Date
2020
Type
Journal article
Journal
World Archaeology
Book
Volume
52
Issue
4
Page Range
607-618
Article Number
ACU Department
Thomas More Law School
Faculty of Law and Business
Faculty of Law and Business
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Open