Whisper Networks
Definition:
Whisper networks are informal, often secretive systems of communication where individuals share information, warnings, or gossip that exists in liminal spaces between recognized formal systems.
Key Attributes:
- Secrecy and Subversion: Rely on covert communication protected through trust and intimacy, allowing for subversion of mainstream narratives or power structures.
- Power and Resistance: Function as counterpoints to established power dynamics, providing spaces where marginalized or silenced voices can assert agency and influence.
- Fluidity and Ambiguity: Unlike formal systems, whisper networks are fluid and can adapt to changing conditions, with information that can be ambiguous and open to interpretation.