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Gordon, Eric Taylor, T.L. Guarna, Tomás Andrés Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing 2022-08-29T16:21:57Z 2022-08-29T16:21:57Z 2022-05 2022-05-25T13:54:30.712Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144933 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2646-9002 Network technologies allow individuals to participate in technological market systems that can mediate trust independently from traditional public institutions. This presents a novel idea of governance that is distinct to the one in liberal democracies. I explore the use of cryptocurrencies (digital currencies based on cryptography) in Argentina to shed light on the social dynamics underlying technological market systems that mediate trust. These social dynamics include ideas, perceptions, and emotions, as well as specific practices that determine different relations to traditional institutions. I study how cryptocurrencies and blockchain (decentralized records that rely on cryptography) technologies are understood by Argentine enthusiasts and developers, and how communities of enthusiasts generate adequate social environments for the transmission of information and for emotional support. I highlight the discursive and social aspects of the phenomenon. Based on these findings, I describe the imaginary of participatory institutions (a vision where individuals engage with public institutions providing limited information on a consensual basis) and I describe how a city government in Argentina is interpreting this imaginary. S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright retained by author(s) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ Trust Machines: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Humans in Cultures of Mistrust Thesis application/pdf Master Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="e1d9c196-570f-42ca-935f-cfeeca12b458"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Title>Trust Machines: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Humans in Cultures of Mistrust</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2022-05</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Guarna, Tomás Andrés</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/</License> <Abstract>Network technologies allow individuals to participate in technological market systems that can mediate trust independently from traditional public institutions. This presents a novel idea of governance that is distinct to the one in liberal democracies. I explore the use of cryptocurrencies (digital currencies based on cryptography) in Argentina to shed light on the social dynamics underlying technological market systems that mediate trust. These social dynamics include ideas, perceptions, and emotions, as well as specific practices that determine different relations to traditional institutions. I study how cryptocurrencies and blockchain (decentralized records that rely on cryptography) technologies are understood by Argentine enthusiasts and developers, and how communities of enthusiasts generate adequate social environments for the transmission of information and for emotional support. I highlight the discursive and social aspects of the phenomenon. Based on these findings, I describe the imaginary of participatory institutions (a vision where individuals engage with public institutions providing limited information on a consensual basis) and I describe how a city government in Argentina is interpreting this imaginary.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>