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Born 1974. Artist and computer programmer. Lives in [[New York City]]. Received a BA from Brown University in 1996 and a PhD from Duke University in 2001. He worked at [[Rhizome|Rhizome.org]] from 1996 to 2002. As the founding member of the [[Radical Software Group]] (RSG), he is the creator of ''Carnivore'', a networked surveillance tool based on the notorious FBI software of the same name. Carnivore has been exhibited internationally and won a Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2002. Alex's first book, PROTOCOL, or, How Control Exists After Decentralization, was published in 2003 by The MIT Press.
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Born 1974. Author and associate professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. He has a Bachelors Degree in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University (1996), and a Ph.D. in Literature from Duke University in 2001. Galloway's research interests include media theory and contemporary philosophy. Galloway is also a programmer and artist. He is a founding member of the [[Radical Software Group]] (RSG), and his art projects include ''Carnivore'', a networked surveillance tool based on the FBI software of the same name (won a Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2002), and ''Kriegspiel'', based on a war game designed by Guy Debord. He worked at [[Rhizome|Rhizome.org]] from 1996 to 2002. Besides writing several books, he translated [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=1282 ''Tiqqun: Introduction to Civil War''] to English. Lives in [[New York City]].
 
 
Galloway is Assistant Professor of Media Ecology, Department of Culture and Communication at the New York University. His scholarly interests include: digital media, computer networks, software, new media art, video games, semiotics, film and video, critical theory.
 
 
 
  
 
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* Alex Galloway and [[Eugene Thacker]]. ''The Exploit: A Theory of Networks''. Minnesota, 2007. http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/G/galloway_exploit.html
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4003 French Theory Today: An Introduction to Possible Futures]. The Public School New York/Erudio Editions, 2011.
* Alex Galloway. ''Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture''. Minnesota, 2006. ISBN 0816648514. http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/G/galloway_gaming.html
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=106 ''The Exploit: A Theory of Networks''], , coauthored with [[Eugene Thacker]]. Minnesota, 2007.  
* Alex Galloway. ''Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization''. MIT Press, 2003. ISBN 0-262-07247-5. http://mitpress.mit.edu/protocol
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=65 ''Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture'']. Minnesota, 2006. http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/G/galloway_gaming.html
 
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=81 ''Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization'']. MIT Press, 2003.  
  
 
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* Stefan Hechenberger. ''Interview with Alex Galloway''. summer 2004. http://switch.sjsu.edu/v19/00002e
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* Stefan Hechenberger. [http://switch.sjsu.edu/v19/00002e "Interview with Alex Galloway"]. Summer 2004.  
 
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* [http://vimeo.com/groups/86415/videos/22862862 Leper Creativity], panel discussion with Nicola Masciandaro and Eugene Thacker, The New School, March 2011
 
 
http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/<br>
 
http://rhizome.org/member.php?user_id=2408<br>
 
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Alexander_Galloway
 
  
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* [http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/ Alex Galloway site]
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* [http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Alexander_Galloway NYU: Alex Galloway]
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* [http://rhizome.org/member.php?user_id=2408 Rhizome: Alex Galloway]
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* [http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Alexander_Galloway
  
 
[[Category:Media culture writers|Galloway, Alex]]
 
[[Category:Media culture writers|Galloway, Alex]]

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Born 1974. Author and associate professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. He has a Bachelors Degree in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University (1996), and a Ph.D. in Literature from Duke University in 2001. Galloway's research interests include media theory and contemporary philosophy. Galloway is also a programmer and artist. He is a founding member of the Radical Software Group (RSG), and his art projects include Carnivore, a networked surveillance tool based on the FBI software of the same name (won a Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2002), and Kriegspiel, based on a war game designed by Guy Debord. He worked at Rhizome.org from 1996 to 2002. Besides writing several books, he translated Tiqqun: Introduction to Civil War to English. Lives in New York City.

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