Interview with Wu Ming 1: QAnon, Collective Creativity, and the (Ab)uses of Enchantment. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Haiven, Max; Kingsmith, A.T.; Komporozos-Athanasiou, Aris
• Is Part Of: Theory, culture & society. Volume 39:Number 7/8(2022)
• Page Start: 253
• Page End: 268
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: alternate reality games -- capitalism -- conspiracy theories -- counter-games -- critical theory -- mythological narratives -- QAnon; Social sciences -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1177/02632764221144265
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0263-2764

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.