Britt Paris, "Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up" ( U California Press, 2025)

We are glad to talk to Britt Paris about her book Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up ( U California Press, 2025). This book asks: What if we could start over and build the Internet from scratch? For more than eight years, Britt S. Paris investigated alternative Internet infrastructure projects, conducting interviews, site visits, and policy analysis. In this expansive and interdisciplinary study, Paris critically examines how people and groups imagine, build, deploy, maintain, and use the Internet as they survive—and even dare to thrive—in challenging political, economic, and environmental contexts. The book is available (to download for free!) here. Your host is Megan Finn, Associate Professor at American University and Affiliate Associate Professor at University of Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member!

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This episode was published on Mar 9, 2026.

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