Kurzbeschreibung
Zum Thema "INFOWAR - information.macht.krieg" diskutieren internationale TeilnehmerInnen aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Kunst die Strategien datengestützter Kriege zwischen Golfkonflikt und Cyber-Guerilla. Angespornt von den "Erfolgen" des Golfkrieges läuft die Entwicklung des "information warfare" auf Hochtouren: vom computergestützten Krieg, der Effizienzsteigerung des Vernichtungspotentials militärischer Operationen durch den Einsatz von Informationstechnologie, Virtual Reality und Hightech-Waffen wendet sich die Aufmerksamkeit der Militärstrategen immer stärker dem "cyberwar" zu, dessen ultimatives Angriffsziel die globale Informationsinfrastruktur selbst ist: Terminierung der Computer- und Kommunikationssysteme, Auslöschung der Datenbanken, Zerstörung der Kommando- und Kontrollsysteme des Gegners. In den vorliegenden Beiträgen steht nicht der Orbit des technisch Imaginären im Vordergrund, sondern die Fronten einer Gesellschaft, die sich in einem fundamentalen und gewaltsamen Umbruch befindet. "INFOWAR - information.power.war": international specialists from the fields of science, economics and the arts discuss the strategies behind data-aided wars from the Gulf conflict to the cyber-guerilla. With the "success" of the Gulf War acting as a stimulus, "information warfare" is developing at an incredibly fast rate. Ranging from the computer-aided war, and the increase in the destructive potential of military operations through the use of information technology, virtual reality and high-tech weaponry, military strategists are increasingly turning their attention to "cyberwar", with its ultimate objective - the global information infrastructure itself: the destruction of computer and communication systems, the elimination of the data banks and the wiging-out of the enemy command and control systems. It is not, in the following contributions, primarily a question of what is technically imaginable, but of the different fronts in society that are in the process of undergoing profound and violent change.
Synopsis
Using information from the fields of science, economics and the arts, this text discusses the strategies behind data-aided wars from the Gulf Conflict to the cyber-guerilla. With the "success" of the Gulf Conflict acting as a stimulus, "information warfare" is fast developing. Ranging from computer-aided war, and the increase in the destructive potential of military operations through the use of information technology, virtual reality and high-tech weaponry, military strategists are increasingly turning their attention to "cyberwar", with its ultimate objective - the global information infrastructure itself: the destruction of computer and communication systems, the elimination of the data banks and the destruction of the enemy command and control systems. The contributors do not focus on what is technically imaginable, but on the different fronts in society that are in the process of undergoing the change.
