#  Dark Reading article highlights interview with Harvard Anthropology Professor Gabriella Coleman 

 





January 17, 2025

 

 

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share a recent article published on [*Dark Reading*](https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/where-warlocks-stay-up-late-unearthing-the-stories-of-cybersecurity-trailblazers) which features an interview with Professor [Gabriella Coleman](https://anthropology.fas.harvard.edu/people/gabriella-coleman) on the topic of mapping hacking groups and more.

> Coleman, a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, was "instantly drawn to the Warlocks, like a moth to flame," she says, because the project complements her focus on the politics and cultures of hacking and online activism. Over the years, she has studied distinct hacker communities, such as Anonymous.  
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> "Combining visual data \[maps, videos, and pictures\] with written and oral histories allows us to make more sturdy, sound, or compelling arguments," Coleman says.  
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> To capture the full picture of the hacking scene, the team plans to talk to all kinds of pioneers "from the no-malicious yet unorthodox underground scene," as Coleman puts it, regardless of where they are located.  
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> "Those studying hackers know there were important waypoints in the transition from underground hacking to professional security, but the full stories of their members still need to be charted," Coleman adds.  
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> Although she has studied hacker communities for over two decades, Coleman admits that some of the names that appear on the anthropological map were initially unfamiliar to her — a reflection of the secrecy that has long shrouded the scene.  
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> "This terra incognita reminds us of the power and importance of what some philosophers call 'epistemic humility,'" she says. "This map both charts known territory and reveals what still needs to be studied."

[**Read more**](https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/where-warlocks-stay-up-late-unearthing-the-stories-of-cybersecurity-trailblazers)**.**



 

 

 



 

 

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