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Until just a few years ago, Cuba was one of the least-connected countries in the world. But as digital technology has become increasingly available, Cubans have found inventive ways to work around such remaining barriers as slow speeds, high costs, and inadequate infrastructure. In Island in the Net, Steffen K枚hn examines Cuba鈥檚 nascent digital culture and how it has reconfigured the relationship between the state and its citizens. K枚hn shows that through innovations including 鈥渟neakernets鈥� (the physical transfer of information by flash drives and other devices), digital black markets, and online spaces for political debates, Cubans have successfully challenged the government鈥檚 monopoly on media and public discourse.

Drawing on multisited ethnographic research, K枚hn documents Cuba鈥檚 digital awakening, from the introduction of accessible Wi-Fi in 2015 to the social media鈥揻ueled protests in July 2021. Cubans鈥� community-driven digital innovations, he suggests, could be models for potential alternatives to the current Big Tech鈥揹ominated internet.

Each chapter in Island in the Net is accompanied by a multimodal anthropology work: a video game, interactive installations, video art, an ethnographic documentary, and an expanded cinema installation. These unique media, created with Cuban artist Nestor Sir茅 and other local collaborators, and accessible to readers via a QR code, bring the book鈥檚 argument vividly to life.