DIY Wifi: Re-Imagining Connectivity

2014. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-31252-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3109 g

Based on extensive fieldwork, Jungnickel's research into community WiFi networking explores the innovative digital cultures of ordinary people making extra-ordinary things. Committed to making 'ournet, not the internet', these digital tinkerers re-inscribe wireless broadband technology with new meanings and re-imagined possibilities of use.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jungnickel, K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Who Makes WiFi (and why other makers matter)? 3. Studying Backyard Technologists 4. The 'Barbie' and WiFi 5. Trees, Birds, Sunburn and Other Digital Interruptions 6. Stumbling for Digital Noise 7. Mods and Modding 8. Homebrew High-Tech 9. Do-It-Together Technology Cultures and Other Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Katrina Jungnickel is a Lecturer in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Her research explores new technology cultures, making practices and inventive methods. www.katjungnickel.com