Digital Culture & Society (DCS)
Vol. 6, Issue 1/2020 – Alternative Histories in DIY Cultures and Maker Utopias
As DIY digital maker culture proliferates globally, research on these practices is also maturing. Still, particular terminologies dominate beyond their Western contexts, and technocultural histories of making are often rendered as over-simplified technomyths that render invisible diverse local practices. This special issue brings together contributions that highlight how historicising plays a role in mythmaking and the creation of social imaginaries. The peer-reviewed articles present cultural-historical perspectives, technology and design histories and historiographies, and alternative histories related to postcolonial resistance. The contributions illustrate the relevance of craft to making as a reparative practice after the Salvadoran Civil War and as a leisure activity to spark »innovation« in mid-century corporate culture; the political-economic background to the diffusion and differentiation of community workshops in contemporary Spain and post-war Germany; and the various aesthetics and politics of technology culture manifestos over the years.
The issue features an interview with Peter Harper of the Alternative Technology movement by Simon Sadler, as well as an interview with Felix Holm and Suné Stassen on the antecedents of making and design in South Africa. The special issue is rounded off with six short alternative (hi)stories of DIY making including multiple practices, geographies and temporalities.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Title
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Content
Seiten 3 - 4 -
Introduction
Seiten 5 - 34 -
I. Field Research and Case Studies
Craft and Artisan Initiatives of the Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)
Seiten 37 - 56 -
Histories of Technology Culture Manifestos
Seiten 57 - 84 -
From Hacking to Making
Seiten 85 - 106 -
II. Entering the Field
Tracing the History of DIY and Maker Culture in Germany's Open Workshops
Seiten 109 - 120 -
"What You Can Invent over the Weekend" and the Recurring History of Corporate DIY
Seiten 121 - 132 -
III. In Conversation with …
Makers and Design in South Africa
Seiten 135 - 152 -
The Exhibition of People's Technology, 1972
Seiten 153 - 184 -
IV. Moments in Alternative (Hi)stories
The Craft of Small Wind Turbine Making
Seiten 187 - 192 -
Made in the Russian North
Seiten 193 - 196 -
Czech DIY
Seiten 197 - 198 -
Halasuru Traverses
Seiten 199 - 202 -
The Trade Educators' Syndicate
Seiten 203 - 206 -
Politics of Patents
Seiten 207 - 210 -
Biographical Notes
Seiten 211 - 214
12. Februar 2021, 214 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4955-0
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