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made by those involved in their development. Therefore, the question of how and by whom | made by those involved in their development. Therefore, the question of how and by whom | ||
these choices are made is of great importance to both individuals and societies. | these choices are made is of great importance to both individuals and societies. | ||
* | *Thus, a democratization of the technosphere, if allowed to flourish, has the potential | ||
to give rise to technologies that better reflect a democratic society’s citizenry, address a | |||
broader range of social and individual concerns, and enrich the experience of humans as | |||
authors of their own lives and vital social beings. In other words, it enables the | |||
transformation of the technosphere into a public sphere. | |||
=Peter Maxigas= | =Peter Maxigas= | ||
*September 2015 - '''Peer Production of Open Hardware''' - Peter Dunajcsik - [http://osi.blogs.uoc.edu/2015/09/18/thesis-on-open-hardware-in-hackerspaces-successfully-defended-by-peter-dunajcsik-maxigas/] | *September 2015 - '''Peer Production of Open Hardware''' - Peter Dunajcsik - [http://osi.blogs.uoc.edu/2015/09/18/thesis-on-open-hardware-in-hackerspaces-successfully-defended-by-peter-dunajcsik-maxigas/] | ||
Revision as of 05:22, 18 January 2019
Dr. Catarina Mota
Janauary 2015 - Bits, Atoms, and Information Sharing: New Opportunities for Participation - Catarina Mota, seminal thesis on Open Source Hardware - on Academia.edu. Dpwnload: File:Openhardwarephd Mota.pdf
Quotes
- A democratization of the technosphere
promises to bring to the forefront challenges that firms and markets currently have no incentive to address.
- By facilitating
some actions and not others, technologies help define the realm of options available to their users and, in this way, influence individual and collective behaviors. The configurations and affordances of technologies, in turn, are the result of intentional or unintentional choices made by those involved in their development. Therefore, the question of how and by whom these choices are made is of great importance to both individuals and societies.
- Thus, a democratization of the technosphere, if allowed to flourish, has the potential
to give rise to technologies that better reflect a democratic society’s citizenry, address a broader range of social and individual concerns, and enrich the experience of humans as authors of their own lives and vital social beings. In other words, it enables the transformation of the technosphere into a public sphere.
Peter Maxigas
- September 2015 - Peer Production of Open Hardware - Peter Dunajcsik - [1]