Diy Wifi: Re-Imagining Connectivity

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: K Jungnickel, K. Jungnickel, Katrina Jungnickel
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2013
• EAN: 9781137312525
• ISBN: 978-1-137-31252-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; C, Media Studies, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Communication, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Regional Studies, Computer Applications, Computer and Information Systems Applications, Application software, Information technology: general issues, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Culture—Study and teaching, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Computer Engineering and Networks, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Computer organization, community;network;research;technology