[Open Design + Hardware] Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops

Wed Dec 3 18:57:09 UTC 2014

Ha - you caught an epic typo in my email, Cindy -- I meant to say
"non-assumptions" not "assumptions" -- alas!

Overall, I found the issue very enlightening (and inspiring, especially for
me the piece by Susana Nascimento on shared machine shops, which relates to
research I'm working on in a related GLAM space) and would love to discuss
further if you and other authors + readers are interested, Cindy and Peter!

Also, we've been discussing similar ideas on the Open Design + Hardware
Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/odandh for those who prefer that medium.

- K

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Kat Braybrooke | Content and Curation Lead
Mozilla | Hive Learning Networks | @codekat <https://twitter.com/codekat>

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Kohtala Cindy <cindy.kohtala at aalto.fi>
wrote:

> Hi Kat and all,
>
> I think what this Special Issue shows is that these are *not* all
> assumptions.
> Rather, what we assume (and want) to happen with the maker movement is not
> actually happening on the ground - empirically - as much as we’d like. If
> we practitioners cannot critique and constantly evaluate our own actions
> then we’re in real trouble. And if the positive good stuff in maker spaces
> is hidden and remains grassroots and localized, well, that’s good but in a
> limited way.
>
> I’d also like to discuss this more. I’m sure Peter would jump in too.
>
> Cheers
> Cindy in Helsinki
>
> On 3 Nov 2014, at 12.08, Kat Braybrooke <kat at mozillafoundation.org> wrote:
>
> > Very interesting insights below, especially around the following
> assumptions:
> >
> >  * Shared Machine Shops are not new.
> >  * Fab Labs are not about technology.
> >  * Sharing is not happening.
> >  * Hackerspaces are not open.
> >  * Technology is not neutral.
> >  * Hackerspaces are not solving problems.
> >  * Fab Labs are not the seeds of a revolution.
> >
> > Once people have given the pieces a read, I'd love to discuss more.
> While I can't say I agree with all of the assertions, they certainly come
> at a time-salient moment.
> >
> > - Kat
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Kat Braybrooke | Content and Curation Lead
> > Mozilla | Hive Learning Networks | @codekat
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Maurizio <maurizio.teli at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 8:48 AM
> > Subject: Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops
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> > ===> Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops -- out now! <===
> >
> >                .oO{  http://peerproduction.net/  }Oo.
> >
> >                       \\ Release: 2014-10-31 //
> >
> >                            .Public domain!.
> >
> >                                  <*>
> >
> >
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> >
> >  * Editing:
> >
> >      + Maxigas
> >          Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
> >      + Peter Troxler
> >          International Fab Lab Association
> >          Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
> >
> >
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> >
> > Despite the marketing clangour of the “maker movement”, shared machine
> > shops are
> > currently “fringe phenomena” since they play a minor role in the
> production
> > of
> > wealth, knowledge, political consensus and the social organisation of
> life.
> > Interestingly, however, they also prominently share the core
> transformations
> > experienced in contemporary capitalism.  The convergence of work, labour
> and
> > other aspects of life -- the rapid development of algorithmically driven
> > technical systems and their intensifying role in social organisation --
> the
> > practical and legitimation crisis of institutions, echoed by renewed
> > attempts at
> > self-organisation.
> >
> > Each article in this special issue addresses a received truth which
> > circulates
> > unreflected amongst both academics analysing these phenomena and
> > practitioners
> > engaged in the respective scenes. Questioning such myths based on
> empirical
> > research founded on a rigorous theoretical framework is what a journal
> such
> > as
> > the Journal of Peer Production can contribute to both academic and
> activist
> > discourses. Shared machine shops have been around for at least a decade
> or
> > so,
> > which makes for a good time to evaluate how they live up to their
> > self-professed
> > social missions.
> >
> > Here is an executive summary:
> >
> >  * Shared Machine Shops are not new.
> >  * Fab Labs are not about technology.
> >  * Sharing is not happening.
> >  * Hackerspaces are not open.
> >  * Technology is not neutral.
> >  * Hackerspaces are not solving problems.
> >  * Fab Labs are not the seeds of a revolution.
> >
> >
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> >
> > #=================================+
> > # T A B L E  O F  C O N T E N T S |
> > #=================================+
> > #
> > #-------------------+
> > # EDITORIAL SECTION |
> > #-------------------+
> > #
> > # * We Now have the Means of Production, but Where is my Revolution?
> > #     by maxigas and Peter Troxler
> > #
> > # * Digitally-Operated Atoms vs. Bits of Rhetoric
> > #     by Ursula Gastfall, Thomas Fourmond, Jean-Baptiste Labrune and
> Peter
> > Troxler
> > #
> > # * Critical Notions of Technology: Promises of Empowerment in Shared
> > Machine Shops
> > #     by Susana Nascimento
> > #
> > # * Distributed and Open Creation Platforms as Key Enablers for Smarter
> > Cities
> > #     by Tomas Diez
> > #
> > # * Fab Labs Forked: A Grassroots Insurgency inside the Next Industrial
> > Revolution
> > #     by Peter Troxler
> > #
> > # * Cultural Stratigraphy: A Rift between Shared Machine Shops
> > #     by maxigas
> > #
> > #----------------------+
> > # PEER REVIEWED PAPERS |
> > #----------------------+
> > #
> > # * Technology Networks for socially useful production
> > #     by Adrian Smith
> > #
> > # * The Story of MIT-Fablab Norway: Community Embedding of Peer
> Production
> > #     by Cindy Kohtala and Camille Bosqué
> > #
> > # * Sharing is Sparing: Open Knowledge Sharing in Fab Labs
> > #     by Patricia Wolf, Peter Troxler, Pierre-Yves Kocher, Julie Harboe &
> > Urs Gaudenz
> > #
> > # * Feminist Hackerspaces: The Synthesis of Feminist and Hacker Cultures
> > #     by Sophie Toupin
> > #
> > # * Beyond Technological Fundamentalism: Peruvian Hack Labs
> > #     and “Inter-technological” Education
> > #      by Anita Say Chan [html] [pdf]
> > #
> > # * Becoming Makers: Hackerspace Member Habits, Values, and Identities
> > #      by Austin Toombs, Shaowen Bardzell, and Jeffrey Bardzell
> > #
> > # * Shared Machine Shops as Real-life Laboratories
> > #      by Sascha Dickel, Jan-Peter Ferdinand, and Ulrich Petschow
> > #
> > # ... Respect for all the contributors, peer reviewers, and readers! ...
> > #
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