Re: [DIYbio] Bio/hardware hacking: special issue of the Journal of Peer Production

Thanks Alessandro, looks fantastic! :)

On 23/07/12 09:36, Alessandro Delfanti wrote:
> Hi everybody, together with a friend I curated this special issue on
> biohacking, open hardware and hackerspaces.
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> It's social sciences, but I hope you find it interesting!
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> Take care,
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> *"Bio/Hardware Hacking": a new special issue of the Journal of Peer
> Production is now published - http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-2/*
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> During the past two decades, hacking has chiefly been associated with
> software and computers. This is changing with the surge of synthetic
> biology, fablabs and hackerspaces, all of which suggests the wider
> diffusion of hacking practices and hacker politics. Hardware development
> and biological science are about to be infused with the same kind of
> contestations and contradictions that already characterize software
> hacking. This is because hackers are not simply innovating new technology,
> but are at the same time discovering new ways of engaging with the world.
> The issue highlights how hacking practices are inscribed in and shaped by
> the cultural and political contexts in which the hackers find themselves,
> with implications for the ways hacker politics are framed.
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> The special issue is curated by Alessandro Delfanti and Johan Söderberg. It
> includes four research papers and two invited comments:
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> Denisa Kera, Hackerspaces and DIYbio in Asia: Connecting Science and
> Community with Open Data, Kits and Protocols
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> Maxigas, Hacklabs and Hackerspaces - Tracing Two Genealogies
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> Sara Tocchetti, DIYbiologists as 'Makers' of Personal Biologies: How MAKE
> Magazine and Maker Faires Contribute in Constituting Biology as a Personal
> Technology
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> Paolo Magaudda, How to make a "Hackintosh". A Journey into the
> "Consumerization" of Hacking Practices and Culture
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> Morgan Meyer, Build Your Own Lab: Do-it-yourself Biology and the Rise of
> Citizen Biotech-Economies
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> Mitch Altman, Hacking at the Crossroad - US Military Funding of Hackerspaces
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> Feel free to tweet, blog, share, comment the content of this special issue.
> We hope it will be a good starting point for further studies of the
> spreading of hacking practices outside the software field.
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> Finally, we take advantage of this email to invite you to attend the panel
> we will chair, together with Eric Deibel, at the 4S/EASST Conference in
> Copenhagen in October. It is titled "Hacking STS - bio-hacking, open
> hardware development, and hackerspaces", and will be another space to
> discuss the topics of this special issue.
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> Sincerely,
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> Alessandro and Johan
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