hi mathieu
>(this goes for all special issue editors:) As mentioned I think you
>should actively seek out and encourage contributors not just
wait for proposals to turn up...
we're already doing that
>finalised. The announcement for the inaugural issue will go out
next week, and I suppose you can send out you call
straight after, though an end of June deadline might now
be tight?
i think you should put the two announcements together, if
possible. anyhow, we'll start spamming the call right away when
the first issue is online
ciao
a
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>cheers
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>Mathieu
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>On 05/13/11, Johan Söderberg
<johan.soderberg sts.gu.se> wrote:
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>Me and Alessandro Delfanti are editors of one of the
projected, special issues for CSPP. We have sketched the
following draft (this is not the call!!!). We hereby
submit it to the many eyeballs on this list. Comments,
suggestions, and corrections are welcome.
>>
>>Johan & Alessandro
>>
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>>Expanding the frontiers of hacking
>>Bio-punks, open hardware, and hackerspaces
>>
>>Edited by: Johan Söderberg and Alessandro Delfanti
>>Call: abstract 500 words
>>Both theoretical and empirical contributions accepted
>>
>>During the past two decades, hacking has chiefly been
associated with software development. This is now changing
as new walks of life are being explored with a hacker
mindset, thus bringing back to memory the origin of
hacking in hardware development. Now as then, the hacker
is characterised by an active approach to technology,
undaunted by hierarchies and established knowledge, and
finally a commitment to sharing information freely. In this
special issue of Critical Studies in Peer Production, we
will investigate how these ideas and practices are
spreading. Two cases which have caught much attention in
recent years are open hardware development and garage
biology. The creation of hacker/maker-spaces in many
cities around the world has provided an infrastructure
facilitating this development. We are looking for both
empirical and theoretical contributions which critically
engage with this new phenomenon. Every kind of activity
which relates to hacking is potentially of inte
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> re
>> st. Some theoretical questions which might be discussed in
the light of this development include, but are not
restricted to, the politics of hacking, the role of lay
expertise, how the line between the community and markets
is negotiated, how development projects are managed, and
the legal implications of these practices. We welcome
contributions from all the social sciences, including
science & technology studies, design and art-practices,
anthropology, legal studies, etc.
>>
>>Interested authors should submit an abstract of 500 words by
June 30, 2011. Authors of accepted papers will be notified
by July 31. All papers will be subject to peer review
before being published. Abstracts should be sent to xxxx xxxx.xx
>>
>>Critical Studies in Peer Production (CSPP) is a new open
access, online journal that focuses on the implications of
peer production for social change.
http://cspp.oekonux.org______________________________>>http://www.oekonux.org/journal
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