[HacktionLab] Call for papers: Expanding the frontiers of hacking

mark mark at aktivix.org
Mon Jun 27 21:25:54 UTC 2011


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I just spotted this [1] CFP on the Critical Studies in Peer Production
website. Would anyone be interested in making a joint submission?

Mark


[1]
http://cspp.oekonux.org/special-issues/expanding-the-frontiers-of-hacking

Expanding the frontiers of hacking

Deadline: July 10, 2011
Bio-punks, open hardware, and hackerspaces
Edited by: Johan Söderberg and Alessandro Delfanti

Call: 500-word abstract
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 interest. 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 no more than 500 words
by July 10, 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 delfanti at sissa.it.

Critical Studies in Peer Production (CSPP) is a new open access, online
journal that focuses on the implications of peer production for social
change.
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