On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:35 PM, katie hargrave <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I, like Sal, come to this group with a slightly different perspective.
> Though I use open source software daily, my interest comes from my work with
> an alternative art space in central Illinois who takes the name of the
> movement as its own. OPENSOURCE Art ( http://opensource.boxwith.com ) is
> interested in providing a space for work within our community of limited
> resources. Similar to the open source software movement, we created a
> platform on which to build. Our structure is minimal and attempts to remain
> horizontal, as each member has an equal vote and participate as much or as
> little as they wish in programming. We are still internally fraught with
> questions of leadership, worrying that we are not remaining democratic when
> a few members take on more responsibility and are thus more influential.
>
> Here is our mission statement.
>
> Felix Stalder's essay embodied for me many of the questions I still have
> about my participation in open source projects (be they OS software or OS
> culture) regarding accessibility, democracy, and participation. He points
> to the mythology of open source as being accessible to a broad group and
> being democratic in its organization, while also questioning how
> participation in open source culture is impeded upon by the structuring of
> expertise.
>
> I am much looking forward to this discussion!
>
> best,
> Katie
The penny farthing on the website was a nice coincidence
We are going to a penny farthing family day in Adelaide tomorrow
Adelaide is not a big city.
There are some odd industries here though.
There is a penny farthing manufacturer
There are some groups who take apart bicycles and make them into
either tall bikes with multiple frames or very long low bikes fro
riding in drains.
In some ways this kind of recycling making feels very open source.
There is a computer recycling group called itshare which uses linux,
they have been meeting with the bicycle mashup folks
and have a common interest in trebuchets and making from found objects.
Kat Jungnickel is doing work on the social and private spaces needed
for make culture
she worked in adelaide with the wireless community group airstream,
and kat is the person who made the connection with the bike mashup
people.Her blog about wireless, backyards, and nonlinear phd options
is full of the kinds of make culture which happen
when you have some space and are not afraid of mess.
There are good private spaces in Adelaide for make culture but not so
much space where communities can make.
Are there places for others on the list where communities can make
mess and create?
Is curating open source different because youre curating space for
mess rather than for polished finished things?
Janet
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