DIY Wifi: Re-Imagining Connectivity

Based on extensive fieldwork, Jungnickel's research into community WiFi networking explores the innovative digital cultures of ordinary people making extra-ordinary things. Committed to making 'ournet, not the internet', these digital tinkerers re-inscribe wireless broadband technology with new meanings and re-imagined possibilities of use.

Autorentext
Katrina Jungnickel is a Lecturer in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Her research explores new technology cultures, making practices and inventive methods. www.katjungnickel.com

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Who Makes WiFi (and why other makers matter)? 3. Studying Backyard Technologists 4. The 'Barbie' and WiFi 5. Trees, Birds, Sunburn and Other Digital Interruptions 6. Stumbling for Digital Noise 7. Mods and Modding 8. Homebrew High-Tech 9. Do-It-Together Technology Cultures and Other Conclusions