DiY WiFi: Re-imagining Connectivity

by K. Jungnickel

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137312525
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/20/2013
Series:	Palgrave Pivot
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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