Der Artikel von Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp ist am 20. Juni im Journal of Science Communication erschienen und trägt den Titel: “The lab, the space and the meetup: locating technological experimentation in everyday life”
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This article analyzes the role digital pioneer communities play in the localization of everyday technological experimentation based on three sites of practice: the lab, the space, and the meetup. Taking a historical view, it begins with a reconstruction of Stewart Brand’s popularization of the lab discourse. On this basis, the space in the Maker movement as well as the meetup in the Quantified Self and Hacks/Hackers movements is investigated, finally arriving at a reflection on the dynamics that come and go between them. While the article is primarily a conceptual contribution, its arguments are grounded in an extensive media ethnography.