[hackerspaces] Differences between hackerspaces and fablabs

[Edward L Platt]

Required reading: "Hacking The Spaces" by Johannes Grenzfurthner and Frank
Apunkt Schneider.  http://www.monochrom.at/hacking-the-spaces/


On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Ben Brown <ben at generik.ca> wrote:

> On 5/12/2014 8:16 PM, maxigas wrote:
> > I would argue that everything that came after hackerspaces is merely
> > capitalising on the struggles and works of hackers to invent an
> > attitude to technology which prooved to be immensely innovative and
> > incredibly excititing, while deluting its politics and denying their
> > roots because they don't have to figth for it the same way any more.
>
> This is where you lost me. What has (detrimentally) changed now that the
> concept of hackerspaces is becoming popular? I don't believe any space
> has ever clung to the exact ideals and philosophies of another. Do you
> believe that new spaces don't need to fight for existence?
>
> Ben
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