I really like this "Hackerspaces throughout History" theme!<br><br>Does anyone here want to coordinate a blog entry, or perhaps pick up a day of the week to blog about Hackerspaces through History? It seems like we've got enough material here for quite a good run!<br>
<br clear="all">Nick Farr / <a href="http://nickfarr.org">http://nickfarr.org</a><br>Washington, DC, 20013-1208 | +1 (707) 676-FARR | Fax: +1 (866) 536-2616 | 8B13F204<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 14:38, Eric Gerlach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric%2Bhackerspaces-discuss@gerlach.ca">eric+hackerspaces-discuss@gerlach.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:03:20AM -0400, Leigh Honeywell wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:15:18AM -0400, Far McKon wrote:<br>
> > > not to forget: a wide array of collectively owned<br>
> > > workshops, tool shops and spaces for making that<br>
> > > emerged in the 1970s as part of new<br>
> > > countercultural topologies (squat houses,<br>
> > > communes and farming cooperatives etc.) ... as<br>
> > > mentioned in "hacking the spaces".<br>
> ><br>
> > Hear Hear. I second johannes.<br>
> ><br>
> > I got into hakcersapces through the housing/tool cooperative(s)<br>
> > movement. I'm thinking of making a talk on how hackerspaces tie into<br>
> > other collaborative spaces organizations, from condo's to food<br>
> > cooperatives, for a talk I'm giving in January. IF anyone has input,<br>
> > let me know.<br>
> ><br>
> > hack on,<br>
> > - Far McKon<br>
><br>
> Another set of analogous spaces: the feminist women's health collectives<br>
> of the 70's. While they came out of a political movement, they were<br>
> focused on providing services and self-education.<br>
><br>
> At least that's what immediately came to mind for me :)<br>
<br>
</div>Gus here at KwartzLab came up with some really old hackerspaces.<br>
<br>
The first one: The Royal Society of London. It was a bunch of natural<br>
philosophers who got together to make experiments and hack on nature!<br>
<br>
Then, the Mechanics Institutes around the turn of the 20th century.<br>
They were originally places where people could go to learn and practise<br>
trades and build things.<br>
<br>
I should get a copy of the presentation he did. It was really cool.<br>
<br>
Hackerspaces are older than you think!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
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Eric<br>
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