[hackerspaces] Sociology thesis on hacker culture in the Netherlands

[Fish]

Elgin,

great stuff!!
I hope you're not out of 0xc0ffee now after your thesis... I'll buy you one soon :-)

Greetz,
Fish
fish at hackerspaces.org



On 28 apr 2011, at 23:06, Elgin Blankwater wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> Some of you may recall some e-mails that were sent out about a year ago about someone doing a sociology thesis on hacker culture in the Netherlands.
> Well, I'm finally done. If you are interested, you can download it here: http://heelveelkoffie.nl/?p=72 in pdf and epub format (btw, my blog is outdated). The thesis starts with some sociological theory, which you can skip if you are not interested.
> 
> I ended up writing quite a bit about the history of hacking because it thought it to be of great influence on the dynamics found today. I am a bit critical about my ethnographic writings as I think I could have used a couple of more years of experience at hackerspaces and hacker events (which I am planning to do, as there are still plans to set up a hackerspace in Amsterdam!) before drawing conclusions. But oh well, it's mostly a positive view of hacker culture anyway.
> 
> A big thanks goes out to all the hackers that have been so open to me the past year, especially the guys (and some girls) from Revspace (Den Haag), Randomdata (Utrecht), Pumping Station:One (Chicago), and Slug (Amsterdam). 
> Thanks for being awesome.
> 
> I'd like to hear your opinions on my thesis. 
> All the best,
> 
> Elgin.
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