[hackerspaces] Sociology thesis on hacker culture in the Netherlands

[Koen Martens]

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Hey Elgin,

Great stuff (and not only because it is very good for my ego to see
my name all over :)! I only had time to do a quick diagonal scan yet,
but your story-telling is quite catching and i'm for sure going to
dive into sociological theoretical stuff :)

Bit sad that we haven't been able to make you feel more 'one of us' 
though. I've seen you as one of us for sure, since you were quite
curious and eager to investigate and learn, which for me is what
defines the way of the hacker.

It's something i've become increasingly aware of recently though,
the bit where we're "a bunch of hackers doing something on their
laptops". Well, it's not just that anymore either, we've got a lot 
of people working on stuff you can actually see as well lately, but 
yeah.. Doing stuff on laptops (mostly irc I think :)) is a large
part of what goes on..

Anyway, thanks for writing and sharing! I've got something to read
over the weekend now. And for sure you are going to make an appearance
on signal soon to discuss some of the outcome!

Gr,

Koen (gmc)

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:06:53PM +0200, 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 outdated).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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