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Free Culture and the City: Hackers, Commoners, and Neighbors in Madrid, 1997–2017

Posted By: arundhati
Date: 15 Feb 2023 01:44:23
Free Culture and the City: Hackers, Commoners, and Neighbors in Madrid, 1997–2017

Alberto Corsín Jiménez, "Free Culture and the City: Hackers, Commoners, and Neighbors in Madrid, 1997–2017 "
English | ISBN: 1501767178 | 2023 | 288 pages | PDF | 10 MB

Free Culture and the City examines how and why free software spread beyond the world of hackers and software engineers and became the basis for an urban movement now heralded by scholars as a model for emulation.
By the late 1990s, digital activists embraced a philosophy of free software and "free culture" in order to take control over their cities and everyday lives. Free culture, previously tethered to the digital realm, was cut loose and used to reclaim and resculpt the city. In Madrid the effects were dramatic. Common sights in the city were abandoned as industrial factories turned into autonomous social centers, urban orchards, guerrilla architectural camps, or community hacklabs.
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