DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2014), x, 450 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
ISBN 978-0-262-52552-7
Signature commbox: 70-Community-E 2014
"Today, DIY- do-it-yourself - describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways (as in Egypt's "Twitter revolution" of 2011) and to repurpose corporate content (or create new user-generated content) in order to offer political counternarratives. This book examines the usefulness and limits of DIY citizenship, exploring the diverse forms of political participation and "critical making" that have emerged in recent years. The authors and artists in this collection describe DIY citizens whose activities range from activist fan blogging and video production to knitting and the creation of community gardens. Contributors examine DIY activism, describing new modes of civic engagement that include Harry Potter fan activism and the activities of the Yes Men. They consider DIY making in learning, culture, hacking, and the arts, including do-it-yourself media production and collaborative documentary making." (Back cover)
PART I: DIY AND ACTIVISM: NEW MODES OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATORY POLITICS 23
1 Maktivism: Authentic Making for Technology in the Service of Humanity / Steve Mann, 29
2 (Re)making the Internet: Free Software and the Social Factory Hack / Kate Milberry, 53
3 Fan Activism as Participatory Politics: The Case of the Harry Potter Alliance / Henry Jenkins, 65
4 Radical Inclusion? Locating Accountability in Technical DIY / Christina Dunbar-Hester, 75
5 Proportionate ID Cards: Prototyping for Privacy and Accountability / Brenda McPhail, Andrew Clement, Karen Louise Smith, Jennette Weber, Joseph Ferenbok, and Alex Tichine, 89
6 Developing Communities of Resistance? Maker Pedagogies, Do-It-Yourself Feminism, and DIY Citizenship / Red Chidgey, 101
7 Rethinking Media Activism through Fan Blogging: How Stewart and Colbert Fans Make a Difference / Catherine Burwell and Megan Boler, 115
8 Just Say Yes: DIY-ing the Yes Men / Ian Reilly, 127
PART II: DIY AND MAKING: LEARNING, CULTURE, HACKING, AND ARTS 137
9 DIY Citizenship, Critical Making, and Community / Kate Orton-Johnson, 141
10 Mélange of Making: Bringing Children's Informal Learning Cultures to the Classroom / Alexandra Bal, Jason Nolan, and Yukari Seko, 157
11 Power Struggles: Knowledge Production in a DIY News Club / Jennifer Jenson, Negin Dahya, and Stephanie Fisher, 169
12 Transparency Reconsidered: Creative, Critical, and Connected Making with E-textiles / Yasmin B. Kafai and Kylie A. Peppler, 179
13 Woven Futures: Inscribed Material Ecologies of Critical Making / Daniela K. Rosner and Miki Foster, 189
14 Making Publics: Documentary as Do-It-with-Others Citizenship / Mandy Rose, 201
15 Mirror Images: Avatar Aesthetics and Self-Representation in Digital Games / Suzanne de Castell, 213
PART III: DIY AND DESIGN: OPENING THE BLACK BOX AND REPURPOSING TECHNOLOGIES 223
16 Textual Doppelgangers: Critical Issues in the Study of Technology / Matt Ratto, 227
17 The Growbot Garden Project as DIY Speculation through Design / Carl DiSalvo, 237
18 Doing It in the Cloud: Google, Apple, and the Shaping of DIY Culture / Michael Murphy, David J. Phillips, and Karen Pollock, 249
19 Citizen Innovation: ActiveEnergy and the Quest for Sustainable Design / Ann Light, 259
20 Le Champ des Possibles-The Field of Possibilities / Owen McSwiney and Emily Rose Michaud, 269
21 Distributed Design: Media Technologies and the Architecture of Participation / Joel McKim, 283
22 "I hate your politics but I love your diamonds": Citizenship and the Off-Topic Message Board Subforum / Lana Swartz and Kevin Driscoll, 295
PART IV: DIY AND MEDIA: REDISTRIBUTING AUTHORITY AND SOURCES IN NEWS MEDIA 307
23 Redesigning the Vox Pop: Civic Rituals as Sites of Critical Reimagining / Joshua McVeigh-Schultz 313
24 Alternative Media Production, Feminism, and Citizenship Practices / Rosa Reitsamer and Elke Zobl, 329
25 Alternative Media, the Mundane, and "Everyday Citizenship" / Chris Atton, 343
26 Critical News Making and the Paradox of "Do-It-Yourself News" / Mike Ananny, 359
27 Social Media, Visibility, and Activism: The Kony 2012 Campaign / Graham Meikle, 373
28 A Digital Democracy or Twenty-First-Century Tyranny? CNN's iReport and the Future of Citizenship in Virtual Spaces / Devan Bissonette, 385
1 Maktivism: Authentic Making for Technology in the Service of Humanity / Steve Mann, 29
2 (Re)making the Internet: Free Software and the Social Factory Hack / Kate Milberry, 53
3 Fan Activism as Participatory Politics: The Case of the Harry Potter Alliance / Henry Jenkins, 65
4 Radical Inclusion? Locating Accountability in Technical DIY / Christina Dunbar-Hester, 75
5 Proportionate ID Cards: Prototyping for Privacy and Accountability / Brenda McPhail, Andrew Clement, Karen Louise Smith, Jennette Weber, Joseph Ferenbok, and Alex Tichine, 89
6 Developing Communities of Resistance? Maker Pedagogies, Do-It-Yourself Feminism, and DIY Citizenship / Red Chidgey, 101
7 Rethinking Media Activism through Fan Blogging: How Stewart and Colbert Fans Make a Difference / Catherine Burwell and Megan Boler, 115
8 Just Say Yes: DIY-ing the Yes Men / Ian Reilly, 127
PART II: DIY AND MAKING: LEARNING, CULTURE, HACKING, AND ARTS 137
9 DIY Citizenship, Critical Making, and Community / Kate Orton-Johnson, 141
10 Mélange of Making: Bringing Children's Informal Learning Cultures to the Classroom / Alexandra Bal, Jason Nolan, and Yukari Seko, 157
11 Power Struggles: Knowledge Production in a DIY News Club / Jennifer Jenson, Negin Dahya, and Stephanie Fisher, 169
12 Transparency Reconsidered: Creative, Critical, and Connected Making with E-textiles / Yasmin B. Kafai and Kylie A. Peppler, 179
13 Woven Futures: Inscribed Material Ecologies of Critical Making / Daniela K. Rosner and Miki Foster, 189
14 Making Publics: Documentary as Do-It-with-Others Citizenship / Mandy Rose, 201
15 Mirror Images: Avatar Aesthetics and Self-Representation in Digital Games / Suzanne de Castell, 213
PART III: DIY AND DESIGN: OPENING THE BLACK BOX AND REPURPOSING TECHNOLOGIES 223
16 Textual Doppelgangers: Critical Issues in the Study of Technology / Matt Ratto, 227
17 The Growbot Garden Project as DIY Speculation through Design / Carl DiSalvo, 237
18 Doing It in the Cloud: Google, Apple, and the Shaping of DIY Culture / Michael Murphy, David J. Phillips, and Karen Pollock, 249
19 Citizen Innovation: ActiveEnergy and the Quest for Sustainable Design / Ann Light, 259
20 Le Champ des Possibles-The Field of Possibilities / Owen McSwiney and Emily Rose Michaud, 269
21 Distributed Design: Media Technologies and the Architecture of Participation / Joel McKim, 283
22 "I hate your politics but I love your diamonds": Citizenship and the Off-Topic Message Board Subforum / Lana Swartz and Kevin Driscoll, 295
PART IV: DIY AND MEDIA: REDISTRIBUTING AUTHORITY AND SOURCES IN NEWS MEDIA 307
23 Redesigning the Vox Pop: Civic Rituals as Sites of Critical Reimagining / Joshua McVeigh-Schultz 313
24 Alternative Media Production, Feminism, and Citizenship Practices / Rosa Reitsamer and Elke Zobl, 329
25 Alternative Media, the Mundane, and "Everyday Citizenship" / Chris Atton, 343
26 Critical News Making and the Paradox of "Do-It-Yourself News" / Mike Ananny, 359
27 Social Media, Visibility, and Activism: The Kony 2012 Campaign / Graham Meikle, 373
28 A Digital Democracy or Twenty-First-Century Tyranny? CNN's iReport and the Future of Citizenship in Virtual Spaces / Devan Bissonette, 385
