Tecnoactivism. The political experience of Riereta.net La experiencia política de Riereta.net
This Thesis's summary explores the political and epistemological proposal that emerges from Free Software development made from Riereta.net. From the ethnography of this project, we analyse its contributions to knowledge production and to social studies of science and technology. This allows us...
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Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2011-03-01
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Series: | Athenea Digital |
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Online Access: | http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/840 |
Summary: | This Thesis's summary explores the political and epistemological proposal that emerges from Free Software development made from Riereta.net. From the ethnography of this project, we analyse its contributions to knowledge production and to social studies of science and technology. This allows us to define the experience as a 'techno-epistemic workshop' in which new forms of organization, objects and epistemic practices coexist with other traditional ones, such as typical of laboratories and other techno-scientific institutions. Its description as &ldquo;technoactivist&rdquo; reveals its critical and politicizing potential in the field of technology and knowledge production. In a second moment, we explore its political potential in the light of Social Movements' Theories and other ones related to political philosophy. In conclusion, the experience of Riereta offers us new ways of understanding the collective political action, its objects and agents. <br /> La tesis que aqu&iacute; resumimos explora la propuesta pol&iacute;tica y epist&eacute;mica que se desprende del desarrollo de Software Libre realizado desde Riereta.net. A partir de la etnograf&iacute;a de este proyecto, analizamos sus aportaciones a la producci&oacute;n de conocimiento y a los estudios sociales de la ciencia y la tecnolog&iacute;a. Esto nos permite definir a la experiencia como un 'taller tecno-epist&eacute;mico' en el que conviven nuevas formas de organizaci&oacute;n, objetos y pr&aacute;cticas epist&eacute;micas con otras tradicionales, como las propias de los laboratorios y otras instituciones tecno-cient&iacute;ficas. Su calificaci&oacute;n como experiencia "tecnoactivista" pone en evidencia su potencial cr&iacute;tico y politizador en el campo de la tecnolog&iacute;a y la producci&oacute;n de conocimiento. En un segundo momento, exploramos su potencial pol&iacute;tico a la luz de las teor&iacute;as de los Movimientos Sociales y otras teor&iacute;as vinculadas a la filosof&iacute;a pol&iacute;tica. Como conclusi&oacute;n, la experiencia de Riereta nos ofrece nuevas formas de comprender la acci&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica colectiva, sus objetos y agentes. <br /> |
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ISSN: | 1578-8946 1578-8946 |