Difference between revisions of "Convivial Tools"
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More broadly, I would like to explore the extent to which [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=20 idea systems] and [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=21 social systems] can be considered "tools," and how they could be made more "convivial" in Illich's sense. This vision can be set out in terms of a theory and practice of [[Convivial Systems]]. A recent example of the type of approach envisaged is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_2.0 Government 2.0] movement. | More broadly, I would like to explore the extent to which [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=20 idea systems] and [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=21 social systems] can be considered "tools," and how they could be made more "convivial" in Illich's sense. This vision can be set out in terms of a theory and practice of [[Convivial Systems]]. A recent example of the type of approach envisaged is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_2.0 Government 2.0] movement. | ||
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| − | :''Main article:'' [[Convivial Internet | + | :''Main article:'' [[Convivial Internet]] |
My projects in the field of Convivial Tools got bogged down in the details of fleshing out the several websites that I created on the subject. In the meantime, my attention turned to the exploration of the Internet as a tool. As a friend recently observed, I've been diverted from my project of making reparable washing machines to a project of making reparable machines for the processing of information. | My projects in the field of Convivial Tools got bogged down in the details of fleshing out the several websites that I created on the subject. In the meantime, my attention turned to the exploration of the Internet as a tool. As a friend recently observed, I've been diverted from my project of making reparable washing machines to a project of making reparable machines for the processing of information. | ||
| − | I now envisage a separate project concerning [[Convivial Internet Tools]]. For example, open source software embodies many of the characteristics of convivial tools, but is generally still too hard to use, with modules that are far from being "reparable" by the average user. | + | I now envisage a separate project concerning the [[Convivial Internet]] and [[Convivial Internet Tools]]. For example, open source software embodies many of the characteristics of convivial tools, but is generally still too hard to use, with modules that are far from being "reparable" by the average user. |
==Building the Convivial Tools Commmunity== | ==Building the Convivial Tools Commmunity== | ||
