CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Wykretowicz, Daniel Stanislaw |
|---|---|
| Title | Vanguard of the 3D printed future: Peer production with use of 3D printing at hackerspaces |
| Summary | My thesis research focuses on a particular use of the 3D printing technology in commons-based peer production, i.e. a collaborative production which results in creation of commons instead of commodities. By this peer production questions existing commodity relationships, and possibly attempts to change relationships in the current market society. Through an ethnographic study of metalab hackerspace community, I look on a group of hackers who are contributing to an emerging commons design economy and other forms of production of commons. I investigate their motivation for such activities and how do they contribute to the creation of the open content. Reflecting on the open content movement, I analyze how the use of the technology to produce commons is realized in terms of individual motivations, social functions, meanings and ideologies, and whether is it potentially informative to the organization of the society. |
| Supervisor | Rigi, Jakob; Dafinger, Andreas |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/wykretowicz_daniel.pdf |
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