The Hackerspace manifested as a DIY-IoT Entity: shaping and protecting the identity of the community

TY - GEN

T1 - The Hackerspace manifested as a DIY-IoT Entity

T2 - 15th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work

AU - Lundbjerg Hansen, Ea

AU - Pflug von der Osten, Julie

AU - Kanto , Rosita

AU - Bjørn, Pernille

N1 - Conference code: 15

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - This paper explores how cooperative identity is produced and preserved within a Hackerspace in Denmark. Specifically, we explore how the cooperative identity emerges conceptually and physically as a 'DYI-IoT' entity shaping the activities in the space. We argue that the cooperative identity of the Hackerspace was created through participants' interests and ideas expressed through their commitment to the space, which turns into productive dependencies demonstrating individuals' attachments to the space. Our data demonstrates that an exclusive mechanism was inherent in the collaborative dynamics producing the identity of the Hackerspace. While the participants were open and welcoming, the exclusive nature of the cooperative identity emerged in their practices, and was fundamentally about protecting the cooperative identity of the space. Hacking of the physical surroundings serves as affective bonds between the participants, artefacts, and the Hackerspace. People who could not participate in the hacking activities were not able to create these affective bonds, thus failing to contribute to shaping the cooperative identity of the Hackerspace.

AB - This paper explores how cooperative identity is produced and preserved within a Hackerspace in Denmark. Specifically, we explore how the cooperative identity emerges conceptually and physically as a 'DYI-IoT' entity shaping the activities in the space. We argue that the cooperative identity of the Hackerspace was created through participants' interests and ideas expressed through their commitment to the space, which turns into productive dependencies demonstrating individuals' attachments to the space. Our data demonstrates that an exclusive mechanism was inherent in the collaborative dynamics producing the identity of the Hackerspace. While the participants were open and welcoming, the exclusive nature of the cooperative identity emerged in their practices, and was fundamentally about protecting the cooperative identity of the space. Hacking of the physical surroundings serves as affective bonds between the participants, artefacts, and the Hackerspace. People who could not participate in the hacking activities were not able to create these affective bonds, thus failing to contribute to shaping the cooperative identity of the Hackerspace.

U2 - 10.18420/ecscw2017-5

DO - 10.18420/ecscw2017-5

M3 - Article in proceedings

T3 - Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies

SP - 205

EP - 221

BT - Proceedings of 15th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work - exploratory papers

PB - European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies

Y2 - 28 August 2017 through 1 September 2017

ER -