internet labor what's so radical about free software? jonah bossewitch left forum 2009 april...
DESCRIPTION
Structure, Processes, and Governance Consensus, Conflict Resolution Reflective and self-conscious (and - organized, -determined, and -satisfying) Ecology of a Software Project: Software—Community—Processes Breeding Ground for ExperimentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Internet Labor
What's so Radical About Free Software?
Jonah BossewitchLeft Forum 2009 April 19, 2009
![Page 2: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Personal Transformations
Commons-Based Peer Production
Throwaways ➔ CrafstmanshipExploitation ➔ CommunityMercenary ➔ Freedom Fighter
![Page 3: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Structure, Processes, and GovernanceConsensus, Conflict ResolutionReflective and self-conscious (and -organized, -determined, and -satisfying)
Ecology of a Software Project:Software—Community—Processes
Breeding Ground for Experimentation
![Page 4: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Percolating Values
Transparency, Accountability and SustainabilityAgile, responsive, and self-determined growthTools embodying and reflecting these priorities
Software as artifact of communityStructures and processes to accommodate changeOrganized for community and access to knowledge
![Page 5: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Constructivist LearningLearning by making and doingLearning through the conscious construction of public entities actualized in particular contexts
Individuals are encouraged to construct meaning for themselves
Progressive internalization of action
![Page 6: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Gateway to Political Action
–Practically engage directly in politics–Personally taste the fruit of political action.–Awakening to civic activation, engagement, and maintenance
![Page 7: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Free EnergyWhat lessons can activists learn from the free software/free culture movements?
Tactically - distributing knowledgecommunity building communitiesincreased efficiency
Strategically - Present choices to individualsAction catalyzes engagement
Direct participation → Raises awareness and understanding
→ Catalyst for idealogical transformationCultivating the will necessary to sustain the pressure required for true reform
![Page 8: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Economic (R)evolutionsAssumption: Communism failed, capitalism triumphant, economic systems have ceased to evolve.
Human sharing can support self-interests and result in greater value and wealth.
Smaller pieces of larger pies
![Page 9: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
A Time for Celebration
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
![Page 10: Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062413/5a4d1b947f8b9ab0599c2be7/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Questions