<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">*** apologies for cross-posting ***</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">We are happy to announce the publication of
<b class="">Alternative Histories in DIY Cultures & Maker Utopias</b>, a special
issue of <i class="">Digital Culture & Society</i> (Vo. 6, Issue 1, 2020). A brief abstract and further details can be found below.</div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">We like to invite you to the <b class="">launch event</b> with many of the authors on <b class="">Thursday, April 29th, 18.00-19.45 / 6-7.45 pm CET</b> (Central European Time). Please r</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">egister in advance for this meeting </span><a href="https://hogeschoolrotterdam.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcufuysqTwiHtAXmJwH4LHYZAZcbniYrvaC" class="">here</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">. </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><i class="">Alternative Histories in DIY Cultures & Maker Utopias</i></span><br class="">As
DIY digital maker culture proliferates globally, research on these
practices is also maturing. Still, particular terminologies dominate
beyond their Western contexts, and technocultural histories of making
are often rendered as over-simplified technomyths that render invisible
diverse local practices. This special issue brings together
contributions that highlight how historicising plays a role in
mythmaking and the creation of social imaginaries. <br class=""><br class="">The issue
includes diverse and excellent contributions of full papers, exploratory
papers, two interviews and a series of short (hi)stories. Our
Introduction editorial is available <a href="https://www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/bf/23/c8/ts4955_1Hn7MQwEDjKFsb.pdf" class="">open access</a>. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Each article is available from Transcript/De Gruyter </span><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/DCS/html" class="">here</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">. </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The full issue available to order in print or PDF can be found <a href="https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-4955-0/digital-culture-society-dcs/" class="">here</a>. After one year it will be open access on the journal <a href="http://digicults.org/" class="">website</a>.</div><div class=""><br class="">All the best,<br class="">Cindy Kohtala, Yana Boeva & Peter Troxler (guest editors)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="5AC248EE-7427-4D5A-9DF1-EB25116B3B3A" src="cid:8FE3FAD1-2649-418E-B614-191976C4F5EC" class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div><font face="Avenir-Book" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Yana Boeva, PhD<br class="">Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Stuttgart<br class="">Institute for Social Sciences | Cluster of Excellence "<a href="https://www.intcdc.uni-stuttgart.de/" class="">Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture</a>”<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://yanaboeva.xyz" class="">yanaboeva.xyz</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/dropsmops" class="">twitter.com/dropsmops</a><br class="">Editor <a href="http://www.4sonline.org/blog" class="">4S Backchannels</a></span></font></div>
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