Based on extensive fieldwork, Jungnickel's research into community WiFi networking explores the innovative digital cultures of ordinary people making extra-ordinary things. Committed to making 'ournet, not the internet', these digital tinkerers re-inscribe wireless broadband technology with new meanings and re-imagined possibilities of use.

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Goldsmith, University of London, UK

Katrina Jungnickel

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Katrina Jungnickel is a Lecturer in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Her research explores new technology cultures, making practices and inventive methods. www.katjungnickel.com

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Book Title: DiY WiFi: Re-imagining Connectivity
Authors: Katrina Jungnickel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312532
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-31252-5Published: 20 December 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31253-2Published: 19 December 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 150
Topics: Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Regional and Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, general, Sociology of Culture, Computer Applications

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