Hacking, as a mode of technical and cultural production, is commonly celebrated for its
extraordinary freedoms of creation and circulation. Yet surprisingly few women participate in …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in digital health, as automated systems are being
adopted throughout the health care system. Because they are still flexible, emerging …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to eliminate millions of jobs, from finance to truck driving.
But artisanal products (eg, handmade textiles) are valued precisely because of their human …

To preserve their business model, companies have long protected their innovation
processes with patents.«Open source hardware»(OSH) is, on the contrary, a collaborative …

In recent years, the free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) and hacking communities
have engaged in lively debates about diversity and inclusion in their ranks. These …

Extractive economies pull value from a system without restoring it. Unsustainable extraction
of ecological value includes over-fishing, clear-cut logging, etc. Extraction of labor value is …

This dissertation examines how collaboration has been conceived and practiced in two
communities of open source digital practice: the open source software community, most …