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dc.contributor.authorAllen, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:12:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:12:59Z
dc.date.created2010-12-08T20:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationAllen, Matthew. 2010. De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action. 3CMedia. 6.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19285
dc.description.abstract

Network technologies are very desirable for social action, allowing activists to achieve more with less, more quickly and with broader impact; on the other hand, the very advantages they bring are equally important to the world of contemporary capitalism that social action seeks to change. Thus, we must look beyond network technologies as the easy solution to every problem, and focus instead on the human relationships which might be enabled by them. This focus on relationships requires us to 'de-tool' information technology. Instead, for social action, it is more valuable to think of networked computing as part of the environment within which action can occur; an important purpose for such action; and as a medium that nurtures expression and engagement of self and belief.

dc.publisherCommunity Broadcasting Association of Australia
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectsocial action
dc.subjectInternet
dc.titleDe-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume6
dcterms.source.title3CMedia
curtin.departmentDepartment of Internet Studies
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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