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Anticipating digital futures: ruins, entanglements and the possibilities of shared technology making

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  • Sung-Yueh Perng

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Contrary to the corporate production of digital cities, shared technology making explores ways of innovation that are open to all, informed by diverse knowledges, and led by citizens. However, this exploration faces corporate translation of ethical and societal values for capital accumulation and concerns around the right to participate. Building on Tsing’s concept of ‘ruins’, this paper considers the anticipation of digital futures while the neoliberal ruination of shared technology making is in full swing. The paper examines the entanglements in hackathon rationalities and practices and demonstrates that the possibilities of shared technology making emerge from disrupting technocratic visions and repurposing corporate innovation resources and techniques. Drawing on the analysis, the paper argues that these entanglements are crucial to digital futures. They disclose in concrete ways how neoliberal co-optation can be disturbed and transformed. Equally importantly, they urge continuous explorations to assemble diverse practices and values for building momentum towards sustained processes of shaping desirable futures.

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  • Sung-Yueh Perng, 2019. "Anticipating digital futures: ruins, entanglements and the possibilities of shared technology making," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(4), pages 418-434, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:14:y:2019:i:4:p:418-434
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2019.1594867
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    1. Sophia Maalsen, 2022. "The hack: What it is and why it matters to urban studies," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 59(2), pages 453-465, February.
    2. Mariann Hardey, 2020. "Gender and Technology Culture: Points of Contact in Tech Cities," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 25(1), pages 101-118, March.

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