DIY Wifi: Re-Imagining Connectivity

by Katrina Jungnickel

Book Overview

Who makes WiFi? Why do different makers matter? What do barbeques and backyards have to do with the internet? This book explores how WiFi is made from the ground up, or in this case from the backyard out. Forged around barbeques, made of found, adapted and off-the-shelf materials and installed in ordinary domestic spaces, this book documents the collective work of individuals committed to making 'Ournet not the internet'. Drawing on rich ethnographic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137312521
• ISBN13: 9781137312525
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"