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Introduction

Background

Variations of P2P production, parallel to and as alternative to centralized services. Open source, global commons maker culture taking place around the world, originated in Silicon Valley as new forms of enabling new forms of science citizens and to democratize technology. Open source culture that take place around in different parts of the world pertain to different characteristics, there shouldn't be a dominating homogeneity in open source maker culture. maker culture in economical precarity. communities of experimental publishing making ways of making things public as gestures of decentralization and transparent porous making.

Thesis Statement

Contemporary phenomenons of centralization and decentralization found root in development of network culture, counter culture in 60s and 70s. Critical examination on old media can shed light on contemporary practices.

Body

First topic: Examination of P2P production, does p2p provides infrastructural possibility

examples overview of P2P infrastructure, various kinds.

examples of how P2P is used in various instances, look into Dat and Beaker browser in more details. And Torrents.

But does it grant a productive commons, or does it re-iterate principles of capitalism, such as BitCoin mining?

Bit Coin mining costs significant energy and resources.

Culture of geek masculinity in competitive problem solving scenario.

Origins of network media may shed light on how we conduct and practice decentralization/DIY hacking.

The rise of the Net needs to be rooted in the 1960s, in both the "closed world" of the Cold War and the open and decentralized world of the antiwar movement and the counter culture. Understanding these dual origins enables us to better understand current controversies over whether the Internet will be "open" or "closed", over whether the Net will foster democratic dialogue or centralized hierarchy, community or capitalism, or some mixture of both.

Origins of Networking implied centralized communication

ARPAnet

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Counter culture, computer lib, homebrew computer club, usernet

talk the examples, I need to look more into them and I don't know now.

Supporting evidence

mixture of both

example here

example here

Inventing means and modus operandi for decentralized publishing

definition of decentralized publishing

shadow libraries

Open Source Publishing

Homogeneity of maker culture originated in Silicon Valley

Shanzhai

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III. Conclusion

1. Summarize the main points of your paper and Restate your thesis in fresh words.2.Make a stong/memorable final statement