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* NELSON [[Xanadu]]
* NELSON [[Xanadu]]
* SUTHERLAND [[Sketchpad]]
* SUTHERLAND [[Sketchpad]]
* ENGLEBART [[Mother of all demo's]], Bootstrapping
* ENGLEBART [[Mother of all demos]], Bootstrapping
* KURENNIEMI [[Dimi-O]]
* KURENNIEMI [[Dimi-O]]
* STALLMAN [[GNU]]/FSF
* STALLMAN [[GNU]]/FSF

Revision as of 14:58, 3 March 2014

Planning new modular prototyping...

Historical Examples

We look at certain key historical examples, investigating source documents (a proposal, film/video recordings), to understand the context of a particular example. We make use of reinactment and re-coding as techniques useful to re-engaging / activating the historical documents. Key concern: deconstruction fo the "dominant narrative" of the genius working in isolation -- instead, attempt to reveal the surrounding infrastructures, people around the center and relations to other projects.