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=== Recommended Reading === | === Recommended Reading === | ||
* [http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ Running a Hackerspace Tumblr] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic Hacker ethics], which inform many of our key values: decentralisation as default organisation principle, the hands-on imperative, merit before status, mistrust of authority, etc. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic Hacker ethics], which inform many of our key values: decentralisation as default organisation principle, the hands-on imperative, merit before status, mistrust of authority, etc. | ||
* Jo Freedman's [http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm The Tyranny of Structurelessness], on the practical implications of running a structureless organisation | * Jo Freedman's [http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm The Tyranny of Structurelessness], on the practical implications of running a structureless organisation | ||
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* Joseph Reagle, [http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381 “Free as in sexist?” Free culture and the gender gap], which argues that: "(a) some geek identities can be narrow and unappealing; (b) open communities are especially susceptible to difficult people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter of preference and choice." | * Joseph Reagle, [http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381 “Free as in sexist?” Free culture and the gender gap], which argues that: "(a) some geek identities can be narrow and unappealing; (b) open communities are especially susceptible to difficult people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter of preference and choice." | ||
* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary]) | * "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary]) | ||
* etc. | * etc. | ||
