Reading Group on Self-Infrastructuring

Abstract: Reading:

Nabben, K. (2022). Decentralised technologies as 'self-infrastructuring'. Substack. kelsienabben.substack.com/p/decentralised-technologies-as-self

Nabben, K. (2023). Web3 as ‘self-infrastructuring’: The challenge is how. Big Data & Society, 10(1). doi.org/10.1177/20539517231159002

Discussion Prompts:

1. In what ways does the concept of self-infrastructuring (SI) apply in your work or resonate?

2. What other concepts does SI connect with for you?

3. How could this concept be explored further? (e.g. the intersection between self-infrastructuring and X)

4. What other questions does this concept raise?

Computer science

Audience: researchers in the topic

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