Generation M. Matter, Makers, Microbiomes: Compost for Gaia

Dimitris Papadopoulos

Generation M. Matter, Makers, Microbiomes: Compost for Gaia

Dimitris Papadopoulos University of Leicester

Keywords: Ecology, hackers, justice, maker movement, technoscience.

Abstract

Language, information and the virtual space were distinctive features of the previous generation. Craft, matter and the fusion of the digital and the material are defining generation M, the first generation of the 21st century.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Dimitris Papadopoulos, University of Leicester

Dimitris Papadopoulos is a Reader in Sociology and Organisation and Director of the PhD Programme in the School of Management, University of Leicester. His work on cultural studies of science and technology, politics and social theory, labour and transnational migration has been published in various journals and in several monographs, including Escape Routes. Control and Subversion in the 21st Century (Pluto Press 2008), Analysing Everyday Experience: Social Research and Political Change (Palgrave 2006) and Lev Vygotsky: Work and Reception (Campus 1999/Lehmanns 2010). He is currently completing Crafting Politics. Technoscience, Organization and Material Culture (forthcoming with Duke University Press), a study of alternative interventions in technoscientific culture.http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/management/people/dpapadopoulos

Article download

Crossmark

Metrics

admin, Generation M-bio-contact.docx (Español (España))

Published

2014-12-30

How to Cite

Papadopoulos D. (2014). Generation M. Matter, Makers, Microbiomes: Compost for Gaia. Teknokultura. Journal of Digital Culture and Social Movements, 11(3), 637-645. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/48166

Download Citation

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2014): Miscellany

Section

Dis/Regarding...

License

In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Teknokultura is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.