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Considering the rights (and wrongs) of community technology

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Interactions, Volume 19, Issue 4

Pages 24 - 27

https://doi.org/10.1145/2212877.2212885

Published: 01 July 2012 Publication History

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Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field as a whole.

Christopher A. Le Dantec

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July + August 2012

89 pages

ISSN:1072-5520

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DOI:10.1145/2212877

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