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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Theodore,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Melanie Swalwell has carried out research into computer
hobbyists in New Zealand see refs below<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Swalwell, Melanie.
(2003) Multi-Player Computer Gaming: ‘Better than playing (PC Games) with
yourself’. <i>Reconstruction, an interdisciplinary cultural studies
community</i>, 3(4). Retrieved from </span><a
href="http://reconstruction.eserver.org/034/swalwell.htm"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>http://reconstruction.eserver.org/034/swalwell.htm</span></a><u><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Swalwell, Melanie.
(2008). </span><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>1980s
Home Coding: the art of amateur programming. In Stella Brennan and Su
Ballard (Eds.) <i>Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader </i>(pp. 193-201).
Auckland: Clouds/ADA.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Swalwell, Melanie.
(2009). Lan Gaming Groups: Snapshots from an Australasian case study,
1999-2008. In Larissa Hjorth & Dean Chan (Eds.),<i> Gaming Cultures
and Place in the Asia–Pacific Region</i></span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>(pp. 117-140).
New York, Oxon: Routledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Plus she has written
a chapter for a book I am editing on the History of Computing in New Zealand
due to be published in September!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Good luck with your
research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Janet</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> members-bounces@sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alberts, Gerard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 10 June 2010 8:06 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> Theodore Lekkas; members@sigcis.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] References on computer hobbyists, user
periodicals etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Dear Theodore,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beautiful
topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Of
course you want to get to know the work of Frank Veraart, in particular his
2008 dissertation on precisely this topic in The Nederlands.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gerard
Alberts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> members-bounces@sigcis.org namens Theodore
Lekkas<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> wo 9-6-2010 16:16<br>
<b>Aan:</b> members@sigcis.org<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> [SIGCIS-Members] References on computer hobbyists,user
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hello,<br>
I am looking for references on the history of computer hobbyists, home<br>
computer user groups, home computer publications.<br>
Any suggestions from the members of the list would be most welcomed.<br>
<br>
Theodore Lekkas<br>
Ph.D. Candidate<br>
University of Athens<br>
Greece<br>
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