Thanks Janet, I was just about to start enthusing about this too, after seeing all the other great responses... Thanks for starting this thread Theodore. I'm pleased to learn about the other work people have done in this area, which I'll certainly be chasing up.<br>
<br>If your project is specifically home computer focused, then of the sources Janet mentioned, the "1980s Home Coders" and the user group paper will be the most relevant. This is work done in the context of a history of digital games in 1980s New Zealand. I can give you copies, off list. <br>
<br>At the moment, I am looking specifically at lots of Australian microcomputing magazines, and other sources from the era. My main interest is in consumer production and modes of user making/relation to technology, etc.<br>
<br>The other work I know of (very roughly) is Petri Saarikoski, on Finnish home computer hobbyist magazines. I think Petri is on this list.<br><br>Is there enough work here for a collection, I wonder?<br><br>cheers,<br>
<br>Melanie<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Janet Toland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Janet.Toland@vuw.ac.nz">Janet.Toland@vuw.ac.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Theodore,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Melanie Swalwell has carried out research into computer
hobbyists in New Zealand see refs below</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">http://reconstruction.eserver.org/034/swalwell.htm</span></a><u><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">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 style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">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 style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">(pp. 117-140).
New York, Oxon: Routledge.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">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!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">Good luck with your
research</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-US">Janet</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";" lang="EN-AU"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org" target="_blank">members-bounces@sigcis.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org" target="_blank">members-bounces@sigcis.org</a>]
<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; <a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" target="_blank">members@sigcis.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] References on computer hobbyists, user
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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></p>
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Alberts</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Van:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org" target="_blank">members-bounces@sigcis.org</a> namens Theodore
Lekkas<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> wo 9-6-2010 16:16<br>
<b>Aan:</b> <a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org" target="_blank">members@sigcis.org</a><br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> [SIGCIS-Members] References on computer hobbyists,user
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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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