The fundamental tension Sample Clauses

The fundamental tension. DIY as something that someone does or something that someone has‌ As discussed above, the literature proposes multiple interpretations on what DIY structurally is, that can be classified around a fundamental tension, DIY as something that someone (an individual, but possibly also a group, a class, a company, society as such): • does, e.g., an activity; the creation, modification or repair of objects; a production and consumption process, or: • has, e.g., a mindset; an attitude; a producing and consuming culture. This duplicity emphasizes the complementary interpretation of DIY as: • objective phenomenon: DIY as an activity is studied from the analysis of tools, products, structure of collaborations, ... and: • subjective phenomenon: DIY as mindset is studied from the analysis of motivations, competences, social contexts, ... Typically, the co-presence of the “objective” and the “subjective” components activates a positive feedback (self-reinforcing) process, thus progressively transforming DIY into a socio-technical system: whose social success triggered the development of mindset DIY activity whose diffusion increased the affordability of refining Ethical positions, individual attitudes and motivations, transformation methods and tools, etc have contributed and are contributing to make the system a recognizable phenomenon and to develop new dimensions and directions in it. In this perspective, the diffusion of digital systems has further amplified this feedback effect: whose social success triggered the development of mindset DiDIY activity through digital systems whose diffusion increased the affordability of refining As mentioned above, in the broader picture the digital can be then intended as a means to lowering technical and relational barriers, easing the access to information, resources, and opportunities, and hybridizing the distinction between the physical and the informational.
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