Makumba: The Role of the Technology for the Sustainability of Amateur Programming Practice and Community: The Technological Religion of a Student Tribe

C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

Volumn 2009-January, Issue , 2009, Pages 205-214

  Bogdan, Cristian ^a   Mayer, Rudolf ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

amateur community; case studies; community of practice; sustainability of practice

Indexed keywords

STUDENTS;

AMATEUR COMMUNITIES; CASE-STUDIES; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; PROGRAMMING COMMUNITY; PROGRAMMING PRACTICES; STUDENTS ORGANIZATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY OF PRACTICE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78651389099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1556460.1556490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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