Production and governance in hackerspaces: A manifestation of Commons-based peer production in the physical realm?

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 555-573

  Kostakis, Vasilis ^a,b   Niaros, Vasilis ^a,b   Giotitsas, Christos ^a,b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b P2P Foundation   (Greece)

Author keywords

commons; community governance; hacker culture; hackerspaces; open source; peer production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939490823     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877913519310     Document Type: Article

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