[Ronja] research on Ronja

[Johan Söderberg]

Hi,

My name is Johan Söderberg and I'm a PhD researcher at the Science & Technology Studies department at Göteborg University, Sweden. Im writing my thesis on hardware hacking and Ronja will be one of my case studies. I have previously written briefly about Ronja in a book I published this spring (it is in swedish, unfortunately, but available here: http://www.bokforlagetatlas.se/index.php?sid=2&pid=16&showtitle=332), and now I want to do more in-depth research about the project.

The reason for my interest in Ronja is that it is one of the very few hardware hacking projects Im aware of that has gone from a good idea or a design to an actually working technology, and been sustained for a number of years. In my thesis Im exploring the possibility that advanced users can take a lead in hardware development in the same way they have in free software development. Im curious about how Ronja is developed, how it is used, where it has been disseminated, who supports it, etc.

I have already been in touch with Karel. Currently Im in Prague and I will be staying here for the whole autumn. I would like to talk to everyone even remotely associated with the project. Developers, users, supporters, lurkers... (also those of you not living in czech republic). If someone is about to build a Ronja sometime soon I would greatly appreciate to be part of it and see work-in-progress (Mluvim trochu cesky).

My mail adress is johan.soderberg at sts.gu.se

thanks
Johan   






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