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__NOTOC__ <font size="5">'''Convivial Tools Database'''</font><br> <br> This website is a database about people, things, concepts and movements related to [[Convivial Tools]]. [[Ivan Illich]] coined the term [[Convivial Tools]] in his 1973 book [[Tools for Conviviality]]. Convivial Tools can be defined as tools which allow the user to operate with independent efficiency. This database website is a companion to the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org conviviality.ouvaton.org] website, which remains my main showcase on the subject of Convivial Tools. The present website is a grab-bag of more hastily-written or less directly-relevant pages. Some articles on the present website were copied over from that other website (they will be tagged as [[:Category:Copied from conviviality.ouvaton.org]]). ==The Convivial Tool== This part of the website seeks to describe the [[Convivial Tool]] as a possible object of design and marketing. See the following categories and pages: *[[:Category:Convivial Design]]: characteristics of the convivial tool **Introductory page: [[Convivial Tool Characteristics]] *[[:Category:Convivial Product]]: production and marketing of the convivial tool **Introductory page: [[Convivial Product]] ==Thematic Topics== This part of the website situates Convivial Tools within the broader frameworks of alternative technology and social change. See the page [[Thematic Topics]] for a more detailed summary. The main thematic topics are listed below in approximate order of their chronological development: *[[:Category:Historical Roots]] of the ideas behind Convivial Tools - see the introductory article [[Historical Roots Narrative]] *[[:Category:Post-War Cybernetics]] - see the introductory article [[Post-War Cybernetics]] *[[:Category:Sixties Counterculture]] - see the introductory article [[Sixties Counterculture]] *[[:Category:Whole Earth]] - see the introductory article [[Whole Earth]] *[[:Category:Appropriate Technology]] - see the introductory article [[Appropriate Technology]] *[[:Category:Ivan Illich]] - see the introductory article [[Ivan Illich]] *[[:Category:Convivial Education]] - this category needs to be added, since there much work has been done on Convivial Tools for educational purposes *[[:Category:Hacker Generation]] and the invention of the personal computer - see the introductory article [[Hacker Generation]] *[[:Category:Postmodernism]] - see the introductory article [[Postmodernism]] *[[:Category:Web]]: the web as convivial technology - see the introductory article [[The Web]] *[[:Category:FOSS]] - see the introductory article [[Free and Open Source Software]] *[[:Category:Open Source]] as a broad movement - see the introductory article [[Open Source]] The scope of these thematic topics is too wide. Some of the pages have been transferred or copied into my tentative (and very incomplete) [http://interdb.org Internet Database] and [http://iuserguide.com Internet User Guide]. Detailed pages on [[wiki]]s have been transferred to my [http://toolswiki.ouvaton.org Wiki History Database]. ==About this website== Michael Slattery is the creator and administrator of this site. The website is a structured collection of pages grouped into categories. All categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]]. Links to pages that have yet to be created appear as [[red links]]. For a look behind the scenes, see [[:Category:Scaffolding]]. Is this Website a Wiki? The website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software, and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, to prevent spam, the site is currently configured so that only I can edit pages. ==See Also== *The companion website, [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org conviviality.ouvaton.org], my main showcase about Convivial Tools. *[[Convivial Concepts]] *[[Cooperation Database]]: a site-within-the-site, the beginning of what could be a separate project on the subject of Cooperation
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