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Illich was strongly influenced by the Counter-Culture of the 1960s. He built upon ideas formulated by the [[Appropriate Technology]] and [[Whole Earth]] movements. These in turn had [[Historical Roots]] going back to the naturalism of [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], and to ninetheenth and early twentieth century critiques of industrial society. | Illich was strongly influenced by the Counter-Culture of the 1960s. He built upon ideas formulated by the [[Appropriate Technology]] and [[Whole Earth]] movements. These in turn had [[Historical Roots]] going back to the naturalism of [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], and to ninetheenth and early twentieth century critiques of industrial society. | ||
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| + | ==The Convivial Tool== | ||
| + | The central part of this site will focus on the [[Convivial Tool]] itself, its characteristics and development. | ||
==Thematic Topics== | ==Thematic Topics== | ||
| − | + | The [[Thematic Topic]]s presented on this website illustrate, each in its own way, the idea of "Convivial Tools." For example the [[Hacker Generation]] that invented the personal computer in the nineteen-seventies was a community that developed the tools that they themselves used. The more recent [[Free and Open Source Software]] movements are also examples of community tool development. The participatory culture of the [[Web 2.0]] is the latest manifestation of a tendancy towards increased control of users over their tools, reversing the long historical trend of personal loss of control over the complex machinery of industrial society. | |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
