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<font size="5">'''Convivial Tools Database'''</font><br> | <font size="5">'''Convivial Tools Database'''</font><br> | ||
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| − | This website is a database about people | + | This website is a database about people, artifacts, 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 | + | This database website is a companion to the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org conviviality.ouvaton.org] website, which remains my main showcase about Convivial Tools. |
==The Convivial Tool== | ==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 | *[[:Category:Convivial Design]]: characteristics of the convivial tool | ||
**Introductory page: [[Convivial Tool Characteristics]] | **Introductory page: [[Convivial Tool Characteristics]] | ||
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The scope of these thematic topics is too wide. Some of the pages have been transferred or copied into my [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]. | The scope of these thematic topics is too wide. Some of the pages have been transferred or copied into my [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]. | ||
| − | ==Is this Website a Wiki? | + | ==About this website== |
| − | + | Michael Slattery is the creator and administrator of this site. | |
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| + | 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]]. | ||
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| + | 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== | ==See Also== | ||
| − | *The | + | *The companion website, [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org conviviality.ouvaton.org], my main showcase about Convivial Tools. |
*[[Convivial Concepts]] | *[[Convivial Concepts]] | ||
| − | *[[Cooperation Database]] | + | *[[Cooperation Database]]: a site-within-the-site, the beginning of what could be a separate project on the subject of Cooperation |
