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Convivial Tools Database

This website is a database about people, concepts, projects and websites 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.

About this Site

This site is a Work in Progress. To browse the site see:

• Site Map: the list of main categories and pages.
• Category:Root: to descend the branches of the categories and sub-categories.

The Convivial Tool

For an overview, see: Convivial Tool.

Convivial Tool Principles:

• Category:Convivial Design

Convivial Tool product and marketing:

• Category:Convivial Product

Thematic Topics

For an overview, see: Thematic Topics.

Historical background:

• Category:Historical Roots
• Category:Post-War Cybernetics
• Category:Whole Earth
• Category:Appropriate Technology
• Category:Ivan Illich
• Category:Hacker Generation

Computers and Internet:

• Category:FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
• Category:Cyberspace
• Category:Web
• Category:Convivial Websites

Other Topics:

• Category:Open Source
• Category:Open Design

Is this Website a Wiki?

This website operates under MediaWiki software and thus has the potential to be a Wiki. However, the site is currently configured so that only registered users can edit pages, and there is only one registered user.

See Also

• About this Site
• Road Maps

See also the precursor of this website, the unfinished (and abandoned) Convivial Tools Encyclopedia.