[Air-l] Hobbyist Uses of the Internet
Karim R. Lakhani
lakhani at MIT.EDU
Thu Mar 11 08:21:02 PST 2004
check out http://zeroprestige.org - this is a community of hobbyists that do kite surfing - with some very interesting outcomes....
Kylie Veale wrote:
> Good morning list,
>
> I have just commenced a PhD with Curtin University in Australia, researching
> the changing face of the hobby ‘genealogy’. I am interested in how the
> advent of the Internet has changed the social phenomenon of genealogy, using
> a three-part conceptual framework: communicating, transacting, and
> publishing.
>
> Has anyone come across any empirical studies / papers / books regarding the
> pursuit of any hobbyist genre online? I am specifically interested in
> hobbies that were once ‘offline’ and now pursued online (or a combination of
> both), rather than those that only exist virtually. To date I have found
> very few, other than those researching amateur photographers and Internet
> usage.
>
> Thanks
> Kylie
>
>
> Kylie J. Veale | Brisbane, Australia
> GradDipInvEnv, MInetStds(Design)
> Provisional PhD candidate
>
> email: kylie at veale.com.au
> www: http://casa.de.veale.com.au
> www: http://www.veale.com.au/kylie
> www: http://www.veale.com.au/phd
>
> icq: #27938257
> msn: kyliej at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Air-l mailing list
> Air-l at aoir.org
> http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l
--
===============================================
Karim R. Lakhani
MIT Sloan School of Management
&
The Boston Consulting Group, Strategy Practice Initiative
e-mail: karim.lakhani at sloan.mit.edu | lakhani.karim at bcg.com
http://spoudaiospaizen.net/ | http://web.mit.edu/lakhani/www
http://opensource.mit.edu | http://userinnovation.mit.edu
More information about the Air-L
mailing list