[OH-Publicity] Ideas for Model-View-Culture

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Deb,

In our in-person discussion, we talked about whether or not to aim for a
"101" content/theme, given MVC's typical audience. Britta and I are leaning
towards an article that talks specifically about implicit knowledge vs
explicit knowledge in open source and how the ways implicit knowledge is
passed (through social networks) reinforce inequality.  We'd then talk
specifically about the things OpenHatch (and other efforts like OPW,
Ascend, etc) are doing to make open source knowledge explicit.

~ Shauna



On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Deb Nicholson <deb at eximiousproductions.com>
wrote:

> It seems to me a mix of stats and anecdotes is what works the best in MVC
> (and probably other medium format writings.)
>
> I think we'd want to first identify the large problem we are talking about
> (diversity in tech or a more specific aspect) and then delineate a few
> inter-related cause of that problem that we address in our work (for
> example: actual and/or perceived unwelcomeness, imposter syndrome, not
> knowing where to start or go to for help) and then fill in those sections
> with some relevant stats and a anecdote each, if possible. Maybe we'd
> book-end with an intro about why we started doing this and a conclusion
> that somehow talks (either optimistically or pessimistically) about what is
> to be done next?
>
> Just my two cents on a mostly writing day,
> Deb
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> For context, the pitch email should take the format:
>>
>> "Email us at modelviewculture at gmail.com with [IDEAS] in the subject
>> line, a description of your concept and any relevant information about you
>> and your work."
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From the Shauna+Britta+Elana+Susan+Asheesh brainstorm about Model View
>>> Culture:
>>>
>>> <background>
>>>
>>> http://modelviewculture.com/contribute
>>>
>>> </background>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <asheeshnotes>
>>>
>>> http://asheesh.org/note/debian/indians.html
>>>
>>> </asheeshnotes>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <conversationnotes>
>>> mvc
>>>
>>> - paid labor
>>>
>>> - vague mental idea that open source was probably a good idea
>>>
>>> - who are these people who come to open source comes to campus? what
>>> state are they in?
>>>
>>> - "You are invited"
>>>   -
>>>
>>> - hobby thing vs. identity thing vs. useful thing
>>>
>>> - shauna wants to ... values...
>>>   - along the idea of identity, communities arising around shared values
>>>   - complicated the values of "open source people" to create a more
>>> diverse community
>>>   - self-learners...
>>>     - that's not the only way you have to be
>>>     - it takes people and gives them a little "Here are cultural values
>>> about open source"
>>>       "check it out, you almost fit here"
>>>   - adding imposter syndrome exercises
>>>   - demystifies things...
>>>   - and now you know the shape of it
>>>   - makes that path open in the future
>>>   - being able to visualize ... role modeling, representation
>>>   - britta took this clas on feminism, and later in her life, realized
>>> she could
>>>     become a feminist activist
>>>
>>> setting expectations
>>>
>>> - openstack
>>>
>>> - welcomebot
>>>
>>>
>>> the inequalities of leaving knowledge implicit
>>> - implicit knowledge is shared through close social relationships
>>> - explicit knowledge is freely shareable
>>>
>>> 1. OSCTC
>>>
>>> 91.5. Spinachcon/setup sprints
>>>
>>> expectation of failure
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. Merge Stories
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - free software's welcoming committee
>>>   -
>>>
>>>
>>> - MVC contributors -- julia pagano, presumably
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - ehashman says, Breaking down story the richard stallman image of free
>>> software
>>>
>>> - OPW
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> by handholding people into open source, do we make it worse?
>>>
>>>
>>> merge stories
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> what is the typical model view culture reader, and what do we want them
>>> to get out of the article?
>>>
>>> base assumptions:
>>>
>>> - diversity is good
>>>
>>> - power structures are important to pay attention to
>>>
>>> - there are problems in open source
>>>
>>> - talking about things is part of the solution
>>>
>>> - stories/anecodotes are useful, perhaps even better than data
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> what have been good?
>>>
>>> - feminist hackerspace article
>>>
>>> - shanley's article on tech workers
>>>
>>> - 5 reasons not to raise venture capital
>>>
>>> - contrarian-ish
>>> </conversationnotes>
>>>
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