[Noisebridge-discuss] Gabriella Coleman's book party in November

[Liz Henry]

That would be fantastic! I'd be happy to help out.  And I can't wait to
read the book.


- Liz



On 8/7/12 7:53 PM, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> Gabriella would like to have her book party at Noisebridge in November
> (for her new academic book about hacker culture).  I think that would be
> nice.  Does anyone have any concerns about this?
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Gabriella Coleman <gabriella.coleman at mcgill.ca> -----
> 
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 21:51:32 -0400
> From: Gabriella Coleman <gabriella.coleman at mcgill.ca>
> To: Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org>
> Subject: For Noisebridge, Proposition
> 
> ***
> 
> Hello Noisebridge,
> 
> I will be in San Francisco for the American Anthropological Association
> meetings two weeks after the publication of my first book on the
> politics of free software: Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of
> Hacking (http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9883.html and will be
> released with a CC license).
> 
> I did a chunk of my fieldwork in San Francisco between 2001-2003 and
> thought it would be quite fitting to hold a book event while visiting
> the foggy city and Noisebridge came up as a possible venue.
> 
> It would be amazing to hold an event in the Mission, at a hacker space,
> after the culmination of such a LONG project where  I can also thank
> those, like Seth Schoen, who is not only featured in the book but also
> was a great friend during my time there (and still is, just now  remotely).
> 
> I am thinking of holding the event on Friday November 16. I can provide
> snacks and drinks and can assure you that if held, it would only
> attract modest numbers; I imagine a handful of Anthropologists, folks
> from the EFF , some local open source developers, and perhaps a few
> interested stragglers might show up.
> 
> Seth Schoen has kindly agreed to be my messenger but feel free to
> contact me with any questions, queries, or concerns.
> 
> Warm Regards,
> Gabriella
> 


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