Katie Berns
Biographic Data
| ID | 7397432 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katie Berns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katie |
| FAMILY NAME | Berns |
| SIGNATURE | BERNS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9406-8898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Learning from Other Communities
This paper illustrates the work of creating, infrastructuring, and organising a food-sharing community from the ground up. Drawing on Participatory Action Research (PAR) and a three-year engagement with FoodSharing Stockholm, the paper shows how the processes of starting up a grassroots initiative are shaped by participants’ direct experience and knowledge of similar initiatives. The analysis draws attention to: (1) how central activities such as…
(Un) scaling computing
The tech industry thinks in terms of scale. Growing, expanding the user base, and developing smaller hardware to cram more processing power into smaller spaces are rarely questioned drivers of digital innovation. Companies with revenue larger than most countries seek planetary monopolies. Mainstream narratives associate big data with useful or good data. But is big always good? Global commercial platforms, such as Airbnb and Uber, are regarded as…
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(Un) scaling computing
The tech industry thinks in terms of scale. Growing, expanding the user base, and developing smaller hardware to cram more processing power into smaller spaces are rarely questioned drivers of digital innovation. Companies with revenue larger than most countries seek planetary monopolies. Mainstream narratives associate big data with useful or good data. But is big always good? Global commercial platforms, such as Airbnb and Uber, are regarded as…
Learning from Other Communities
This paper illustrates the work of creating, infrastructuring, and organising a food-sharing community from the ground up. Drawing on Participatory Action Research (PAR) and a three-year engagement with FoodSharing Stockholm, the paper shows how the processes of starting up a grassroots initiative are shaped by participants’ direct experience and knowledge of similar initiatives. The analysis draws attention to: (1) how central activities such as…
Computer Science (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Citizen journalism (1 work) · Collective action (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Geometry (1 work) · Grassroots (1 work) · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (1 work) · ICT in Developing Communities (1 work) · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (1 work)