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149 lines
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.\" Title: why
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.\" Author: Relearn Roaming Communities
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.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 1.5.4
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.\" Date: 2019-06-23
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.\" Manual: Relearn Roaming Server Why
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.\" Source: Relearn Roaming Server Why 1.0.0
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.\" Language: English
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.\"
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.TH "WHY" "1" "2019-06-23" "Relearn Roaming Server Why 1.0.0" "Relearn Roaming Server Why"
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.SH "NAME"
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why \- the short story about why we propose to relearn the shell environment.
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.SH "FEMINIZING THE SHELL ENVIRONMENT"
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Welcome to the Relearn Roaming Server!
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Strongly inspired by the Feminist Server Manifesto, some members of the Relearn
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community met and discussed how this could practically manifest when
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interacting with the server.
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Some of the questions raised during this discussion inquired into the
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possibilities of:
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.RS 4
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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Leveling the playing field of participation, either by providing alternatives
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for connecting with the server (other than the shell) or by fostering user
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comfort with trial and error through the display of encouraging messages when
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mistakes occur;
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.RE
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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Acknowledging care and maintenance work (often rendered invisible), either by
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directly thanking the user performing these functions or by keeping an
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acknowledgment log of the caretakers;
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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Introducing the voice of the community behind the server, e.g. by rethinking
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the form of the manual file, often terse and dry, and allowing it to be
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rewritten to better reflect the ideals and goals of this community;
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.RE
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.sp
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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Rethinking user self\-representation by, among others, allowing them to choose
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their preferred pronouns when a new user account is created;
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.RE
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.sp
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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Facilitating server exploration by introducing ways to playfully become
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acquainted with the file system and the inner workings of the server, while
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avoiding confusion between accessibility and obfuscation/abstraction;
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.RE
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.el \{\
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Questioning persistent availability and re\-introducing materiality by, for
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example, allowing the server to have downtime when overheated and properly
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signaling it to the users;
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.RE
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.ie n \{\
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.el \{\
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Recontextualizing the server within its surroundings, either by mapping the
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wider network of dependencies or by emphasizing the "roaming" in roaming
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server in a diary file: Where did the server come from? Where will it go?
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Whom did he/she/they meet? How did that change her/him/them?
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.RE
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.sp
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While all of these and more ideas didn\(cqt have enough time to be implemented in
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their entirety during the Relearn session in Rotterdam, they will hopefully
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inspire other creative explorations around what it means to access, maintan and
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care for a Feminist Server.
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By seemingly providing the server with a more active voice, the goal is, rather
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than anthropomorphizing the server, having this voice be a living documentation
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of the community around it, changing and evolving accordingly along the curve.
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.nf
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// __PUBLISH__
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.RE
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.SH "AUTHOR(S)"
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\fBRelearn Roaming Communities\fP
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Author(s).
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