Hello all, My name is Morgan Hamill; I am an anthropology undergraduate at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and attended DebConf 10 in New York City this year. It was my first DebConf and was quite an experience—I didn't quite expect the week to be so intense, but it was all the better for it.
I came to DebConf for two reasons: first, because I use Debian on my personal computer and thought seeing a bit of the Project first hand would be a lot of fun (I was right); second, because I am writing an undergraduate thesis on free software and the engagement with concepts of authorship and ownership in Western society on the part of those who write and support free software, and in this thesis I would like to focus on the Debian Project as my primary case study. While DebConf was invaluable for the purposes of my thesis, I am also looking to gain a more in-depth understanding of the views, motivations, opinions, beliefs, and so on, of members of the Debian Project. In that spirit, I have an open request: I am looking to conduct interviews over email over the next few months with Debian Developers, Maintainers, and other volunteers in order to deepen the picture I have of the Debian Project. I ask that anyone who wishes to participate please contact me by replying to this email. There are no particular requirements for involvement, except some familiarity with the Debian Project, however formal or informal. Anyone from a DD to someone who submitted a bug report one time five years ago is more than welcome; I am looking for a diversity of perspectives. All participants will remain anonymous unless they wish to be identified, and all participants will have a chance to review their quotations included in the final document before it is finalized—anything which a participant would like removed will be removed. If you are at all interested, contact me. I am tremendously grateful in advance to anyone who chooses to participate. The document I produce from this research will be made available to the Debian Project as a whole this coming Spring. Yours, with gratitude, C. Morgan Hamill [email protected] _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
