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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Note to the Reader xxi
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Part 0: Introduction
- [0] Todos con el mismo chip 1
- [1] Hackathons, Hacker-Entrepreneurs, and Hacker Ethics 6
- [2] Code Work AND the Ethno-Stack 12
- [3] Techno-Borderlands 18
- [4] Ethnographic Border Work 23
- [5] Chapter Overview 27
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Part I: Thinking with the System in México
- [0] The First Hack of the Day 30
- [1] Mexican Hackers as Model Entrepreneurial Subjects? 33
- [2] Staging the Hackathon 40
- [3] Code Work: Batches and Exceptions 42
- [4] Code Work: Loose Coupling 47
- [5] Still Waiting (in line for the hackathon) 51
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Part II: Becoming Chingón at the Hackathon
- Introduction 55
- [0] From Carneworlds to CodeWorlds 56
- [1] Hard Work AND Hard Jefes 60
- [2] Breaking into OR Breaking out of? 63
- [3] Other(ed) Hackers 66
- [4] Hacking Imaginaries, Origins, and Intersections 69
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Part III: Code Work across Domains
- Introduction 71
- [0] Stories in the Time of Hacking 72
- [1] Problem-Solving across Domains 73
- [2] In the Mood for Love in (and out of) the Code Worlds 78
- [3] 0s and 1s: Between Migrant and Coder Paranoias 83
- [4] Rethinking Compulsive Programmers with the Ethno-Stack 87
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Part IV: Abuelitas as Infrastructure
- Introduction 90
- [0] Firsts in the Hacker Worlds 91
- [1] Prototypes 116
- [2] Code Work == Migra Work 118
- [3] Participants-Who- Can-Participate 124
- [4] Prototyping Latinidad at the Migrahack 127
- [5] Always Already and Never Quite Yet 132
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Part VI: Pivoting across the Techno-Borderlands
- Introduction 134
- [0] From Politics to Pizzas 135
- [1] Sombrero-ed Coders OR Coded Sombreros? 139
- [2] Pivoting Presence 141
- [3] “Perfect English” AND Latinx Frictions 144
- [4] Flexible Neoliberalisms, Precarious Pivots 152
- [5] The Latinx Hacker-Entrepreneur Pivot 155
- Part VII. Coda: Working Code AND Working Futures 160
- Appendix 0: Glossary 173
- Appendix 1: Cast of Code Workers 179
- Appendix 2: Featured Figurillas 189
- References 191
- Index 205
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Note to the Reader xxi
-
Part 0: Introduction
- [0] Todos con el mismo chip 1
- [1] Hackathons, Hacker-Entrepreneurs, and Hacker Ethics 6
- [2] Code Work AND the Ethno-Stack 12
- [3] Techno-Borderlands 18
- [4] Ethnographic Border Work 23
- [5] Chapter Overview 27
-
Part I: Thinking with the System in México
- [0] The First Hack of the Day 30
- [1] Mexican Hackers as Model Entrepreneurial Subjects? 33
- [2] Staging the Hackathon 40
- [3] Code Work: Batches and Exceptions 42
- [4] Code Work: Loose Coupling 47
- [5] Still Waiting (in line for the hackathon) 51
-
Part II: Becoming Chingón at the Hackathon
- Introduction 55
- [0] From Carneworlds to CodeWorlds 56
- [1] Hard Work AND Hard Jefes 60
- [2] Breaking into OR Breaking out of? 63
- [3] Other(ed) Hackers 66
- [4] Hacking Imaginaries, Origins, and Intersections 69
-
Part III: Code Work across Domains
- Introduction 71
- [0] Stories in the Time of Hacking 72
- [1] Problem-Solving across Domains 73
- [2] In the Mood for Love in (and out of) the Code Worlds 78
- [3] 0s and 1s: Between Migrant and Coder Paranoias 83
- [4] Rethinking Compulsive Programmers with the Ethno-Stack 87
-
Part IV: Abuelitas as Infrastructure
- Introduction 90
- [0] Firsts in the Hacker Worlds 91
- [1] Prototypes 116
- [2] Code Work == Migra Work 118
- [3] Participants-Who- Can-Participate 124
- [4] Prototyping Latinidad at the Migrahack 127
- [5] Always Already and Never Quite Yet 132
-
Part VI: Pivoting across the Techno-Borderlands
- Introduction 134
- [0] From Politics to Pizzas 135
- [1] Sombrero-ed Coders OR Coded Sombreros? 139
- [2] Pivoting Presence 141
- [3] “Perfect English” AND Latinx Frictions 144
- [4] Flexible Neoliberalisms, Precarious Pivots 152
- [5] The Latinx Hacker-Entrepreneur Pivot 155
- Part VII. Coda: Working Code AND Working Futures 160
- Appendix 0: Glossary 173
- Appendix 1: Cast of Code Workers 179
- Appendix 2: Featured Figurillas 189
- References 191
- Index 205