1989 saw the beginning of the Special Period (Período especial) in Cuba, an era defined by an economic crisis that extended well into the late 1990s. Período especial also saw the publication of a book entitled With Our Own Efforts (Con Nuestros Propios Esfuerzos). Put together by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, the book was in effect an open-source manual detailing how ordinary citizens could create, repair and hack all manner of everyday items and appliances. Inspired by the innovation that flourished during the crisis, Cuban artist, designer and theorist Ernesto Oroza has spent the last year collecting the fruits of such labours and coined a term to describe the approach: technological disobedience. p (fs)
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