Matt Ratto > Quotes

“Maktivists are social makers—people who make things for social change.”
― Matt Ratto, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media

“DIY citizenship as we practice it takes seriously the concept of responsibility—not just the responsibility to follow the rules and accept legitimately imposed limits on our participation in society, but the responsibility to hold our governments accountable for making rules to reflect the kind of society in which we want to live.”
― Matt Ratto, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media

“this DIY ethic is only truly effective when actions take on a cohesive collaborative bent;”
― Matt Ratto, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media

“DIY activities challenge traditional hierarchies of authority and the existing status quo.”
― Matt Ratto, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media

“To promote “learning-by-being,” we can encourage people to engage in unstructured and free-spirited approaches, promoting lateral thinking rather than vertical problem solving.”
― Matt Ratto, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media

“Communication’ in this context means not merely sharing what people already think or know but also a process of potential transformation in which reason is advanced by debate itself”
― Matt Ratto, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media

“DIY increasingly constitutes our lived, daily experiences, in particular those that involve media and communication systems.”
― Matt Ratto, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media