21. Appropriation modes: creolization Horse-phone: â Like earlier horse-phones, it had a cord. Wire stored on a 5-mile reel played out as a scout rode. The improved model let a rider make calls without having to first dismount and then drive a spike into the ground to complete the electrical connection. Instead, the grounding wire was attached to the horseâs skin. The mild electrical current would pass through its body to its hoofs, one of which was almost always touching the ground.â (Popular Mechanics, Sep. 1907)
52. suppliers roll-out technology users appropriate suppliers re-claim users adopt reject users baroquize creolize cannibalize suppliers co-opt adapt block who are the âusersâ? what motivates them? what resources can they draw upon? how do they go about it? can they get help from others? (âappropriation-for-hireâ)