Comment Re: Bricoleur ? A definition...This is taken from (Score 2, Informative) 229
This is taken from my copy of "They Have a Word For It", by Howard Rheingold:
bricoleur (French):
A person who constructs things by random messing around without following an explicit plan. [noun]
I have often heard it applied to people who use objects or systems in ways the original designers did not anticipate; Levi-Strauss also defines it as someone who plays with objects and technology in order to gain a deeper understanding of them. Or, in short, a hacker (in the original sense).
bricoleur (French):
A person who constructs things by random messing around without following an explicit plan. [noun]
I have often heard it applied to people who use objects or systems in ways the original designers did not anticipate; Levi-Strauss also defines it as someone who plays with objects and technology in order to gain a deeper understanding of them. Or, in short, a hacker (in the original sense).
