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Structuring a Project (1)- Condom Vending Machine (2)- Commotion Mesh Wi-Fi (3)- Freedom Square design


 * Legal and legislative**
 * (2)Zoning requirements for construction of Freedom Square
 * (1)Intellectual property (patent) law in Ghana and United States for vending machine designs.
 * (2, 3)Lawsuit that ended in $50k settlement for sanctuary that helps build Freedom Square and community mesh Wi-Fi
 * Technological**
 * (2) Open source standards (OpenWRT, Commotion Wireless)
 * (1) Global supply chains for machine parts and condoms.
 * (3) Building high-quality, usable and highly adaptable public space.
 * Economic**
 * (2,3) Post industrial rust belt economies
 * (all) Localism
 * (all) Gift economies and barter
 * (all) Mutual aid
 * (1) Sourcing affordable, high quality condoms.
 * (1, 2) Social entrepreneurship
 * Social**
 * (1, 2) Trust within anonymous digital environments
 * (2) Digital media usage patterns.
 * (all) non-hierarchical forms of organization.
 * Political**
 * (2,3) Sympathetic and unsympathetic Troy city commissioners
 * (all) Increasing surveillance of both private and public space
 * Cultural**
 * (1) Stigma surrounding condom usage.
 * (2) Perception of digitally-mediated-communication as, //a priori,// less meaningful than in-person, written, or even telephonic communication.
 * (3) Freedom square as
 * Natural**
 * (1,2) Climate effecting hardware and operating tolerances.
 * (3) staging of construction contingent upon planting season.
 * (3) staging of construction contingent upon planting season.