An Open Digital South: Risks and Rewards | Eventbrite

"This conference explores the promises and risks of openness in scholarship in relationship to the Global South."

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"Do attempts at promoting openness in scholarship create new forms of exclusion or hierarchy in various regions of the world? How are Southern scholars and publishers’ experiences with open access and open data taken into account within conversations on developing standards and models for ‘open’ scholarship in the Global North? Are there unanticipated opportunities or risks created through the implementation of models for open data, open software, or open access to research?"