OpenUP Hub - Don’t Take Openness as a Good on its Own—Equality Is

acavaminombre's bookmarks 2018-07-03

Summary:

"Openness is good for research. But equality is better. So far, the two don’t always align and we urgently need to change that. The current system of scholarly communication is a false meritocracy; it's profoundly inequal in that many decisions aren't based on ability and accomplishment. Against our intentions, much of the current approach to openness doesn’t alleviate this inequality. The most pressing problem here is what the hermetic discussions on openness didn’t manage to achieve: rid scholarly communication of an exploitative commercial agenda that holds both research and higher education in a tight grip."

Link:

https://www.openuphub.eu/community/blog/item/don-t-take-openness-as-a-good-on-its-own-equality-is

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Date tagged:

07/03/2018, 15:13

Date published:

07/03/2018, 11:13