A critical look at the open science commons (part 2): Open science politics | ECC 2013 – Communication Platform

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-05-23

Summary:

"In our second installment of this critical look at the Open Science Commons, we excerpt from Alessandro Delfanti’s introduction in chapter 1: 'The stakes of open science are high and recognised widely. Information and knowledge circulation have always been critical battlefields not only for science and technology but for human societies more generally. Problems related to the access of information and intellectual property rights have often been the cause of controversies and battles in the history of communication technologies and information societies. The results of those battles were foundational for the evolution of today’s capitalism (Johns 2009a; Mattelart 2003). Yet the rise of digital media and new information and communication technologies have magnified and generalised the importance of information control and management: information is a crucial commodity in the global market and has a key social and economic role ...'"

Link:

http://commonsandeconomics.org/2013/05/19/a-critical-look-at-the-open-science-commons-part-2-open-science-politics/

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Date tagged:

05/23/2013, 11:18

Date published:

05/23/2013, 07:18