Upcoming final edition of FLOK Society book | Buen Conocer

"14 papers, 27 authors, 14 reviewers, 911 comments from 122 people in the Co-ment digital platform, 196 participants (co-creators) in Buen Conocer Summit of Quito … A year and three months after the beginning of the academic research, the edition of FLOK Society, Sustainable models and public policy making for a social economy of open and commoning knowledge in Ecuador book reaches its final stretch. After an intense collaborative process in which more than 1,500 people participated, FLOK Society  team is finishing the editing of the 14 documents that make an unprecedented research  on the social economy of open knowledge commoning, framed in Ecuador’s paradigm of Buen Vivir (good living). FLOK Society, which has had the support of the Institute of Higher Studies of Ecuador (IAEN), National Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (Senescyt), CIESPAL and Coordinator Ministry of Knowledge and Human Talent (MCCTH), has not been a traditional research. From the beginning it was an open process. The  FLOK Society wiki was one of the initial participatory spaces: 46 sections of content, 4,092 editions, 226,668 visits. A total of 111 PADS (collaborative documents) and 2,234 messages over  4 mailing-lists served as the academic agora. The project used the co-ment platform, which enabled worldwide users’ comments on drafts. Gradually, the investigation encouraged openness, listening and collective intelligence. #FlokInvestiga hashtag was activated to promote dialogue between citizens and researchers. 25 workshops around social knowledge economy were conducted in 24 provinces of Ecuador. Theater, workshops, digital talks, conferences, meetings ..."