Free Knowledge:Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery

"Broadly speaking, this collection looks at the question of knowledge: how it is generated and shared, and to what purpose. This includes both applied knowledge and what contributor Arthur Schafer refers to as “knowledge for its own sake” (page 46 )—for one can hardly exist without the other. The devaluing and withdrawal of public support for the latter, and simultaneous profit-seeking commandeering of the former, leads us toward a future when human knowledge, in all its myriad forms, is diminished in the public sphere." The book, Free Knowledge:Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery, discusses free knowledge, open knowledge, open communication, scholarly communication, and more, is edited by  Patricia W. Elliott and Daryl H. Hepting (University of Regina Press, 2015). It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International license.