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An academic publisher by background, I work to promote better dissemination of African research, using Open Access publication strategies to help overcome that global knowledge divide
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Jabber - eve.gray@uct.ac.za
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http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray_area
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articles · Global ecosystems - piracy and inequality
23/6/2007 04:23 · 56 votes · 4 comments
A panel that contains both Bodo Balazs and Lawrence Liang was bound to be lively. They did not disappoint in the closing plenary of the iCommons. Both had a similar message – that the 'pirates' are harbingers of future trends in the face of market inefficiencies and failures. Balazs made a compelling case in a historical survey of repeated resistance to monopolistic tendencies in...
articles · Freedom and Justice in the Commons
22/6/2007 10:38 · 53 votes · 2 comments
Yochai Benkler's book, The Wealth of Networks has made a remarkable impact in the short time since it was published. Larry Lessig hailed it as probably the most important book of the decade. Benkler's keynote at the iCommons Summit in Dubrovnik was therefore awaited with considerable anticipation by many of us who know his work.
In a densely argued paper, he persuaded Commoners...
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articles · Open Educational Resources leaders write for educators
by Judy Breck: goldenswamp.com · voted on 8/2/2008 01:31 · 32 votes · no comments
The following is my introductory article to a special issue of Educational Technology magazine on the theme of “Opening Educational Resources” (OER) published last fall. On 1 February 2008 the publisher placed a PDF of this special issue here, where you can download it.
As you will see on the page where the PDF can be downloaded, the magazine is a pillar of the pre-Commons publication...
resources · Open Sourcing Education: learning and wisdom from iSummit 2007
by Surman · voted on 12/9/2007 20:32 · 32 votes · 1 comment
This report summarizes learning and wisdom from the education track at 2007 iSummit, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Organized annually by iCommons, the summit serves as a gathering of people from the global Creative Commons movement. This was the first year that there was a full track dedicated to open education.
Describing the conversation about open education in Dubrovnik, the...
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articles · Cultural Heritage and the Commons - Some vignettes
by Prashant · commented on 17/8/2007 18:43 · 22 votes · 8 comments
India has a rich heritage of composite culture. We are summarily recited this by Article 51A(f) of our Constitution which makes it every citizen's fundamental duty to "value and preserve" said composite culture. And so when Indians speak of culture, we have little choice it would seem, other than being tamely co-opted into the language of individual riches and inheritance;...
articles · Finding common ground in the Digital Commons
by Eric Kansa · commented on 17/8/2007 18:10 · 39 votes · 8 comments
Lawrence Lessig’s understanding of the regulation of speech and expressions (see Code and Code 2.0) can help frame some issues around indigenous culture and online communication. Lessig highlights the importance of technological controls that work beyond IP law in shaping how culture and information flows within society. Information architectures are similarly significant areas...
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