Johan, Alessandro: OK, we'll aim for Monday then. I will remove the
contact ref from the CFP. Just to be clear, I will be posting the CFP as
well on the lists I mentioned, right?
ok! i'll go for ecrea, 4S and EASST
@All: Below is a draft announcement, let me know if you think it is too
detailed, or if anything does not sound right...?
cheers
Mathieu
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CSPP: LAUNCH OF CRITICAL STUDIES IN PEER PRODUCTION JOURNAL
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CSPP
We are thrilled to announce the release of the first issue of Critical
Studies in Peer Production (CSPP) a new open access, online journal that
focuses on the implications of peer production for social change. We
understand peer production as a mode of commons-based and oriented
production in which participation is voluntary and predicated on the
self-selection of tasks. Notable examples are the collaborative development
of Free Software projects and of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. For a
general description of our aims please refer to:
http://cspp.oekonux.org/
Innovative mechanisms such as discussion of journal policy on publicly
archived lists, community vetting of proposals, signaling of published
articles by referees, and publication of referee reports will enable
Critical Studies in Peer Production to promote reviewer activity and widen
the scope of publishable material, whilst also protecting the journal's
reputational research capital.
To learn more about our peer review process see:
http://cspp.oekonux.org/journal/peer-review
RESEARCH
Peer activism
The inaugural issue of CSPP begins the exploration of whether peer
production constitutes an alternative to the social order. The Research
section considers peer projects as a form of infra-politics or
'subactivism' which eschews traditional formats and mobilisations, with
papers tracking the actions, justifications and legitimations of
participants in two emblematic examples of commons-based and oriented peer
production, Swedish file-sharing and Wikipedia.
The origins and impacts of the Swedish file-sharing movement
Jonas Andersson
The recent history of Swedish peer-to-peer-based file-sharing forms part
of a wider shift in politics towards a late-modern collective ethic.
Everyday file-sharers operate as ‘occasional activists’, as pirate
institutions not only speak for, but also run and build the networks. Such
institutions cannot be explained by invoking market logics, online
communitarianism, or political motivation alone. The cyberliberties
activism animating these hubs is connected to the larger framework of
balancing utilitarianism, nationalism, individual autonomy and collectivism
in Sweden.
http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs1.1-swedish-file-sharing
The sociology of critique in Wikipedia
Mathieu O'Neil
Legitimate domination in commons-based peer production projects such as
Wikipedia rests on two main principles: the extraordinary qualities of
charismatic individuals and collectively-formulated norms and rules.
Self-governed authority is in turn based on a critique of separated power
in the realms of expertise and justice. It thereby constitutes a
prefigurative response to widespread democratic aspirations in
technologically advanced societies. But what are the questions and issues
raised by this critique? And how should we define "critique"?
http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs-1.2-sociology-of-critique
DEBATE
Our Debate section aims to foster robust discussions where both parties
fully recognise, understand and question each other's position. Starting
with an evaluation of Actor-Network Theory, we examine the most productive
means of mapping and contesting power, particularly in anti-authoritarian
projects.
ANT and power
Johan Söderberg, Nathaniel Tkacz, Mathieu O'Neil
Söderberg begins by elucidating the philosophical foundations on which
ANT was built, declaring that many of the attractive features within ANT
can be found elsewhere, in a more politically effective tradition, that of
Marxism. In response, Tkacz argues that the political insights afforded by
ANT are not reducible to the Marxist tradition, and that ANT is especially
well suited to describe how force flows through peer-production projects -
projects which already perform their own critique of Capital. In reply,
O'Neil writes that ANT and Foucault's networked conceptions of power do not
account for how domination is reproduced over time or for people's inner
sense of justice, preventing ANT from constituting a credible alternative.
http://cspp.oekonux.org/debate/ant-power
Conference reports: Critical Point of View, 3rd Free Culture Research
Conference
Johana Nyesito & Nathaniel Tkacz, Leonhard Dobusch & Michelle Thorne
Too often academic conferences end up only as another notch on a
publication list; not enough time is spent assessing, and documenting,
what has been learnt in theoretical and organisational terms. Were goals
met? What could have been done differently? In our Report section Nyesito &
Tkacz and Dobusch & Thorne, the organisers of two conferences which took
place in 2010 - Critical Point of View and the 3rd Free Culture Research
Conference – offer self-reflective appraisals of the discursive and
political impact of conference organisation.
http://cspp.oekonux.org/reports
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