[JoPP-Public] How about a JoPP special issue on Ecuadorian p2p developments?

[Athina Karatzogianni]

If the editors think its possible, why not?


On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil at anu.edu.au>wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I don't have strong views either way, would be good to get some feedback
> from others re. possibility of having an "exceptional" (out-of-schedule)
> issue as discussed with George...?
>
> cheers
>
> Mathieu
>
> ________________________________________
> From: george dafermos [georgedafermos at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 1:29
> To: Mathieu ONeil
> Cc: Vasilis Kostakis; Journal of Peer Production's general and public list
> Subject: Re: How about a JoPP special issue on Ecuadorian p2p developments?
>
> Hi Mathieu,
>
> We're very glad to hear that our proposal is well received! Regarding
> the time-frame, however, we (meaning Vasilis and I) think that it
> might be better 'to treat this as a "one-off" exceptional issue and
> disregard the biannual schedule', thus speeding up the process. If
> doing so doesn't conflict with the planning of other JoPP activities,
> then I propose we go forward with the original plan: submission of
> papers by the end of March 2014 and release of the special issue in
> september 2014. What do you think: would that be possible?
>
> Best,
> -G.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:00 AM, Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil at anu.edu.au>
> wrote:
> > Hi George
> >
> > Wow, this is fantastic news. It is wonderful that you, Vasilis and
> Michel and others are having this opportunity. So, my first reaction is
> yes!, of course, a JoPP issue would make perfect sense, provided it does
> have some reflexive, self-critical elements (why Ecuador? what is the
> political economy there? etc).
> >
> > I hope everyone else will agree and I hope you will not mind my sharing
> this exciting message with the journal list...
> >
> > Re. timing, my personal preference would be to interfere as little as
> possible with our biannual release schedule: so far we have consistently
> released in Dec/Jan and in June/July (including once when we released two
> issues simultaneously - 1 and 2 in July 2012 - which actually gets people's
> attention quite a bit I think).
> >
> > So, this is what is is planned:
> >
> > Jan 2014: value/currency
> > July 2014: shared machine shops
> > Jan 2015: law and disruption
> >
> > So, if we were going to fit with the biannual schedule,* your proposed
> release date could be brought forward to July 2014, postponed a bit to Jan
> 2015 (in which case it would be released at the same time as these other
> ones) or postponed more, to July 2015 in which case it would be a single
> release: maybe more time for additional content and analysis though a
> delayed socio-political impact?
> >
> > Anyway, I'm excited by this project, eager to hear more from you, and
> curious to see what others think about it.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Mathieu
> >
> > * Another possibility would be to treat this as a "one-off" exceptional
> issue and disregard the biannual schedule.
> > ________________________________________
> > From: george dafermos [georgedafermos at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 15:24
> > To: Mathieu ONeil
> > Cc: Vasilis Kostakis
> > Subject: How about a JoPP special issue on Ecuadorian p2p developments?
> >
> > Dear Mathieu,
> >
> > I'm writing from Ecuador, where I arrived about a week ago to work on
> > the Floksociety project (you must have read something about it on the
> > Internet: the research project tasked with developing
> > policies for the transformation of Ecuador into the direction of the
> > commons and peer-to-peer...) with Michel Bauwens.
> >
> > I'm writing you because we would like to do a special issue of the
> > Journal of Peer Production on the topic of 'transition policies
> > towards a society of the commons: the case of Ecuador' with me and
> > Vasilis Kostakis as editors. What we're thinking of is an issue that
> > includes 7 contributions:
> >
> > -the floksociety research is divided into five streams, so each stream
> > coordinator will contribute a paper
> > -Michel B. who is the research director, will contribute a paper too
> > -The editors (Vasilis and I) will contribute the usual introduction.
> >
> > As to the time-frame, we could use a process that's more or less as
> follows:
> >
> > -authors send their papers by the end of March 2014
> > -submitted papers are reviewed by the editors (and maybe by other JoPP
> > reviewers as well) who will send their feedback to the authors by the
> > end of May 2014. Authors have to make the necessary changes and
> > re-submit the updated papers by the end of July 2014.
> > -the issue goes live on the web in September 2014.
> >
> > What do you think: would something like that be doable? Let me know.
> >
> > x,
> > g.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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