Alessandro,<br><br>thanks for also announcing on the p2p foundation blog,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Alessandro Delfanti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:delfanti@sissa.it">delfanti@sissa.it</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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@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?<br>
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ok! i'll go for ecrea, 4S and EASST<br>
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@All: Below is a draft announcement, let me know if you think it is �too detailed, or if anything does not sound right...?<br>
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CSPP: LAUNCH OF CRITICAL STUDIES IN PEER PRODUCTION JOURNAL<br>
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CSPP<br>
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: <a href="http://cspp.oekonux.org/" target="_blank">http://cspp.oekonux.org/</a><br>
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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.<br>
To learn more about our peer review process see: �<a href="http://cspp.oekonux.org/journal/peer-review" target="_blank">http://cspp.oekonux.org/journal/peer-review</a><br>
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RESEARCH<br>
Peer activism<br>
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.<br>
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The origins and impacts of the Swedish file-sharing movement<br>
Jonas Andersson<br>
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.<br>
<a href="http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs1.1-swedish-file-sharing" target="_blank">http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs1.1-swedish-file-sharing</a><br>
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The sociology of critique in Wikipedia<br>
Mathieu O'Neil<br>
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"?<br>
<a href="http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs-1.2-sociology-of-critique" target="_blank">http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs-1.2-sociology-of-critique</a><br>
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DEBATE<br>
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.<br>
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ANT and power<br>
Johan S�derberg, Nathaniel Tkacz, Mathieu O'Neil<br>
S�derberg 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.<br>
<a href="http://cspp.oekonux.org/debate/ant-power" target="_blank">http://cspp.oekonux.org/debate/ant-power</a><br>
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Conference reports: Critical Point of View, 3rd Free Culture �Research Conference<br>
Johana Nyesito & Nathaniel Tkacz, Leonhard Dobusch & Michelle Thorne<br>
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.<br>
<a href="http://cspp.oekonux.org/reports" target="_blank">http://cspp.oekonux.org/reports</a><br>
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