The Journal of Peer Production - New perspectives on the implications of peer production for social change New perspectives on the implications of peer production for social change
Issue #0: Mass Peer Activism image

Issue 0: July 2011

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Peer production means that people work together collaboratively and transparently to create a public good. This work often requires the creation of new institutions and rules. One of the aims of Critical Studies in Peer Production is to challenge the current self-reinforcing paradigm where academic journals that ‘reject more attract more’, so that ‘avoiding faults becomes more important than new ideas’.

Editorial Notes html

Peer reviewed Papers

The Origins and Impacts of Swedish Filesharing: A Case Study by Jonas Andersson html

The Sociology of Critique in Wikipedia by Mathieu O’Neil html

Debate: ANT and Power

ANT & Hegelian Marxism by Johan Söderberg html

In Defence of ANT by Nathaniel Tkacz html

Domination & Networks by Mathieu O’Neil html

Reports: Conferences

Critical Point of View by Johanna Niesyto & Nathaniel Tkacz html

Third Free Culture Research Conference by Leonhard Dobusch & Michelle Thorne html