[artinfo] call for essays: open source politics and cultural practices (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:28:29 +0200
From: Tapio Makela <tapio@translocal.net>

mediumi 1.4 open source (please distribute)

call for proposals: open source politics and cultural practices

mediumi the Finnish web journal for media culture publishes its fifth theme
number mediumi 1.4 open source in English. This call is for submissions
articles, essays, reviews that address the economical or legal logic and
various cultural/social politics regarding open source software. We are
particularly interested in approaches that view software from the user
or user group point of view, situating the software in its cultural and
social context.

Open source software is often technically exclusive in its development and
description. In which ways could open source become more accessible by
non-programmers or non-sysadmins? What kinds of research projects, archives
or meta-archives address the user end of open source?

In many ways open source economy is far from optimal, since without
complimentary strategies it does not provide resources to renew, research
and develop further. What kind of models can be created to maintain
networked development, free non-commercial distribution yet generate
sustainable economies? How to protect open source and open knowledge from
becoming approprietarized (sic!), while enabling also commercial
non-exclusive use?

While an increasing amount of technical knowledge is not publicly
available, creating accessible software, related knowledge archives, and
learning environments has become an acute political issue. What kind of
policies or civil action is necessary to guarantee this? What kind of
artistic or cultural interventions are taking place that address open
source as not only a tool or a movement, but as a terrain for creative work?

submissions
We invite submissions in the following categories:

Article/essay 3000-4500 words
Interview/dialogue 2000-3000 words
Review of project, event, book 1500-2500 words

mediumi is a forum for researchers and practitioners of new media culture.
However we also wish to have the articles accessible for wider audiences
interested in new media. Please keep this in mind when submitting eg. by
explaining the more advanced technical or theoretical concepts!

December 27th, 2002 - 100-150 word abstracts sent to mediumi 1.4,
guest editor, Tapio M=E4kel=E4, tapio.makela@m-cult.org
January 20th, 2003 - Final deadline for full texts.
The journal will be launched in February 2003.

mediumi is published by m-cult, centre for new media culture in Helsinki,
Finland. mediumi forms a part of m-cult.net, information and
communication server for the Nordic new media cultural scene. (English
version launched in 1/03).
<http://www.m-cult.net/mediumi/>http://www.m-cult.net/mediumi/
mediumi@m-cult.net

Tapio Makela
tapio@translocal.net
mobile tel. +358-40-7223949
fax +358-40-7821771

Researcher, Department of Media Studies, University of Turku, Finland
Board member, m-cult, Finnish Association for Media Culture,
http://www.m-cult.org
Programme chair, ISEA2004, http://www.isea2004.net

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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:28:29 +0200 
From: Tapio Makela &lt;tapio@translocal.net&gt; 
mediumi 1.4 open source (please distribute) 
call for proposals: open source politics and cultural practices 
mediumi the Finnish web journal for media culture publishes its fifth
theme 
number mediumi 1.4 open source in English. This call is for submissions
 
articles, essays, reviews that address the economical or legal logic and
 
various cultural/social politics regarding open source software. We are
 
particularly interested in approaches that view software from the user
 
or user group point of view, situating the software in its cultural and
 
social context. 
Open source software is often technically exclusive in its development
and 
description. In which ways could open source become more accessible by
 
non-programmers or non-sysadmins? What kinds of research projects,
archives 
or meta-archives address the user end of open source? 
In many ways open source economy is far from optimal, since without=20
 
complimentary strategies it does not provide resources to renew, research
 
and develop further. What kind of models can be created to maintain=20
 
networked development, free non-commercial distribution yet generate
 
sustainable economies? How to protect open source and open knowledge from
 
becoming approprietarized (sic!), while enabling also commercial 
non-exclusive use? 
While an increasing amount of technical knowledge is not publicly 
available, creating accessible software, related knowledge archives, and
 
learning environments has become an acute political issue. What kind of
 
policies or civil action is necessary to guarantee this? What kind of
 
artistic or cultural interventions are taking place that address open
 
source as not only a tool or a movement, but as a terrain for creative
work? 
submissions 
We invite submissions in the following categories: 
Article/essay 3000-4500 words 
Interview/dialogue 2000-3000 words 
Review of project, event, book 1500-2500 words 
mediumi is a forum for researchers and practitioners of new media
culture. 
However we also wish to have the articles accessible for wider audiences
 
interested in new media. Please keep this in mind when submitting eg. by
 
explaining the more advanced technical or theoretical concepts! 
December 27th, 2002 - 100-150 word abstracts sent to mediumi 1.4, 
guest editor, Tapio M=E4kel=E4, tapio.makela@m-cult.org 
January 20th, 2003 - Final deadline for full texts. 
The journal will be launched in February 2003. 
mediumi is published by m-cult, centre for new media culture in Helsinki,
 
Finland. mediumi forms a part of m-cult.net, information and 
communication server for the Nordic new media cultural scene. (English
 
version launched in 1/03). 
&lt;<a href=3D"http://www.m-cult.net/mediumi/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
 color=3D"#0000FF">http://www.m-cult.net/mediumi/</a>&gt;<a=
 href=3D"http://www.m-cult.net/mediumi/" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.m-cult.net/mediumi/</a>
 
mediumi@m-cult.net 
 
Tapio Makela 
tapio@translocal.net 
mobile tel. +358-40-7223949 
fax +358-40-7821771 
Researcher, Department of Media Studies, University of Turku, Finland
 
Board member, m-cult, Finnish Association for Media Culture, 
<a href=3D"http://www.m-cult.org/" eudora=3D"auto=
url">http://www.m-cult.org</a>
 
Programme chair, ISEA2004, <a href=3D"http://www.isea2004.net/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
 color=3D"#0000FF">http://www.isea2004.net</a> 
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