Understanding Knowledge as a Commons

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Book: Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom. Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice. MIT Press, 2007


From a review by David Bollier:


"a great anthology of essays, The book brings together some varied perspectives on knowledge as a "shared social-ecological system." I highly recommend it. The idea that knowledge is incubated and maintained through social communities is hardly revolutionary, of course. But the rise of the Internet has suddenly made it more imperative to understand the structure and norms of "knowledge communities," which can vary widely. This book helps sort through this variety with chapters on open access scholarly publishing (Peter Suber), research libraries (Wendy Pradt Lougee), science as a commons (James Boyle), open source software (Charles Schweik), preserving the knowledge commons (Donald J. Waters) and civic engagement and knowledge commons (Peter Levine), among others. I am pleased to be among this illustrious company with a chapter on "The Growth of the Commons Paradigm". (http://onthecommons.org/node/1037)

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