<nettime-ann> Fwd: Wiki politics 2

[Mason Dixon <Mason@ArtAfterNext.org>]

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Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 22:26:35 +0300
From: "pavlos hatzopoulos" <phatzopoulos@gmail.com>
To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net
Subject: Wiki politics 2


New online journal *Re-public <* www.republic.gr/en>  has just  
published the
* second part* of its special issue "*Wiki politics*". The issue  
explores
how the use of new collaborative tools (wikis, blogs, forums, mailing  
lists,
podcasting, and videos) can transform the ways politics are practiced .
Articles include:



*Ward Cunningham - Wiki and the rise of gift economies   <*http:// 
www.re-public.gr/en/?p=3D141>

Creator of wiki software, Ward Cunningham, argues that the  
proliferation of
wikis has proved that the for-pay economy is not the only way to create
value.

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*Pete Ashdown -Open source politics  <* http://www.re-public.gr/en/? 
p=3D14=5>
Being the first politician to to use a wiki to develop his campaign  
platform
for the 2006 US Senate election in Utah, Pete Ashdown makes the case for
open source politics.
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*Paul Hartzog - Panarchy and the wiki-fication of politics*
<http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=3D148>

Hartzog introduces the concept of panarchy, a sociopolitical field that
emerges when connective technologies enable cooperative peer-to-peer
production =96 of knowledge, of tools, of power.
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*Australian bill of rights initiative: Collaborating on public policy* <
http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=3D142>
Wiki politics are put into practice. This article focuses on the  
development
and the rationale behind ARBI <http://abri.org.au/>, an online  
project aimed
at promoting awareness and discussion of human rights through the
collaborative development of a bill of rights for Australia.

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All articles of *Re-public *are published with a Creative Commons  
license
and can be re-printed freely, by acknowledging their source.
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