[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> unbiased enyclopedia?

[Jeffrey Fisher <jfisher@igc.org>]

the encyclopedia was, of course, around before the enlightentment, but its
enlightenment form is the way we think of it, now.

the erring/rhizomatic/nomadic version might actually be able to draw on
ancient/medieval encyclopedic conceptions . . . interesting . . .

Peter Lunenfeld wrote:

> I should have made it clear that I was forwarding the information about the
> Nupedia project and have no  involvement with the projec at all. I am
> starting to track the movement of open source concepts into the humanities
> and this seemed an interesting model, though Andreas and Jose have already
> raised three major questions about it.
>
> Peter Lunenfeld
>
> ---
>
> Andreas Broeckmann wrote:
>
>  >>The project has
> >>significant financial support, and its leaders and owners are committed
> >>to a years-long, intensive effort.
> >
> >two questions:
> >
> >whose support?
> >and how is ownership defined here?
> >
> >sounds good!
> >-a
>
> ---
>
> os favelados / jose perez de lama wrote:
>
> >Hi, this is a recent-comer to nettime
> >I read  with interest the message sent by Peter Lunenfeld about the
> >Nupedia-encyclopedia project.
> >
> >However, i was wondering if everybody believes in the possibility of
> >"unbiased" contributions?
> >
> >Somehow i feel that the idea for an encyclopedia might be an
> >Enlightenment concept, and the web should allow for a more plural, less
> >hierarchical approach, without so many editors, staff, supervisors,
> >phd's and so on,
> >a new kind of rizhomatic knowledge-archive.
>
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