El 23 de octubre de 2009 se realizar en Boston el Free Culture Research Workshop 2009. Los organizadores este ao son el Berkman Center for Internet & Society / Harvard University con apoyo adicional del Centro NEXA del Politecnico di Torino e iCommons. Al igual que en el evento inicial desarrollado en Japn, formar parte del Comite Acadmico del Programa y desde ‘Bienes Comunes Asociacin Civil’ este ao tambin estaremos trabajando para la iniciativa. Hace unas horas se lanz el Call For Participation. Este ao el workshop se vuelve a centrar en la “librecultura / cultura libre” e invita a presentar investigaciones, papers y nuevos enfoques acadmicos sobre:
* Studies on the use and growth of open/free licensing models
* Critical analyses of the role of Creative Commons or similar models in promoting a Free Culture
* Building innovative technical, legal, organizational, or business solutions and interfaces between the sharing economy and the commercial economy
* Modeling incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative peer production and in related social networks
* Economic models for the sustainability of commons-based production
* Successes and failures of open licensing
* Analyses of policies, court rulings or industry moves that influence the future of Free Culture
* Regional studies of Free Culture with global lessons/implications
* Lessons from implementations of open/free licensing and distribution models for specific communities
* Definitions of openness and freedom for different media types, users and communities
* Broader sociopolitical, legal and cultural implications of Free Culture initiatives and peer production practices
* Free Culture, Memory Institutions and the broader Public Sector
* Open Science/ Research/ Education
* Cooperation theory and practice, dynamics of cooperation and competition
* Methodological approaches for studying the characteristics, history, impact or growth of Free Culture
El evento estar organizado en diferentes sesiones orientadas a la discusin, intercambio y generacin de ideas. Las fechas claves son: [1] envio de los ensayos el 9 de agosto, [2] la notificacin de la aceptacin el 23 de agosto, y [3] el da 23 de octubre se realizar el evento. Para obtener ms informacin no duden en visitar la pgina o en contactarnos a travs de Bienes Comunes.