Awesome work! Thanks for sharing the news. I am getting my copy. On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 8:17 AM Félix Tréguer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > netCommons (www.netcommons.eu), the European project on network > infrastructure as commons, is proud to announce the release of > "Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities". > > This book is a guide on how to build a community network, a shared local > telecommunications infrastructure, managed as a commons, to access the > internet and other digital communications services. It was written > collectively by a group of community network pioneers in Europe, > activists and researchers during a writing residency week held in Vic, > Catalonia in October 2018. It was a time of hard work and fast writing, > but also of discussions in a friendly environment. > Meant for a wide audience, the book includes practical knowledge > illustrated by several hands-on experiences – a set of 32 real-life > stories – as well as legal, technical, governance, economic and policy > material extracted from netCommons, a three-year-long research project > supported by the European Commission. Its goal is to guide the reader > through a set of actions aimed at setting up and fostering the growth of > a community network, but also, for policy makers, local administrations > and the general public, to create the right conditions to let community > networks bloom and flourish. > > Download the Open Access book PDF at > https://www.netcommons.eu/?q=telecommunications-reclaimed > > Many thanks to all those who made this possible, and in particular to > ISOC and APC who supported the book production after the European > project funding of the writing. > > It can be purchased at > > https://www.amazon.com/Telecommunications-reclaimed-hands-networking-communities/dp/929511311X > > Suggestions of a commons-based or cooperative print-on-demand platform > are welcome, as we are looking for an alternative to Amazon (choice of > our publisher) for a print-on-demand solution. > > The book's editors, Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Félix Tréguer > > PS: Sorry for cross-posting! > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected].
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