Blogpost by Alexis Calvé-Genest & Heather Morrison
An introduction to alternatives to market economy. >From the Sustaining the Knowledge Commons project, this short text wants to introduce a few ideas on alternate modes of exchange. In order to rethink the current publication system, a little bit of theory might be inspiring, by way of Marcel Mauss and a near century old text on gift economy. Rivalry, prestige and moral obligations included. Are there other modes of exchange besides the market? Are we overestimating the place of market exchange when we look at the nature of human transactions? If so, are there lessons to be learned concerning possible approaches to sustaining the knowledge commons? For more: EN: http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2015/04/28/the-gift-economy/ FR: http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2015/04/28/leconomie-du-don/ For those interested in reading the original text by Marcel Mauss, I found the footnotes/endnotes to be a window into a candid, scholarly, inquiry of the time aimed at making sense of rich and diverse information about human collectives. Best regards, Alexis Calvé-Genest Graduate student École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies University of Ottawa acalv...@uottawa.ca
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