What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict
The paper distinguishes between two kinds of knowledge, productive or armed knowledge and connective or tribal knowledge, which it traces back to pre-modern antagonisms. It argues that open knowledge depends on a new ‘agonistic’ synthesis of these types. The aim is partly to show that culture is pri...
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| description | The paper distinguishes between two kinds of knowledge, productive or armed knowledge and connective or tribal knowledge, which it traces back to pre-modern antagonisms. It argues that open knowledge depends on a new ‘agonistic’ synthesis of these types. The aim is partly to show that culture is primary in determining what knowledge means and who gets to share it; and partly to compare formal knowledge institutions (especially universities) with informal knowledge systems (language and social media). Can knowledge ever be open if it is either armed or wild? If so, then how should we model openness? I suggest that situating knowledge in language, performance and play, rather than property and productivity, offers a way forward. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6c6e2b7864f24e8fa4f4fdb6e89dc9362025-02-10T13:26:37ZengSciendoCultural Science1836-04162018-07-01101274110.5334/csci.107108What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged ConflictHartley John0Curtin UniversityPerth, AUThe paper distinguishes between two kinds of knowledge, productive or armed knowledge and connective or tribal knowledge, which it traces back to pre-modern antagonisms. It argues that open knowledge depends on a new ‘agonistic’ synthesis of these types. The aim is partly to show that culture is primary in determining what knowledge means and who gets to share it; and partly to compare formal knowledge institutions (especially universities) with informal knowledge systems (language and social media). Can knowledge ever be open if it is either armed or wild? If so, then how should we model openness? I suggest that situating knowledge in language, performance and play, rather than property and productivity, offers a way forward.https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.107open knowledgeproductive knowledgeconnective knowledgearmedviolenttribalwilduniversitiessocial mediaagonistic performancestaged conflict |
| spellingShingle | Hartley John What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict Cultural Science open knowledge productive knowledge connective knowledge armed violent tribal wild universities social media agonistic performance staged conflict |
| title | What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict |
| title_full | What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict |
| title_fullStr | What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict |
| title_full_unstemmed | What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict |
| title_short | What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict |
| title_sort | what hope for open knowledge productive armed vs connective tribal knowledge and staged conflict |
| topic | open knowledge productive knowledge connective knowledge armed violent tribal wild universities social media agonistic performance staged conflict |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.107 |
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