Open Access‘DEMOCRATIC’ KNOWLEDGE: AN OASIS OR A MIRAGE?
Author(s) -
José Antonio Acero Araluce
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the unfamiliar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2050-778X
DOI - 10.2218/tu.v3i1.117
Subject(s) - democracy , the internet , political science , knowledge sharing , traditional knowledge , sociology , knowledge management , politics , computer science , world wide web , law , ecology , indigenous , biology
This paper examines what I have termed 'democratic' knowledge: the participation of lay people in processes of sharing and producing knowledge on the internet and its associated advantages and disadvantages.