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KNIT R&D
Public Group active 5 years, 11 months agoKNIT R&D is a student research group dedicated to advising on the development of the academic digital commons KNIT based on research in political, educational, intellectual, and aesthetic issues in digital technology.
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erin glass started the topic terms of service art!!! in the forum
KNIT R&D 5 years, 11 months agoHi all,
I came across this awesome art project on visualizing terms and services. Though it might be of particular interest to Michael I think it relates to many of the different issues we’ve been talking about these past few…[Read more]
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Michael wrote a new blog post Nothing weird about this… in the group
KNIT R&D: 6 years ago“…has each one of us signed with the blood of his human nature a compact with some such spiritual power, with the demonic element within him, with that spirit of negation, of cynicism, of cold unideal uti […]
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erin glass started the topic last meeting assignment + pizza party in the forum
KNIT R&D 6 years agoHi all,
I’m writing with information about our last meeting (this Monday, December 10th at 3 pm) and last assignment of 2018! We will have pizza so please confirm that you will attend (or let me know if you can’t) and let me know if you have dietary restrictions.
Our last assignment is to come prepared to talk (informally for about five…[Read more]
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erin glass replied to the topic meeting today (reminder) in the forum
KNIT R&D via email 6 years, 1 month agoNo worries, Shel! Thanks for letting me know and good luck with the
chiropractor!Erin
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Shel Savage replied to the topic meeting today (reminder) in the forum
KNIT R&D via email 6 years, 1 month agoHi Erin,
I won’t be able to make it to the meeting today I have to take my daughter
to the airport and then I have to go to the chiropractor.Sincerely, Shel
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erin glass started the topic meeting today (reminder) in the forum
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoHi all!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving break. Sending a reminder that we will be meeting today to discuss the collection of student data (pasted below). If you cannot make the meeting, please let me know.
- Audrey Watters, “The Weaponization of Education Da…
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HANNAH GRIFFITH edited the blog post Dark Web of Knowledge in the group
KNIT R&D: 6 years, 1 month agoWhat happens when we corporatize knowledge? I picture a dystopia where all the fat cats at the top hold all of the wealth of knowledge discovered by scientists and researchers, while all of the folks at the bottom […]
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Zach Young wrote a new blog post Taking the Public Good With the Public Bad in the group
KNIT R&D: 6 years, 1 month agoIn Men in Black, Tommy Lee Jones’ character makes a comment that is dishearteningly, universally true: “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.” This is at the core of mob […]
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erin glass started the topic reminder to post in the forum
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoHi all,
I’m sending a friendly reminder to make sure you post on last meeting’s reading (Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s “Working in Public”) and next week’s reading (“Guerilla Open Access Manifesto” and “Science’s Pirate Queen”). Make sure you also comment on someone else’s post. All readings are available h…[Read more]
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erin glass commented on the post, 6th Annual Aaron Swartz Day!, on the groupblog
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoThanks for sharing, Michael — this is great information! There’s also an interesting documentary on Aaron Schwartz (The Internet’s Own Boy) freely available on YouTube for those who are interested: […]
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Michael wrote a new blog post 6th Annual Aaron Swartz Day! in the group
KNIT R&D: 6 years, 1 month agoHello friends!
This was sent to me and I figured I should definitely share it with all of you!
6th Annual Aaron Swartz Day & International Hackathon at the Internet Archive
I don’t know how I forgot to […]
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erin glass started the topic twine workshop doodle poll in the forum
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoHi all,
Please fill out your availability for the Twine workshop at your soonest convenience. I’m hoping we can squeeze it in during December. I’ve given times that Laura thinks you’re likely to be available.
https://doodle.com/poll/7uhqerdw88hpicwy
For those of you who are not familiar, Twine is an open source platform for creating interactive…[Read more]
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HIRAM SANCHEZ edited the blog post Nothing Special in the group
KNIT R&D: 6 years, 1 month agoWhen I finished reading “Science’s Pirate Queen” my one thought was. I think the reason why giant publications are so threatened by “Sci Hub” is not the fact that they are stealing, but the fact that they show […]
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Kelly Clemen commented on the post, Knowledge Shouldn’t be a Privilege, on the groupblog
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoI think you really captured the reason a lot of people, particularly “working-class” people don’t/can’t engage with academics, because people are “just trying to chill out after working, paying bills, taking care […]
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The Legacies Team commented on the post, In the Eye of the Public Beholder, on the groupblog
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoI would like to wholly agree with you and support you for the rest of your academic life because this post is exactly why. It serves us no good to create situations where intellectual gatekeeping is possible. In […]
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HANNAH GRIFFITH commented on the post, In the Eye of the Public Beholder, on the groupblog
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoAlthough Stuart Hall states that “nothing has meaning outside of discourse” when discussing media and advertising, it totally applies to academics and the “stashing” of knowledge. If people can’t access informati […]
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HANNAH GRIFFITH edited the blog post Knowledge Shouldn’t be a Privilege in the group
KNIT R&D: 6 years, 1 month agoKathleen Fitzpatrick’s “Working in Public” lays out my dream world! All I have ever wanted is to merge the academic world with the every day one, because they are not as separate from each other as we tend to […]
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HIRAM SANCHEZ commented on the post, Knowledge Begets Learning, on the groupblog
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoI also did enjoy the fact that you can comment on each paragraph of the piece, which is exactly what she is talking about inviting people, and the more people the more learning we can have.
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Michael wrote a new blog post Knowledge Begets Learning in the group
KNIT R&D: 6 years, 1 month agoI enjoyed Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s, Generous Thinking: The University and the Public Good and find it interesting how her text was utilized in several ways, the first of which being the platform through which she i […]
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HIRAM SANCHEZ commented on the post, In the Eye of the Public Beholder, on the groupblog
KNIT R&D 6 years, 1 month agoJust as David Parry commented, “Knowledge that is not public is not knowledge.” While there are clearly obstacles on achieving public information. Just like the article “Working in Public” mentions “For that rea […]
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