<CPOV> Welcome --> Conditions for the Possibility of CPOV?

[Jon Awbrey]

Geert & All,

I've been out of the email loop due to some monkey business
between AT&T and Yahoo, so I'll just try to pick up where
I last left off.

The most "prolegominous" question that comes to mind when
I read your acronym, CPOV, would probably have to be this:

| What are the conditions for the possibility
| of critical points of view arising, surviving,
| and thriving on the Web?

Jon Awbrey


> Geert & All,
> 
> Being still hopeful that there will arise places where critical reflective thinking
> about the impact of distributive information technology on society can take place,
> I welcome the appearance of this list.  I hope it will be a place where broader
> perspectives on social-technical architectures can be maintained, points of
> view from which we can see a way through the mists of mystification to all
> that we hoped for in the future of communication, education, and inquiry.
> 
> Jon Awbrey
> 
> Geert Lovink wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> welcome to this mailinglist on critical Wikipedia research!
>> 
>> There is an announcement of the Amsterdam CPOV event in the next email.
>> 
>> Work on this project started early 2009 when the editorial team  emerged 
>> out of the global social cloud. I met Nate in Melbourne in  December 
>> 2008 and knew of Johanna's work already for a while. Then I  ran into 
>> Sunil and Nishant in De Balie, here in Amsterdam, and quickly  agreed 
>> that should do an INC reader on the matter, prepared by two  events. 
>> The concept was ready in June and work on the production of  the two 
>> conferences, one in Bangalore, and one in Amsterdam, started  soon 
>> after. First of all there was a call for papers for the Bangalore event.
>> 
>> During the first event, on January 12-13 2010 in Bangalore, the  
>> editorial team decided to start its own mailinglist. So, here it is.
>> 
>> Here in Amsterdam at the Institute of Network Cultures we are working  
>> with a small team on the Amsterdam event. Besides me and Sabine  
>> Niederer (who will be on leave soon) who are on the original editorial  
>> team, there is the manager Margreet Riphagen, the Brazilian-German  
>> research intern Juliana Brunello and the production intern Serena Westra.
>> 
>> CPOV is about Wikipedia -- and it's not. That's the central phrase right  
>> now. Doing critical work in this field doesn't mean Wikipedia bashing.  
>> To me it is sign that Wikipedia is growing up. It is a luxury to have  
>> independent research networks that is not formally or informally  
>> attached to the big Wikimedia Mothership.
>> 
>> Let's see where CPOV will take us!
>> 
>> Greetings from a wet and cold, slippery Amsterdam,
>> 
>> Geert
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