[-empyre-] Thanks: Publishing in Convergence
Michael Dieter
mdieter at unimelb.edu.au
Sat Jul 3 12:02:07 EST 2010
Hi empyre,
I want to express my deepest thanks for everyone involved in the
discussions on publishing this month!
This was a difficult topic to cover in some ways, given the rapid changes
that are currently facing electronic publishing and distribution, and the
wide range of issues that were inevitably raised. Nevertheless, the
quality of contributions from guests made for consistently interesting
reading, posts that have certainly both clarified and challenged my
thinking on a range of themes.
Contributing to a list like empyre is itself an act of free labor and a
part of the vital gift economy that underpins open access to knowledge.
It's important for me to acknowledge and thank the generosity of everyone
involved.
I want to thank Emmett Stinson for contributing his expertise on the
publishing industry throughout the month, Sean Dockray for his thoughts on
the AAAARG.ORG project, Nicholas Knouf for sharing his new project Journal
of Journal Performance Studies (JJPS), Matthew Stadler from Publication
Studio, Simon Worthington and Pauline van Mourik Broekman for their
reflections and overviews of Mute, Joost Kircz for his experiences and
thoughts on electronic publishing over the years, David Ottina and Sigi
Jottkandt for their posts on the Open Humanities Press initiative, Janneke
Adema for contributions from her new doctorate research project, Gary
Hall's several very generous and challenging theoretical contributions,
Paul Ashton's posts on re.press and academic labour, Kate Hayles for
drawing attention to emerging neurological frameworks, Andrew Murphie and
Mat-Wall Smith for exploring issues that have emerged through the
Fibreculture Journal, Femke Snelting on open design strategies, and Julian
Oliver for some important contributions on open source software and media
art.
Finally, I want to thank my co-editors Morgan Currie and John Haltiwanger
who took time out of their theses at UvA to assist with the list for the
month. This was our first time running something like empyre, I couldn't
have done it without you both! Also, I would like to thank Renate Ferro
from the empyre team for her assistance with moderation and advice over
the past four weeks.
In signing off, I hope that the discussions are productive for considering
how open access to knowledge can be supported and further developed. On
the face of it, lists are strange venues for debate, given so much
activity they prompt can occur outside and beyond the archive of posts
finally recorded. I hope the Publishing in Convergence discussion was
interesting to readers of empyre, and possibly even useful as material to
inspire future projects!
Cheers,
--
Michael Dieter
School of Culture and Communication
University of Melbourne
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/research-students/michael-dieter.html
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