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<br>Dear all,
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<br>I wish to draw your attention on the new release of the Journal of Peer
<br>Production Special Issue #14 *'Infrastructuring the Commons Today, when STS
<br>meet ICT'*
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<br>Guest editors: Mariacristina Sciannamblo (Sapienza University of Rome),
<br>Maurizio Teli (Aalborg University), Peter Lyle (Aarhus University) &
<br>Christopher Csíkszentmihályi (Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute)
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<br>Peer production and collaborative forms of technological design – such as
<br>those based on commons-oriented approaches – have at their core a critical
<br>stance towards the technoscientific landscape, an approach shared with
<br>Science and Technology Studies (STS) as a theoretical archipelago that has
<br>produced a significant wealth of knowledge that points out the social
<br>constructive and performative character of technoscience.
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<br>In recent time, the increasing prominence of critical approaches - e.g.
<br>feminist and postcolonial STS - and the intersections with surrounding
<br>fields - e.g. participatory design, information science, and critical
<br>technical practice - have stressed the politically engaged character of
<br>STS, emphasizing its "activist interest" (Sismondo, 2008). Such growing
<br>interest in collaborative modes of practicing STS has suggested the
<br>emergence of a "collaborative turn" in STS (Farías, 2017). Such novel
<br>approaches allow researchers and practitioners to understand and experience
<br>STS as a “practice” as well as a theoretical perspective, an approach
<br>that
<br>can be fruitful and inspiring also to investigate, design, and advocate for
<br>commons-based and oriented forms of production and experiences.
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<br>This special issue focuses on such collaborative orientation of STS by
<br>exploring its interplay with the field of Information and Communication
<br>Technology (ICT) when focusing on the commons and peer production. With the
<br>question of infrastructuring the commons as a background, the issue evokes
<br>the disciplinary intersection of STS with design studies and information
<br>science, the epistemological meeting between STS and critical perspectives,
<br>the making of new alliances between researchers, activists and local
<br>population, the convergence of institutional interests and research
<br>practices to promote alternative sociotechnical infrastructures.
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<br>The special issue is open access and available at this link:
<br>http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-14-infrastructuring-the-commons-today-
<br>when-sts-meets-ict/
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<br>Best wishes,
<br>Mariacristina
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