[Commlist] New Journal Issue Published - WPCC - Publishing the Internet and the Commons

New open access journal issue:

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture: 16:1

westminsterpapers.org

Publishing, the Internet and the Commons

The idea of the commons has been gaining traction lately. Experimental 
commons approaches to media and publishing have been highlighted by many 
as much of the supposed democratising potential of the internet has been 
thwarted or even thrown into reverse. The issue’s origins lie in a 
symposium disrupted by Covid-19 that had the aim of identifying 
principles, best practices, emerging challenges and vital next steps 
required to support commons-based or inspired publishing both for 
general readerships and within scholarly communications. This WPCC issue 
reflects elements of original scheme with a focus on scholar-led, 
library and university press publishing and on the principles underlying 
alternative platforms and collaborative structures, commons theory and 
mechanisms of self-governance. Explored also are the challenge to 
improve upon current copyright mechanisms and scholars who have sought 
alternatives through various types of collaborative digital engagements. 
Connections with other media and the ramifications for equality in the 
wider digital public sphere also feature.

Editorial

Publishing, the Internet and the Commons: Debates and Developments

Andrew Lockett

Research Articles
The Digital Commons and the Digital Public Sphere: How to Advance 
Digital Democracy Today

Christian Fuchs

Scaling Small; Or How to Envision New Relationalities for Knowledge 
Production

Janneke Adema, Samuel A. Moore

Open Access Models, Pirate Libraries and Advocacy Repertoires: Policy 
Options for Academics to Construct and Govern Knowledge Commons

Melanie Dulong de Rosnay

Commentaries

Communities, Commoning, Open Access and the Humanities: An Interview 
with Martin Eve

Martin Paul Eve, Andrew Lockett

Aesthetics, Commons and the Production of the Subject: An Interview with 
Cornelia Sollfrank and Felix Stalder

WPCC Editorial Board

westminsterpapers.org/issue111.info



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