[Commlist] New book: The Handbook of Peer Production

*Publication of The Handbook of Peer Production *

We are delighted to announce the publication of /The Handbook of Peer 
Production/, part of Wiley’s Handbooks in Communication and Media 
series. This/Handbook/ represents a milestone in the study of what has 
been described by Yochai Benkler as “the most significant organisational 
innovation that has emerged from Internet-mediated social practice.”
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Editors
Mathieu O'Neil, Associate Professor of Communication, News & Media 
Research Centre, University of Canberra and Honorary Associate Professor 
of Sociology, Australian National University, Australia
Christian Pentzold, Professor of Media and Communication, Department for 
Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Germany
Sophie Toupin, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) 
postdoctoral fellow, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Summary
Peer production is a mode of commons-based and – ideally – 
commons-oriented production in which participation is voluntary and 
predicated on the self-selection of tasks. This decentralised 
organisational model, which does not rely on exclusive ownership and 
formal contracts, has in some cases surpassed traditional forms of 
production. Originally the Internet enabled millions of people to 
collectively produce and revise computer operating systems and 
applications, encyclopedia articles, and film and television databases. 
Today peer production is still associated to the digital commons in the 
case of wireless networks and online currencies, but also encompasses 
offline ventures such as shared machine shops and biohacking, amongst 
many others.
The /Handbook of Peer Production/ outlines central concepts, examines 
current and emerging areas of application, and analyses the forms and 
principles of cooperation that continue to impact multiple areas of 
production and sociality. Featuring thirty chapters by an international 
and diverse team of experts in the field, this landmark work maps the 
origins and manifestations of peer production, discusses the factors and 
conditions that are enabling and co-opting it, and considers peer 
production projects’ current impacts and potential consequences for the 
social order. Detailed chapters address the governance, political 
economy, and cultures of peer production, as well as user motivations, 
social rules and norms, the role of peer production in social change and 
activism, and much more. Filling a gap in available literature as the 
only extensive overview of peer production’s modes of generating 
informational goods and services, this ground-breaking volume:
• Offers accessible, up-to-date information to both specialists and 
non-specialists across academia, industry, journalism, and public advocacy;
• Includes interviews with leading practitioners discussing the future 
of peer production;
• Critically assesses the histories, key debates, contradictions, and 
pioneers of peer production;
• Explores technologies for peer production, openness and licensing, 
peer learning, open design, and free and open-source software.
/The Handbook of Peer Production/ is an indispensable resource for 
students, instructors, researchers, and professionals working in fields 
such as communication studies, science and technology studies, 
sociology, and management studies, as well as those interested in the 
network information economy, the public domain, and new forms of 
organisation and networking.
Follow /The Handbook of Peer Production/ on Twitter: @beyourownpeer
More information is available here: 
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Handbook+of+Peer+Production-p-9781119537106 
<https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Handbook+of+Peer+Production-p-9781119537106>
The same information (with nicer layout) is here: 
https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/nmrc/critical-conversations-lab/the-handbook-of-peer-production 
<https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/nmrc/critical-conversations-lab/the-handbook-of-peer-production>
Get in touch: Mathieu.O’(neil /at/ canberra.edu) 
<mailto:(neil /at/ canberra.edu)>.au | (sophie.toupin /at/ mail.mcgill.ca) | 
(christian.pentzold /at/ uni-leipzig.de)

Table of Contents
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*Part I – Introduction*
Chapter 01 – The Duality of Peer Production: Infrastructure for the 
Digital Commons, Free Labor for Free-Riding Firms (Mathieu O’Neil, 
Sophie Toupin & Christian Pentzold)
*Part II – Concepts: Explaining Peer Production*
Chapter 02 – Grammar of Peer Production (Vasilis Kostakis & Michel Bauwens)
Chapter 03 – Political Economy of Peer Production (Benjamin Birkinbine)
Chapter 04 – Social Norms and Rules of Peer Production (Christian Pentzold)
Chapter 05 – Cultures of Peer Production (Michael Stevenson)
Chapter 06 (reprint) – Commons-Based Peer Production and Virtue (Yochai 
Benkler & Helen Nissenbaum)
*Part III – Conditions: Enabling Peer Production*
Chapter 07 – Prophets and Advocates (George Dafermos)
Chapter 08 – Virtue, Efficiency, and the Sharing Economy (Margie Borschke)
Chapter 09 – Openness and Licensing (Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay)
Chapter 10 – User Motivations in Peer Production (Sebastian Spaeth & 
Sven Niederhöfer)
Chapter 11 – Governing for Growth in Scope: Cultivating a Dynamic 
Understanding of How Peer Production Collectives Evolve (Rebecca Karp, 
Amisha Miller & Siobhan O’Mahony)
*Part IV – Cases: Realizing Peer Production*
Chapter 12 – Free & Open Source Software (Stéphane Couture)
Chapter 13 – Wikipedia and Wikis (Jutta Haider & Olof Sundin)
Chapter 14 – Hacker Cartography: Participatory Mapmaking and 
Technological Power (Adam Fish)
Chapter 15 – Peer Learning (Panayotis Antoniadis & Alekos Pantazis)
Chapter 16 – Biohacking (Morgan Meyer)
Chapter 17 – Makers (Yana Boeva & Peter Troxler)
Chapter 18 – Blockchain (Pablo Velasco Gonzáles & Nate Tkacz)
Chapter 19 – Wireless Community Networks (Gwen Shaffer)
Chapter 20 – Urban Commons (Nicholas Anastapoulos)
*Part V – Conflicts: Peer Production and the World*
Chapter 21 – Peer Production and Social Change (Mathieu O’Neil & 
Sébastien Broca)
Chapter 22 – Peer Production and Collective Action (Stefania Milan)
Chapter 23 – Feminist Peer Production (Sophie Toupin)
Chapter 24 – Postcolonial Peer Production (Maitrayee Deka)
Chapter 25 – Gaps in Peer Design (Francesca Musiani)
Chapter 26 – Makerspaces and Peer Production: Spaces of Possibility, 
Tension, Post-Automation, or Liberation? (Kat Braybrooke & Adrian Smith)
Chapter 27 – Peer Production and State Theory: Envisioning a Cooperative 
Partner State (Alex Pazaitis & Wolfgang Drechsler)
*Part VI – Conversions: Advancing Peer Production*
Chapter 28 – Making a Case for Peer Production: Interviews with Peter 
Bloom (Rhizomatica), Mariam Mecky (HarassMap), Ory Okolloh (Ushahidi), 
Abraham Taherivand (Wikimedia Deutschland) & Stefano Zacchiroli (Debian)
Chapter 29 – What’s Next? Peer Production Studies? (Mathieu O’Neil, 
Sophie Toupin & Christian Pentzold)
Chapter 30 – Be Your Own Peer! Principles and Policies for the Commons 
(Mathieu O’Neil, Sophie Toupin & Christian Pentzold)
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