tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post2145869967737770825..comments2023-07-22T08:53:37.900-06:00Comments on New Media Narratives: Writing and Publishing in a Developing Field: Values of a Networked WorldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post-53068899634140464182012-04-09T19:43:57.884-06:002012-04-09T19:43:57.884-06:00I wonder, though, whether an acknowledgement or a ...I wonder, though, whether an acknowledgement or a 'nod' of recognition isn't as important no matter what the medium...ah, perhaps it's just a nostalgic definition of authenticity. Thank you for this, Theresa. It may be the same archaic grounding that has me glaring at my sons if they fail to open the door for someone...Judith Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187881191079129428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post-36990565646013977582012-04-09T13:18:38.781-06:002012-04-09T13:18:38.781-06:00I completely agree with you, Judith. Attribution i...I completely agree with you, Judith. Attribution is not just a courtesy; it is foundational to Lessig's Remix and the Creative Commons. The lack of attribution in Hegemann's and Klosofsky's work is morally reprehensible to those of us anchored in what Thomas Pettit described as the Gutenberg Parenthesis (here's a nice summary of Tom Pettit's work: http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/forums/gutenberg_parenthesis.html).<br /><br />I use the word "anchored" intentionally, because there is a line drawn in the sand that highlights the cultural conflict between print and digital mediums, and I know I am currently well-anchored on one side. According to Pettit, the increased ease and flow of communication enabled by digital technology is facilitating a return to a 'secondary orality'. In an oral culture, ownership is not accorded to stories, thoughts,or the words used to construct them. It's incomprehensible to 'own' mutable, spoken words, especially when ideas gain reality only through expression and repetition. Claiming ownership to a spoken word chain is akin to claiming ownership to another person's thought in an oral culture. Ownership of words is simply not possible. <br /><br />When I look at the ownership/attribution/copyright conflicts through this lens, I can understand why Hegemann said that there is no originality, just authenticity. What I feel as an affront is a cultural expression from within the Gutenberg Parenthesis, a relic enabled by print. When digital communication is so fluid as to recall (reclaim?) oral culture, why would the concept of ownership remain as central as it is for print culture? <br /><br /><br />References<br /><br />Pettit, T. (2009). Containment and articulation: Media, cultural production, and perception of the material world. [conference] Media in Transition 6: stone and papyrus, storage and transmission. Retrieved from http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit6/papers/Pettitt.pdfTheresa Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557136792213641570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post-31119089125152844682012-04-09T12:24:21.060-06:002012-04-09T12:24:21.060-06:00Thanks for letting us know about the crowdsourced ...Thanks for letting us know about the crowdsourced book, Judith.<br /><br />I agree that being transparent is one of the key points for publishing, especially when working with collaborators or borrowing copyrighted material. What's the harm in referencing it? Maybe we should start a new style format called Online Referencing - similar to APA or MLS styles, but exclusively for collaborative works. <br /><br />The online astronomy project, Galaxy Zoo, set out to classify and identify galaxy from an enormous database of images. Thousands of volunteers identified spiral galaxies, ellipticals and even made discoveries in the previously unseen images. At the end of the original project, organizers documented the names of contributors and published them in a beautiful image of a galaxy. The names are so tiny that they are almost illegible, but they are still acknowledged. You can view the image here: http://zoo1.galaxyzoo.org/Volunteers.aspx.Hillary Burridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343664439513841370noreply@blogger.com