Open Media Review

Open and Free Video and Audio on Openness, Participation, and the Commons

Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation contacted me recently suggesting that his research would be of interest to our readers. He specifically recommended the web casts section of the foundation’s not inconsiderable web site. He also recommends

…the companion section, Category:Podcasts…[both] are quite extensive directories of the best videos and audio lectures on the open-free, p2p-participatory, and commons-oriented paradigms, as well as on peer production, governance and property. You’ll [recognize] all the luminaries but also presentations by many lesser known advocates,

I’ve been poring through the foundation’s wiki and have done some background reading on Michel’s research and writing more generally. To clarify, when he mentions peer to peer, he is speaking of an organization model and a system of production, not just the mechanism of popular file sharing. As such, his thoughts touch on a variety of subjects, including peer produced and consumed open content, as well as governance, philosophy and much more. Interesting stuff to say the least and he seems to be undertaking the ambitious task of helping to pull together many similar but separate ideas under this general peer focused model.