Yochai Benkler on the Wealth of Networks at Harvard Law School Tuesday (4/18)
Uh … Whoops. I knew there was something I should have posted last night … My apologies …
On Monday, I received an announcement from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society about Yochai Benkler speaking on the wealth of networks on Tuesday, April 18, at 5:45 pm in 102 Hauser Hall at Harvard Law School.
Here’s their description of his work:
"Prof. Benkler’s research at Yale Law School focuses on the effects of laws that regulate information production and exchange on the distribution of control over information flows, knowledge, and culture in the digital environment. His particular focus has been the neglected role of commons-based approaches toward management of resources in the digitally networked environment, the increasing importance of nonmarket production in general and collaborative peer production in particular, and the significance of these phenomena in both economic and political terms. “The Wealth of Networks” is a comprehensive social theory of the Internet and the networked information economy. In it, Benkler describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing—and shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people can create and express themselves."
Dan Gillmor returns on Wednesday at 7 pm at the Berkman Center. An RSVP by noon on Wednesday is necessary to attend his talk: rsvp at cyber.law.harvard.edu.
