Notes discussion Copy Library
From ActiveArchives
Friday 11/11/11: Online Discussion with Copy Library
Open School Glasgow
(live from Marxism seminar)
scribbles and notes from the meeting:
physical digital collections
commitment
how to create necessity to collaborate
they develop / tested different modes of communication / onine work
sollutions such as:
- simply one blog for a large group of people (shared Login)
that do not require technical knowledge
relations with Electron club
- mailinglist with 200 people - collective gestion of info@glasgowopenschools.com
decentralised practice
project: student occupations archive
(mayday project)
library of copies (Latour) vs library of originals
collective authorship
Clear thatcommitment comes through a fysical connection
-> Creating collective writing tools creates online synchronicity as space.
How to map / involve the community of occupants around the gathered materials?
Fetisization of the original
or: fetisization of the potential ti re-use material
An archive is embedded in a web of social relations
How to get away from 'neutral point of view' (Wikipedia) and have productive presence of conflicting views (Active e Archives ?)
Often commitment sits in a specific group / institute,
If materiels are in several places, how can we assure the engagement?
Copying / reworking of materials does not come naturally:
offering the materials online 'to be re-used' often is not enough
- often you need to invite people
- contextualisation is important
- creating a situation in which remixing re-use gains meaning.
