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<p>This paper examines the development of open knowledge in China through two case studies: the development of Chinese open access (OA) journals, and national-level OA repositories. Open access and open knowledge are emerging as a site of both grass-roots activism, and top-down intervention in the practices of scholarship and scholarly publishing in China. Although the language, vision and strategies of the global open knowledge movement are undoubtedly present, so too are the messy realities of open access and open knowledge innovation in a local context. In attempting to position open access developments in China within a diverse and contested global landscape of open knowledge innovation we draw on <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_csci.106_ref_027">Moore’s (2017</xref>) conception of open access as a boundary object: an object that is understood differently within individual communities but which maintains enough structure to be understood between communities (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_csci.106_ref_027">Moore 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_csci.106_ref_036">Star and Griesemer 1989</xref>). Viewed as a boundary object, the concept of open knowledge is making it possible for China to engage with the global open knowledge movement, as a beneficiary of the innovation of others, and as an open knowledge innovator in its own right.</p></abstract>

This paper examines the development of open knowledge in China through two case studies: the development of Chinese open access (OA) journals, and national-level OA repositories. Open access and open knowledge are emerging as a site of both grass-roots activism, and top-down intervention in the practices of scholarship and scholarly publishing in China. Although the language, vision and strategies of the global open knowledge movement are undoubtedly present, so too are the messy realities of open access and open knowledge innovation in a local context. In attempting to position open access developments in China within a diverse and contested global landscape of open knowledge innovation we draw on Moore’s (2017) conception of open access as a boundary object: an object that is understood differently within individual communities but which maintains enough structure to be understood between communities (Moore 2017; Star and Griesemer 1989). Viewed as a boundary object, the concept of open knowledge is making it possible for China to engage with the global open knowledge movement, as a beneficiary of the innovation of others, and as an open knowledge innovator in its own right.

Understanding Open Knowledge in China: A Chinese Approach to Openness?

Cultural Science

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This paper examines the development of open knowledge in China through two case studies: the development of Chinese open access (OA) journals, and...

Understanding Open Knowledge in China: A Chinese Approach to Openness?

Article Category: Research

Published Online: Jul 10, 2018

Page range: 17 - 26

Received: Mar 26, 2018

Accepted: May 14, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.106

Keywords
Open knowledge, Open access, China, Publishing, Scholarly communication

© 2018 Lucy Montgomery, Xiang Ren, published by De Gruyter

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Understanding Open Knowledge in China: A Chinese Approach to Openness?

Article Category: Research

Published Online: Jul 10, 2018

Page range: 17 - 26

Received: Mar 26, 2018

Accepted: May 14, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.106

KeywordsOpen knowledge, Open access, China, Publishing, Scholarly communication

© 2018 Lucy Montgomery, Xiang Ren, published by De Gruyter

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Open knowledge, Open access, China, Publishing, Scholarly communication