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<p>The paper distinguishes between two kinds of knowledge, productive or armed knowledge and connective or tribal knowledge, which it traces back to pre-modern antagonisms. It argues that open knowledge depends on a new ‘agonistic’ synthesis of these types. The aim is partly to show that culture is primary in determining what knowledge means and who gets to share it; and partly to compare formal knowledge institutions (especially universities) with informal knowledge systems (language and social media). Can knowledge ever be open if it is either armed or wild? If so, then how should we model openness? I suggest that situating knowledge in language, performance and play, rather than property and productivity, offers a way forward.</p></abstract>

The paper distinguishes between two kinds of knowledge, productive or armed knowledge and connective or tribal knowledge, which it traces back to pre-modern antagonisms. It argues that open knowledge depends on a new ‘agonistic’ synthesis of these types. The aim is partly to show that culture is primary in determining what knowledge means and who gets to share it; and partly to compare formal knowledge institutions (especially universities) with informal knowledge systems (language and social media). Can knowledge ever be open if it is either armed or wild? If so, then how should we model openness? I suggest that situating knowledge in language, performance and play, rather than property and productivity, offers a way forward.

What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) <italic>vs</italic>. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict

Cultural Science

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What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) . Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict

The paper distinguishes between two kinds of knowledge, productive or armed knowledge and connective or tribal knowledge, which it traces back to pre-modern...

What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict

Article Category: Research

Published Online: Jul 10, 2018

Page range: 27 - 41

Received: Apr 01, 2018

Accepted: May 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.107

Keywords
open knowledge, productive knowledge, connective knowledge, armed, violent, tribal, wild, universities, social media, agonistic performance, staged conflict

© 2018 John Hartley, published by De Gruyter

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

What Hope for Open Knowledge? Productive (Armed) vs. Connective (Tribal) Knowledge and Staged Conflict

Article Category: Research

Published Online: Jul 10, 2018

Page range: 27 - 41

Received: Apr 01, 2018

Accepted: May 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.107

Keywordsopen knowledge, productive knowledge, connective knowledge, armed, violent, tribal, wild, universities, social media, agonistic performance, staged conflict

© 2018 John Hartley, published by De Gruyter

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

Keywords
open knowledge, productive knowledge, connective knowledge, armed, violent, tribal, wild, universities, social media, agonistic performance, staged conflict