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Posts Tagged ‘knowledge’

Digital Pirates and the Enclosure of the Intellect

by Irmak Ertuna • 20 Dec 09
Journal: Issues | Pirates and Piracy [5]

As the production of knowledge and information increasingly becomes the guiding force of capitalist expansion, legal structures transform to accommodate the consolidation of wealth and power in the hands of already powerful actors. Consequently, the digital terrain of cyberspace becomes…


darkmatter Journal versus Wikipedia: race and the hierarchy of knowledge

by Editors • 5 Jun 09

Our recent publication of the The Wire Files special issue was followed up by the addition of a couple of references to Wikipedia’s The Wire page…However, these references were removed by a Wikipedia editor, because darkmatter was not considered to be a “reliable source”.


Wikipedia and Iraq: rewriting history?

by Sanjay Sharma • 21 Oct 07

  The shambolic, illegal occupation of Iraq by Western powers has resulted in countless deaths (murder) of civilians.

The ‘war against terror’ is as much an info-war as it is one involving death and destruction.

Enter Wikipedia into the affray.…