Comments on: How Open is Open? The Praxis of Open Publishing http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/how-open-is-open-the-praxis-of-open-publishing/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:29:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: risa http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/how-open-is-open-the-praxis-of-open-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-18071 risa Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:47:35 +0000 /?p=7#comment-18071 Hi there! Yes, this article is by Andrea Langlois. I'm not sure where it was published in print since she just gave me a copy when we were in school together, but I think your citation is probably correct. Thanks for calling this to my attention, I added her name above. Oy! =) Hi there! Yes, this article is by Andrea Langlois. I’m not sure where it was published in print since she just gave me a copy when we were in school together, but I think your citation is probably correct. Thanks for calling this to my attention, I added her name above. Oy! =)

]]> By: Braulio B Neves http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/how-open-is-open-the-praxis-of-open-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-18068 Braulio B Neves Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:09:54 +0000 /?p=7#comment-18068 Hello, I came to this article through a link in https://docs.indymedia.org/Global/ImcEssayCollection page. It states that the author is Andrea Langlois, and the paper is The Praxis of Open Publishing: Uniting Philosophy with policy and practice (Journal for the Art, Sciences and Technology. vol 02, No 01, 2004)" Because I'm making a academic research on Indymedia documentaries, kinda need to confirm the authorship (what a drag, I know...). Can ye help me? Thanks, merci! Hello,

I came to this article through a link in
https://docs.indymedia.org/Global/ImcEssayCollection
page.

It states that the author is Andrea Langlois, and the paper is
The Praxis of Open Publishing: Uniting Philosophy with policy and practice (Journal for the Art, Sciences and Technology. vol 02, No 01, 2004)”
Because I’m making a academic research on Indymedia documentaries, kinda need to confirm the authorship (what a drag, I know…).
Can ye help me?

Thanks, merci!

]]> By: risa http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/how-open-is-open-the-praxis-of-open-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-2 risa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=7#comment-2 <a href="#fnote1up" name="fnote1down">(#1) </a>I wonder if we might think about individual relationships to the space not in an abstract sense, and not only when they raise their voices to praise or denounce the space- but their impressions on how they actually use it, how it works for them, changes them, what it actually is for. <br /> I think about this, obviously, in relation to OpenJournal. How did we imagine people would make use of this space, and in what ways are our desires different from those of the founders of Indymedia? One element that I had thought of before but that really stepped into the light for me while reading Langlois' essay was that this is not an activist space. Activist media- open publishing sites with explicit commitments to issues of global justice, eg Quebec Indmedia or the Progress Project, fulfill an enormously important role- a role that comes with certain problems and responsiblities as Langlois clearly shows- but since sites like this already exist, we shouldn't be attempting to reproduce their work. OpenJournal is different because it wants to be a slightly different kind of space. For some reason I think of the line from Milton that is carved into the cement wall along the outside of McGill's main downtown library- "the calm air of delightful study?"<br /> We are dedicated to thoughtful study and to the kinds of exchanges that can happen between people who admit that they have not yet figured out exactly what they, or you, should be angry about. We are negotiating our way through a complex, (horrifying, beautiful, inspiring, maddening) concatenation of cultures. We come from different places with access to different ideas and experiences. Our intention is to provide a space to continue the thoughtful interactions that occur in seminars and conferences, interactions that draw on those personal histories and opinions but which are motivated by a desire to move beyond the narrow bubble of our own brains, to allow ideas to combine and multiply and grow and be questioned, problematized and renovated. OpenJournal, I realize, just wants to keep learning, keep talking about learning and talking.<br /> (#1) I wonder if we might think about individual relationships to the space not in an abstract sense, and not only when they raise their voices to praise or denounce the space- but their impressions on how they actually use it, how it works for them, changes them, what it actually is for.
I think about this, obviously, in relation to OpenJournal. How did we imagine people would make use of this space, and in what ways are our desires different from those of the founders of Indymedia? One element that I had thought of before but that really stepped into the light for me while reading Langlois’ essay was that this is not an activist space. Activist media- open publishing sites with explicit commitments to issues of global justice, eg Quebec Indmedia or the Progress Project, fulfill an enormously important role- a role that comes with certain problems and responsiblities as Langlois clearly shows- but since sites like this already exist, we shouldn’t be attempting to reproduce their work. OpenJournal is different because it wants to be a slightly different kind of space. For some reason I think of the line from Milton that is carved into the cement wall along the outside of McGill’s main downtown library- "the calm air of delightful study?"
We are dedicated to thoughtful study and to the kinds of exchanges that can happen between people who admit that they have not yet figured out exactly what they, or you, should be angry about. We are negotiating our way through a complex, (horrifying, beautiful, inspiring, maddening) concatenation of cultures. We come from different places with access to different ideas and experiences. Our intention is to provide a space to continue the thoughtful interactions that occur in seminars and conferences, interactions that draw on those personal histories and opinions but which are motivated by a desire to move beyond the narrow bubble of our own brains, to allow ideas to combine and multiply and grow and be questioned, problematized and renovated. OpenJournal, I realize, just wants to keep learning, keep talking about learning and talking.

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