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Free Knowledge: Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery
Patricia W Elliott
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Description for Free Knowledge: Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery
Paperback. Editor(s): Elliott, Patricia W.; Hepting, Daryl H. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSL9; JNF; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 470.
Alarms are being sounded around the globe over the increasing commercialization of public knowledge for private profit. Whether you are a farmer, a medical patient, or a library user, these developments impact your daily life. Knowledge privatization holds growing sway over the choice of the foods you eat, the medicine you take, the software you use, the music you hear, and even the flowers you plant in your own backyard. This is the result of a world where plant seeds have become subject to patents, medical research is overseen by pharmaceutical giants, universities are beholden to corporate funders, and indigenous ... Read more
Alarms are being sounded around the globe over the increasing commercialization of public knowledge for private profit. Whether you are a farmer, a medical patient, or a library user, these developments impact your daily life. Knowledge privatization holds growing sway over the choice of the foods you eat, the medicine you take, the software you use, the music you hear, and even the flowers you plant in your own backyard. This is the result of a world where plant seeds have become subject to patents, medical research is overseen by pharmaceutical giants, universities are beholden to corporate funders, and indigenous ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Regina, Canada
ISBN
9780889773653
SKU
V9780889773653
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About Patricia W Elliott
Patricia W. Elliot is an assistant professor at the School of Journalism at the University of Regina. Her background includes alternative media practice and community-based research. Daryl H. Hepting is an associate professor of Computer Science and an associate member of the Film Department at the University of Regina. He is also the coordinator of the Farming and Local ... Read more
Reviews for Free Knowledge: Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery
"An emerging area of concern that has both scholarly and activist dimensions.... A book on the cutting-edge of current debates." - Dr. Ian Angus, Simon Fraser University, author of Emergent Publics and Love the Questions: University Education and Enlightenment