Dec 6 2016
Planning an OCS Project in Lebanon – Part I
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Planning an OCS Project in Lebanon – Part I

By Serine Haidar Ahmad, from the Local Conservation and Development with OCS in Lebanon In this two-part blog series, we will go over our project’s planning and implementation process from […]

Nov 22 2016
A Neo-Colonial Enterprise – Robert Maxwell and the Rise of the 20th Century Scholarly Journal
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A Neo-Colonial Enterprise – Robert Maxwell and the Rise of the 20th Century Scholarly Journal

By: Eve Gray This article was originally published on Eve’s blog page, ‘Gray Area’ and has been cross-posted with permission. How to become a Professor In one of the many […]

Nov 15 2016
Beyond openness: use of knowledge and public issues in non-hegemonic contexts
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Beyond openness: use of knowledge and public issues in non-hegemonic contexts

by Juan Layna, Hugo Ferpozzi, and Emiliano Martin Valdez of the “Can OCS Meet Social Needs?” Project Summary: Access and participation on their own are not sufficient to ensure local […]

Oct 26 2016
From #ScienceMustFall to #ScienceMustOpen: The need to support diverse forms of knowledge in science
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From #ScienceMustFall to #ScienceMustOpen: The need to support diverse forms of knowledge in science

By: Becky Hillyer See the original Medium article here. – – – A recent Youtube video captures a student from the University of Cape Town (UCT) declaring that “science is a product […]

Sep 12 2016
Could Transgressive Approaches to Open and Collaborative Science Contribute Towards Transformative Climate Change Adaptation?
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Could Transgressive Approaches to Open and Collaborative Science Contribute Towards Transformative Climate Change Adaptation?

By Cath Traynor of the Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation project Summary: Dr. Cath Traynor (Natural Justice), and Community Researcher, Mr Gerren De Wet (Indigenous Nama youth) presented on the OCSDNet […]

Sep 6 2016
Negotiating openness: are participation and access enough?
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Negotiating openness: are participation and access enough?

By Hugo Ferpozzi of the “Can OCS Meet Social Needs?” project Scientific knowledge is commonly expected to address social demands based on local problems, but the groups affected by these […]