[p2p-research] Of possible interest?

[Paul B. Hartzog]

heh, you guys make me feel like an academic.

in my case, the links between the references IS what I'm trying to show :-)

-p

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
> I always thought that references were mostly for areas where you are making
> claims, like:
>
> "More people are recycling now than in the past" (reference)
>
> Or, when you invoke jargon, or field-specific concepts, so that the reader
> might obtain some background. Like if I refer to "agent based modeling",
> what the heck do I mean by that? How about "value metrics"? "futures
> studies"? etc Giving people references gives them a place where they can
> trace the origin of the concept back to (or at least where you got it from).
>
> Also, references can come into play when you are trying to argue or debate
> your key points. People can understand the context that you are using a
> concept in. Like, if I refer to "the commons" and give a reference to Elinor
> Ostrum, then people can know that my conceptualization is different than,
> for instance, communist political ideology contexts where a "commons" is
> referred to. That in the case of Elinor Ostrum, "the commons" is seen as a
> specific, identifiable socio-economic concept. (reference:
> http://joi.ito.com/archives/2004/09/21/commonsbased_peer_production_is_not_communism.html)
>
> Stuff like that...
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Henrik Ingo <henrik.ingo at avoinelama.fi>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > the explanation may be that Tony is not an academic and is only adding
>> > significant references to show the aspect he is trying to highlight,
>>
>> :-)
>> When writing, I too totally enjoy the aspect of not being in the
>> academia. I never was motivated to add a lot of references just to
>> prove the reader that I've read some important books but that were not
>> relevant to the issue I'm writing. I understand when writing an essay
>> in high school, you do it mostly for the teacher, but after that imho
>> it should be because you have something to say, not merely to report
>> that you've read something from some authority.
>>
>> henrik
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