[p2p-research] P2P research

[Michel Bauwens]

the state of scholarship on p2p? that's a very vast question ... but a
really interesting one for the academics on the list perhaps, of course, it
all depends on how you define p2p and what aspects are under your purview ..

I have not kept scientific materials in one place (there a lot about open
source governance which I covered in the blog and in the governance section
of the wiki)

I recommend you look at two places, http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Booksand
http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Research

Perhaps we can work on such a bibliography collectively? and create a page,
the scholarship on p2p, for this purpose?

Who would like to cooperate,

Michel





On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Thomas v. Loeffelholz <mail at colby.de>wrote:

> Hi Michel,
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> thank you for your efforts. I try to explain myself more detailed.
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> Since you're working at universities by yourself you're probably familiar
> that for every academic work it's necessary and useful to present an
> overview of the state of scholarship on a certain topic. That is what I'm
> looking for regarding to P2P.
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> I'm really interested to write my final paper about it, but yet I'm
> struggling with finding a worthful research question, and - an academic
> discourse to build upon.
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> I have the impression that very much is going about the topic of P2P - but
> finding scientific literature seems to be harder, especially academic
> literature about P2P outside "informatics".
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> I'll write my paper at the political science faculty and from most
> professors you only get raised eyebrows because they never heard of it
> (until you name "Wikipedia" of course).
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> I just came across your essay "Peer to Peer and Human Evolution" as well as
> the Research-Category on the P2P-Wiki which seems to be a good place to
> start.
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> As mentioned I'm still trying to find a good research question to write
> about.
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> My current (and somehow broad) hypothesis goes as follows: The development
> of technique, especially the Internet, gives us the possibility to organize
> our society and production in a more democratic, more participatory and more
> efficient way while using P2P principles.
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> For a master thesis it's of course a too big question to answer, so I have
> to cut it down somehow.
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> I'm still pretty new to the discourse (at least under the term "P2P"), but
> I have the impression that there's a lot of research to be done about (how
> you once called it) "injecting the digital sphere of p2p into the material
> sphere", with all the discussion of "scarcity and abundance" that one will
> come about.
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> Looking forward to your comments,
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> Best wishes,
> Thomas
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> Michael Bauwens wrote:
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>  hi thomas,
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> not sure what  you've seen but http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design and
> http:/p2pfoundation.net/Category:Manufacturing are dedicated to these
> trends; I have companion tags at delicious http://del.icio.us/mbauwens,
> i.e. P2P-Design, P2P-Hardware, P2P-Manufacturing and similar archive
> sections on the blog
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> let's talk more in detail what you're looking for, I could also suggest
> particular research areas,
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> can you write to michelsub2004 via gmail instead?
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> *From:* Thomas v. Loeffelholz <mail at colby.de> <mail at colby.de>
> *To:* Michael Bauwens <michelsub2003 at yahoo.com> <michelsub2003 at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Wed, April 21, 2010 9:56:23 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Subscribe
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> Hi Michael,
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> Great, thanks for the reply.
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> I'd like to use the chance for a short question:
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> I'm just finishing my master's degree in Berlin and are currently looking
> for a topic for my master thesis about p2p / diy issues.
> Can you recommend any article which gives a good summary about the current
> state of scholarship on this topic?
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> I "only" found so far (though very helpful already) the reading lists on
> the p2p-foundation wiki.
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> Best Regards,
> Thomas
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> Thomas (in sear
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> Michael Bauwens wrote:
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> Hi Thomas, I no longer have a newsletter, but all the services here just below have their own feeds,
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