The Handbook of Peer Production

The definitive reference work with comprehensive analysis and review of peer production Peer production is no longer the sole domain of small groups of technical or academic elites. The internet has enabled millions of people to collectively produce, revise, and distribute everything from computer operating systems and applications to encyclopedia articles and film and television databases. Today, peer production has branched out to include wireless networks, online currencies, biohacking, and peer-to-peer urbanism, amongst others. The Handbook of Peer Production outlines central concepts, examines current and emerging areas of application, and analyzes the forms and principles of cooperation that continue to impact multiple areas of production and sociality. Featuring contributions from an international team of experts in the field, this landmark work maps the origins and manifestations of peer production, discusses the factors and conditions that are enabling, advancing, and co-opting peer production, and considers its current impact and potential consequences for the social order. Detailed chapters address the governance, political economy, and cultures of peer production, user motivations, social rules and norms, the role of peer production in social change and activism, and much more. Filling a gap in available literature as the only extensive overview of peer production’s modes of generating informational goods and services, this groundbreaking volume: Offers accessible, up-to-date information to both specialists and non-specialists across academia, industry, journalism, and public advocacy Includes interviews with leading practitioners discussing the future of peer production Discusses the history, traditions, key debates, and pioneers of peer production Explores technologies for peer production, openness and licensing, peer learning, open design and manufacturing, and free and open-source software The Handbook of Peer Production is an indispensable resource for students, instructors, researchers, and professionals working in fields including communication studies, science and technology studies, sociology, and management studies, as well as those interested in the network information economy, the public domain, and new forms of organization and networking.

List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Notes on Contributors xiii Preface xxi Chapter Summaries xxiii Part I Introduction 1 1 The Duality of Peer Production: Infrastructure for the Digital Commons, Free Labor for Free]Riding Firms 3 Mathieu O'Neil, Sophie Toupin, and Christian Pentzold Part II Concepts: Explaining Peer Production 19 2 Grammar of Peer Production 21 Vasilis Kostakis and Michel Bauwens 3 Political Economy of Peer Production 33 Benjamin J. Birkinbine 4 Social Norms and Rules in Peer Production 44 Christian Pentzold 5 Cultures of Peer Production 56 Michael Stevenson 6 Commons]Based Peer Production and Virtue (reprint) 70 Yochai Benkler and Helen Nissenbaum Part III Conditions: Enabling Peer Production 87 7 Prophets and Advocates of Peer Production 89 George Dafermos 8 Virtue, Efficiency, and the Sharing Economy 101 Margie Borschke 9 Open Licensing Peer Production 109 Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay 10 User Motivations in Peer Production 123 Sebastian Spaeth and Sven Niederhöfer 11 Governing for Growth in Scope: Cultivating a Comparative Understanding of How Peer Production Collectives Evolve 137 Rebecca Karp, Amisha Miller, and Siobhán O'Mahony Part IV Cases: Realizing Peer Production 153 12 Free and Open Source Software 155 Stéphane Couture 13 Wikipedia and Wikis 169 Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin 14 Participatory Cartography: Drones, Countermapping, and Technological Power 185 Adam Fish 15 P2P Learning 197 Panayotis Antoniadis and Alekos Pantazis 16 Biohacking 211 Morgan Meyer 17 Makers 225 Yana Boeva and Peter Troxler 18 Blockchain, or, Peer Production Without Guarantees 238 Pablo Velasco González and Nathaniel Tkacz 19 Community Wireless Networks 254 Gwen Shaffer 20 Commoning the Urban 268 Nicholas Anastasopoulos Part V Conflicts: Peer Production and the World 283 21 Peer Production and Social Change 285 Mathieu O'Neil and Sébastien Broca 22 Peer Production and Collective Action 299 Stefania Milan 23 Feminist Peer Production 311 Sophie Toupin 24 Postcolonial Peer Production 322 Maitrayee Deka 25 Gaps in Peer Design 334 Francesca Musiani 26 Makerspaces and Peer Production: Spaces of Possibility, Tension, Post]Automation, or Liberation? 347 Kat Braybrooke and Adrian Smith 27 Peer Production and State Theory: Envisioning a Cooperative Partner State 359 Alex Pazaitis and Wolfgang Drechsler Part VI Conversions: Advancing Peer Production 371 28 Making a Case for Peer Production: Interviews with Peter Bloom, Mariam Mecky, Ory Okolloh, Abraham Taherivand, and Stefano Zacchiroli 373 29 What's Next? Peer Production Studies? 388 Mathieu O'Neil, Sophie Toupin, and Christian Pentzold 30 Be Your Own Peer! Principles and Policies for the Commons 397 Mathieu O'Neil, Sophie Toupin, and Christian Pentzold Index 409