Open Cultures and The Nature of Networks

by Felix Stalder

Anyone interested in the relation between cultural production and consumption and the development of Free and Open Software (FOSS) will want to read these essays by Open Source pioneer Felix Stalder, the first research to be published within the "Note Book" project by kuda.org. Stalder observes that culture can be approached as object-oriented or exchange-oriented, and believes that Open Source eventually leads to a more open society. Stalder, a lecturer in media economy at Zurich's Academy of Art and Design, is a managing partner of Openflows, an international network focusing on research and development of Open Source technology and culture. He apparently has some Open Source aspects of his personal life as his official biography notes that he lives "together with Andrea Mayr and Selma Viola, all three proud to be flesh."

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Published June 1, 2007