Apr 06 - The Commons

Workshop:

Introducing the wiki.
Wikipedia Cheat Sheet
MediaWiki Handbook
Wikimedia Commons

DUE: Your Social Graph

Readings:

"The Wealth of Networks: Chapter 3. Peer Production and Sharing" by Yochai Benkler [pdf]
"Silence is a Commons" by Ivan Illich [pdf]

Optional:
"The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin