Editing Cooperation Workshop

:'''Time:''' Thursdays 16:00-17:30 (Boston Time)
:'''Email:''' [[Cooperation Workshop/Mailing list]]
:'''Location:''' Berkman Conference Room / 23 Everett Street / Second Floor / Cambridge

The '''Cooperation Workshop''' group is a small, user-driven forum for discussing early-stage cooperation research. Several, but not all, of the participants are [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows Berkman Fellows]. Each week, one participant will presents work for discussion and feedback for the group.

Other researchers are welcome to join but we do ask two things of any participants:

# Each week some contextual writing will be shared with the around. This might be a draft of a paper, an extended abstracted or a description of a project, a paper (perhaps by another author) that provides important background. We expect everybody who joins the group to have done read this material in advance.
# We ask that participants, especially those that wish to present, to become regular participants and not just come once. 

== Accessing Documents ==

Some of the documents below are password protected. The password is in the mailing list archives. If you need access, you can mail [mailto:mako@mit.edu mako@mit.edu] for the username and password.

If you want to place documents in the password protected folder to share them with others, email them to [mailto:mako@mit.edu mako@mit.edu].

== Participants ==

* Yochai Benkler
* [[user:Aaronshaw|Aaron Shaw]]
* [[user:Benjamin Mako Hill|Benjamin Mako Hill]]
* [[User:Mayo|Mayo Fuster Morell]]
* Dennis Y. Tenen
* Andrés Monroy-Hernández
* Jérôme Hergueux
* Brian Keegan
* Justin Reich
* Jennifer Shkabatur

Add yourself here if you are participating, or want to, but aren't on the list.

== Fall 2011 Schedule ==

=== Session 1: September 22, 2011 ===

Because we had an early meeting, we will simply have a reading group for the following paper related to the social impact of decreased communication costs brought about by new technology:

* Dittmar, Jeremiah E. 2011. “Information Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of The Printing Press.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 126(3):1133 -1172. Retrieved October 5, 2011. [http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/126/3/1133.full]

=== Session 2: September 29, 2011 ===

From Aaron:

: I'll be talking about some work I've been doing independently as well as in collaboration with Mako and Yochai.

:The four page "Project Memo" summarizes where I think we're going with this and how it fits into my personal research agenda. The much longer "Gatekeeping Online" piece is a paper I've been revising and resubmitting lately that should help to frame/illustrate the current state of my thinking on these topics in a more detailed way. For the purposes of our discussion, it is important that you read the short memo.

: FWIW, one slightly esoteric theory that frames much of this work is Robert Michels' (1915) "Iron Law of Oligarchy." If you want to know more about it, you can download a copy of the book from the Internet Archive.

* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/Shaw-Project_Memo-2011-9-26-CRW.pdf Four page "Project Memo"] ('''Core reading''')
* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/Shaw_Gatekeeping_Online.pdf Draft Paper on Daily Kos] ('''Contextual''')
* [http://www.archive.org/details/politicalparties00michuoft Michels on the Iron Law] ('''Contextual''')

=== Session 3: October 6, 2011 ===

Andrés Monroy-Hernández will present an idea for a paper, perhaps for [http://thecommunicationspace.com/forum/topics/cfp-special-issue-of-jcmc-on-participatory-websites-and-user?xg_source=activity a special issue of JCMC] on participatory websites and user-generated content.

The goal is to explore these two questions:

# What makes some content more likely to be reused or remixed than others?
# When content is remixed, how original are those remixes? What leads to more originality?

Readings include:

* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/monroy-jcmc_paper.pdf Rough attempt at a summary/extended abstract] ('''Core reading''')
* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/monroy-chi2012.pdf Paper on a methodology that might be used for answering question 2]. ('''Contextual''')

=== Session 4: October 13, 2011 ===
=== Session 5: October 20, 2011 ===
Brian Keegan will present some recent findings and on-going dissertation research about the structures, dynamics, and practices particular to Wikipedia's coverage of breaking news events. The goal is to explore questions related to how:
# Collaborations about breaking news events are distinct from traditional articles
# The ecosystem of roles within these collaboration which users inhabit and re-create across time and collaborations
# Better design wikis or other open collaboration systems to support high-tempo knowledge work.

Readings:
* [http://www.brianckeegan.com/papers/WikiSym'11.pdf Description of Japanese earthquake]
* [http://www.brianckeegan.com/papers/not-ICWSM'11.pdf Differences between breaking and non-breaking articles]
* [http://www.brianckeegan.com/papers/not-CSCW'12.pdf Statistical & theoretical elaboration under review]

== Proposed Sessions ==

* Mako: Almost Wikipedia paper on attempts at mobilization on online collaborative encyclopedia projects to discuss paper before I send it off. (Sometime in November/December)
* Yochai/Mako/Aaron: Barnstar paper.
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-:'''Email List:''' [[Cooperation Workshop/Mailing list]]
+:'''Time:''' Thursdays 16:00-17:30 (Boston Time)
+:'''Email:''' [[Cooperation Workshop/Mailing list]]
+:'''Location:''' Berkman Conference Room / 23 Everett Street / Second Floor / Cambridge
-The '''Cooperation Workshop''' group is a small, user-driven forum for discussing empirical research on cooperation. Several, but not all, of the participants are fellows at the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows Berkman Center].
+The '''Cooperation Workshop''' group is a small, user-driven forum for discussing early-stage cooperation research. Several, but not all, of the participants are [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows Berkman Fellows]. Each week, one participant will presents work for discussion and feedback for the group.
-Some weeks, we have '''seminar sessions''' which are public talks with an invited guests and will involve a presentation and a seminar discussion over about 75 minutes. They will be clearly marked below and advertised on a series of email lists.
+Other researchers are welcome to join but we do ask two things of any participants:
-Most of our sessions are '''workshop sessions''' where the basic model is that each week, one participant will distribute work for discussion and feedback from the group.  Researchers are welcome to join these workshop sessions but we do ask two things of all the participants:
+# Each week some contextual writing will be shared with the around. This might be a draft of a paper, an extended abstracted or a description of a project, a paper (perhaps by another author) that provides important background. We expect everybody who joins the group to have done read this material in advance.
+# We ask that participants, especially those that wish to present, to become regular participants and not just come once.
-# Each week some piece of writing will be shared with the group. This might be a draft of a paper, an extended abstracted or a description of a project, or a paper by someone outside of the group (e.g., a classic work) that provides important background. We expect everybody who joins the group to have read this material in advance.
-# We ask that participants, especially those that wish to present, to become regular participants and not just come once or twice.
-If you want to get an idea of what we do, you can check out our previous sessions:
-* [[Cooperation Workshop/Fall 2011 Sessions|Fall 2011 Sessions]]
-* [[Cooperation Workshop/Spring 2012 Sessions|Spring 2012 Sessions]]
-* [[Cooperation Workshop/Fall 2012 Sessions|Fall 2012 Sessions]]
-* Spring 2013 sessions below
-* Spring 2014: [http://etherpad.mit.edu/p/cooperation_2014 Etherpad]
-Also, you can check out a previous version of this group:
-* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/cooperation/seminar Cooperation Seminar](2009-2012)
 == Accessing Documents ==
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 == Participants ==
 * Yochai Benkler
-* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/mfustermorell Mayo Fuster Morell]
+* [[user:Aaronshaw|Aaron Shaw]]
-* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/jhergueux Jérôme Hergueux]
 * [[user:Benjamin Mako Hill|Benjamin Mako Hill]]
-* [http://brianckeegan.com Brian Keegan]
+* [[User:Mayo|Mayo Fuster Morell]]
-* Justin Reich
+* Dennis Y. Tenen
-* [http://erhardtgraeff.com/ Erhardt Graeff]
+* Andrés Monroy-Hernández
-* [http://vivatropolis.com/judith Judith Donath]
+* Jérôme Hergueux
-* Heather Whitney
+* Brian Keegan
-* [http://www.warsystems.hu Bodó Balázs]
+* Justin Reich
-* [http://bit.ly/pmetaxas Panagiotis Takis Metaxas]
+* Jennifer Shkabatur
-* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/dmbenfield Dalida María Benfield]
-* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/mbecker Matt Becker]
-* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/rdevanesan Ruha Devanesan]
-* [http://tirl.org|Charlie DeTar]
-* [http://www.nikete.com Nikete]
-* [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj SJ]
 Add yourself here if you are participating, or want to, but aren't on the list.
-== Sessions Spring 2013 ==
+== Fall 2011 Schedule ==
+=== Session 1: September 22, 2011 ===
+Because we had an early meeting, we will simply have a reading group for the following paper related to the social impact of decreased communication costs brought about by new technology:
-For our meetings in April, we will be meeting in '''WCC 3008 in Wasserstein Hall'''. We do not yet have a room for May so I've left the time unconfirmed. If this new time slot is working out, we will ensure that the group continues to meet at the same time.
+* Dittmar, Jeremiah E. 2011. “Information Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of The Printing Press.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 126(3):1133 -1172. Retrieved October 5, 2011. [http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/126/3/1133.full]
-=== Tuesday April 2, 2013 10:30-11:30 ===
+=== Session 2: September 29, 2011 ===
-Feedback for Maura Marx, Rebekah Heacock and Kenny Whitebloom on the '''Digital Public Library of American''' project and ideas about how to design/build for engagement.
+From Aaron:
-=== Tuesday April 9, 2013 10:30-11:30 ===
+: I'll be talking about some work I've been doing independently as well as in collaboration with Mako and Yochai.
-=== Tuesday April 16, 2013 10:30-11:30 ===
-Aaron (from remote) and [[Mako]] on '''Laboratories of Oligarchy? How the Iron Law Extends to Peer Production'''. A draft and some questions will be circulated to the list soon.
+:The four page "Project Memo" summarizes where I think we're going with this and how it fits into my personal research agenda. The much longer "Gatekeeping Online" piece is a paper I've been revising and resubmitting lately that should help to frame/illustrate the current state of my thinking on these topics in a more detailed way. For the purposes of our discussion, it is important that you read the short memo.
-=== Tuesday April 23, 2013 10:30-11:30 ===
+: FWIW, one slightly esoteric theory that frames much of this work is Robert Michels' (1915) "Iron Law of Oligarchy." If you want to know more about it, you can download a copy of the book from the Internet Archive.
-Session to discuss the research on '''comparative advantages of peer production by Marco Berlinguer'''. Marco Berlinguer, italian, is researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and will be visiting Cambridge in April.
+* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/Shaw-Project_Memo-2011-9-26-CRW.pdf Four page "Project Memo"] ('''Core reading''')
+* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/Shaw_Gatekeeping_Online.pdf Draft Paper on Daily Kos] ('''Contextual''')
+* [http://www.archive.org/details/politicalparties00michuoft Michels on the Iron Law] ('''Contextual''')
-Marco – merging different steams in literature (CBPP, management studies, and social economy studies) - is developing a conceptual framework on the conditions of possibility and of success of CBPP in contrast to other modes of production. Assuming a broader understanding of sustainability of peer production, Marco developed cases studies analyzing the monetarian and non-monetarian sustainability of peer production, looking to how particularly the capability to access, engage and put at work non-monetary resources constitute a condition of possibility and a comparative advantage of peer production in contrast to other forms of production. He would share a short text in advance and explain us the research he has done in the area, and would be happy to discuss the research design for a new project.
+=== Session 3: October 6, 2011 ===
-=== Tuesday April 30, 2013 4:15 - 6:00p.m ===
+Andrés Monroy-Hernández will present an idea for a paper, perhaps for [http://thecommunicationspace.com/forum/topics/cfp-special-issue-of-jcmc-on-participatory-websites-and-user?xg_source=activity a special issue of JCMC] on participatory websites and user-generated content.
-Jérôme - ''Cooperation in a Peer Production Economy: Experimental Evidence from Wikipedia''
-=== Tuesday May 7, 2013 4:15 - 6:00p.m ===
+The goal is to explore these two questions:
-Mayo Fuster Morell - Research project: P2Pvalue: Techno-social platform for sustainable models and value generation in commons-based peer production
+# What makes some content more likely to be reused or remixed than others?
+# When content is remixed, how original are those remixes? What leads to more originality?
-Milstein East A in the Wasserstein building
+Readings include:
-:15 - 6:00p.m
-=== Tuesday May 14, 2013 (4:15 - 6:00p.m) ===
+* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/monroy-jcmc_paper.pdf Rough attempt at a summary/extended abstract] ('''Core reading''')
+* [http://epicenter.media.mit.edu/~mako/cooperation/monroy-chi2012.pdf Paper on a methodology that might be used for answering question 2]. ('''Contextual''')
-Charlie DeTar -- update on dissertation work and methodological challenges.
+=== Session 4: October 13, 2011 ===
+=== Session 5: October 20, 2011 ===
+Brian Keegan will present some recent findings and on-going dissertation research about the structures, dynamics, and practices particular to Wikipedia's coverage of breaking news events. The goal is to explore questions related to how:
+# Collaborations about breaking news events are distinct from traditional articles
+# The ecosystem of roles within these collaboration which users inhabit and re-create across time and collaborations
+# Better design wikis or other open collaboration systems to support high-tempo knowledge work.
-Location: Milstein East A, WCC.
+Readings:
+* [http://www.brianckeegan.com/papers/WikiSym'11.pdf Description of Japanese earthquake]
+* [http://www.brianckeegan.com/papers/not-ICWSM'11.pdf Differences between breaking and non-breaking articles]
+* [http://www.brianckeegan.com/papers/not-CSCW'12.pdf Statistical & theoretical elaboration under review]
-=== Tuesday May 21, 2013 (Time TBD) ===
+== Proposed Sessions ==
-=== Tuesday May 28, 2013 (Time TBD) ===
-[[User:Dariusz|Dariusz]] - Liquid Collaboration (using Bauman to study open collaboration)
-=== Tuesday June 4, 2013 (Time TBD) ===
+* Mako: Almost Wikipedia paper on attempts at mobilization on online collaborative encyclopedia projects to discuss paper before I send it off. (Sometime in November/December)
-[[User:Nikete| Nicolas Della Penna (Nikete)]] - Cross Pollinating Polarized Political Discourse
+* Yochai/Mako/Aaron: Barnstar paper.