Public information as a commons
This essay deals with a new understanding of the public character of information, based on the alternative modes of property that came to the fore with the advent of commons-based peer production and...
View ArticleThe 3Ducation project
This research project attempts to examine to what extent the technological capabilities of open source 3D printing could serve as a means of learning and communication. The learning theory of...
View ArticleCommons-based peer production and digital fabrication: The case of a...
Through the case of the RepRap-based, Lego-built three-dimensional (3D) printing-milling machine, this paper sets out to discuss and illustrate two points: First, on a theoretical level, that...
View ArticlePolicy recommendations for a commons-based society
Special issue for the Journal of Peer Production: “Policies for the Commons“, co-edited by George Dafermos & Vasilis Kostakis.
View ArticleEcotourism, education and 3d printing
Source: http://www.ecomuseumzagori.gr/ In line with the “3Ducation project” (2013) which was a three-month project implemented in two high schools of Ioannina city (Greece), we establish our...
View ArticleThe emergence of urban makerspaces
Abstract: The criticism on the smart city is used as a starting point to highlight the promises of makerspaces, that is to say, those emerging urban sites that promote sharing practices; exercise...
View ArticleOpen design & manufacturing
Open Design and Manufacturing (OD&M) is an ERASMUS+ project which develops an Alliance between Higher Education Institution (HEIs), traditional manufacturers and innovation communities of...
View ArticleDeschooling: Commons-based peer production and education
Source: flickr.com/opensourceway This project sets out to investigate how commons-based peer production could change our educational system. So far, it includes a two-phase pilot project that explores...
View ArticleTransferring experiences from Sarantaporo.gr Community Network to Tzoumerka
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/15363357@N00/28790556 In July 2017 a two-day event in Sarantaporo was organised which comprised ICT & Networking training for the locals and a discussion...
View ArticlePublic information as a commons
Full title: “Public information as a commons: The case of ERT and the peer-to-peer prospect“, co-authored by Vasilis Kostakis & Christos Giotitsas. Summary: This essay deals with a new...
View ArticleThe 3Ducation project
Full title: “Open-source 3d printing as a means of learning: An educational experiment in two high schools in Greece“, co-authored by Vasilis Kostakis, Vasilis Niaros & Christos Giotitsas....
View ArticleCommons-based peer production and digital fabrication: The case of a...
Full title: “Commons-based peer production and digital fabrication: The case of a RepRap-based, Lego-built 3D printing-milling machine”, co-authored by Vasilis Kostakis & Marios Papachristou....
View ArticlePolicy recommendations for a commons-based society
Special issue for the Journal of Peer Production: “Policies for the Commons“, co-edited by George Dafermos & Vasilis Kostakis.
View ArticleEcotourism, education and 3d printing
Source: http://www.ecomuseumzagori.gr/ Summary: In line with the “3Ducation project” (2013) which was a three-month project implemented in two high schools of Ioannina city (Greece), we establish our...
View ArticleThe emergence of urban makerspaces
Full title: “Making (in) the smart city: The emergence of makerspaces”, co-authored by Vasilis Niaros, Vasilis Kostakis & Wolfgang Drechsler. Summary: The criticism on the smart city is used as a...
View ArticleOpen design & manufacturing
Full title: “A knowledge Alliance between HEIs, makers and manufacturers to boost Open Design & Manufacturing in Europe“. Summary: Open Design and Manufacturing (OD&M) is an ERASMUS+ project...
View ArticleTransferring experiences from Sarantaporo.gr Community Network to Tzoumerka
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/15363357@N00/28790556 In July 2017 a two-day event in Sarantaporo was organised which comprised ICT & Networking training for the locals and a discussion...
View ArticleDeschooling: Commons-based peer production and education
Source: flickr.com/opensourceway This project sets out to investigate how commons-based peer production could change our educational system. So far, it includes a two-phase pilot project that explores...
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