[Foundation-l] Taxonomy of Free Culture Movements

Sun Jul 17 16:34:12 UTC 2011

I'd like to approach the "Unnamed Movement" idea from a slightly
different perspective.

What we really have emergent is a series of related movements, many of
which are nested inside of each other.

At the highest and most general level is the Free Culture Movement,
which is a real and active movement for sharing-minded copyright and
IP innovations in all forms.

Below that, there is a division between the artistic side (Remix Art
Movement) and the factual side (Open Knowledge Movement).

The Open Knowledge Movement is itself divided between the side
dominated by professional scholars (Open Access Movement) and the side
dominated by info-hobbyists (Wiki Knowledge Movement or New
Encyclopedist Movement or "Unnamed Movement" or whatever).

(Of course, this doesn't mean that experts aren't deeply involved with
Wikimedia-like sites, indeed they play a very important role, just
more of a supporting than a dominating one.)

It is only I think on the level of the last mentioned info-hobbyist
movement (of whatever title) that Wikimedia can seem to be the clear
"industry leader" and potential movement-definer.

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)