The fediverse is an opportunity learned societies can’t ignore

Just as social media has become ubiquitous in academia, its established formats and dynamics have been brought into doubt. Björn Brembs argues that learned societies concerned with their core missi…

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L'Acadèmia i la Fedi

Holi! Papers fediversals He trobat un nou paper científic. Per qui no ho sàpiga, fa anys que en faig col·lecció. Si us sembla, els hi podem fer un raconet a la web de fedi.cat. Nou paper: “Mastodon over Mammon: towards publicly owned scholarly knowledge” Col·lecció de papers sobre la Fedi Al paper hi trobo: As with the early internet, scholarly organizations are at the forefront of developing and implementing a decentralized alternative to Twitter, Mastodon. (Com als inicis d’Internet, ...

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On June 22 and 23 I took part in Mastodon Symposium. A couple of dozens of scholars coming from various disciplines (from media studies to digital humanities and computer science) gathered in hybrid to present their ongoing work focused on "all things Mastodon".

I presented my (very old) research exploring the concept of online "safer spaces" and the role of federated architectures in developing alternative forms of content moderation. This piece was prepared together with my dear friend Francesca Musiani.

Some of the videos, including mine, are accessible for download or streaming. Please enjoy and feel free to share

https://mypads2.framapad.org/mypads/?/mypads/group/mastodon-gq2wpy9r5/pad/view/public-videos-vtl9493c

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