Craft Redux: How Digital Collaboration PWNED Intellectual Property

Craft Redux: How Digital Collaboration PWNED Intellectual Property is a critical lecture that I delivered in 2010 at the Savannah College of Art and Design and later at the Applied Craft and Design Program at Pacific Northwest College of Art + Oregon College of Arts and Crafts. In this lecture I examine the current climate of intellectual property and the cultural commons, before moving on to dissect the impact of digital collaboration and its role in creating a culture of producers. Later I look at the role of remix as a form of cultural production as well as the transformative potential of newly emergent tools for digital design, manufacturing and distribution . Ultimately, Craft Redux looks at the erosion of intellectual property by open access and attempts to explain the implications for craft and beyond.

I would like to thank a number of individuals without whose support this lecture would not have been possible: Chance Farago, TJ O'Donnell, Boris Bally (whose work I respect and admire), Will Deloz and the Atlanta Swoop Jockeys, Rob Walker, JP Reuer, Jay Song, Lanelle Keyes, Jeanette Zolman, USC institute for media literacy (24/7 DIY), as well as the content authors referenced in the lecture. A special thank you to everyone who came to my lectures and to you for watching it here.

Comments welcome,
-Gabriel


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