Knowledge G.A.P.

Research network investigating the Geopolitics of Academic Production (G.A.P.) based @UTSC, affiliated with @KnowEquityLab

RTs ≠ Endorsements

[Michael 英泉 Eisen @mbeisen]

While we talk about the future of science publishing, we need to also have a conversation about how to fund it. The problems with the subscription model is obvious and needs no elaboration. But it's clear that the APC/author pays model doesn't really work either.

[Decolonial Subversions @_decolonise]

'Scrutinising what Open Access Journals Mean for Global Inequalities.' A thorough quantitative study by M Demeter and R Istratii that builds the evidence about the problematic limitations of Gold and Hybrid Open Access publishing models. https://t.co/hGOvHBvYNf

[Richard O'Beirne @robeirne]

Great scholarly publishing landscape images in this paper:

Connecting the Knowledge Commons — From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure - Vertical Integration in Academic Publishing - OpenEdition Press https://t.co/qtSTrnzada

[Adelphi Library @AdelphiLibrary]

We are excited to have Professor Leslie Chan, Department of Arts, Culture and Media and the Center for Critical Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough as our guest at the Critical Knowledge Forum lecture series this Monday, November 9 @lesliekwchan

[Leslie Chan @lesliekwchan]

Really looking forward to our dialogue next week. Thank you @azra_vi for the invitation!

[OCSD Network @OCSDNet]

Sharing our chapter "Toward an Inclusive, Open, and Collaborative Science: Lessons from OCSDNet" in the #OA book Making Open Development Inclusive: Lessons from IDRC Research, edited by Matthew Smith and Ruhiya Seward
https://t.co/PTuDhmja4d

[SPARC @SPARC_NA]

Happening today from 5-7pm EDT! With leadership from so many early career advocates, @KnowEquityLab is doing really important work. Be sure to tune in if you can! #OAWeek

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

Happy #OpenAccessWeek! Don't forget to RSVP for TOMORROW'S (OCT 20th, 5-7PM EST) event: Technologies of Power and Control in Knowledge Infrastructures w/ insights from @know_gap @biolineintl and @ReprisingTRWOT!

https://t.co/QoVdv614zM

[#CKLH @CKLHub]

What a great lineup! Plenty of food for thought and action

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

George Chen of KnowledgeGAP (@know_gap) will be unveiling the hidden power structures & modes of control by private for-profit publishers in his talk Publisher Control in Research Production: Infrastructural Integration & Rankings Promotion.

https://t.co/MwwSbAU5hE

#oaweek2020

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

This #OpenAccessWeek on Oct 20th 5-7pm EST, join us, Reprising the Real World of Technology Group, @know_gap, & @biolineintl for a presentation & conversation on Technologies of Power and Control in Knowledge Infrastructures.

RSVP here: https://t.co/EOS0lCccSP

#OAWeek

[Maha Bali, PhD مها بالي 🌵🇵🇸 @Bali_Maha]

Imagining a Socially Just Academia Launch w
@unboundeq @socialjustacad - join us Oct 9 at 1pm UTC (9am EDT, 3pm Cairo/SAST) led by me + Doris Jones
@KimFoxWOSU @MiaZamoraPhD @zeca72 @tutaleni @lesliekwchan @BenitaMoolman @ProfJasmine
#unboundeq #BLM https://t.co/YWozrPgGxZ

[Global Development Studies @UTSC @UTSC_IDS]

This is beautiful. Looking forward to the @KnowEquityLab launch tomorrow! (Register here: https://t.co/9PyJxJt74H)

[Global Development Studies @UTSC @UTSC_IDS]

1-week until the @KnowEquityLab virtual launch. Join us to learn, connect & contribute! #epistemicinjustice #inclusion #knowledgeequity

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

7/ Hear from @tasneem_mewa, @UTSC_IDS student & founder of #OpenPraxisForum, a platform by & for students & #ECRs to publish research & alternative kinds of knowledge; to broaden the scope of “legitimized knowledge".

https://t.co/7JnkoGxv5M

RSVP: https://t.co/NX3sImSZoW

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

6/ Learn from @UNESCOchairCBR, & founders/mentors of the Knowledge4Change Tkaronto Hub, seeking to developing research capacities for the co-creation of knowledge w/ practitioners, community-based researchers, & academics!

https://t.co/1CrS9rz4dR

RSVP: https://t.co/NX3sImSZoW

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

5/ Hear from faculty & partners of the Community Knowledge Learning Hub @CKLHub (https://t.co/D7VSrSjuRo), whose goal is to provide meaningful experiential learning opportunities informed by critical pedagogy.

https://t.co/ANMykgW0MI

RSVP: https://t.co/NX3sImSZoW

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

4/ Learn from researcher-practitioners of @SPARC_NA award-winning @OCSDNet, an action-research network exploring the Q of whether “open science” could serve as a tool for transformative development thinking & practice.
https://t.co/w0GjPsdYi2

RSVP: https://t.co/NX3sImSZoW

[Knowledge Equity Lab @KnowEquityLab]

2/ Learn about open access pioneer @biolineintl (https://t.co/EQ1CtCtP7s), an open-source platform cooperative launched in 1993, whose mission is to make visible scientific journals published in the Global South.

https://t.co/ZhfAE461JT