Data commons
Data commons is an often-used but also ambiguous notion, and aspires to connect the complex notion of ‘data’ with that of the ‘commons’ — a concept with an equally variable and contested meaning. This entry collects and connects several recent contributions to discussions on data commons as a means...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
2024-04-01
|
| Series: | Internet Policy Review |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://policyreview.info/node/1748 |
| _version_ | 1826547267980492800 |
|---|---|
| author | Gijs van Maanen Charlotte Ducuing Tommaso Fia |
| author_facet | Gijs van Maanen Charlotte Ducuing Tommaso Fia |
| author_sort | Gijs van Maanen |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Data commons is an often-used but also ambiguous notion, and aspires to connect the complex notion of ‘data’ with that of the ‘commons’ — a concept with an equally variable and contested meaning. This entry collects and connects several recent contributions to discussions on data commons as a means to foreground several important community-related themes. We take this discursive move to be important because the adjective ‘data’ has the tendency to transform social, communal, and political problems into technological ones that result in confusions between means and ends that endanger the viability of the commons. We discuss four themes that help to re-prioritise community-related interests and problems over their technological solutions. We discuss a data commons relationship to itself (1), its relationship to other commons (2), to capitalism (3), and sustainability (4). We structure the literature on data commons to contextualise, historicise, and politicise data commons, and ultimately understand them as ways of living together (with data) rather than as instruments to manage data. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-24T07:52:49Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-ff84fde167474c5d99a4f5c4faff8e1b |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2197-6775 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-03-14T05:46:57Z |
| publishDate | 2024-04-01 |
| publisher | Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Internet Policy Review |
| spelling | doaj.art-ff84fde167474c5d99a4f5c4faff8e1b2025-03-05T13:43:36ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752024-04-0113210.14763/2024.2.1748Data commonsGijs van Maanen0Charlotte Ducuing1Tommaso Fia2Tilburg UniversityKU LeuvenUniversity of TübingenData commons is an often-used but also ambiguous notion, and aspires to connect the complex notion of ‘data’ with that of the ‘commons’ — a concept with an equally variable and contested meaning. This entry collects and connects several recent contributions to discussions on data commons as a means to foreground several important community-related themes. We take this discursive move to be important because the adjective ‘data’ has the tendency to transform social, communal, and political problems into technological ones that result in confusions between means and ends that endanger the viability of the commons. We discuss four themes that help to re-prioritise community-related interests and problems over their technological solutions. We discuss a data commons relationship to itself (1), its relationship to other commons (2), to capitalism (3), and sustainability (4). We structure the literature on data commons to contextualise, historicise, and politicise data commons, and ultimately understand them as ways of living together (with data) rather than as instruments to manage data.https://policyreview.info/node/1748Data commonsCapitalismSustainable commonsData governance |
| spellingShingle | Gijs van Maanen Charlotte Ducuing Tommaso Fia Data commons Internet Policy Review Data commons Capitalism Sustainable commons Data governance |
| title | Data commons |
| title_full | Data commons |
| title_fullStr | Data commons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Data commons |
| title_short | Data commons |
| title_sort | data commons |
| topic | Data commons Capitalism Sustainable commons Data governance |
| url | https://policyreview.info/node/1748 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gijsvanmaanen datacommons AT charlotteducuing datacommons AT tommasofia datacommons |