Knowledge Socialism

the rise of peer production.- the history of peer review.- openness  - open science, open access.- the model of open knowledge production.- cognitive capitalism.- knowledge capitalism.- knowledge cultures.- forms of collegiality.- creative labour vs human capitalism.- collective intelligence.- social innovation.

Michael A. Peters (PhD, FNZAH, FRSA, FRSNZ, FPESA) is Distinguished Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, and Emeritus Professor in Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland. He is the Editor in Chief of Educational Philosophy and Theory and founding editor of ten other international journals.  His interests are in educational theory and philosophy and he has written over one hundred books, including several books on Wittgenstein, Foucault, Derrida and Lyotard. He has acted as an advisor to governments in the USA, Scotland, NZ, South Africa, UNESCO and the EU. He was made a Fellow of The Royal Society of NZ in 2008 and awarded honorary doctorates by State University of New York in 2012 and University of Aalborg in 2015. His recently published books include: Wittgenstein, Antifoundationalism, Technoscience andPhilosophy of Education (2020), The Chinese Dream: Educating the Future (2019), The Companion to Wittgenstein and Education: Pedagogical Investigations (2017).

Tina Besley is Distinguished Professor at the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Fellow of Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA). She was previously Professor and Associate Dean International, at the University of Waikato's Faculty of Education; Research Professor, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Professor, California State University San Bernardino; and Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow.  She is the founding president of the Association for Visual Pedagogies and Immediate Past President of the PESA. Tina has published over 12 books and numerous articles.  She is deputy editor of Educational Philosophy and Theory, the Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy and associate editor of the Beijing International Review of Education. Formerly she

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