THE INSTITUTE’S BOOK ABOUT OPEN KNOWLEDGE MOVEMENT OUT NOW

From makerspaces to data wrangling schools to archives, the digital is being remixed by the open – and it is changing society as we know it. New concepts about public information, transparencyand the Commons are combining in unprecedented ways, resulting in a breadth of transformative collaborations across the globe.

The Open Book, a crowdsourced publication released by the Finnish Institute in London and the Open Knowledge Foundation as the third part of the critical Reaktio series, is an exploration of the social and technological manifestations of this emergent movement, featuring over 25 in-depth thought pieces written by pioneers of openness around the world from London to to Helsinki to São Paulo, edited by Jussi Nissilä and Kaitlyn Braybrooke together with Timo Vuorikivi. The writers include pioneers of openness such as Free Software Foundation’s Karsten Gerloff, Open Data Manchester’s JulianTait, IBM’s Ville Peltola, the Centre for Sustainable Communications’ Jorge Luis Zapico, The Guardian’s Simon Rogers, the Open Hardware Summit’s Catarina Mota, Open Design Now‘s Peter Troxler and the Harvard Berkman Centre for Internet & Society’s Mayo Fuster Morell.

Each of the articles explore a unique aspect of the open knowledge movement and how it has affected work, society and culture across paradigms, from government to business to design to education. Also included is “The Evolution of Open Knowledge”, the world’s first crowdsourced timeline of openness and transparency from 1425 to the current day. The Open Book is an essential reference point for those interested in the culmination of a global movement for change in a time of rapid social progress.

Antti Halonen, Head of Society Programme at the Finnish Institute in London says:

“The Open Book is a prime example of the unique creativity and vision that the global open knowledge movement has. The book has its roots in Helsinki's Open Knowledge Festival last year and it provides a fitting legacy to this extraordinary event. Editors and authors have done fantastic job in initiating vibrant discussion about openness.”

The print version of the Open Book was launched at the FutureEverything Summit and it can also be downloaded for free online under a CC-BY-SA license at http://openbook.okfn.org along with the Evolution of Open Knowledge timeline. Further details and enquiries at info@finnish-institute.org.uk.

Download the pdf-version of the Open Book here.
More info about the FutureEverything Summit here.