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DataSurfers(collaborationwith AmberFridJimenez)aspartof JanVanEyckinthefirstsixmonths AmbersComputationaldesigncoursewe ofmyresearchwasadynamichubwhich ranthreedaysworkshopatBergen providedmeanumberofcollaborations, NationalAcademyofTheArtson ideasandopportunitiestoworkonmy designingafterexploringthepublicly research.Iwouldextractfew availabledatasets. milestones: TracingConcepts[i](collaborationwith FromJanuary2011Ialsogavelecturesat EdwinGardner)aprojectexploring tracesofdifferentideasandconcepts ShareConference(April),Nothingwill happen(April),MikserFestival(May)in in(andinbetween)different BelgradewhereIpresentedmyresearch. disciplines.Thefirstphaseofthis collaborationmaterializedasa BIBLIOGRAPHY,REFERENCESANDTOPICS contribution(20/25pages)tothe FIRST6MONTHS forthcomingissue28ofVolume magazinewhereitgotstatusaparte soitispossibleitwillbeprintedasWorkingonRulingClassStudiesa certainnumberoftopicsstoodoutand separatebooklet. becamepointsaroundwhichmyprimary Visualizar11[ii]RulingClass Studieswasselectedasoneoftheten goalofproducingcriticaltheoretical projectsfortheinternationalproject instrumentstomeasurethepolitical, developmentworkshopandatheoretical ethicalandprofessionalaccountability seminarVisualizar11atMedialabPrado ofGFAeBtotheirproclaimedmissions, advertisedpractices,andoaworld inMadrid.Illworkonmapping wheretheirmonopoliesaretakingroot. Googlestechnicalinfrastructureas partofRulingClassStudiesfromJune willbestructured.Thesethemesare: 13July01. Letssharebooks[iii]aspartofmy Historyof(software)laborandthe earlyphaseofresearchatJanVanEyck boundaryworkconstructionof boundaryinbetweenfieldofsoftware onJan30Iwroteablogpost programming/engineering/developmentand explaininghowonecansharebooks therestoftheworldinpursuitof today.Itgotquitesomeattention.I professionalgoals:acquisitionof wasinvitedtogivealectureandrun intellectualauthorityandcareer workshopinLondonatQueenMaryand ReallyFreeSchool.InApril,Istarted opportunities.ThebooksandarticlesI readwere:JamesBeniger,TheControl collaborationwithrecentlyfounded Revolution:TechnologicalandEconomic IgnorantSchoolmasterAndHis OriginsoftheInformationSociety Committees,abookstoreandpublic (HarvardUniversityPress,1989).; spaceinBelgradefocusedonlegacyof MartinCampbellKelly,Fromairline Yugoslavhumanities.Iranworkshop Letssharebooks,initializedmaking reservationstoSonictheHedgehog:a historyofthesoftwareindustry(MIT aDIYbookscannerandgatheredpeople Press,2003);NathanEnsmenger,The fromIgnorantSchoolmasterandhackers computerboystakeover:computers, fromSkillsharingprojecttogether. programmers,andthepoliticsof technicalexpertise(MITPress,2010)j ThomasF.Gieryn,BoundaryWorkand theDemarcationofSciencefromNon Science:StrainsandInterestsin ProfessionalIdeologiesofScientists, AmericanSociologicalReview48,no.6 (December1,1983):781795. Thetracesandhistoricalrelations tocountercultureontodayshackers andcorporateworld:FredTurner,From counterculturetocybercultureStewart Brand,theWholeEarthNetwork,and theriseofdigitalutopianism (UniversityofChicagoPress,2006); AdamCurtis,AllWatchedOverby MachinesofLovinggrace(BBC,May23, 2011).

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Collaborativeresearchintheageof theVisualizar11isproductionofthe mapofGoogle'stechnical digitalnetworks.Inmyblogpost LetssharebooksIexplainedhowto infrastructure,analysisofitsdesign, useCalibreandZotero,freesoftware categorizedbyruleshowGooglegoverns users'anddevelopers'accesstotheir thatallowsustocatalogingand data,servicesanddevelopment sharingbooks,andmanage platforms.Themapcoversthewhole bibliographiesandreferences.That spectrumfromtradesecrets(e.g. blogpostwasthefoundationofthe distributedfs),commercialservices workshopwiththesamenameIranin (e.g.gdocs),nontransparentFLOSS LondonandBelgrade. Thetodaysworldofproduction,and development(Android)toopenprocessof FLOSS(e.g.Chromium). distributionofbooks:Journalof LibraryAdministration,Volume47Issue 1&22008,LivingwithGoogle;Siva DuringtheVisualizar11forthefirst timeIwillcoupletwomaintracksof Vaidhyanathan,TheGooglizationof EverythingandtheFutureofCopyright, theresearchIdiduptonowonRuling ClassStudies: UniversityofCaliforniaDavisLaw collecting/aggregating,annotating Review,Volume40Issue32007; andfinallystructuringdata(Idosome andinparticularIfocusedon ofthesethingsfrom2007.here: exploringthebiographyofGoogle: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/use StevenLevy,Intheplex:howGoogle r/17743766485180924817/label/rulingclas thinks,works,andshapesourlives, sstudies& 1sted.(NewYork:Simon&Schuster, http://www.diigo.com/user/marcell/rulin 2011).;SivaVaidhyanathan,The gclassstudiesorbothtogetherat: GooglizationofEverything,1sted. http://friendfeed.com/rulingclassstudie (UniversityofCaliforniaPress, s) 2011).;KenAuletta,Googled:theend representingthedata.ihopewewill oftheworldasweknowit(NewYork beabletodothatonGoogle'sveryown N.Y.:PenguinBooks,2010). infrastructure:e.g. http://code.google.com/apis/charttools/ PLANSFORTHEFUTURE:Visualizar11, index.html) ThePresentOfTheBooks,Auctions& Currencies AftertwoweeksonVisualizar11and defininghowtoworkwithdataaggregated andvisualizationIhopethatthe Visualizar11:JulyDecember2012 outlineswillappearofwhatImaiming (andfurther) atwithRulingClassStudiestoshow howmuchGoogledependson,buildson TheselectionofRulingClassStudies top,givesbackto,investsinfree fortheVisualizar11gavemegreat softwaremovementandprojectsin chancetofocusondevelopmentof comparisonwiththeirownclosed metricsofcorporateinvolvement, source/tradesecretinfrastructure. developmentandinvestmentsontopof publicinfrastructureoffreesoftware, Inthefuturethisprojectshouldbethe butevenmoreimportantisthe opportunitytogetfeedbackfrompeople foundationforcomparativeanalysisof Facebook's,Amazon'sandeBay'stechnical likeDietmarOffenhuber,AmberFrid Jimenez(shewasinvitedtobetutorandinfrastructuresandtheirgovernanceof supervisorforVisualizar11)andAndrewusers'anddevelopers'accesstotheir data,servicesanddevelopmentplatforms VandeMoere.MedialabPradoorganized andIwillcontinuetoworkonthisand thelogisticsforotherstojointhe teamsoftenselectedprojects.ImveryfurtheringresearchofGoogle. happythatKlemoVladimir,oneofthe bestprogrammersIknowjoinedmyteam. ThePresentOfTheBooks:July2011 March2012. Asoneofthemostimportantpartsof RulingClassStudiesistovisualize AfterIstartedworkingonRulingClass infrastructureofGFAeBanddevise StudiesIrealizedhowmuchthethemes metricsforthem,twoweeksat Visualizar11seemsasthebestpossible thatstoodoutduringtheresearchon startforthefoundationaldevelopment GFAeBarerelatedtothemediumofthe book.Iguessthatbeinginthe ofmetricsIwanttocontinueand environmentofJanvanEyckthatisso maintainfortheyearstocome. passionateaboutbooksasprintedmatter Theproposalforfirsttwoweeksduring drawmyattentiontothis.Thatiswhy

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duringthefollowingperiodofmy Toresearchthis,Ialsoproposeto researchandhopefullyextensionIwould gatherthosewhoareworkingonthe liketofocusandraisediscussionabout issuesofdigitalizationand thisonJVEmore. distributionofbooksbothconceptually andpractically,onbothsides.The ThefirstthingIproposetodoisthe proposedserieswillcontainlectures, seriesofsmalleventstitledThe discussions,workshopsanddigital Presentofthebooksfocusingonthis publishingcasestudyatJanvanEyck. setofcommonnarrativeinwhichmany issuesofRulingClassStudiesoverlap. Lectures/discussionsTwosides series: Togetherwithscientificpapers,books GoogleBooksvsEuropeana.eu areconsideredasthesymbolofthe DIYBookScanners(DanielReetz)vs knowledgesociety,therefore,the GoogleScanning(Marinari) questionofproductionandreproduction Googlization(SivaVaidhyanathan)vs ofbooksinthetimeofdigitalnetworks InThePlex(StevenLevy) drawsattentiontomuchbroaderaudience thanmostoftheotherissuesraisedby PresentationsArchiveInterface: digitalnetworks. Ubu.com(KennethGoldsmith) PAD.MA(ShainaAnand&Ashok Theimplementationofadvanced Sukumaran) distributednetworksbyGoogleonthis InternetArchive(BrewsterKahle) fieldresultedinthecrisisinmanyof AAAAARG.ORG theneighboringindustries.Inthecase Gigapedia/Library.nu ofthedigitalizationoftheentire writtenintellectualheritage,the problemofthepoliticsofaccessto Workshops/InfrastructuresDigital resources,butalsotothefurther publishingcasestudy:JanVanEyck: developmentofdigitalizationsystem, bringingereaders/tablets(Kindle, grewmuchbiggerthanwhatinitially SonyPRS950,BeBookNeo,iPad)toJVE seemedasasimpleresultofthis buildingDIYbookscannerforJVE processrepositoryofthedigital runningZotero&Calibreworkshop+ material. settingupnetworkinfrastructurefor p2plibraries Googleenteredthisfieldwhilestill designandtypographyforeink beingaverysmallsoftwarecorporation display anddigitalizationofthebookswasmoredistribution asideprojectwhoseconnectiontothe corebusinessofGoogle(search)was Auctions&Currencies:January2011 vague.Intheshortperiodoftime, December2012. Googlegrewintothehugecorporation thatcanmakerelevantmovesinthe Whatperhapsisthelargest wholesetofindustries.Asthepowerof accomplishmentofGFAeBisthatthey Googlegrew,whatwassideprojectin havemanagedtoclearawaybunchof 2000.alsogrewintothequestfor unadjustedmiddlementhatgainedtheir digitalizationofeverybookevermade statusesintheperiodbeforedigital inthehistorythereforebecomingoneof networksandnevergotadjustedtothem. thescarierscenariosofcorporation takingthecompletecontroloverthe Probablythemostdifficultsectorto repositoryoftheintellectualheritage. conquerwillbetheoneofspeculative finances. Unfortunately,theotheractorsinthe fieldarenotcomingneartothe Twoultimateoptimizationsare:auctions efficiencyofthecorporativeapproach. inthefieldoftradeandcurrencyin ItisimportantpartofRulingClass thefieldofabstraction. Studiestoreconsiderwhatarethose pointsinwhichtherestoftheworld InthefinalpartofmyresearchIwould laggedbehindtheopportunityto liketofocusexactlyonthosesegments digitalisetheknowledgeandmakeit ofGFAeBsbusinessandfunctioning.To universallyaccessible.Thequestion bemoreprecise,Iwouldliketofocus shouldbe:Whossupposedtoorganize onthequestionsofdigitalcurrencies, theworldsinformationandmakeit cryptocurrencies[vi],micropayments,NFC universallyaccessibleanduseful[v]. (NearFieldCommunications)and auctions.Manyindustries/sectorswere

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confrontedandwereradicallychangedby emergingnetworktechnologies.Itseems financialsectoristhenextone.Igave alectureonBitcoinonApril17.Here isthegraphofsearchpopularityin justlasttwomonths:

CONCLUSION Formyresearch,thatIthinkitis reallycrucialinthismomentinwhich regulationofdigitalnetworksis becomingoneofthecrucialpolitical issues,todevelopfurtheritis essentialtostayasresearcheratJVE onemoreyear,asIneverhadatimeand resourceslikeIgotinthissixmonths, butmostimportantly,theenvironment. StayingadditionalyearatJVEwouldalso enablemetocontinuefruitfulexchange andcollaborationIhavealreadystarted withfellowresearchers,mostimportantly AmberFridJimenez,EdwinGardnerand HaseebAhmed.
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[i]http://tracingconcepts.net [ii]http://medialab prado.es/article/visualizar11_proyectos_y_comunic aciones_seleccionadas [iii]http://kiberkomunist.posterous.com/41479850 [iv]http://www.shareconference.net/ [vi]http://google.com/about/corporate/company/ [vi]http://www.bitcoin.org/