[Air-L] Announcing the *Critical Commons Research Network*

[Zach McDowell]

Oh no! I’ll look into this! Thank you for letting me know. I can add you
manually to the group later!

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Composed on a phone, so, brevity.


On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM Abigail De Kosnik <
abigail.dekosnik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing!! I filled out the google form and sent an email to the
> stated google groups address, but got an error message when I clicked to
> "Join this group": "Content unavailable." Just fyi.
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM Shani Evenstein Sigalov via Air-L <
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>
>> Wonderful news and lovely initiative, Zach.
>> Thanks for sharing!
>>
>> Shani.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM Zach McDowell via Air-L <
>> air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello AoIR,
>> >
>> > It is my pleasure to announce a new project, the *Critical Commons
>> Research
>> > Network* (CCRN). This project is funded by a Wikimedia Foundation
>> Research
>> > grant to help us gather researchers who examine the digital commons and
>> its
>> > connections from infrastructural, political-economic, policy, and other
>> > critical approaches.
>> >
>> > This network aims to examine the role, importance, and impact of
>> different
>> > aspects and areas of the digital commons and to foster relationships and
>> > mentorships for researchers in this area. I know many of y'all on this
>> list
>> > align with this type of research, and it is our hope that this can help
>> > connect us together in ways that can elevate each other's work.
>> >
>> > We are establishing an annotated digital library, a mentorship program,
>> > collaborative online (and offline) spaces, symposia and workshops, and
>> > an upcoming
>> > CFP for an edited collection
>> > <
>> >
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GBVDWi5EI35cn-S0z9UStxjGwf_davgyek8VHoF8ZdI/edit?tab=t.0
>> > >
>> > (click
>> > for sneak preview, to be announced officially soon). We are establishing
>> > some scholarships for graduate students who work in the area as well.
>> >
>> > You can find out more and join the network at
>> > https://criticalcommonsresearch.net/
>> >
>> > *If you are at AoIR this week, find me at one of the "Birds of a
>> Feather"
>> > meetups:*
>> > Friday, 17 October, afternoon break, 15:30 - 16:00
>> > Saturday, 18 October, lunch, 12:30 - 13:30
>> >
>> > live long and prosper,
>> >
>> > Zach
>> >
>> > --------------------
>> > Zachary J. McDowell, PhD
>> > Associate Professor, Department of Communication
>> > University of Illinois Chicago
>> > www.zachmcdowell.com
>> > Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality - Read online or on Kindle
>> for
>> > free
>> > <
>> >
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>> > >
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