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

[Christian Fuchs]

Good initiative, just that the Google mailing list is not digital 
commons based at all but the very opposite...
Why not a RiseUp mailing list or something comparable?
Christian

Am 11.10.25 um 21:19 schrieb Nanci Oddone via Air-L:
> Hello Zach
> Fantastic initiative!
> I've got the error message too, after filling out the google form and
> sending an email to criticalcommonsresearch+subscribe at googlegroups.com.
> Looking forward to the "Birds of a Feather" meetup at AoIR 2025 next Friday.
> Nanci
>
>
>
> Nanci Oddone, PhD
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> Em sáb., 11 de out. de 2025 às 15:47, Abigail De Kosnik via Air-L <
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org> escreveu:
>
>> adding me manually would be perfect thank you!!
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM Zach McDowell <zmcdowell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh no! I’ll look into this! Thank you for letting me know. I can add you
>>> manually to the group later!
>>>
>>> ———
>>> 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
>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>> https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003094081/wikipedia-representation-reality-zachary-mcdowell-matthew-vetter
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