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Property, Licenses and Labor when Memory Institutions Converge with Informational Capitalism
Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Culture, Society, Design and Media.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7361-3068
2019 (English)In: Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidskrift, ISSN 1403-3216, E-ISSN 2000-8325, Vol. 22, no 2, p. 277-294Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article brings together theories on copyright, information commons and political economy to discuss the implications of memory institutions’ convergence with informational capitalism. The imperatives of sharing and participating prompt memory institutions to deal with their holdings in terms of property, and they invest time and resources in rights clearances, licensing procedures and in marking up works and artefacts as belonging to the public domain. This situation also compels them to allocate working hours to interaction on platforms owned and controlled by global media companies. Viewed through the lens of political economy, sharing and participation become gifts, not only to the public, but also to social media businesses when data traces are turned into private goods of value in informational capitalism. In return for their gifts, memory institutions fulfil democratic missions and gain reputation. However, data mining and the strategic placement of information which this allows for, run the risk of supporting populist misappropriation of heritage.

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Universitetsforlaget, 2019. Vol. 22, no 2, p. 277-294
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Memory institutions, informational capitalism, property, copyright, creative commons, public domain, digital labor
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-164534OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-164534DiVA, id: diva2:1416126
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In Orbit: Distributed Curatorial Agency when Museum Objects and Knowledge go Online
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Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P131440333Available from: 2020-03-21 Created: 2020-03-21 Last updated: 2021-09-09

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