Knowledge communities / ed. by Javier Echeverria, Andoni Alonso, and Pedro J. Oiarzabal. - 1st ed. - Reno, Nev. : Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, 2011. - 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Conference papers series ; No. 6 .

Conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : from communities of practice to knowledge communities / Javier Echeverria, Andoni Alonso, and Pedro J. Oiarzabal ; Science ; Epistemopolis : from knowledge communities to knowledge cities / Javier Echeverria ; Climate change and knowledge communities / Mari Carmen Gallastegui and Ibon Galarraga ; The ikastola from community to knowledge community : learning and organizational changes / Alfonso Unceta and Marcelino Masa ; Knowledge communities, structural contexts, and innovation spaces / Ander Gurrutxaga and Alvaro Luna ; Free knowledge ; Knowledge communities : from conceptual issues to ethical-political questions / Carl Mitcham ; System error : liberate memory! / Natxo Rodriguez ; Free software explains everything / Christopher Kelty ; Right to know, new technologies, and new communities of citizenship / Andoni Alonso and Antonio Lafuente ; Arts ; Two Basque sculptors / Peter Selz ; Paris, New York, and the Basque international art community / Anna Maria Guasch and Joseba Zulaika ; Online ; Online knowledge crowds and communities / Caroline Haythornthwaite ; The online social networks of the Basque diaspora : fast forwarded, 2005-2009 / Pedro J. Oiarzabal.

"Collection of articles from the Knowledge Communities Conference on information cultures and communities" - Provided by publisher.

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Information technology--Social aspects--Congresses.
Information society--Congresses.
Communities of practice--Congresses.
Knowledge management--Congresses.
Community life--Congresses.
Computers and civilization--Congresses.