An accidental millionaire by BitCoin
Posted by wouter on Friday, 26 April 2013About cryptocurrencies and the evolution to a global social means of exchange
Exploring the viability of a collaborative economy, which considers the commons and social impact, seeking fair relationships among agents.
Fostering technological independence and social autonomy by building smart cities connecting sensors and actuators to the network.
The Digital do it yourself phenomenon (DiDIY) boosts sharing creative nowledge and rapid innovation, impacts on the whole economy and creates new opportunities and responsibilities
Can we liberate the market through commons governance?
Posted by fki on Friday, 14 December 2012In the Barcelona-based Escola dels Commons we study the commons and right now we are discussing about the market, how current markets work and how they could work, if redefined under commons logic. Monday 17th December we hold a public debate about this in the offices of the Xarxa d'Economia Solidaria (XES) a Barcelona.
Five years of FKI!
Posted by fki on Wednesday, 12 December 20121. Our lustrum: adopting the strategy
Down with ACTA! The EU must protect our commons
Posted by fki on Monday, 2 July 2012The Free Knowledge Institute is among the signatories of the following joint press release by 53 European and International organisations to invite Members of European Parliament to reject ACTA, and beyond, engage in a positive reform of copyright and patents.
ACTA threatens fundamental freedoms online, Net neutrality, innovation, access to and sharing of free/libre/open technologies, education, culture, essential medicines and seeds.
About Free, Libre and Open
Posted by fki on Friday, 14 October 2011There have been and still are intense flamewars about the use of the terms free, libre and open in the context of software, knowledge and licensing. As the Free Software movement was the first in defining the main concepts (of copyleft, using copyright to protect the freedoms and thus stimulate sharing of knowledge), let us start there.
FTA Community Portal opens its doors
Posted by fki on Friday, 12 August 2011The Free Technology Academy is happy to announce the new FTA Community Portal: an open space where anyone can participate in the Academy daily life and be a part of the FTA virtual community.
A vision for the FTA
Posted by fki on Tuesday, 3 May 2011Recently we came together with the partners of the Free Technology Academy at the Open University Netherlands in Heerlen to discuss strategies and concrete plans to go forward. In this post I will try to explain the main aspects of the vision we discussed in the session "Evolving Free Technology Education together.
Varna Free University from Bulgaria joins the FTA
Posted by fki on Thursday, 10 March 2011The FTA Network is maturing. Today the Varna Free University from Bulgaria has joined the Free Technology Academy as Associate Partner. The VFU will start providing FTA courses in Bulgarian and furthermore is planning to set up its own master programme in collaboration with FTA partners.
Building a Shared Free Technology Master Curriculum
Posted by wouter on Wednesday, 26 January 2011As you may know the Free Knowledge Institute seeks to advance the sharing of knowledge and take away technical, social and legal impediments. One of our core activities lies in education and over the last years we have established a network of universities and specialised groups working together in offering master level courses online through the Free Technology Academy.
The Knowledge Society – a Freedom Centred Perspective
Posted by wouter on Friday, 1 October 2010The core team behind the Free Knowledge Institute publishes an article about the Knowledge Society from a freedom centred perspective. This week it is presented by David Jacovkis at the Free Culture Research Conference in Berlin.