Stories & Resources
A New Approach to Understanding Knowledge and Ownership
Historian and sinologist Dagmar Schäfer elucidates some of the deep-seated issues inherent in how contemporary Western society defines knowledge and ownership.
How is our current knowledge system and knowledge economy structured? What challenges emerge from these frameworks? What role do scientists and scholars play in both sustaining and transforming these systems?
Introducing the concept of the kn/own/able, this video offers a novel paradigm for addressing these questions and supporting new perspectives around knowledge ownership.
Credits:
Animations by DGA
Music: Living in Hope by Purple Planet, https://www.purple-planet.com, CC BY 3.0
