Wouter Tebbens

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Wouter Tebbens is an industrial engineer born and raised in The Netherlands working from Barcelona. He works for a knowledge society based in human freedom, solidarity, care and regeneration through commons-cooperative networks. He’s co-founded and participates in various cooperatives and … Continued

Energy

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Our industrial civilisation is at a crossroads. Oil and other fossil fuels that have led to modern lifestyles for large parts of the global population are quickly drying up. The globally rising energy demand, exhaustion of fossil fuels and pollution … Continued

The Free Technology Academy

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  The Free Technology Academy (FTA) aims to contribute to a society that permits all users to study, participate and build upon existing knowledge without restrictions. The FTA offers an online master level programme with course modules about Free Technologies. … Continued

Education

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From a Free Knowledge perspective, education is a key element in several aspects. The act of teaching/learning constitutes by definition the main mechanism for knowledge transmission and preservation. Educational environments are also rich discussion places where knowledge evolves and grows. … Continued

Projects

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Currently FKI participates in various ways to the several projects and initiatives described in the first part of this page. The second part, instead, lists some of the main projects on which we worked in the past, about topics that … Continued

The Free Knowledge Institute participates in “Digital DIY” Project

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Digital Do It Yourself (DiDIY) is a new socio-technological phenomenon, centered around digital devices that support, often through open online communities, the convergence of “atoms” and “bits”. The DiDIY Research Project, which addresses the Horizon 2020 call for a “Human-centric … Continued

Standards

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It is well known that computer technologies have a network effect: the more users a certain software has, and in particular a certain file format, the more other users are attracted to using the same technology. As a consequence, software … Continued

Five years of FKI!

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1. Our lustrum: adopting the strategy Exactly five years ago, on 12 December 2007, the Free Knowledge Institute was officially founded. It has been a joyous and fruitful journey and after the first 5 years of the FKI the time … Continued