In a posting yesterday on the Open... blog, Glyn Moody reflects on how OA initiatives may preserve Tibetan culture in the face of Chinese repression. Excerpt:
The only consolation is that however brutal China's treatment of Tibet itself becomes, Tibetan culture will live on. As well as a considerable number of Tibetans living in exile around the world (chiefly in India) who keep the flame alive, there are now a number of projects, some major international collaborations, to digitise the unique Tibetan cultural heritage. Once again, the world of bits offers a partial counterbalance to some of the terrible losses taking place in the world of atoms.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/04/2006 09:07:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
