Hot take: #bropenscience *is* sexist...and alienates the very people that we want on our side. Science is, objectively, dominated by men, but I'm not sure this is the right approach. It feels a little bit like if we got called "lady scientists". Dismissed by gender.
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Replying to @Jade_Pickering
I agree, and think we need to be careful about how we politicise the open science movement. Some politicisation is inescapable, but I would hate it if open science becomes, whether rightly or wrongly, associated with "loony feminist leftism".
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Replying to @Richie_Research @Jade_Pickering
To clarify, I do see a necessary & positive social justice side to the open science movement, but the way these things are presented can quickly alienate a lot of people.
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Yeah that's it. The sentiment and values of inclusivity I totally agree with and think should be taken seriously, but the execution feels wrong to me at the moment. Like you say, it's alienating.
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Replying to @Jade_Pickering @Richie_Research
Open source and open science are totally "loony lefty" though. These are inherently anti-capitalist ideas. There is some really cool history here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_free_and_open-source_software …
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This is incorrect. What have you given you that impression? Ppl have tried placing OSS both to the right & to the left, but truth is that OSS ppl come from all over. What unites them is typically disliking of copyright - a disliking we actually share with most capitalists.
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My view is that the left seem to have a louder voice on certain issues... of course my perception is skewed because my echo chamber is mostly left leaning so I can't say that with certainty. I'm also to the left, but I think we're creating a negative perception of ourselves.
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"OSS ppl come from all over" I'm sure they do but it doesn't change how the ideologies line up or the history of the movement(s). With respect to a "negative perception of ourselves". I'm not convinced, but it's possible of course.
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Replying to @o_guest @Jade_Pickering and
If you're interested in what I alluded to above: "Something is absurd about the idea that [FOSS] is apolitical. How could a movement that changes the way software is produced and alters conventional notions about the rights of users not be political[?]"http://www.ocsmag.com/2019/02/27/free-softwares-radical-past/ …
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"FOSS projects are voluntary associations. They are self-governing — not always perfectly democratic, but with community involvement in the governing."
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"Quietly, without fuss, FOSS projects everywhere have implemented almost point by point the characteristics of the type of Anarchism that was tried in Catalan during the Spanish Civil War."
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