The document discusses the discourse of open science and its implications for power and inequality, highlighting that open science is more than just open access; it involves the entire research process and emphasizes reproducibility and reusability. It critiques the assumptions underpinning open science definitions, particularly regarding whose interests they serve and whose experiences may be overlooked. Additionally, it raises questions about social transformation, the distribution of knowledge in global capitalism, and the ongoing inequalities in knowledge production.

1. POWER AND INEQUALITY IN OPEN
SCIENCE DISCOURSES

2. Red de Ciencia Abierta y Colaborativa
para el Desarrollo

4. SOURCE: Open and Collaborative Science Manifesto

5. • University researchers
• Social movement activists
• K-12 students
• Farmers
• Indigenous communities
• Women in rural areas
• Hackers and OH movement
COMMUNITIES WORKING WITH OCSDNET

6. SOURCE: Open and Collaborative Science Manifesto

7. GAP
SOURCE: Open and Collaborative Science Manifesto

8. OPEN SCIENCE POLICIES / POLITICAS DE CIENCIA ABIERTA
OECD (2015)
An effort by researchers, governments, research funding agencies and the
scientific community to make the outputs of publicly funded research
results […] accessible in digital format with no or minimal restriction
Dakar Declaration on Open Science in Africa (2017)
Open Science is a means not an end – much more than just open access to
publications or data. It includes many stages of research processes,
enabling full reproducibility and re-usability of scientific results”

9. LIBER Statement on Enabling Open Science (2014)
A first step towards strengthening the global competitiveness of European
research
Mallorca Open Science (2017)
Open Science is essential to fully achieve its target knowledge and innovation
based economy

10. What assumptions are embedded in these definitions?
Whose interests are they serving?
And whose interests are they neglecting?

11. 1- Open Science is a historically produced discourse
openness is not inherently positive or neutral
embedded in historical legacies and social struggles
de-contextualizing openness =
erasing experiences those who have been harmed by it
situated openness: recognizing context, power and history
whose histories count?

12. 2- Open Science as a practice of social transformation
consider social and political dimensions of knowledge and technology
nurturing human and social networks
economic value vs. social value
question of distribution in global capitalism
who benefits from this logic?

13. 3 - Open Science asks who is left behind
knowledge production remains uneven and unequal
barriers of gender, race, socioeconomic status, and ability
legitimacy of community-based knowledge and inquiries
lowering barriers to participation
who defines research agendas?

14. stay critical

15. @know_gap