Sensenig, Eugene; El Helou, Rouba; Malek, Rima
(Axiom Academic Publisher, 2023)
The prevalent approach to Open Educational Resources (OER) and Creative
Commons (CC) in Lebanon during the last two decades has been a manifestation of
the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ in the digital sphere. The experience of the 2019
popular uprising (‘Thawra’) and ensuing 2020-2021 Covid 19 Lockdown, however,
Covid 19 provide examples of an alternative ‘Governing the Commons’ in which
users of shared goods and resources can transcend narrow self-interest and work
for sustainable value management collectively.
Using a contrapuntal approach, two intertwined storylines will be assessed, ...