Long Road

Chris Kelty’s book, Two Bits, just launched. You can read more about it from his post at Savage Minds.

Yeah for Chris! The even better news is that the book can be downloaded and “modulated” (remixed, etc) all from the Two Bits website. Chris and his collaborators have set the bar pretty high in terms of their own remixing of traditional academic book distribution practices. Way to go!

I met Chris as I was just dipping my toes in the ocean of free culture/free software/ open access debates in 2004 at a SSRC symposium in Santa Clara. I was presenting material about and a critique of “remixing” in relation to indigenous challenges to the unquestioned commons talk. Chris asked the first question after my talk and I had no idea what he was asking! I tried my best to flub through, but it was hopeless. Despite my ineptitude then Chris has been a great interlocutor on my journey into this field and his work is a stellar example of the best kind of anthropology around.

Congratulations Chris!