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# Open But Unequal
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Institute for Biology and Biochemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland. • October 2015

Puneet Kishor (Plazi)

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## Open But Unequal
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<h3>science outside institutions</h3>
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by Puneet Kishor

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This is not a scientific talk. It is a talk based on anecdotes and personal experience. I am an environmental scientist with a fair amount of experience in natural resources and earth science data analysis and management. I spent the last eight years of my life, the last three full time, advocating for open science, and as a consequence, immersed in copyright-related issues. For the past six months I have been independent, and a lot of my thoughts have focused based on this experience.

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## Science is Primarily Institutional

When we are a part of an institution, we forget what it is like to be outside it.

Call it **Institutional Hegemony**.

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I signed up for a workshop and wrote “independent” in the affiliation field, and was told that unless I provided a valid affiliation, I would be denied admission. Thankfully I was able to pull out my experience and background (with an organization) and the organizers backed off. But not everyone may be able to do that.

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## Science in Formal Academies

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Employees at 
* universities
* research agencies
* private firms  
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## Science in Formal Academies

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* lectures
* books
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## Science in Formal Academies

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* labs
* instruments
* commercial and open source software
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## Science in Formal Academies

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* exams
* degrees
* papers (citation impact factor)
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## Science in Formal Academies

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* conferences and workshops
* usually very expensive, and requiring an affiliation with an institution
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## Science in Formal Academies

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  ### Intellectual Property Framework
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* copyright
* patents
* MTAs
* norms
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