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While writing the text of the call for papers for the current issue, our primary aim was to invite contributions towards a critical view of the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy production and distribution. is there any possibility buy clomid online for low cost However, a call for papers has always been an open challenge — being unsure of what and where you will finally get — and so we came to understand that in fact, before critically examine the aforementioned, a solid, integral theoretical framework has to be articulated. Hence, the papers and the interviews included in this special issue describe the certain context in which discussions and experiments, about and with these alternative modes of energy production and distribution, are taking place. Moreover, this issue sheds light on the relevant infrastructures; provides assumptions about the future; refers to the Greek case; and deals with the emerging political economy of P2P energy production and distribution. |
Learning (also) with computers – 2nd open call
Since September 2009, two Greek schools, the Sminthi High School and the 2nd Experimental High School of Florina, are using the OLPC XO-1 student laptops in one of their classrooms. In continuation of this pilot program, Re-public and the Greek Free/Open Source Software Company (ΕΕL/LΑΚ) extend an open call for the dispatch and use of 500 more OLPC XO-1 student laptops to Greek schools. more .. »
Call for papers – Cities in turmoil
Re-public invites contributions for a special issue dedicated to “Cities in Turmoil“. “Cities matter politically, not merely as sites where the political occurs, but as part of the political itself”,[1] participating in the reconfiguration of citizenship. This is the space in which local topographies are interconnected and re-divided, the container and stage of political conflict, where formal institutions and non-state movements develop agendas, often aimed at releasing and mobilizing affect, such as ridicule, anger, apathy and indifference. Within this context, urban turmoil is at the same time perceived as a threat and as an opportunity and its legacy equally demonised and mythologized. more .. »
Call for papers: Innovative Service Design for All (Part Two)
Re-public invites contributions for a second special issue dedicated to “Innovative Service Design for All“. Service design lies in the centre of attention in contemporary, increasingly service-oriented knowledge economies. In such contexts, user experience is paramount, including both the interfaces and interactions that customers use to contact the service provider, as well as the back-office activities performed by the service provider. more .. »
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