Program: Undergraduate
Course Areas
Cultural heritage Informatics
Social Informatics
Catalog Description
Explore the concepts and values of open knowledge and equity and how they intersect with the ongoing evolution of digital environments. We will examine complex sociotechnical dimensions of knowledge construction and circulation and information access. Course work will grow writing, information literacy, and critical thinking skills through discussions and readings, reflective and analytical writing and revision.
Instructor Description
This course we will explore the concepts and values of open knowledge and knowledge equity and how they intersect with the ongoing evolution of digital environments. Open knowledge can be described as information that is freely available to the public to use and redistribute. Knowledge equity extends beyond information access and use to also include what is valued as knowledge, whom that knowledge represents, and who creates it.
Prerequisites
Upper-division standing and Informatics 310C.
*Effective Fall 2026 - this prerequisite may also be satisfied by I 310C or I 310J.
Restrictions
No enrollment restrictions are being enforced at this time. All students are welcome regardless of major or prerequisite status.
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