# Wikimania 2021 Wikimedia Movement and the Paradox of Open

Open sharing of free knowledge, commons based peer production is increasingly seen as not only a challenge but also an enabler of concentrations of power online - this is the "Paradox of Open". In early 2021, Alek Tarkowski co-authored (with Paul Keller) an essay describing this paradox. During the session we will conduct a conversation on this paradox and see how it applies to the Wikimedia Movement, often seen as one of the most significant achievements of the free knowledge / openness movement. In particular, we will reflect how we can solve this Paradox and combat unjust concentrations of power, as we implement the new Movement Strategy. The discussion will be led by movement members and partners who have been engaged in both current and past stages of the Movement Strategy 2030 process.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2021
- Runtime: 44 min
- By: Alek Tarkowski, Anna Mazgal, Tanveer Hassan
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2021_Wikimedia_Movement_and_the_Paradox_of_Open.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Alek Tarkowski, Anna Mazgal, Tanveer Hassan
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/112755032?play=1)