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Featured content

• My world through my camera phone
  Steve Vosloo reports on a project he’s running with American and South African school kids. This article analyses the way that cellphone technology is enabling us to document the events of our daily lives.
• Re-examining Patents: The case of Turmeric at the USPTO
  The revocation of the patent on turmeric signifies a successful attempt at reversing bio-pirating activies. Allison Fish recounts the tale.
• Afrikaans Wikipedia: A Tiny Giant
  Rebecca Kahn asks why Afrikaans Wikipedia is, in terms of the world, very small, and why in terms of South Africa, it is so huge.

Where the Private and the Public collide

This month the Local Context, Global Commons team examine the public and the private in their countries of India, Brazil and South Africa. They use fascinating case studies specific to their cultural contexts, to unpack a complex topic.

• View from India: What is public?
• View from South Africa: The Private and the Public in South Africa
• View from Brazil: My Privacy is Bigger than Yours: The Cicarelli vs. YouTube case

Lab Report regulars

• Altruism Waldtruism Schmaltruism
  Wondering where the grumpy old men have been? Schmatler and Waldhead were under house arrest at their old age home, but since having their false teeth returned, they chatted to Joi Ito about the art of happiness.
• Intellectual “Property”?!
  Legal columnist, Tobias Schonwetter discusses the flawed philosophical foundation upon which intellectual property protection is based.
• Organisation Spotlight: “Be SELFish, share your knowledge!”
  SELF is a project dedicated to developing premium training and educational materials about Free Software and Open Standards. Find out more here!

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