Nathaniel Tkacz

Dr. Nathaniel "Nate" Tkacz has been an assistant professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at the University of Warwick since 2012.[1]

Nathaniel Tkacz at the Wikipedia Conference, 2010

Tkacz has bachelor's degrees in arts and commerce from Monash University and a PhD in culture and communication from The University of Melbourne.

Tkacz has described his work as investigating "the political, economic and organisational dimensions of technology, with a specific focus on networked and digital forms".[1] He has made a unique study of the concept of openness on the internet and Wikipedia in particular, speaking, publishing papers and producing two books on the subject. His most recent book, Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, received a positive review in Times Higher Education.[2]

Selected publications
  • Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader. Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, 2011.[3] (Edited with Geert Lovink) ISBN 978-90-78146-13-1
  • Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness. University of Chicago Press, 2015.[4] ISBN 9780226192277

References
  1. Nathaniel Tkacz (Assistant Professor). Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. "Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, by Nathaniel Tkacz". Paul Bernal, Times Higher Education, 1 January 2015.
  3. "Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader". Network Culture.org. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness. The University of Chicago Press Books. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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