Documentation on Open Collaboration

collection of definitions and examples

collaboration sites

collaboration sites, social networking tools, idea depositories, etc.

collective authoring

the best known example is:

http://www.wikipedia.org/

collective decision making

examples and definitions

Us Now - a documentary about mass collaboration

this documentary introduces a number of projects (the majority functioning thanks over the web) that evolve around mass collaboration. there is everything from collective decision making to resource sharing, but since the all over focus of the film seems to be on democratic/decision making aspects, i put it in this section

here is the direct link:

http://www.vimeo.com/4489849

collective production

the most typical example is open source software. here are couple of examples of sites where collective production happens:

http://savannah.gnu.org/

http://sourceforge.net/

http://code.google.com/

sharing

sharing of resources

Knowledge Sharing

examples of knowledge sharing

Money Sharing

Ways to share money

The Point Fundraising Website

this website offers you the possibility to find others willing to donate on your project

http://www.thepoint.com/

there is a scetion specifically dedicated to fund artists and art related projects:

http://www.thepoint.com/campaign_channels/fund-an-artist

Space sharing

examples of sharing space

Studio exchange

A list of studio exchange sites:

http://www.artquest-artelier.com/

Time Sharing

examples of time sharing or time banking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Dollar