Towards a participative knowledge management in emerging communities of practice: form economy to ecology of knowledge

Abstract

The traditional categories of knowledge management, processing information and knowledge as data sets or as
market goods which technical management enables profit through their use, do
not always reflect the social and political
dimensions of this use. Digital technics
and networks in the context of a renewed
thinking of the ecosystems, invite us to
search for a new vision of knowledge
management within the organization and
between organizations through the development of a participatory information
culture. It implies acculturation and literacy development of new informational
use within professional or activist
context, and not only the improvement of
computer systems.