The Gifting Logos – Expertise in the Digital Commons

"In this timely, smart, and sharply argued book, Hartelius investigates the politics of expertise across the digital commons. By merging theoretical, historical, and focused analytical work, Hartelius illuminates what is new about expertise in the digital age. And in showing us a gifting logos, we are given a fresh perspective for thinking anew the value implicit in inventing and circulating digital epistemic material."--Thomas Rickert, author of Ambient Rhetoric: The Attunements of Rhetorical Being

"What are we doing when we 'do' the internet? Hartelius's answer--that we are gifting expertise--offers critical purchase on the emergent digital commons. This carefully argued book contributes to transdisciplinary conversations about epistemic rhetoric and cultural politics under conditions of digitality."--Damien Pfister, author of Networked Media, Networked Rhetorics