2006-07 International Policy Fellowship

Open Society Institute


Dick Kawooya

The Issue


Background and Justification The research project takes interest in critically analyzing public interests in the copyright system vis-a-vis access to e-resources in selected Ugandan universities and research institutions. In addition to access, the study tackles the question of knowledge representation in relation to copyright protection to deconstruct the notion of Africa as a knowledge consumer and not producer. This study is grounded in the intellectual tradition that advocates for bringing back the public good in the contemporary copyright discourse.