dear jean francoise, i remember reviewing a paper where the authors were using "collaborative consumption" as a way to refer to organized sharing. maybe that is helpful as a keyword? cheers, s. Message: 5 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:36:55 -0700 From: Jean-Fran?ois Blanchette <blanchette@ucla.edu> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Looking for papers on sharing culture Message-ID: <7BC9ACFB-ABAC-4B1B-9EFC-E4FD5537B917@ucla.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello everyone, I am looking for papers/research on the emerging culture and technological infrastructure of sharing --- e.g., car sharing, bike sharing, ride sharing, time banks, etc. Beyond journalistic accounts, I am not having much luck, so if anyone is aware of papers on the topic, I'd much grateful. Many thanks in advance, Jean-Fran?ois Blanchette -- Jean-Fran?ois Blanchette, Associate Professeur Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/blanchette