Sy Taffel attented the conference held in Westminster University and organized by Furtherfields.org, i.e Re-Rooting Digital Culture – Media Art Ecologies. I think this is a fair representation of my arguments, so I reproduce his summary: “One thing which left me somewhat confused was why the event was billed as an unconference, when in reality… Continue reading
Date archives "June 2011"
Minimum Demands of Barcelona Protest Camp
Minimum demands from the Barcelona Protest Camp May 31, 2011 -TRANSLATION- from 15 May Revolution (Originally posted at http://acampadabcn.wordpress.com/demandes/ consulted 31 May 2011 17:00 ) Minimum Demands In Barcelona several documents are being written collectivly, ?? they collect the wisdom and the contributions of hundreds of people. These documents speak about the different levels… Continue reading
Are self-organized networks a dangerous and mistaken idea?
Famous documentary-maker Adam Curtis has an intriguing editorial in the Guardian, which I recommend you read in full here. It’s hard to summarize but the essential thesis that the idea that ecosystems, and possibly human peer to peer systems, are self-organizing systems that tend towards equilibrium are a dangerous “right-wing” idea. This connection is even… Continue reading
Governance for the Global Commons: Recognizing Planetary Boundaries
1. Earth-system science is still in its infancy and much more needs to be known to create a robust solution to humanity’s global dilemma. Nevertheless, we know enough now about the functioning of the Earth system that we must learn to respect the hardwired limits of our own life-support system. 2. Respecting the boundaries means… Continue reading
Los Invencibles de la plaza Cataluña 27/05/2011
The first video shows the police attempt to dislodge the peaceful occupaton of plaze Cataluna in Barcelona, on May 27th. The second video shows Manuel Castells speaking at the same camp, in Spanish. Via: Video: Manuel Castells en #acampadabcn
Vote of The People’s Assembly of Syntagma Square
Document and website related to the mobilization in Athens, Greece. VOTE OF THE PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY OF SYNTAGMA SQUARE For a long time decisions have been made for us, without us. We are workers, unemployed, retirees, youth, who have come to Syntagma Square to fight and struggle for our lives and our future. We are here… Continue reading
Thesis of the Week (2): Four scenarios for the future of the alterglobalization movement
We continue our treatment of the excellent and stimulating PhD thesis from Jose Ramos, on the history and prefigurative future of the alterglobalization movement: * Dissertation: Alternative Futures of Globalisation. A Socio-Ecological Study of the World Social Forum Process. José María Ramos. Queensland University of Technology Division of Research and Commercialisation. May 2010 * Excerpt… Continue reading
Pirene Lab III – P2P Living Lab in the Pyrenees
From Pirene Lab: We invite you to take a breath of fresh air and get involved in Pirene Lab! An environment where citizens, businesses and public administration get together to develop and innovate new models, products and services, collectively for 500 million users. Pirene Lab is a High Mountain Rural Living Lab, backed by CitiLab… Continue reading
Spotting Unidentified Revolutionary Objects (U.R.O’s)
Help the P2P Foundation report on the new p2p-inspired social mobilizations in the world, such as recently in Tunisia , Spain, or Greece: * Bahrein * China * Egypt * Iran * Italy * Lybia * Palestina * Russia * Syria (graphic: thank you TheBoon!)
The Ecuadorian proposal for a Forest Commons
Excerpted from Johann Hari: ” At the tip of this South American country there lies 4,000 lush square miles of rainforest where the Amazon basin, the Andes mountains and the equator come together. It is the most biodiverse place on Earth. When scientists studied a single hectare of it, they found it had more different… Continue reading
Amicable networks and the peer governance mechanisms at Puerta del Sol
What is taking place within Spain at present is part of a wider narrative that police repression will simply not be able quell. A historic social and political shift appears to be taking place as an entire generation of young people attempt to take control of their own collective destiny – both in Europe and… Continue reading