Hello, The P2Pvalue project is undertaking research on commons-based peer production (CBPP) communities around the world. The goal of this research project is to develop a software platform to support sustainable models of value generation in commons-based peer production. As part of this work, the P2P Foundation is interested in understanding more about how value… Continue reading
Date archives "May 2014"
The Cowboy and Indian Alliance unites against the Keyline pipeline
Heart-warming video recommended via Jeffrey Sterling:
MediaLab Prado’s Manifesto
Continuing our campaign supporting MediaLab Prado in the face of a possible private enclosure, today we’re republishing their Manifesto regarding the takeover. Please read and share. Manifesto in support of MediaLab Prado Medialabs are a crucial element in societies, they foster innovation, participation and knowledge dissemination. MedialabPrado (Madrid) has proven to be a successful model… Continue reading
Is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin a good idea?
The question “Is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin a good idea?” was asked on Quora and there are more than forty answers, some of them quite interesting. You can see them all on Quora. My own answer was yes, it is a good idea, but… Bitcoin may not be the next universal currency, it is merely the… Continue reading
Video presentation of the The Auroville Economy Book
“Auroville, an international township in South India, was founded in 1968. On a heavily eroded plateau, close to the Bay of Bengal near Pondicherry, a small group of about 200 pioneers set out to reforest the barren land and create a new socio-economic, ecological and spiritual habitat with a vision to build “a city the… Continue reading
Podcast of the Day/C-Realm: David Bollier on taking back the language of the Commons
Here’s a treat. KMO of the C-Realm podcast has a fast-paced, dynamic conversation with author David Bollier about the Commons, discussing both its historical and present contexts. Here’s the original post on the C-Realm website. From the shownotes to the episode: KMO welcomes independent research and writer, David Bollier, to the C-Realm to discus the themes in his… Continue reading
Occupy the Commons
Translated from an original text in Italian by Dante Cruciani. It discusses various commons issues and refers to the work and ideas of the P2P Foundation – http://www.quinternalab.org/teleriunioni/aprile-2014/287-occupy-the-commons Occupy the Commons
Project of the Day: Share N Save
Share N Save is a website which helps South Australians reduce the cost of living and improve neighbourhood networks by making it easy to share, swap and do things together. Sharon Ede explains: “”Share N Save makes visible the often hidden networks of co-operation and collaboration. By highlighting all the great work that communities are… Continue reading
Helene Finidori on FLOK Society and the Commons
Here’s an excellent summary, written by our good friend Helene Finidori from the Commons Abundance Network, on FLOK Society’s historical significance for the Commons and P2P movements. The article was originally published in STIR magazine and Helene has kindly given us permission to republish it here. This column was published in STIR’s spring issue and is available… Continue reading
The OuiShare Government Event: Towards a Partner State
Sharon Ede and partners are holding a highly symbolic event at the Ouishare Fest, tomorrow evening in Paris: “An informal gathering and conversation to connect up those working in, representing or interested in the role of government – at any level – in the collaborative economy. Organised by Sharon Ede and Matt Scales of Zero… Continue reading
Recursions: a new book series in media & cultural theory
Source – http://jussiparikka.net/2014/04/30/recursions-a-new-book-series-in-media-cultural-theory/ “We are proud to announce the launch of a new book series titled Recursions: Theories of Media, Materiality and Cultural Techniques. Placed with Amsterdam University Press, a publisher known for its strong track-record in film and media studies, the series will publish fresh, exciting and important books in media theory.” “The new… Continue reading
Phyles and the new communalism
An illustrated history of the biggest changes of our time: the globalization of the small and the reemergence of empowered communities. Essay by David de Ugarte Originally published on Las Indias Images by Carla Boserman. Translated by Steve Herrick, edited by Jane Loes Lipton – Guerrilla Translation! At the beginning of the nineteenth century, most… Continue reading
The Sharing Economy: Capitalism’s Last Stand?
Timely reflections from Arthur de Grave, originally published at Ouishare’s site. I’m glad to see Ouishare’s coverage going beyond mainstream approaches to the monetised mutualization of resources. They appear to be expanding to include explicit critiques of capitalism, and to be actively contemplating the sharing movement, in which they are positioned as a bridge to a… Continue reading
Netflix researching “large-scale peer-to-peer technology” for streaming
Source: arstechnica.com. As the allegedly illegal (and apparently now defunct) PopcornTime app showed, it is possible to combine streaming video and P2P torrent-style downloading. In fact despite the demise of the original app, others inspired by it have started to appear. So given that such a hybrid technology is possible, why should a copyright-respecting company… Continue reading
Will Bitcoin and Other Insurgent Currencies Reinvent Commerce?
Source : http://bollier.org/blog/will-bitcoin-and-other-insurgent-currencies-reinvent-commerce This and other questions are addressed in “The Weightless Marketplace: Coming to Terms with Innovative Payment Systems, Digital Currencies and Online Labor Markets,” a just-released report that I wrote for the Aspen Institute’s Communications and Society Program. The report distills the more salient points raised at a three-day conference last August that… Continue reading
When hackers and farmers join forces
Michel Bauwens suggested this short piece to Guerrilla Translation. It’s an interview with Philippe Langlois, in which he discusses the world of hackerspaces and the physical application of the open-source, collaborative mentality, applied to practical problem-solving in rural settings. Originally published in Transrural Initiatives – a collaborative magazine on the rural world – and republished… Continue reading