Salvatore Iaconesi (of ‘Art is Open Source’ and the ‘Ubiquitous Commons’ project is interviewed by La scuola open source: * How do you envision an “open source school”? Well, now you are going to hate me, but it doesn’t matter. In my opinion an “open source school” does not exist. According to what I’ve said… Continue reading
Date archives "October 2015"
The Commons Strategies Group in Berlin: 800 Years of Commoning
A summary from the Commons Strategies Group recent event in Berlin. Originally published in the Böll Foundation website. Two noted activists, David Bollier and Michel Bauwens of the Commons Strategies Group/P2P Foundation, discussed the role of the commons and peer to peer production in meeting people’s needs and the many enclosures of the commons that… Continue reading
Platform cooperativism: bringing together new technology with the long history of democratic, cooperative enterprise
Excerpted from Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider: (The authors are co-organizers of “Platform Cooperativism: The Internet, Ownership, Democracy” at the New School on November 13-14.) “Companies like Uber now tend to describe what they do as the “on-demand economy” rather than “sharing.” But there is also a movement underway to create a real sharing economy… Continue reading
Las Indias: The Anchovies become a club
The League of the Anchovy changes its statutes, name, and logo to become a tool for the network that was born over this last year. A little more than a year ago, we took a radical turn: we refounded our life-long association, the Library of the Indies. With Juan Urrutia, Neal Gorenflo, Matt Scales,… Continue reading
A world of unethical objects is upon us
We exceptionally republish the whole article by Marcelo Rinesi: “Volkswagen didn’t make a faulty car: they programmed it to cheat intelligently. The difference isn’t semantics, it’s game-theoretical (and it borders on applied demonology). Regulatory practices assume untrustworthy humans living in a reliable universe. People will be tempted to lie if they think the benefits outweigh… Continue reading
Scaffolds of an Intentional Tech Movement
A guest post by Alexa Clay. This past weekend at the Berlin Future Forum (BFF), a conference bringing together creative artists and entrepreneurs, technologists and spiritualists, an agenda crystallized for me that has been nagging at me for some time: what are the conditions for a more intentional technology movement? As some of you know,… Continue reading
A call to reconnect despite disconnecting tech tools
Challenging and entertaining presentation by Alexa Clay, the ‘Amish Futurist’ and friends, about the need for soul in technology and despite technology. Watch the video here:
Video: Migrants and their commoning
One of the interesting talks at the IdeaCamp 2015, dedicated to the urban commons and organized by the European Cultural Foundation: “During the 2015 edition of the Idea Camp, Dr. Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe has given an Idea Talk entitled ‘When Commoning Strategies Travel’. Dr. Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe, a London-born urban anthropologist with Nigerian-Irish/English-Guyanese roots, dedicates… Continue reading
Interesting civic-private ridesharing partnership initiative in Sweden
From Mattias Jägerskog in Gothenburg, Sweden: “This is huge: Hertz renting cars becomes free of charge ridesharing cars – and Skjutsgruppen becomes a first of its kind search engine in Europe! We’ve been working with this for a couple of months and it’s rolling out right now. We want to be modest with saying “Europe”… Continue reading
The history, present status and future potential of the Network Commons
Excerpted from Armin Medosch: “At the moment of the demise of the New Economy, a new cycle started with new projects and new ideas. In London in the year 2000, and in Athens independently from London, two years later, movements started to build wireless community networks. Using a license exempt part of the electromagnetic spectrum… Continue reading
Impact Economy 2015: Stephanie Rearick on Mutual Aid Networks
The M.A.N. project, from Madison, Wisconsin but with antenna’s in at least 16 other locales, is one of our favourite commons-oriented projects, aiming to enhance the solidarity economy. Watch the interview with one of the co-founders Stephanie Rearick here at:
Impact Economy 2015: Arthur Brock, Michael Linton and Matthew Slater on how to reform money
Some of the monetary reform pioneers were (are) present at the Impact Economy Conference 2015 in Whistler, Canada. Here is a short interview with key questions, watch the video here:
POC21: Eco-hacking a Fossil-Free, Collaborative Future
At the upcoming COP Summit in Paris (the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), no one expects the world’s governments to make serious headway against global climate change. Neoliberal-obsessed governments are more concerned with propping up collapsing capitalist structures than in reducing carbon emissions (which have doubled over the past generation). Corporations are more intent… Continue reading
Now Organizing: A Chicago Chamber of Commons
The coming together of commons-oriented projects seems to be intensifying. Even as the Le Temps des Communes festival in dozens of Francophone cities convenes thousands of commoners, an organizing meeting for a Chicago Chamber of Commons in planned for Saturday, October 10. (You can register for the event here.) This idea has been kicking around… Continue reading
The Future of Work: Owning What We Share
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace. The culture surrounding the Internet has a way of changing the meanings of common words. “Democratizing” now means that more people can book air travel… Continue reading
Sustainable Development: Something New or More of the Same?
Two years ago when he was 14, my son Matthew grew six inches. Last year he only grew two inches, and this year he has only grown half an inch. Should I be worried? Of course not. At a certain stage of maturity, quantifiable physical growth slows and stops, and a new mode of development… Continue reading