“The favelas are emerging as “symbolic capital”, as “wealth”, and as “commodities” in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They are no longer the place of “excluded” non-subjects, as in some imaginaries and discourses, but rather a cyber-periphery, a place of “wealth in poverty” fought over by Nike, Globo Network Television, and the State, as… Continue reading
Clay Shirky on Constructive Criticism for Peer Collaboration
What kind of criticism works and should you listen to? Great ‘epistemological’ keynote by Clay Shirky. Watch the video here:
Commons-Based Peer Production and Artistic Expression: Two Cases from Greece.
Fourth of a 10-posts-series on P2P Lab’s 2013 publications. Full reference: Kostakis, V. & Drechsler, W. (Forthcoming). Commons-based peer production and artistic expression: Two cases from Greece. New Media & Society. Summary This essay narrates, from a creator-observation perspective, the production of two works of fiction, a book of short stories and a play, based… Continue reading
Personalized Manufacturing and 3D-Printing are not compatible with Intellectual Property Rights
Excerpted from Joren DeWachter: “A key characteristic of the Intellectual Property system, as it currently exists, is that it is very closely linked to the manufacturing processes of the Industrial Revolution. A patent (the right to exclude others to manufacture or distribute a product or use a production process) only makes sense if you make… Continue reading
Rushkoff: "The object of the game in the 21st century is not to win but to develop a sustainable model"
Douglas Rushkoff is in fine form in this video interview, recorded by Alex Pasternack for Motherboard in early 2012. The interview is still highly relevant today. Rushkoff talks about how, while many see Occupy as dead, in fact it “has barely begun”, and that the movement will never lend itself to being described “in a… Continue reading
The logic of the commons to build global citizenship and global justice at multiple levels and scales.
The Building a Global Citizen’s Movement conference in Johannesburg, November 11-13, organized by DEEP, Concord, Civicus with the support of the Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation is kicking is starting a community to build a Global Citizens Movement and is crowdsourcing input from participants for a declaration of common commitment for this movement. I proposed… Continue reading
Event: Infrastructuring the Commons? Helsinki
Infrastructuring the Commons? November 7. 2013 – 9:00-16:15 Place: Media Factory Auditorium (Aalto University, Arabia Campus – Hämeentie 135 a 3rd floor) ”commons are a new way of expressing a very old idea: that some things belong to everyone and as a whole, they comprise a set of resources that should be actively protected and… Continue reading
A typology of openness
Reproduced from Tim Berners-Lee: “I was recently asked to talk about the idea of “open”, and I realized the term is used in at least eight different ways. The distinct interpretations are all important in different but interlocking ways. Getting them confused leads to a lot of misunderstanding, so it’s good to review them all…. Continue reading
Rhizomatica links up Mexican villages the Telcos ‘forgot’
Rhizomatica (http://rhizomatica.org/) is a project that seeks to close the gap Telcos like to leave on the outskirts of their areas of coverage. The current focus of activity is in Mexico’s Oaxaca province, where indigenous communities cannot get service from the large telecommunications giants. The Rhizomatica project makes inter-village communications possible. There is an indiegogo… Continue reading
Essay of the Day: Designing Online Channels for Digital Humanitarians
Designing Online Channels for Digital Humanitarians * Thesis: Participatory Aid Marketplace. Designing Online Channels for Digital Humanitarians. Matt Stempeck, 2013 URL = http://www.mattstempeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Matt-Stempeck-Participatory-Aid-Marketplace.pdf Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and Planning, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2013 Abstract… Continue reading