Layne Hartsell Fellow, P2P Foundation and The Asia Institute Address to the World Energy Congress in South Korea Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Science, Society and Fukushima An argument for technology from global justice First, let me thank the nuclear engineering Department at Seoul National University and Dr. Suh, and A-E-S-O-P, and many of you… Continue reading
‘Content Industry’ set to privatize net infrastructure: digital rights management in html-5
It seems that the internet as we knew it is about to pass away, giving way to a much more controlled environment where websites can code what can and what can’t be done with so-called ‘content’, which becomes something akin to a controlled substance. David Bollier in his recent article The Piecemeal Privatization of Web… Continue reading
Binding Chaos – Society vs Dissociation
“The world is long overdue for a completely new system of governance. If there was ever a need for political representation or a paternalistic and opaque authority it has been removed by technology. Every political system we have tried has proven incapable of protecting human rights and dignity. Every political system we have tried has… Continue reading
Post-Crisis Networks for Political and Social Change in Greece
In addition to our efforts in the P2P Lab and to our collaborators and partners (for example the DLN network or the Athens-based hackerspace), the TEPSIE report (see the full citation and more info about it at the end) contains some more initiatives with the aim to build alternatives for the Greek society: “This category… Continue reading
From the Command Economy to the eNetworked Industrial Ecosystem
* Article: IT – Revolutions in the Industry: From the Command Economy to the eNetworked Industrial Ecosystem – Position Paper – By Mihaela Ulieru and John Verdon. “This paper explores the transition from the command & control (C2) structure and culture of the traditional hierarchy – as backbone of last Century’s Industrial Revolution – towards… Continue reading
Join the Sharing Cities Map Jam
“Hey sharing folks, Shareable is hosting the Sharing Cities Map Jam October 12th through the 26th. This is the kickoff action of our just announced Sharing Cities Network. We want to collaborate with you to map all the sharing goodness in as many cities as possible around the world. You know all that good stuff… Continue reading
#Pcond – Participatory Open Online Course Oct 15th – Dec 6th
“Media@McGill’s Participatory, Open, Online Course (or “POOC”) on The Participatory Condition addresses the history, problems and possibilities of participatory media in contemporary society. The POOC is offered as a complement to Media@McGill’s international colloquium on The Participatory Condition, taking place in Montreal on November 15th and 16th, 2013. All participants who register for the POOC… Continue reading
Self-Organizational Pedagogy
* Article: Complexity and Education – Self-organizational Pedagogy on the Edge of Chaos. Giorgio Bertini. P2P Theorizing on learning: “This paper describes our attempt to develop a pedagogical practice informed by the concepts of complexity applied to education. The context of our study was the science methods course within an elementary teacher education program. The… Continue reading
Project of the Day: Community Sourced Capital
Community Sourced Capital = CSC helps local businesses borrow money from people in their community. “Neither crowdfunding nor a financial institution in the traditional sense, Community Sourced Capital (CSC) aims to build community through finance by enabling community members to provide needed capital to local businesses. Through aggregating small sums from community members, CSC pools… Continue reading
How to Build a “Shareable City”
Republished from David Bollier: “Shareable and the Sustainable Economies Law Center have released a fantastic new report surveying the ways in which cities can adopt policies to promote “sharing” in a range of areas — food, housing, transportation and jobs. The landmark report, “Policies for Shareable Cities: A Sharing Economy Policy Primer for Urban Leaders,”… Continue reading