We usually do not cover projects under construction in the p2p foundation blog, but we make an exception for this project by Smari McCarthy, available on Github! He explains that Wasa2il is a participatory democracy software project to make it easy for groups on any scale – from the local whiskey club to the largest… Continue reading
Towards the establishment of a Global Climate Commons Regime
Excerpted from John Jopling: “Just as the actions of Henri Dunant and his friends led to the setting up of the International Commission of the Red Cross, so an independent Global Climate Commons Regime can be established by citizens without government assistance. The new regime’s most urgent task will be to establish a global permit… Continue reading
Learning from 15M’s Dynamic Nucleus Model of Liquid Decentralised Unity
How do you organise a system comprised of millions of parts, with no hierarchical structure nor centralised controlling organ? @PinkNoiseRev writes: (excerpt) “How do you organise a system comprised of millions of parts, with no hierarchical structure nor centralised controlling organ? The field of neuroscience faces a similar problem. The brain is a highly distributed… Continue reading
P2P urbanism project: Revitalizing urban public space using open source technologies
A future research project of P2P Lab with a focus on P2P urbanism. If anyone would like to participate or co-operate, he/she may contact project’s co-ordinator Vasilis Niaros. In a nutshell, the *tentative* research framewok: Introduction An essential component of the sustainability of cities is “public space” for numerous political, social and economic reasons (see… Continue reading
When can a public service be a commons?
Excerpted from Tommaso Fattori: “To understand in what sense and under what conditions public services can be considered commons, it is necessary to offer some brief notes on what is meant by public service and what by commons. In both cases it is difficult to be concise, because of the breadth of the debate on… Continue reading
A proposal to consider Public Employment as a Civic Common Pool
Excerpted from Danilo D’Antonio: “In the common interest, let me report that the democratization process, begun long time ago with the introduction of the elections, with the advent of our Republics should had be extended also to the Public Employment. The public roles are not just jobs but always hold a certain amount of public… Continue reading
Interview with Michel Bauwens for Basque Innovation Community
Really nice chat which covers all the bases of the p2p approach. The conversation was conducted by filmatu, in the context of my visit to Bilbao and the Basque innovation community. Thanks to all that contributed to my venue, such as Ricardo Amaste, InnoBasque and many others. Listen to the podcast here: listen to ‘Why… Continue reading
Using the concept of the social commons to rethink the welfare state
Republished from Francine Mestrum (Global Social Justice): “Why do we use this concept and what do we mean by it? Firstly, the term ‘social commons’ is meant to be analogous with the protection of the so-called ecological ‘commons’. Defending ‘the commons’ means focusing on that which is shared by all human beings. It is the… Continue reading
Tiberius Brastaviceanu interviewed by Layne Hartsell
Topic of the interview: Sensorica: A P2P Model for High Tech Collaboration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVBQ8MHZPNg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5xfafFnfA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUhZGWvoylqecKbke-OIRwTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH-WdV3Hj88&feature=c4-overview&list=UUhZGWvoylqecKbke-OIRwTA
The Commonification of public services as part of the new commons-based development model
Excerpted from Tommaso Fattori: “The commonification of public services is part of an overall paradigm shift: it contributes to building a new commons-based development model, which changes social relations, man-nature relations and finally the relations between current and future generations. Commoning incorporates future generations because it implies long-term “care” and “stewardship” of the world’s joint… Continue reading