video – P2P Foundation https://blog.p2pfoundation.net Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 62076519 The Rojava Revolution: Co-operation, Environmentalism, and Feminism in the North Syria Democratic Federation https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-rojava-revolution/2019/03/18 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-rojava-revolution/2019/03/18#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:00:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=74711 Republished from Global University for Sustainability The Fifth South-South Forum on Sustainability (SSFS5) was organized by Global University for Sustainability and the Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, together with 10 co-organizers, on 13–18 June 2018, in Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China. SSFS5 focused on “Transformative Visions and Praxis”. On Day 3 (15 June 2018),... Continue reading →

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The Fifth South-South Forum on Sustainability (SSFS5) was organized by Global University for Sustainability and the Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, together with 10 co-organizers, on 13–18 June 2018, in Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China.

SSFS5 focused on “Transformative Visions and Praxis”. On Day 3 (15 June 2018), in the session of “Community Governance and Participatory Democracy”, John RESTAKIS (Community Evolution Foundation, Canada) delivered a lecture on The Rojava Revolution: Co-operation, Environmentalism, and Feminism in the North Syria Democratic Federation. The video is produced by Global University for Sustainability, 2018.

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-rojava-revolution/2019/03/18/feed 0 74711 Michel Bauwens: Introduction to commons-based peer production https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/michel-bauwens-introduction-to-commons-based-peer-production/2019/01/14 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/michel-bauwens-introduction-to-commons-based-peer-production/2019/01/14#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=73981 Michel Bauwens: This video from IASC COMMONS is covers the evolution of the commons through history, and the role of the commons in the current shift from labor-based capitalism to contribution-based capitalism and the potential for post-capitalist developments in this particular context Photo by † David Gunter

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Photo by † David Gunter

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/michel-bauwens-introduction-to-commons-based-peer-production/2019/01/14/feed 0 73981 Patterns of Commoning: Films and Videos about the Commons https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/patterns-commoning-films-videos-commons/2017/09/26 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/patterns-commoning-films-videos-commons/2017/09/26#respond Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:30:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=67667 There are hundreds of worthy films and videos dealing with issues related to the commons in one way or another – forestry, finance, water, copyright, and more. However, the number of them that deal directly with the commons as commons are fairly few. Below, some of the more noteworthy productions of the past five years.... Continue reading →

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]]> There are hundreds of worthy films and videos dealing with issues related to the commons in one way or another – forestry, finance, water, copyright, and more. However, the number of them that deal directly with the commons as commons are fairly few. Below, some of the more noteworthy productions of the past five years. All films and videos are in English unless otherwise noted.

The Commons

A documentary film about communities all over the world reasserting sustainable, responsible futures using ancient commons principles. The film visits cooperatives, ecovillages, commons lawyers, Occupy activists, Internet commoners, indigenous peoples, community banks and others around the world to explore how commons work for them.

USA, 2016 (forthcoming). Produced and directed by Kevin Hansen.

http://commonsfilm.com

The Promise of the Commons

A beautifully produced film that focuses on natural resource commons in the global South, with special attention to land grabbing and land rights in India, Nepal, and Mexico.

India/China, 2013. Length, 50 minutes. Produced by Environmental Education Media Project, with the India-based Foundation for Ecological Security. Written by environmental educator John D. Liu and directed by Patrick Augenstein.

50-minute version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uN2b1syMsA

20-minute version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=59&v=AFnNy0WkWbE

16-minute version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJe19JoB8x8

Peter Linebaugh: Who Owns the Commons? on The Laura Flanders Show

An interview with historian and author Peter Linebaugh on the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and the significance of that legal document and the struggle behind it today.

USA, 2015. Length, 18 minutes. Produced by GRITtv.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSF3m_Uav6Y

The Commons

A left-libertarian-anarchist perspective on the commons that explains the logic of capitalism and the potential of the commons to meet needs beyond the state and market. The video features a variety of slides and a voiceover narration.

USA, 2013. Produced by Anarchist Collective. Length, 36 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0BXCiKOsKY

Script for video narration: https://theleftlibertarian.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/the-commons-beyond-the-state-capitalism-and-the-market

This Land is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons

Author and activist David Bollier provides a survey of notable enclosures of the commons, especially in the American context, and the growing international movement to reclaim the commons.

USA 2010. Length, 46 minutes. Directed by Jeremy Earp & Sut Jhally. Written by David Bollier & Jeremy Earp.

http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=146

Short Videos

Better Not More: Principles and Practices Towards the Next Economy

This video provides an overview of activist movements to decommodify nature, re-imagine the character of work, liberate knowledge and democratize wealth. USA. Length, 5 minutes. Produced by Kontent Film and EDGE Funders Alliance.

https://vimeo.com/124550319

Mutiny! Why We Love Pirates and How They Can Save Us

Kester Brewin, a mathematics teacher in South East London, explains what our love of pirates tells us about renewing the commons. The talk draws upon his 2012 book, Mutiny!

UK, 2013. Length, 13 minutes. Produced by TEDx Exeter (UK).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=escnWFDUYhI

A Commons Conversation

Participants in a workshop hosted by the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and the German Institute for Human Rights provide a thoughtful introduction to subsistence and traditional commons, especially in Africa, with a focus on secure land tenure and food security.

Germany, 2014. Length, 5 minutes. Produced by the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies and German Institute for Human Rights.

https://vimeo.com/109114444

Remix The Commons

The website for this collaborative multimedia project (see profile on pp. 132-135) features dozens of short video interviews with commoners from around the world, focusing on key ideas and practices.

France/Canada, 2010 – 2015. In English and French.

http://www.remixthecommons.org/en

Commons in Action

A series of short animated videos about a variety of different types of commons.

USA, 2014. Each is less than three minutes. Produced by the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Animations by Viumasters.

  1. Knowledge Commons
  2. A Japanese story
  3. Grupo de Estudios Ambientales’ story
  4. Foundation for Ecological Security story
  5. Grupo Autonómo para la Investigación Ambiental’s story
  6. Open Spaces Society story

All videos are available at http://www.iasc-commons.org/impact-stories.

Patterns of Commoning, edited by Silke Helfrich and David Bollier, is being serialized in the P2P Foundation blog. Visit the Patterns of Commoning and Commons Strategies Group websites for more resources.

Photo by Sabino .

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/patterns-commoning-films-videos-commons/2017/09/26/feed 0 67667 Video of the day: Sustainable Live-For-Free Communities in Australia https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/video-day-sustainable-live-free-communities-australia/2016/11/09 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/video-day-sustainable-live-free-communities-australia/2016/11/09#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:00:56 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=61298 Originally published by Bonnie McArthur.

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/video-day-sustainable-live-free-communities-australia/2016/11/09/feed 0 61298 Six Circles for Harmless Organising https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/six-circles-harmless-organising/2016/10/12 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/six-circles-harmless-organising/2016/10/12#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:57:28 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=60526 A rough cut of a talk that Loomio co-founder Rich Bartlett is developing to explain some of the cultural forms they use to organise without bosses. Originally posted by Loomio. Photo by familymwr

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]]> A rough cut of a talk that Loomio co-founder Rich Bartlett is developing to explain some of the cultural forms they use to organise without bosses.

Originally posted by Loomio.

Photo by familymwr

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/six-circles-harmless-organising/2016/10/12/feed 0 60526 Netflix researching “large-scale peer-to-peer technology” for streaming https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/netflix-researching-large-scale-peer-to-peer-technology-for-streaming/2014/05/03 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/netflix-researching-large-scale-peer-to-peer-technology-for-streaming/2014/05/03#respond Sat, 03 May 2014 12:17:14 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=38640 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 →

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Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

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 like Netflix not make use of a similar technology, and thereby circumvent the monopolistic bandwidth tolls levied on it by dinosaur ISPs in the USA?

 

Job ad says Netflix wants to “integrate P2P as an additional delivery mechanism.”
by Jon Brodkin – Apr 25 2014, 10:45pm CEST

When we wrote about the possibility of Netflix using a peer-to-peer architecture for streaming earlier today, it seemed like more of a thought experiment than a real possibility.

But it turns out Netflix is looking for an engineer to research this very type of system. By searching Netflix job postings we found an opening for a senior software engineer who would work on Netflix’s Open Connect content delivery network while researching how P2P technology could be used for streaming.

“Netflix seeks a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with a special focus in peer-to-peer networks,” the listing says. Responsibilities include:

Research and architecture of large-scale peer-to-peer network technology as applicable to Netflix streaming.
Liaise with internal client and toolkit teams to integrate P2P as an additional delivery mechanism.
Design and develop tools for the operation of peer-to-peer enabled clients in a production environment.

The successful applicant is required to have “At least five years of relevant experience with development and testing of large-scale peer-to-peer systems.” Preferred qualifications include “Knowledge of and proven experience with P2P, CDN/HTTP cache/proxy technology.”

The job posting appears to be at least a month old. When asked whether the company intends to stream video using P2P, a Netflix spokesperson replied only that “the best way to see it is that we look at all kinds of routes.”

Our story this morning was spurred by a blog post written by BitTorrent, Inc. CEO Eric Klinker, who argued that a peer-to-peer architecture would help Netflix deliver its traffic without having to pay Internet service providers. We spoke with Klinker this afternoon, and he expanded on his thoughts.

“Netflix has a hard time getting traffic onto these networks. It’s because they are in a hub-and-spoke model where the traffic flows in only one direction, from Netflix to the consumer,” Klinker told Ars.
Read more at Ars Technica

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/netflix-researching-large-scale-peer-to-peer-technology-for-streaming/2014/05/03/feed 0 38640 Ecuador’s FLOK Project: what can we learn from the ‘really existing knowledge economy’ https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/video-of-the-day-the-social-knowledge-economy-in-ecuador/2014/04/07 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/video-of-the-day-the-social-knowledge-economy-in-ecuador/2014/04/07#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:03:01 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=38012 The Floksociety.org project wants to create the conditions for a fully fledged open-knowledge based commons society, or ‘social knowledge economy’. But this economy already exists, and we must learn from it. In this presentation, Michel Bauwens outlines, for a group of researchers working in Ecuador, what we know about the functioning and institutionalization of this... Continue reading →

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]]> The Floksociety.org project wants to create the conditions for a fully fledged open-knowledge based commons society, or ‘social knowledge economy’. But this economy already exists, and we must learn from it. In this presentation, Michel Bauwens outlines, for a group of researchers working in Ecuador, what we know about the functioning and institutionalization of this new economy, how it integrated in the existing political economy, and how it can be liberated from this. How do we move from a proto-mode of peer production, to a fully functioning and autonomous modality that can ensure its own self-production. Michel tells me he felt particularly inspired that day, stimulated by the serious intent of the researchers present. Thanks to the IAEN, research dean Freddy Alvarez, and the team of the Amauwta research sharing project for sponsoring this event.

http://embed.bambuser.com/broadcast/4496551

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