The aspirational vs the real of ‘peer to peer’ ideals! Martijn Arets of Crowd Expedition interviews Ethan Zuckerman, at The Next Web Europe in Amsterdam. He is the director of the MIT Center for Civic Media and the author most recently of Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection”. Question: why are we talking… Continue reading
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Procomuns Plenary 11: Open Source Circular Economy
Video of a discussion on the topic of Open Source Circular Economy and the commons of reuse. Examples? Suggestions? What do we need to facilitate them? What tools are needed? Meeting spaces? Challenges? Opportunities? Including social organizations from Barcelona and beyond, with Leandro Navarro, Anita García, and others. Note: All Procomuns videos feature simultaneous translation,… Continue reading
The remarkable keynote of Yochai Benkler on the state of the commons/sharing movements and the tensions within
I didn’t attend this year’s Ouishare conference in Paris, always a highlight of the year, but I received many echoes of participants who said they were blown away by the closing keynote of Yochai Benkler, who responds to what his has experienced during these 3 days in Paris. It’s indeed a remarkable synthesis of where… Continue reading
Video: Neoliberalism as Utopianism
Interesting discussion between Chris Hedges and author John Ralston Saul discussing and dissecting neoliberalism as an ideology. From the notes to the video: In this episode of Days of Revolt, host Chris Hedges and author John Ralston Saul discuss neoliberalism as an ideology, the breakdown of that ideology, and what comes next. The two draw… Continue reading
Procomuns Plenary 10: Blockchain & Public Administration
Video exploring the topic of the Blockchain and public administration, with Primavera de Filippi and Rachel O’Dwyer. Note: All Procomuns videos feature simultaneous translation, please switch from left to right channels to change languages. This plenary was filmed at PROCOMUNS, a 3 day event which was held in Barcelona in March, 2016 to discuss commons-oriented… Continue reading
Procomuns Plenary 9: Peer cooperativism
Video exploring peer cooperativism, collaborative economy, feminist economy & social and solidarity economy, with Derek Razo, Felix Weth, Hillary Wainwright and Maria Cristina Carrasco. Note: All Procomuns videos feature simultaneous translation, please switch from left to right channels to change languages. This plenary was filmed at PROCOMUNS, a 3 day event which was held in Barcelona in… Continue reading
Dahlia Wasfi on the destruction of the seed commons in Iraq
Dahlia Wasfi describes the devastating consequences of the U.S.-imposed post-invasion destruction of the seed commons in Iraq. From the notes to the video: Having spent her early childhood in Iraq under Saddam Hussein and having returned twice to Iraq since the U.S. invasion, Dr. Wasfi has a first hand understanding of the invasions devastating repercussions…. Continue reading
Procomuns Plenary 8: Public Policies for Collaborative Economies
Video exploring the current situation at the level of the City Councils, Generalitat, Central Administration and European Commission. What are the different roles of the administrations? A debate about the most appropriate models of collaborative economy to be promoted from the administrations, with Mara Ballestrini, Carolyn Hassan, David Hammerstein, Adrián Todolí and Ivana Pais. Note:… Continue reading
Matt Damon: In Defense of Civil Disobedience
“The rule of law maximizes injustice. The rule of law is the darling of the leaders and the plague of the people. We ought to begin to recognize this. What we are trying to do is to get back to the principles, the aims and the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. This spirit is resistance to… Continue reading
Procomuns Plenary 7: What economy? Profit versus sustainability (II)
Video exploring questions of what type of economy we want and need. With Dmytri Kleiner, Elena Tarifa i Herrero, Ester Vidal and Ramon Roca. Note: All Procomuns videos feature simultaneous translation, please switch from left to right channels to change languages. This plenary was filmed at PROCOMUNS, a 3 day event which was held in… Continue reading
Yanis Varoufakis on the death of the 20th Century’s Social Contract, and What is Next
Brilliant explanation of why the social insurance model of the 20th century is dying and why the basic income is the unavoidable alternative. Really worth listening to, watch the video lecture above: Technical change turns Basic Income into a necessity Future of Work – 04.05.2016, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. Keynote Yanis Varoufakis (GRE), former Greek Minister… Continue reading
Procomuns Plenary 6: European Commission call on distributed architecture and financial instruments
Video panel discussing European Commission call on distributed architecture and financial instruments. The session presented the call in further detail to get reactions and questions from people, and to stimulate a strategic discussion on the future of open, privacy-aware and distributed architectures in Europe. With European Commission Officers Fabrizio Sestini and Loretta Anania. Note: All… Continue reading
Re-visiting the Gender Wage Gap
This kicks off the first of a series of videos I’ll be doing exploring the controversial debates surrounding the gender wage gap. While I do make reference to the gender wage gap globally, my expertise is more specifically on the gender wage gap in North American and British context. This short video offers a breakdown… Continue reading
Procomuns Plenary 5: why decentralization is relevant
Video panel exploring questions of why decentralization is relevant. The session addressed this topic with examples from projects like D-CENT and Pump.io, as well as the digital social innovation ecosystem in Europe. There was also a presentation about the European strategy for Collective Awareness Platforms and distributed infrastructures. Featuring David Rozas, Loretta Anania, Irina Bolychevsky,… Continue reading
P2P Foundation wins 2016 Golden Nica for Digital Communities (Prix Ars Electronica)
What great news – the P2P Foundation has been awarded the 2016 Golden Nica for Digital Communities from Prix Ars Electronica! It’s such a pleasure to share this news with our community – and because “digital community” was the category that we chose for our application, I’d also like to share the video and text… Continue reading
Procomuns Plenary 4: Commons and the City
Note: All Procomuns videos feature simultaneous translation, please switch from left to right channels to change languages. This plenary was filmed at PROCOMUNS, a 3 day event which was held in Barcelona in March, 2016 to discuss commons-oriented approaches to public policy, peer production and the commons collaborative economy. Key goals included proposing public policies… Continue reading