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* See also: [[Introduction to the P2P Foundation Wiki Material about Sharing]]


Sharing is a concept with competing meanings (it is simply defined by [[Wikipedia: Sharing]] as just "the joint use of a resource or space"). But at the P2P Foundation, we sharply distinguish what we consider real sharing (which may involve the joint construction and management of [[Commons]]), from simply exchanging goods and services for money over a privately owned platform. The [[Sharing Economy]] is therefore a concept which confuses sharply different practices.
Sharing is a concept with competing meanings (it is simply defined by [[Wikipedia: Sharing]] as just "the joint use of a resource or space"). But at the P2P Foundation, we sharply distinguish what we consider real sharing (which may involve the joint construction and management of [[Commons]]), from simply exchanging goods and services for money over a privately owned platform. The [[Sharing Economy]] is therefore a concept which confuses sharply different practices.
To get a better sense of the different meanings of sharing, we recommend:
* getting a sense of the relational grammar developed by Alan Page Fiske, see: [[Relational Model Typology - Fiske]], which distinguishes the gift economy, commoning, authority ranking and market pricing, as four ways to distribute resources in a society.
* an explanation of the four basic categories of the emerging 'sharing economy', on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMV4cqRgV6Q]; for supporting text and graph, see: [[Four Future P2P Scenarios]]. We distinguish four formats for the so-called [[Sharing Economy]], i.e.: [[Netarchical Capitalism]], [[Distributed Capitalism]],
[[Resilient Communities]] and [[Global Commons]]
* Our proposed alternatives to the mainstream sharing economy based on private platforms is [[Platform Cooperativism]] and [[Open Cooperatives]]
* Friends of the P2P Foundation who are working on a better understanding and better practices for a true sharing economy: [[Ouishare]], [[Shareable]]


==Key Quote==
==Key Quote==
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* For examples including immaterial resources, see (e.g.): [[Participatory Challenge]]; [[Labor Gifting and Sharing]]; [[One Couch at a Time]]; [[Time Banks]]
* For examples including immaterial resources, see (e.g.): [[Participatory Challenge]]; [[Labor Gifting and Sharing]]; [[One Couch at a Time]]; [[Time Banks]]


Ordinary commercial rental is not covered here, as it is just the resource being used by several people, with the ownership and control remaining entirely with a single entity (individual or business),  
Commercial rental is not covered here, as that is just the resource being used by several people, with the ownership and control remaining entirely with a single entity (individual or business),  
which normally extracts a profit from the rental.
which extracts a profit from the rental.
 
When private resources are being 'shared' through a platform, as in the well-known cases of AirBnB, Uber, Taskrabbit and other similar arrangements, the situation is less clear. While many people see these as belonging to the [[Sharing Economy]], others see it as more like commercial rental, with the ownership of the resources being outsourced.
 
To get a better sense of the different meanings of sharing, we recommend:
 
* getting a sense of the relational grammar developed by Alan Page Fiske, see: [[Relational Model Typology - Fiske]], which distinguishes the gift economy, commoning, authority ranking and market pricing, as four ways to distribute resources in a society.
* an explanation of the four basic categories of the emerging 'sharing economy', on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMV4cqRgV6Q]; for supporting text and graph, see: [[Four Future P2P Scenarios]]. We distinguish four formats for the so-called [[Sharing Economy]], i.e.: [[Netarchical Capitalism]], [[Distributed Capitalism]], [[Resilient Communities]] and [[Global Commons]]
* Our proposed alternatives to the mainstream sharing economy based on private platforms is [[Platform Cooperativism]] and [[Open Cooperatives]]
* Friends of the P2P Foundation who are working on a better understanding and better practices for a true sharing economy: [[Ouishare]], [[Shareable]]


==Useful learning resources==
==Useful learning resources==
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===Deeper Study===
===Deeper Study===
* [[Introduction to the P2P Foundation Wiki Material about Sharing]] compiled by [[Michel Bauwens]] ''(ex category page)''
* [[Introduction to the P2P Foundation Wiki Material about Sharing]] compiled by [[Michel Bauwens]] ''(ex category page)''
* [[Four Future P2P Scenarios]]
*# [[Netarchical Capitalism]]
*# [[Distributed Capitalism]]
*# [[Resilient Communities]]
*# [[Global Commons]]


===Critical Material===
===Critical Material===
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* [[:Category: Cooperation]]
* [[:Category: Cooperation]]
* [[:Category: Cooperatives]] ; [[:Category: Platform Cooperatives]]
* [[:Category: Cooperatives]] ; [[:Category: Platform Cooperatives]]
* [[:Category: Economics]]
* [[:Category: Participation]]
* [[:Category: Participation]]


Latest revision as of 14:04, 2 March 2020

Sharing is a concept with competing meanings (it is simply defined by Wikipedia: Sharing as just "the joint use of a resource or space"). But at the P2P Foundation, we sharply distinguish what we consider real sharing (which may involve the joint construction and management of Commons), from simply exchanging goods and services for money over a privately owned platform. The Sharing Economy is therefore a concept which confuses sharply different practices.

Key Quote

While Kevin Carson here is referring primarily to goods, this can also be applied to information resources.

"Sharing is a way of maximizing the utilization of idle productive goods owned by individuals. Just about any tool or appliance you need for a current project, but lack, is probably gathering dust on the shelf of someone within a few blocks of where you live. If the pooling of such idle resources doesn’t seem like much of a deal for the person with the unused appliances, keep in mind first that he isn’t getting anything at all out of them now, second that he may trade access to them for access to other people’s tools that he needs, and third that the arrangement may increase the variety of goods and services he has to choose from outside the wage system." - [1]


Key Concepts of This Category

Most discussion of sharing focuses around material resources being shared by more than one private owner, though sharing also extends to participation, time and labour.

Commercial rental is not covered here, as that is just the resource being used by several people, with the ownership and control remaining entirely with a single entity (individual or business), which extracts a profit from the rental.

When private resources are being 'shared' through a platform, as in the well-known cases of AirBnB, Uber, Taskrabbit and other similar arrangements, the situation is less clear. While many people see these as belonging to the Sharing Economy, others see it as more like commercial rental, with the ownership of the resources being outsourced.

To get a better sense of the different meanings of sharing, we recommend:

Useful learning resources

Introductory

Deeper Study

Critical Material

Related Categories

Related Concepts

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