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Welcome to the P2P Foundation Wiki

The P2P Foundation is an international organization focused on studying, researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices in a very broad sense. This wiki is our knowledge commons. Our motto is "Together we know everything, together we have everything", i.e. pooling our resources through commons, creates prosperity for all. We document thousands of initiatives going in that direction on order to create "Hope with evidence" or Proofs of Possibility: "building proactive portfolios that demonstrate viable alternatives through real-world applications. These can be developed and implemented on a small scale before a crisis toserve as critical antecedents for political buy-in and rapid scaling." [1]

The central question we address is the following:

* "How can we enable and encourage the formation of Global Cooperative Networks within the existing Global Adversarial Network? How could these bubbles form, grow, merge and eventually shift the whole civilisation towards a more cooperative generative process." (John Ringland [2])

For a quick introduction to the P2P Foundation see our new homepage. For an introduction to our worldview, see the Commons Transition Primer website.

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"In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete. That, in essence, is the higher service to which we are all being called." ~ Buckminster Fuller ~

“Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.” ~ Milton Friedman ~

Watch this 20 min overview of our key proposals and introductory videos.

See our mandala graphic on the Role of the Commons in Civilizational Transitions

Source: With thanks to graphic artist Juliane Höhle ; twitter = @JulianeHoehle; and Leif Ostman, Uppsala University and Katrien Van Poeck, RUG-CDO.

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Dive into a world of knowledge on peer-to-peer dynamics, commons-based solutions, and transformative innovations. Visit our Publications Page to access groundbreaking articles, in-depth reports, and pioneering research.

P2P Foundation Publications

The Foundation Read': Prophets and Advocates of Peer Production. By George Dafermos. [3]. Excellent introduction to the role of the P2P Foundation in the context of the re-emergence of a commons movement that is linked to digitally-enabled self-organization. Digital Commons: Cyber-Commoners, Peer Producers and the Project of a Post-Capitalist Transition. By George Dafermos. [4]: Excellent introduction to the theoretical and strategic work of the P2P Foundation. For Beginners: Commons Transition and P2P Primer. Primer: Commons Transition and P2P: A Primer. By Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis, Stacco Troncoso and Ann-Marie Ultratel: An introduction to the commons and peer to peer dynamics. The P2P Foundation consists of autonomous but internetworked initiatives: The knowledge commons, such as this wiki, a blog, and a network of half a dozen FB groups where we do a pluralistic curation of p2p/commons developments. The P2P Foundation Research Network, coordinated by Jose Ramos, which focuses on monitoring and activating research. An official non-profit, chaired by Evi Swinnen, in Ghent, Belgium. (The original 'Foundation', established in Amsterdam, is in the process of being transferred to our research network) Thanks to Javier Arturo Rodriguez for the technical help in maintaining this wiki, and for the huge editorial assistance by Simon Grant. Our Ideas The theoretical foundations are based on the work of Michel Bauwens and others. See: Sources of P2P Theory What You Should Read To Understand the Commons See the specialized sections in this wiki: Category: P2P Theory Category: P2P Hierarchy Theory Category: P2P Class Theory Find out more about our practice here: About The P2P Foundation and our Research Our Understanding of P2P Our Guiding Principles P2P and Human Evolution: original manuscript from 2005 Screencast with an Overview of the Transformative Proposals of the P2P Foundation Four Introductory Videos The P2P Meme Map The Best P2P Essays 1 2 Bibliography of Michel Bauwens Bibliography for the Social Knowledge Economy Our Key Resources * new! : check out our Multi-Category Search for Combined Category Searching ! Explanations here! The P2P News Blog What’s New in the Wiki Wiki RSS Feed P2P Foundation RSS Feeds Join Our Learning Community! P2P Foundation Email Lists Twitter Facebook Youtube Learning More P2P Bookstore P2P Foundation Participation in Scientific Symposia P2P Seminars & (Testimonials) Our Expert Database Watch this P2P lecture! Listen to this Podcast Read this Interview Who We Are Members Founders Legal and Advisory Boards P2P Lab, Greece Alliances of the P2P Foundation Research Projects of the P2P Foundation Introduction to P2P Theory This video series was done, with excellent technical conditions, at Lignan University in Hong Kong, at the behest of Prof. Kin Chi Lau and colleagues, during the months of January 2019: E-Lecture 1: Introduction to peer to peer and the commons, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glRE-J9xFbQ E-Lecture 2: The interaction between the commons and the market, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtdftpR-7fA E-Lecture 3: Public-commons cooperation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXIwdUJ-1E E-Lecture 4: Distributed ledgers and shared supply chains, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suI7e0aNetg E-Lecture 5: The spirituality and ethics of peering and commoning, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7t2-xadpCI Michel Bauwens -- Life and Thought, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgI_TLgqdts Topics We are looking for maintainers for our subject pages! Interested? The P2P Paradigms Peer Production via Open and Free Input Peer Governance via Participatory Processes Peer Property via Commons Output See also: Cooperation and Sharing The Three Aspects of Application in Society P2P Civil Society Approaches P2P Market Approaches P2P State Approaches Transitioning to a P2P Society Hot Topics 'Right Now' the commons are essential to stay within the carrying capacity of the planet: Thermodynamic Efficiencies we need to measure positive/negative social and ecological externalities: P2P Accounting what pricing is to markets and decisions to planning, mutual coordination is to a commons-based economy: Mutual Coordination Commons-based policies for Urban Commons The Peer-Driven Collaborative and Ethical Economy is based on: Collaborative Economic Practices using new: Open Company Formats that aim to: Mutualize Infrastructures and create income through: Open Business Models and find investments through: Crowdfunding and P2P Finance based on: new P2P Value Metrics and Open Accounting that are enabled through new: Legal Infrastructures and true: P2P Technological Infrastructures. The above necessitates the construction of Shared Innovation Commons for Open and Distributed Manufacturing New P2P Culture Art Collective Intelligence Culture Education and Learning Group Facilitation Intelligence Media P2P Relationships Spirituality P2P Provisioning Systems Providing the essential provisions for human life: Air Water Food Clothing and Products Energy Health Care Housing and Shelter Transportation Other Domains of Application Community Economics Ecology and Sustainablity Economics P2P Gaming and 3D Metaverses Geography and Mapping Labor Licensing Money and Finance Music Open Standards Policy Politics Science Security and Warfare Taxation Technology P2P Villages & Cities How P2P Influences Society Overview of P2P in Business Overview of P2P in Governance P2P and Intellectual Property P2P Perspectives The Post-Growth Perspective The Post-Capitalist Perspective The Post-Corporate Perspective Resources Case Studies Companies with P2P business models Conferences on P2P topics Courses: P2P Curricula Encyclopedia : New! Mini-version Events Calendar P2P Foundation Calendar Individuals, Who's Who in P2P Licences: open and free licenses Maps Movements, P2P and commons-oriented org's Reference Research on P2P Resources and tools Standards Statistics on P2P trends Media Resources Articles on P2P topics Books on P2P topics Fiction with P2P themes Graphics Podcasts and Audio Webcasts and Video Special Projects The Commons-Based Reciprocity License Mutual Coordination Economics Working Group Towards Open Cooperativism Civilizational Analysis and the Pulsation of the Commons A ongoing study of what macrohistorians have learned about the overall evolution of humanity, life, and the cosmos, in order to understand the role of the commons in human history: Here is our resource base: Annotated Bibliography on Civilizational Analysis Cycles Patterns Scenarios for the Future Civilizational and Ecological Collapse Biophysical Basis of Human Civilization Theory Projects P2P Foundation Theory Project General P2P Theory P2P Hierarchy Theory P2P Class Theory Integral Theory Our eBooks Bauwens, M., Kostakis, V., & Pazaitis, A. (2019). Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto (Book), London: Westminster University Press. Available as free e-book at: https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book33. The Commons Transition project]: ebook and site Future Scenarios for the Collaborative Economy Our Printed Books English: Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy. By Vasilis Kostakis and Michel Bauwens. Palgrave, 2014. English: Bauwens, M., Kostakis, V., & Pazaitis, A. (2019). Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto (Book), London: Westminster University Press. Available as low-cost paperback at: https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book33. French: Sauver le monde. Vers une société post-capitaliste avec le peer-to-peer. Par Michel Bauwens et Jean Lievens. Les Liens qui Liberent, 2015. Dutch: De wereld redden. Met peer-to-peer naar een postkapitalistische samenleving. Van Michel Bauwens en Jean Lievens. Houtekiet, 2013. Overview of P2P Transition Proposals This is a summary of our key structural arguments for commons/p2p-centric social change: in capitalism there is a specific articulation of market/community (nation)/command (state) in which the market is dominant. a commons-centric economy has a different articulation in which the communal mechanisms of pooling shared resources are dominant. the commons-based processes are increasing in importance within capitalism facing systemic crises It is possible to develop a strategy for deepening and expanding the weight of the commons-based processes (transvestment, etc.). If sustained, such a strategy could ultimate erode the dominance of capitalism and create a new post-capitalist and commons-centric society. A good introductory video: Michel Bauwens Explains the Great Value-Shift of Our Time Las Indias summarizes recent p2p thinking from the period 2012-2013 [5] a good summary of the triarchical proposal to simultaneously transform civil society, the market and the state [6] the key institutional concepts of the Partner State and Public-Commons_Partnership Transition proposals towards a Commons-oriented economy and society (part of a Bauwens' & Kostakis' forthcoming book) political organizing: 1) local change through civic Alliances of the Commons and Chamber of the Commons producing social charters to recreate local political majorities [7] ; 2) the global alliance of the commons at nation-state level and beyond [8] Our aims We function as a clearinghouse for open/free, participatory/p2p and commons-oriented initiatives. We aim to be a pluralist network to document, research, and promote peer to peer alternatives. Our political aims could be summarized under the following maxims: ending the destruction of the biosphere by abandoning the dangerous conceptions of pseudo-abundance in the natural world (i.e. based on the assumption that natural resources are infinite); promoting free cultural exchange by abandoning the innovation-inhibiting conceptions of pseudo-scarcity in the cultural world (i.e. based on the assumption that the free flow of culture needs to be restricted through excessive copyrights etc...). How to support us? How you can help us?; How To Contribute; How to Write for our Wiki; P2P Foundation Wiki Requested Articles Why is participation to the P2P Foundation not totally open? Important notice on COPYRIGHT: Fair Use Notice .....Our three current strategic priorities are: stream 1: co-creating and catalyzing the alternative eco-system for open and cooperative peer production and reconstruction and economic and social power around the commons (this includes work on our Commons-Based Reciprocity License, Open Cooperativism and Phyles, and ethical enterpreneurial coalitions that co-produce commons) stream 2: recreating political voice and power, through bottom up Assemblies of the Commons and Chamber of the Commons that put forward social charters, AND through "top-down" progressive coalitions (through existing politics and parties) coalitions around the commons , i.e. 'the politics and policies of the commons', that continue our efforts to implement Commons Transition Plans. stream 3: creating synergies between cooperative peer production and sustainability, i.e. showing how a transition to the new mode of production, governance and ownership, can solve the ecological / climate crisis P2P Around The World Here is a list of Country Categories. These categories list all pages that contain country relevant tags for example will list all pages with the tag in the wiki text. Categories and Pages are different. Categories are directory listings so we use country Pages for general information and discussion for example Brazil. For a listing of all country Categories AND Pages and a quick guide on how you can help build a directory of P2P activities around the world see Country Category. 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