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Dr. '''Christian Siefkes''' is a co-founder of the German-language
[http://www.freie-gesellschaft.de/ Freie-Gesellschaft-Wiki] and
[http://www.keimform.de/ Keimform-Blog], a wiki and a blog investigating
how far the potential of
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons-based_peer_production commons-based peer production] extends. Is a society possible in which peer production is
the primary mode of production, and how could such a society be organized?


Christian Siefkes holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Freie
Universität, Berlin, Germany, and is currently working as a freelance
software engineer and text mining expert. Homepage: [http://www.siefkes.net/ siefkes.net]


Book: '''[[From Exchange to Contributions]]: Generalizing Peer Production into the Physical World.''' 2007. Website: [http://www.peerconomy.org/wiki/Main_Page peerconomy.org]
=Bio=
 
Dr. Christian Siefkes [http://www.siefkes.net/] is a freelance software
engineer and author; lives in Berlin, Germany. Main research interest is
exploring the practices and the potential of commons-based peer production,
the participatory and commons-oriented way of production that brings us
free software, open content projects such as the Wikipedia, and an
increasing number of open hardware projects. Co-founder of the bilingual
Keimform-Blog [http://www.keimform.de/].
 
He's the author of the book: '''[[From Exchange to Contributions]]: Generalizing Peer Production into the Physical World.''' 2007. Website: [http://www.peerconomy.org/wiki/Main_Page peerconomy.org]
 
 
 
=Recommended publications:=
 
- Short text on building blocks of a commons-based society: Christian Siefkes: The Commons of the Future (2009), http://www.commoner.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/siefkes_future-commons.pdf
 
- Book on a commons-based society: Christian Siefkes: From Exchange to Contributions (2007), http://peerconomy.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
- List of English-language Keimform articles (many of which discuss or mention the commons): http://www.keimform.de/category/english/
 
- List of commons-related Keimform articles (in German or English): http://www.keimform.de/tag/commons/
 
- German-language report on the commons: Silke Helfrich, Rainer Kuhlen, Wolfgang Sachs, Christian Siefkes: Gemeingüter – Wohlstand durch Teilen (2010), http://www.boell.de/downloads/Gemeingueter_Report_Commons.pdf


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Bio

Dr. Christian Siefkes [1] is a freelance software engineer and author; lives in Berlin, Germany. Main research interest is exploring the practices and the potential of commons-based peer production, the participatory and commons-oriented way of production that brings us free software, open content projects such as the Wikipedia, and an increasing number of open hardware projects. Co-founder of the bilingual Keimform-Blog [2].

He's the author of the book: From Exchange to Contributions: Generalizing Peer Production into the Physical World. 2007. Website: peerconomy.org


Recommended publications:

- Short text on building blocks of a commons-based society: Christian Siefkes: The Commons of the Future (2009), http://www.commoner.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/siefkes_future-commons.pdf

- Book on a commons-based society: Christian Siefkes: From Exchange to Contributions (2007), http://peerconomy.org/wiki/Main_Page

- List of English-language Keimform articles (many of which discuss or mention the commons): http://www.keimform.de/category/english/

- List of commons-related Keimform articles (in German or English): http://www.keimform.de/tag/commons/

- German-language report on the commons: Silke Helfrich, Rainer Kuhlen, Wolfgang Sachs, Christian Siefkes: Gemeingüter – Wohlstand durch Teilen (2010), http://www.boell.de/downloads/Gemeingueter_Report_Commons.pdf