International Commons Conference - 2010

Status

This is a working document to prepare a conference in Berlin, that will take place November 1 and 2, 2010.

For basic general info, see here: Constructing a Commons-Based Policy Platform

Participating Individuals

Austria

• Brigitte Kratzwald, commons-oriented social scientist and political activist from Graz, maintainer of a Austrian Commons blog

See Brigitte's listing of: Commons-Oriented Websites in Austria

• Franz Nahrada begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting Knowledge Commons, P2P Cooperation for liveable habitat - Global Villages - part of the ICC support team with focus on content and consensus

Argentina

• Beatriz Busaniche, Board member of Fundación Vía libre, Founding member of Wikimedia Argentina. ICC coordination team.

Brazil

• Rosa Acevedo*

• Jose Murilo, Digital Culture Coordinator at Brazil's Ministry of Culture

• Miguel Said Vieira; Brazilian researcher and activist in the field of free knowledge and culture; member of Epidemia, a Brazilian collective which advocates for free knowledge and culture

- Articles in Portuguese on collaborative production, commodification and the commons, available at http://impropriedades.wordpress.com/artigos

Canada

• Maude Barlow, Food and Water Watch
• David Eaves, Open government, open source, negotiation. Writer, consultant, public speaker.

Colombia

• Carolina Botero, Fundación Karisma

Some texts on her works // Algunos textos sobre su trabajo

1. http://www.karisma.org.co/carobotero/index.php/2009/12/02/pensando-en-procomun/ (castellano)
2. http://www.revistaacontratiempo.com/?ediciones/revista-13/articulos/pensar-los-generos-musicales-desde-las-nuevas-prcticas-de-intercambio-sonoro.html (castellano)
3. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~content=a912824972~fulltext=713240928 (english)
4. http://www.karisma.org.co/carobotero/index.php/2009/08/04/%C2%BFdesde-cuando-el-dominio-publico-es-un-robo/ (castellano)

other texts in // mas textos en

1. http://www.karisma.org.co/carobotero/index.php/sobre-mi/publicaciones/ (castellano)

You will find more about her (spanish) // puede explorar mas sobre ella en (castellano)

1. http://www,karisma.org.co/carobotero/
2. http://www.twitter.com/carobotero
3. http://www.equinoxio.org.co
4. http://www.slideshare,com/carobotero

Chile

• Claudio Ruiz, ONG Derechos Digitales

Ecuador

• Alberto Acosta, Minister of the Economy (German-language bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Acosta_(%C3%96konom))

The Yasuni Amazon Commons

English introduction via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOX9rGaNpec&feature=youtube_gdata

Dr. Acosta recommends the two following websites regarding the protection of biodiversity and the rights of indigenous peoples:

1. http://www.amazoniaporlavida.org/es/
2. http://yasuni-itt.gob.ec/

Two documents, available from the author:

1. A modo de prólogo del libro. ITT-Yasuní Entre el petróleo y la vida ¡Basta a la explotación de petróleo en la Amazonía! Alberto Acosta
2. El Buen (con) Vivir, una utopía por (re)construir. Alcances de la Constitución de Montecristi. Alberto Acosta1

Egypt

• Hala Essalmawi, Library of Alexandria

Finland

• Jiri Rasanan (jiri.rasanen@iki.fi), eCars Now

France

• Philippe Aigrain, Co-founder and strategy adviser, La Quadrature du Net, CEO, SOPINSPACE, personal blog.

• Genvieve Azam*

• Gaelle Krikorian*

• Aurore Lalucq*

• Herve Le Crosnier*

• Marie Mazalto, World Mountain People Association

• Ricardo Petrella*

• Valerie Peugeot*

• Sultan Frederic

• Kalinowski Wojtek*

Germany

• Christoph Bruch Head, Open Access Unit, Max Planck Digital Library

Proposed short introduction: Open Access

- Die Digitale Chance nutzen. Neue Herausforderung für Verlage und Wissenschaftsbetrieb [1]

• Stephan Dohrn, IASC

• Rainer Kuhlen University of Konstanz, Information Science (www.kuhlen.name) - An ethical foundation of knowledge as a commons

• Prof. Dr. Michael Opielka University of Applied Sciences Jena

Proposed text:

- The Case of Basic Income for Third Way Politics after the Global Crisis. Paper presented at the Colloquium of the Center for Social Science together with the Institute of Social Welfare of Seoul National University, May 27, 2010

• Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Co-Chair, UNEP Resource Panel(formerly founder and president of the Wuppertal Institute)

Read Mr. von Weizsäcker's contributions to the policy debate:

-- Limits to Privatization

• Gerd Wessling Co-Founder of Transition Town Bielefeld & Transition D/A/CH, Transition Trainer, Phycisist

More info via International Transition Network

Greece

• Nikos Salingaros, Gruppo Salingaros: a think tank of architects, urbanists, sociologists and scientists, for the moment mostly active in Italy and Portugal, who are planning a new urban future for Italy and Europe.

Dr. Salingaros has published key articles on Peer-to-peer Urbanism.

Websites:

1. http://32.hoppakay.com/home.html
2. http://zeta.math.utsa.edu/~yxk833/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Salingaros

India

• Jai Sen, Director of ‘India Institute for Critical Action: Centre In Movement’. i.e. CACIM [2]

Contribution:

- From Open Space to Open Politics: In this essay for Antipode, Vol 42 No 4, 2010 (ISSN 0066-4812), pp 994–1018, In his essay Sen gives further depth to the discussion of the commons, through an exploration of the concept of open space, principally through his direct engagement with the World Social Forum. He explores three key organising principles of open space: self organisation, autonomy and emergence, which together define a powerful new kind of politics. (Full original unedited version available @ http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=Publications.)

- ‘Against Ecological and Information Enclosures : Towards a Convergence of “Commons”. A Note on a Workshop in New Delhi, December 13 2007’. Available @ http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=Multilogues2Notes (Cacim 2008)

Italy

• Marco Berlinguer
• Mayo Fuster [3]
• Ezio Manzini

Kenya

• Esther Mwangi

Netherlands

• Jaromil, aka Denis Roio, Dyne.org; researcher with the NIMk Artlab, Netherlands Media Art Institute

Suggested readings:

- extensive interview Armin Medosh has made me http://www.thenextlayer.org/node/421

- on network collectivism, http://jaromil.dyne.org/journal/net_collectivism.html

Philippines

• Roberto Verzola [4]

Spain

• Jordi Claramonte, La Tabacalera social center

Some english texts on his works on the Aesthetic Commons:

1. http://jordiclaramonte.blogspot.com/2009/10/aesthetic-commons.html
2. http://jordiclaramonte.blogspot.com/2009/04/modal-aesthetics.html

Active in:

1. http://lalistadesinde.net/
2. http://hacktivistas.net/
3. http://www.sindominio.net
4. http://medialab-prado.es/article/culturas_de_lo_comun
5. http://medialab-prado.es/article/ontologia_juridica_libre_-_laboratorio_del_procomun

UK

• J. Martin Pedersen, Lancaster University, co-founder of Knowledge Lab [5] (PhD thesis: Property, Commoning and the Politics of Free Software)

• George Por, Community Intelligence

See also: * Earth Commons Rising, a forum of commons news of global relevance [6]

U.S.A.

• Neal Gorenflo [7], Common Source, a Tides Center project and publisher of Shareable Magazine.

• Michael Madison, professor of law at the School of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Marc Mascarenhas-Swan, Just Alternative Sustainable Economics (JASecon [8]

• Ruth Meinzen-Dick, 1) Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); 2) Coordinator of the CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) ; President of the International Association for the Study of the Commons

• James Bernard Quilligan, Global Commons Trust [9].

Presentation: Beyond State Capitalism: The Commons Economy in our Lifetimes [10]

• Burns H Weston, Director, Climate Legacy Initiative (CLI)

Participating Organizations

International

• CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), Ruth Meinzen-Dick

• Community Intelligence, George Por

• International Association for the Study of the Commons, President: Ruth Meinzen-Dick

• International Food Policy Research Institute [11], Ruth Meinzen-Dick [12]

• International Transition Network

Brazil

• Brazilian Digital Culture Forum [13], [14]; Jose Murilo

Finland

eCars Now [15], Jiri Rasanen

Germany

Transition D/A/CH, Gerd Wessling

India

CACIM, Jai Sen (director)

Ireland

1. Feasta

U.S.A

• CommonSource, a Tides Center project and publisher of Shareable Magazine. Represented by Neal Gorenflo. Learn more: http://shareable.net

• Global Commons Trust, represented by James Bernard Quilligan

• Just Alternative Sustainable Economics (JASecon [16]. Represented by Marc Mascarenhas-Swan.

Policy Proposals by Topic

Introduction and Generalities

1. Developing the Meta Services for the Eco-Social Economy, draft proposed by Feasta writers, Ireland/UK
2. Framework for Augmenting the Collective Intelligence of the Ecosystem of Commons-based Initiatives, George Por, Community Intelligence
3. Infrastructural Commons for Sustainability, edited by Emer O'Siochru and David Korowitz. EENGO Submission to the (Irish) National Sustainable Development Strategy. Final Report January 2008.
4. Securing the Commons. By Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Esther Mwangi, and Stephan Dohrn. CAPRi Policy Brief 4. [17]

Topics and Policy Domains

Cultural Commons

• Constructing Commons in the Cultural Environment (Michael Madison, Brett M. Frischmann & Katherine J. Strandburg)95 Cornell L. Rev. 657 (2010) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1265793 and a collection of papers discussing that work at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/cornell-law-review/Volume-95-Number-4.cfm

• The Complexity of Commons (Michael Madison, Brett M. Frischmann & Katherine J. Strandburg)95 Cornell L. Rev. 839 (2010) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1607701

• The University as Constructed Cultural Commons (Michael Madison, Brett M. Frischmann & Katherine J. Strandburg)30 Wash. U. J. Law & Pol’y 365 (2009) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1256090

• Internet & Création: comment reconnaître les échanges sur internet en finançant la création, Philippe Aigrain, InLibroVeritas, 2008

In Brazil:

• Collaborative Civil-rights based Regulatory Framework for Internet in Brazil - The IGF Workshop
• Open Consultation on the Brazilian Copyright Reform Proposal - English version
• Reserva Cultural ("Cultural Reserve"), a community-based project for sharing of cultural works, in São Paulo: http://www.gpopai.usp.br/wiki/index.php/Reserva>, video

Earth and Climate Commons

1. Cap and Share: A Fair Way to Cut Greenhouse Emissions [18], written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK.
2. Global Climate Trust, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
3. The Viable Systems Model and Climate Governance; written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
4. Against Ecological and Information Enclosures : Towards a Convergence of “Commons”. A Note on a Workshop in New Delhi, December 13 2007’. Jai Sen (Cacim 2008) [19]

Currency or Monetary Commons

1. Liquidity Network [20]: Mutual credit commons written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK

Infrastructure Commons

1. Developing the Meta Services for the Eco-Social Economy, draft written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK

Land, Food and Water Commons

1. Food and Water Watch, USA, represented by Maude Barlow
2. Land Value Tax, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
3. Biting the Bullet: How to Secure Access to Drylands Resources for Multiple Users. By Esther Mwangi and Stephan Dohrn. CAPRi Working Paper 47. [21]

CCRI website has links to the IASC conference and the 8 National Seminars,

1. with 8th seminar on Common Land, http://www.ccri.ac.uk/Events/8thseminarcommonland.htm
2. the 'heritage and landscape' category, e.g. http://www.ccri.ac.uk/Projects/HeritageandLandscape/Current/Assessingdevelopingprinciplesdeliverynationalbiodiversitytargets.htm

Brazil:

1. Jean Pierre Leroy's chapter about territorial management by Amazonian communities, in the book Genes, Bytes and Emissions [22] in Spanish

UK:

1. the Commons Act 2006. Text of the law is at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/pdfs/ukpga_20060026_en.pdf
2. legal aspects of common land approach in the UK at DEFRA: http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/protected/commonland/index.htm
3. Useful summary on common land in England and Wales: see http://www.naturenet.net/law/commonland.html
4. Examples of local councils: the Federation to Cumbria Commoners and the Dartmoor Commons Council.
5. OSS (Open Spaces Society) either: http://www.oss.org.uk/

(Commons-based) Taxation

1. Land Value Tax, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK (video

Knowledge/Science Commons

• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities [23]
• Berlin 8 Open Access Conference [24]
• Coalition for Action "Copyright for Education and Research" [25]

General Documentation

Peer to Peer Urbanism

From Dr. Nikos Salingaros of the Gruppo Salingaros:

1. http://www.greekarchitects.gr/en/architectural-review/peer-to-peer-urbanism-id1973
2. http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/urban-seeding-and-the-city-as-computer/2008/09/08
3. http://p2pfoundation.net/Peer-to-Peer_Themes_and_Urban_Priorities_for_the_Self-organizing_Society

Video

1. Emer O'Siochru on Reclaiming the Commons [26] : addresses destruction of 'the commons' - the vital but undefined resources that sustain life and civilisation that are under threat form the current system. It offered ideas about how they can be redefined, given legal protection within the market economy
2. Dan Sullivan on the Land Value Tax as a Community Development Tool

Organizers

1. David Bollier