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
- 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
Some texts on her works // Algunos textos sobre su trabajo
- http://www.karisma.org.co/carobotero/index.php/2009/12/02/pensando-en-procomun/ (castellano)
- http://www.revistaacontratiempo.com/?ediciones/revista-13/articulos/pensar-los-generos-musicales-desde-las-nuevas-prcticas-de-intercambio-sonoro.html (castellano)
- http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~content=a912824972~fulltext=713240928 (english)
- 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
You will find more about her (spanish) // puede explorar mas sobre ella en (castellano)
- http://www,karisma.org.co/carobotero/
- http://www.twitter.com/carobotero
- http://www.equinoxio.org.co
- http://www.slideshare,com/carobotero
Chile
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:
Two documents, available from the author:
- 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
- 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.
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
- Friederike Habermann, economist, historian and political scientist, active in social movements
- Rainer Kuhlen University of Konstanz, Information Science (www.kuhlen.name) - An ethical foundation of knowledge as a commons
- Sten Linnander, Frankfurt
- 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:
- 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:
- http://32.hoppakay.com/home.html
- http://zeta.math.utsa.edu/~yxk833/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Salingaros
India
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
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
Spain
- Jordi Claramonte, La Tabacalera social center
Some english texts on his works on the Aesthetic Commons:
- http://jordiclaramonte.blogspot.com/2009/10/aesthetic-commons.html
- http://jordiclaramonte.blogspot.com/2009/04/modal-aesthetics.html
Active in:
- http://lalistadesinde.net/
- http://hacktivistas.net/
- http://www.sindominio.net
- http://medialab-prado.es/article/culturas_de_lo_comun
- 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)
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
- 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
Presentation: Beyond State Capitalism: The Commons Economy in our Lifetimes [10]
- Burns H Weston, Director, Climate Legacy Initiative (CLI)
Participating Organizations
International
Brazil
Finland
Germany
Transition D/A/CH, Gerd Wessling
India
CACIM, Jai Sen (director)
Ireland
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
Policy Proposals by Topic
Introduction and Generalities
- Developing the Meta Services for the Eco-Social Economy, draft proposed by Feasta writers, Ireland/UK
- Framework for Augmenting the Collective Intelligence of the Ecosystem of Commons-based Initiatives, George Por, Community Intelligence
- 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.
- 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
- La culture en communs, Entretien de Philippe Aigrain avec Aude Delalande, Philippe Mangeot et Victoire Patouillard], Vacarme, 81, 2010
In Brazil:
- 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
- Cap and Share: A Fair Way to Cut Greenhouse Emissions [18], written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK.
- Global Climate Trust, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
- The Viable Systems Model and Climate Governance; written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
- 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
- Liquidity Network [20]: Mutual credit commons written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
Infrastructure Commons
- Developing the Meta Services for the Eco-Social Economy, draft written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
Land, Food and Water Commons
- Food and Water Watch, USA, represented by Maude Barlow
- Land Value Tax, written by members of Feasta, Ireland/UK
- 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,
- with 8th seminar on Common Land, http://www.ccri.ac.uk/Events/8thseminarcommonland.htm
- the 'heritage and landscape' category, e.g. http://www.ccri.ac.uk/Projects/HeritageandLandscape/Current/Assessingdevelopingprinciplesdeliverynationalbiodiversitytargets.htm
Brazil:
- Jean Pierre Leroy's chapter about territorial management by Amazonian communities, in the book Genes, Bytes and Emissions [22] in Spanish
UK:
- the Commons Act 2006. Text of the law is at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/26/pdfs/ukpga_20060026_en.pdf
- legal aspects of common land approach in the UK at DEFRA: http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/protected/commonland/index.htm
- Useful summary on common land in England and Wales: see http://www.naturenet.net/law/commonland.html
- Examples of local councils: the Federation to Cumbria Commoners and the Dartmoor Commons Council.
- OSS (Open Spaces Society) either: http://www.oss.org.uk/
(Commons-based) Taxation
- 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]
In Brazil:
General Documentation
Peer to Peer Urbanism
From Dr. Nikos Salingaros of the Gruppo Salingaros:
- http://www.greekarchitects.gr/en/architectural-review/peer-to-peer-urbanism-id1973
- http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/urban-seeding-and-the-city-as-computer/2008/09/08
- http://p2pfoundation.net/Peer-to-Peer_Themes_and_Urban_Priorities_for_the_Self-organizing_Society
Video
- 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
- Dan Sullivan on the Land Value Tax as a Community Development Tool