Silke Helfrich about the Commons as a New Political Subject
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David Bollier:
"Silke Helfrich, a German commons activist, discussed “Commons as a new political subject” (27 minutes). She said that “it’s impossible today to know what’s going on about the commons because so many things are popping up or converging that it’s hard to keep up with them all.” She said that there are three distinct ways of approaching the commons: the commons as pools of shared resources to be managed collectively; the commons as social processes that bring commoning into being; and the commons as an attitude and way of thinking about a broader paradigm shift going on."