Co-Constructing a Commons Paradigm
- Dissertation: Co-constructing A Commons Paradigm. Jan Inglis.
" addresses on how social change in general happens, weaving in research in adult development and and integral perspective relevant to understanding the movement to a Commons paradigm."
Contents
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES ARE SYMPTOMS OF A SYSTEMIC DISCONNECTION BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITY
OVERVIEW OF THE CHALLENGING SITUATION HUMANITY IS FACING
TRACING THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR CURRENT OPERATING SYSTEM
- Changing Perceptions of Human Nature as Reflected in Market Relationships 10
- The Gift Economy: Value Created Through Relationship 11
- Increasing Scale and Complexity of Trade Relationships 12
- The Concept of Individuality 14
- The Enclosure of the Commons 15
- How the Changing Views of Money Impacted What We Value and How We Relate 16
- Can Humans be Trusted to Take Care of Each Other and Their Resources? 17
- Commodification of Human Activity and Nature 19
HOW COULD WE BUILD A NEW COLLABORATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM?
HOW DOES SOCIAL CHANGE HAPPEN?
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION
- We Constructed This Problematic Situation, How Do We Construct a “Better” One? 26
- Social Construction Reflected in Systems Theory 31
- Language, and Patterns of Coordinated Actions 32
- Polyphonic Discourse and Deliberative Democracy 34
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PARADIGM
- Social Construction at a Global Level 39
- Scaffolding the Development of New Paradigm 40
- Fostering Reflective Capacity, Social Learning and Transformational Learning 41
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION
- The Scale of Public Interactions 45
- Co-constructing Decisions to take Joint Actions 54
- How Legitimacy is Constructed 55
- Developmentally Designed Deliberation 56
SUMMARY
COMMONS CONCEPTS: A PARADIGM UNDER CONSTRUCTION
IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMONS PARADIGM
ARTICULATION OF CORE CONCEPTS OF THE EMERGING COMMONS PARADIGM
- Essential Elements and Organizing Principles 63
REFRAMING CONCEPTIONS OF GOVERNANCE, RESOURCES, AND ECONOMICS
- Reframing Governance 66
- Reframing Resources 73
- Reframing Economics 82
DEFINING WHAT COMMONS ISN’T
- Commons Differs from the Environmental/Sustainability Movement 85
- Commons Differs from Civil Society 86
- Commons is Not Anarchy/ Communism/ Marxism 87
- Commons is Not Everything Good in the World 88
COMMONS AS BOTH A SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND EPISTEMIC COMMUNITY
SUMMARY
HOW ARE WE DOING AT CO-CONSTRUCTING THIS NEW COMMONS PARADIGM
AREAS OF INQUIRY
PROCESSES OF INQUIRY
FOUR AREAS OF INQUIRY INTO COMMONS PARADIGM DEVELOPMENT
- The Online and Face-to-face Introductory Workshops 99
- Great Lakes Commons Conference 101
- A Small Sample of Interviews 112
- Commons Paradigm Think Tank 116
CONCLUSION
SUMMARY OF THE JOURNEY
REFLECTIONS ON THE FOUR AREAS OF INQUIRY
- From Thesis to Antithesis: Observing What is Not Working 124
- From Antithesis to a New Synthesis: Seeking a Better Way 125
- Key Learnings 127