= if we are to undertake a post-material, post-growth, post-materialist shift in our economy and civilisation, we can learn from historical non-capitalist social forms?

Towards a productive dialogue between the past and the future.

Introduction

• General context: Importance of neotraditional approaches in the reconstructive transmodern era. Michel Bauwens
• Introduction to Neotraditional Economics

Articles and Essays

• The Shared Patterns of Indigenous Culture, Permaculture and Digital Commons. Joline Blais. Indigenous Domain: Pilgrims, Permaculture and Perl. Intelligent Agent (vol. 6, no. 2, 2006). Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts. [1]

More on Indigenous / Traditional Knowledge

1. Bioculture vs Biopiracy: Alternative Approaches for Protecting Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
2. Imagining a Traditional Knowledge Commons ; Implementing a Traditional Knowledge Commons
3. Patenting Traditional Knowledge ; Protecting Community Traditional Knowledge Rights
4. Traditional Knowledge ; Traditional Knowledge Commons ; Traditional Knowledge Commons License ; Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

Practices

(Neo)Traditional Gifting/Sharing/Cooperative Practices:

Via Co-Creative Recipes:

1. Ayni: a term with a meaning that’s closely related to minga. It describes a system of work and family reciprocity among members
2. Bayanihan: in the Philippines,'communal unity'
3. Córima: The Rarámuri people of Mexico’s Chihuahua mountains use the word “córima” to describe an act of solidarity with someone who’s having trouble.
4. Gadugi: a term used in the Cherokee language which means “working together” or “cooperative labor” within a community
5. Gotong-Royong: in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia, Gotong-royong is a cooperation among many people to attain a shared goal with ideas of reciprocity or mutual aid.
6. Guelaguetza: a cross between a potlatch and a tequio. The term describes “a reciprocal exchange of goods and services”.
7. Harambee: a Kenyan tradition of community self-help events, e.g. playdraising or development activities. Harambee literally means “all pull together” in Swahili
8. Imece: a name given for a traditional Turkish village-scale collaboration.
9. Maloka: (or maloka in Portuguese) is an indigenous communal house found in the indigenous Amazon region of Colombia and Brazil.
10. Meitheal: the Irish word for a work team, gang, or party and denotes the co-operative labour system in Ireland where groups of neighbours help each other in turn with farming work
11. Mutirão: This is originally a Tupi term used in Brazil to describe collective mobilizations based on non-remunerated mutual help.
12. Naffīr: an Arabic word used in parts of Sudan (including Kordofan, Darfur, parts of the Nuba mountains and Kassala) to describe particular types of communal work undertakings.
13. Tequio: a very popular type of work for collective benefit in the Zapotec culture. Community members contribute materials or labor to carry out construction work for the community.