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BAUWENS Michel + (He has co-produced the 3-hour TV documenta … He has co-produced the 3-hour TV documentary Technocalyps with Frank Theys, and co-edited the two-volume book on anthropology of digital society with Salvino Salvaggio. Michel was Primavera Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam and external expert at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2008, 2012). In Belgium, he published a best-selling interview transcript, with Jean Lievens, 'De Wereld Redden, met peer to peer naar een post-kapitalistische samenleving', which is nearing its third printing after a few weeks (February 2014), with an updated French-language edition, 'Sauver le Monde'. Palgrave-Macmillan produced an academic book, co-written with Vasilis Kostakis: "Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy" Michel Bauwens is a member of the Board of the Union of International Associations (Brussels), advisor to Ouishare (Paris) and Shareable magazine (San Francisco) and ShareLex. He is also scientific advisor to the "Association Les Rencontres du Mont-Blanc, Forum International des Dirigeants de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire" (2013-) and advized the Advisory Board for the 'Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity'. He functioned as the Chair of the Technology/ICT working group, Hangwa Forum (Beijing, Sichuan), to develop economic policies for long-term resilience, including through distributed manufacturing. He has written editorials for Al Jazeera English http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/michel-bauwens.html and other media outlets. He is listed at #82, on the Post Growth Institute (En)Rich list, http://enrichlist.org/the-list/ . In the first semester of 2014, Michel Bauwens was the research director of the transition project towards the social knowledge economy, an official project in Ecuador (see floksociety.org). This project produced a first integrated Commons Transition Plan for the government of Ecuador, in order to create a 'social knowledge economy', with fifteen associated policy papers. The strategic framing of the plan is available at http://commonstransition.org . In the spring and summer of 2016, Michel was Honorary Fellow/Visiting Scholar with the Havens Center at UW-Madison, as an 'activist in resident' funded by the Link Foundation, to produce a major rewrite of the 2005 P2P Manifesto, 'P2P and Human Evolution', in the context of the Real Utopias series edited by Erik Olin Wright. The manuscript will outline a coherent 'multi-modal' approach to the commons transition.Michel currently lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has taught at Payap University and Dhurakij Pandit University's International College, as well as IBICT, Rio de Janeiro. He is a founding member of the Commons Strategies Group, with HELFRICH Silke and David Bollier, organizing major global conferences on the commons and its economics. In his first business career, Michel worked for USIA, British Petroleum, riverland Publications, Belgacom, and created two internet start-ups, respectively on intranet/extranets (E-Com) and interactive marketing (KyberCo), which were sold to Alcatel and Tagora Holdings. were sold to Alcatel and Tagora Holdings.)
DALISA Giacomo + (I am Giacomo, Ph.D. in ecological economic … I am Giacomo, Ph.D. in ecological economics and instructor in political ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where I am part of the degrowth community, a group of researchers that try to explore how to imagine and implement a liveable society without growth. I have been working on waste metabolism and illegal waste trafficking for a decade. Soon, I will start a research project on commoning as post-doc in Coimbra at the Centre of Social Study. As an activist, I fought against the privatization of water in Naples between 2003 and 2006. of water in Naples between 2003 and 2006.)
KOVANEN Sunna + (I am Sunna Kovanen, a regional geographer … I am Sunna Kovanen, a regional geographer and freelance writer from Finland. I have been working in different NGOs in Finland and for a regional office of East and North Finland in Brussels.With Commons I have mostly been involved during my studies and freetime. I have been active in Commons.fi / Solidarity economy network Finland, mapping solidarity economy actors in the country and researching and writing for our blog and some academic publications.My themes have included common learning of embodied knowledge via theater improvization in comparison to common digital knowledge processes, and institutionalization and upscaling of common self-organized service production. The interest to embodied knowledge comes from my hobby in theater improvization. The theme of my next article ist care commons and feminist economies.I have lived the last year in Berlin, getting known to german-speaking commons movements and supporting the organizational development of our CSA-farm in Brandenburg. Latest I have been working for Berlin & Brandenburg ImWandel, an online media and map about alternatives of collaborative economy in and around Berlin. Starting from next year I am planning to work and study with a Cooperative "Ehta Raha" in Helsinki, which develops needs-based economy with local communities in Finland.sed economy with local communities in Finland.)
DIOJDESCU dan + (I am a Lecturer in Economics, Finance, Acc … I am a Lecturer in Economics, Finance, Accounting and related topics (Hanze University and Avans UAS, Netherlands). My broad research focus is sustainable lifestyles and new economic paradigm. My narrower research interest is on commons' governance and local currencies. I am also providing advice and support (and sometimes initiating) local projects relating to community building, local currencies and/or non-monetary finance.al currencies and/or non-monetary finance.)
KARAGIANNI Maria + (I am a PhD student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki working on issues related to the urban environment and the urban commons. I am specifically interested in bottom-up commoning initiatives in cities that produce new urban spaces.)
DIDIER Julien + (I am a belgian activist working&being … I am a belgian activist working&being in the fields of : transition, self-organization, citizen initiatives, inner transition&work that reconnects. I am part of the organization Réseau de consommateurs responsables (www.asblrcr.be) and currently working in the Mycelium project alongside with the Belgian French-speaking Hub of Transition Network (www.reseautransition.be).b of Transition Network (www.reseautransition.be).)
JERRAM Sophie + (I am a co-director Letting Space, an arts … I am a co-director Letting Space, an arts organisation in Wellington, New Zealand concerned with broadening the commons. I was a founding director of Loomio software company and am part of the Enspiral Network. I am researching toward a PhD in Europe (University of Copenhagen) concerned with art and architecture practice and the commons.and architecture practice and the commons.)
PIM Joám Evans + (I am a commoner at the Froxán Commons Comm … I am a commoner at the Froxán Commons Community, a small village inthe Galizan municipality of Lousame, close to Santiago de Compostela.Our rural Community has 100 hectares of woodlands which are managedthrough direct assembly democracy and also self-manages importantservices such as village water supply. The Community facesconsiderable threats from the mining industry and has been drawn intoa protracted conflict with the companies.The municipality of Lousame, in which I have recently served as localcouncillor, is a good example of the reality of land commons inGaliza. common land is 50% of the total in the municipality, with 33commons community assemblies managing its resources, that also includein most cases basic services such as supply of water.In this corner of Europe, the commons are a crucial aspect of ourlife. 1/3 of the land in Galiza is "commons", some 650.000 hectaresthat contribute to the livelihood of more than half a million people.Galizan "commons" is a form of "property" which is neither State-ownednor individual, but belonging to communities as open and fluid groupsof people settled in the land that steward its resources.With this context in mind, we are mostly interested in traditionalmechanisms for commons management through rural assembly democracy.But we are also very interested in expanding the notion of the commonsto other practises and places. I am also involved with the iComunalesinitiative (http://www.icomunales.org/), connected to the global ICCAConsortium (http://www.iccaconsortium.org/).Finally, I would like to draw your attention to a massive conflictthat currently involved several other commons communities in ourmunicipality regarding a project to set up a massive industrial wastelandfill for a million tons in prime agricultural and forest landsthat directly affects dozens of farmers and drinking water supplies ofmany of our villages. It would be of great support if the EuropeanCommons Assembly would consider issuing a Resolution in support forthe commoners movement againts this landfill, uniting their voice withthat of the commoners of Europe.oice with that of the commoners of Europe.)
HOOVER Elona + (I am a doctoral student at the University … I am a doctoral student at the University of Brighton – I’m interested in the potential for urban commoning practices to nurture relational ethics and politics of openness.I have a background in community-engaged research, sustainable and alternative food initiatives and organisational values and am relatively new to the commoning network and community of practice.mmoning network and community of practice.)
VERMEERSCH Laure + (I am a documentary filmmaker, French, base … I am a documentary filmmaker, French, based in Paris, who lived 17 years in London. I have recently produced the film Halcyons in Greece on the structures of solidarity. I collaborate with the quarterly Vacarme. (vacarme.org). I am a founder of the association Interdemos, which aim is to contribute to the elaboration of a european civil society (Demos).ation of a european civil society (Demos).)
AVLONA Natalia-Rozalia + (I am a researcher and activist on commons … I am a researcher and activist on commons over the last seven years. I have been actively involved in many "commons" initiatives both in UK and Greece, as well as in the Commons Festival in Athens where I co-organised the workshop "Feminist approaches to the commons", inspired by the work of Sylvia Federici. I am particularly interested in the notion of labour and reciprocity in digital commons communities and the political subjectivation around the commoning practices, which i study along with contemporary social movements. Being involved with a Social and Solidarity Economy initiative in Athens over the last year, I came to understand the necessity of studying the collaborative commons economies under the light of the tradition of cooperatives and more broadly the social and solidarity economy initiatives. Last but not least, I do claim that it is of particular importance to reinvent a contemporary feminist approach within the commons culture, since it seems that it has been a domain dominated by men and masculine perception.dominated by men and masculine perception.)
CLAEYS Priscilla + (I am a researcher at the Centre for Agroec … I am a researcher at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience of Coventry University (UK). I am based in Brussels. I look forward to meeting you all at the Zinneke on the 15th (I won't be able to attend the following days). My interest in the commons is quite recent but growing.I have done research on the creation of new human rights - right to land, biodiversity and seeds - by transnational peasant movements (such as La Via Campesina) and am now involved in negotiations at the UN on a new Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other people working in rural areas. In that context, the issue of the "traditional" commons (land, other natural resources but also seeds) has come up quite strongly, and in particular the need to recognize and protect those spaces and associated collective management practices in international law. My personal interest is in documenting natural commons practices in the European context and in exploring the legal frameworks that we need to support and defend them.I am particularly interested in the policy proposals around ecovillages, land in Galicia, natural commons and solidarity economy.a, natural commons and solidarity economy.)
ESTEVES Ana Margarida + (I am a social scientist-activist, currentl … I am a social scientist-activist, currently based at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa - ISCTE-IUL. Since 2014, I have been engaged in several participatory action research projects on Social and Solidarity Economy and the management of the commons in Southern Europe, as well as North and South America. I am currently carrying out a 6-year research project, funded by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation, entitled "The Emerging Action Fields of Solidarity Economy", which analyses the factors that promote the social and economic sustainability of commons-oriented alternative economic projects. I am comparing four different models in four countries: An Ecovillage in Portugal; A grassroots commercialization network promoted by an Ecclesial Base Community; An Integral Cooperative in Catalonia; An Agroecological Producer-Consumer Network in Italy.ogical Producer-Consumer Network in Italy.)
VIVERO Jose Luis + (I am an agricultural engineer (academic qu … I am an agricultural engineer (academic qualification) and anti-hunger activist (vocation) with experience on food security and nutrition policies and programmes, right to food advocacy and food sovereignty practices in Latin America, Africa and Europe. Currently, a PhD Research Fellow on food governance and agri-food transitions in the Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). I am exploring the idea and praxis of food as a commonss, from a normative and heuristics point of view. Preparing an academic book on "Food as a Commons" with three co-editors and 30 authors to launch the debate at global level. Why is food not treated as a commons? Why is food not governed as a public good such as health or education? In this Assembly, I would be interested in meeting other commoners, partners and colleagues that have an interest in food. So. count on me whether specific exercises on "Mapping the food commons" are envisioned as part of the concrete steps to walk the talk. I have just been uploaded an article to the Wiki of Commons Transition on The Food Commons Transition http://wiki.commonstransition.org/wiki/The_Food_Commons_Transition:_Collective_actions_for_food_and_nutrition_securityve_actions_for_food_and_nutrition_security)
ANASTASOPOULOS Nicholas + (I am an architect, academic, researcher an … I am an architect, academic, researcher and activist, interested in aspects and forms of community, urban commons, sustainability and complexity. My doctoral -and ongoing research of many years involves alternative communities and their spatial and social characteristics, including ecocommunities, the kibbutz movement, intentional communities and over the past 2-1/2 years, indigenous communities.We just completed a joint workshop between NTUA/Athens and PUCE/Quito for the community of Chamanga on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador, designing its public communal space with a participatory design process while the ongoing MET workshop building peer-to-peer knowledge and cooperation around the cases of ports of air and water in transition was presented in the form of a Side Event we organized last week in the context of Habitat III (Quito). In this process several workshops, research projects, presentations, and activist actions reveal commoning developments. By switching scales from local to global and by overcoming national frameworks, we attempt to understand horizontally the nature of several complex processes underway. We intervene by facilitating exchange of knowledge and experience, and by forming a transnational research network with partners urbanists, researchers and activists across cities, currently in Europe and Latin America.es, currently in Europe and Latin America.)
DIAS Joana + (I am an artist, an activist and a social e … I am an artist, an activist and a social educator. I studied Fine Arts and also Intercultural Education, and have been working and doing some research on inclusive education.I work for Citizenship Academy, based in Lisbon, and our main goal, as a non-profit association, is to promote active citizenship through the empowerment of persons and other organizations. I am currently responsible for one project in CA, which is community building in a social neighbourhood in Lisbon.lding in a social neighbourhood in Lisbon.)
SCHOUTENS Socrates + (I am an environmental scientist by trainin … I am an environmental scientist by training, covering ecology, economy and society/institutions. Since graduating in 2011, I have worked respectively on recycling policy, community currencies, and the concepts of ‘biobased’ and ‘circular’ economics. I also coordinated the Dutch ‘great transition’ campaign (De Grote Transitie). While all important and potent, they each (singly) have their limitations, which has brought me to studying the commons paradigm that to me captures the essence of what is at stake here.My key concern is theoretical synthesis and discourse formation. I am attempting to devise a framework that aims to make the dispersed field of the commons intelligible to everyday influencers (i.e. policymakers, managers, civil servants, ngo people, scholars), many of whom appear to have a latent interest in commons thinking, but who are not as commited (and certainly not as well-informed) as we are.In an early rendition of this effort, together with Waag Society I will be running a temporary programme called Open Planbureau (preliminary, Dutch, info on www.openplanbureau.nl). By far most of my work has been in Dutch so far, but anyone interested can visit my bilingual website www.socrates.nu or follow me on twitter: @soc_sch.ates.nu or follow me on twitter: @soc_sch.)
SENE Ismaël + (I am both a community-based researcher, an … I am both a community-based researcher, and a consultant, based in France Brittany. I am also an Administrator of the SCIENCES CITOYENNES NGO, based in Paris. Citizen Science, Social Innovation and the Commons are the three key words to describe my field of interestkey words to describe my field of interest)
KARTOUS Bohumil + (I am head of communications in EDUin, NGO … I am head of communications in EDUin, NGO deeply involved in field of education. EDUin serves as a watchdog permanently confronting education policies in Czech Republic and as an information joint among government, businesses, schools and another NGOs. We also run several projects. Their common base is focus on innovations. One of them is support to the Open Education Resources, project financed by Open Society Fund. We has created Alliance for open education which members are organizations and individuals engaged in education, technologies etc. More details about our activities in English: http://www.eduin.cz/en/. Personally: I do regularly publish about education in many of Czech media and serves as regular media commentator of educational events. Teacher at University of Economics and Management in Prague. I do contribute to launch business start up Education Republic. In 2015 I participated on the content and realization of Forum 2000 in Prague, one of the most high profile annual event in Czech Republic. Last year was education choosen as main theme of conference. Together with the Center of contemporary culture DOX I have created Map of social stereotypes. I do participate on the implementation of Philip Zimbardo’s Heroic Imaginations Project into the newly starting Silent memorial Bubny in prague etc. He focus not only education, his next field of interest are media. He is editor of Czech critical internet daily Britské listy. I have graduated from Pedagogical Faculty and Faculty of Sports Studies MU in Brno and hold PhD from Media Institute at Faculty of Social Sciences UK in Prague.t Faculty of Social Sciences UK in Prague.)
CANGELOSI Elisabetta + (I am one of the co-organiser of the two ye … I am one of the co-organiser of the two years process that led to the creation of the Interg-group at the European Parliament on the commons. Of course I am in touch with many of them. I am part of the group facilitating the Commons Space at the WSF (next August in Montreal) I am a Brussels-based social and political activist, searcher and campaigner. The Commons are both part of my activism and my research. Together with other topic such as: right to water, right to land, women's right, migration. I have been part of the" mouvement altermondialiste" since 2001 and participated in the Occupy movement in US. I am part of several networks such as EWM, Transform!, STOP-TTIP, as an activist, and of the IASC (as a researcher). And I collaborate with many others. By education I am social scientist (PhD) and currently studying Human Rights Law.) and currently studying Human Rights Law.)
GIANGRANDE Naresh + (I am one of the founders of the Transition … I am one of the founders of the Transition movement (Transition towns) and work for Transitionentwork.org <http://transitionentwork.org>Communing is one of the key parts of what we do sharing, open source, the practice and experience of how to transition our local economies to low environmental, high well being places.I have a particular interest in that i coordinate the learning function of Transition network and am interested in what makes a knowledge commons work.terested in what makes a knowledge commons work.)
GERONNEZ Loïc + (I am part of Commons Josapaht (citizen and associative initiative to create a neighborhood as a commons). In an other hand, I have coordinated with others the "Temps des Communs" in Belgium and Brussels last year.)
CLAUSEN Marco + (I am part of Prinzessinnengärten (http://p … I am part of Prinzessinnengärten (http://prinzessinnengarten.net/about/]- a social and ecological urban gardening project in Berlin and of the Neighborhood Academy [http://www.nachbarschaftsakademie.org/en/about/]- a self-organized open platform for urban and rural knowledge sharing, cultural practice and activism I am especially interested in question of collective land use and self organized forms of „collective learning" to promote and establish new forms of ownershipomote and establish new forms of ownership)
MAYOT Philippe + (I am the Executive Director of the newly F … I am the Executive Director of the newly French Foundation “Terre Solidaire” created in July 2016. The “Fondation Terre Solidaire” aims to address ecological and social transition issues by supporting and promoting local alternatives and new ways of thinking in order to move toward a new model that could achieve sustainable social justice and well-being for all.During the previous years, I was the Head of the Africa Desk at CCFD-Terre Solidaire that is the foremost French NGO of solidarity for development. I was particularly involved in issues relating to biodiversity, agro ecological, commons, citizen mobilizations against GMOs.mmons, citizen mobilizations against GMOs.)
DE BRANT Toha + (I am working for a local non-profit organi … I am working for a local non-profit organisation in Brussels where we support citizen groups and advocate for more participation in urban planning. We are also part of the collective Commons Josaphat in Brussels.I participated in the IASC 2017 in Utrecht and would like to be more informed about what is happening around the topic of the commons internationally.For more information on our work please check: http://bral.brussels/enwork please check: http://bral.brussels/en)

FISHER Caitlin + (I am working the commons and sport.)

GUERRIERI Federico + (I coordinate the Source network of the New … I coordinate the Source network of the New Economics Foundation. The New Economics Foundation is the only people-powered think tank. We work to build a new economy where people really take control.Source is an online network bringing together academics, policy professionals and civil society organisers from across Europe – committed to tackling the biggest economic, environmental and social challenges we face today.ental and social challenges we face today.)
FIORDIMELA Cristina + (I desire to understand better , what’s abo … I desire to understand better , what’s about the change of decisional processes today,the discard of authority in front of authoritativeness,crossing the assemblees . How processes of mutualism-commoning are rimapping the use of territory. The way the art’s activism opens to research of a new type/posture of decisioning. From the studies in museografy, the doctorate in the University of Architecture and the PhD in museography and exhibition design, giving particular attention to the rivitalization of the ‘ diffused’ museum –concept from the 70’s based on branch pratice and the connectiveness to use/safeguard/rigeneration of territory like sedime in the culture of work in opposition to the folklore – to crossing Macao, indipendent cultural centre in Milan, being part to make happen the NowHere.Active residence : debut of artistic coproduction based on putting together the resources of l’Open Program Workcenter of Jerzi Grotowski and Thomas Richards http://www.macaomilano.org/workcenter/spip.php?article37&lang=en http://www.doppiozero.com/materiali/chefare/nowhere-residenze-attive-macao coming together with Freddy Paul Grunert (associate curator at the ZKM – GlobalActivism) e philosopher/artist, sympathizer of Teatro Valle), to give life to Ceçi n’est pas une table: 1.st experiment of an unexpected ‘ agora’ agitated by contemporary art rejectioning the tables-tabula-tablet-tabloid- actif geometrical enclosures of negotiation. 1st (but the experimentation is going on) on the 1st Commons International Festival in Chieri (TO), 2015, http://www.festivalbenicomuni.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PROGRAMMA-ONLINE.pdf. Last participation: the real of reality, novembre 2016, http://zkm.de/en/event/2016/11/the-real-of-reality.//zkm.de/en/event/2016/11/the-real-of-reality.)
LECAILLE Julien + (I discovered the dynamism of commons movem … I discovered the dynamism of commons movement via a walk around urban commons http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php/Balade_urbaines_sur_les_communs. I have been a contributor to several local commons on my territory and to the Assemblée des communs de Lille : http://assemblee.encommuns.org/index.php?title=Lille. Being an elected official , I am particularly interested in the question of public policies design, especially regarding mobility and accessibility. The issue of representation of public and exchanges of experience among the various governance bodies emerging common interests me first.bodies emerging common interests me first.)
ČUKIĆ Iva + (I graduated from the Faculty of Architectu … I graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade where I earned my doctoral degree in urban planing. The areas of my research include public property management, public space, self-organisation, DIY philosophy and urban-cultural discourse. In 2010. I co-launched one of the first initiatives aimed at fostering citizens’ participation in urban development, initiating dialogue between citizens, social activist, urban developers, architects and city officials about development of the city, called Ministry of Space. From 2012. I’m program and art director of the Street Gallery in Belgrade, first public exhibition space for community and for sharing and co-creation. In 2014. I co-initiated movement “Don’t let Belgrade d(r)own” which was set up to oppose controversial Belgrade Waterfront Project, and gained massive public attention after a wave of protests denouncing government corruption and calling for the mayor’s resignation after a series of illegal demolitions were undertaken in late April to clear land along the Sava River for the new development. I also work as teacher assistant on the Interdisciplinary studies at the Department for urban planning at Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade. I’m an author of the publication „Map of action“ about the urban activism in Serbia, for which I got a special prize. In the partnership with two NGOs from Belgrade, in November this year we started the project - Studies of the Commons, which seeks to explore, apply and experiment with the concept of commons in the local/regional context. The overall objective of the project is to encourage critical thinking and acting, to offer and examine new models of education, production, collective organization and management, with an aspiration to propose and discuss new ways of sustainable, equitable and participatory social organization. I’m a member of INURA (International Network for Urban Research and Action) and Independent Cultural Scene of Serbia. and Independent Cultural Scene of Serbia.)
TRONCOSO Stacco + (I handle general coordination and developm … I handle general coordination and development at the P2P Foundation and I’m also responsible, along with Ann Marie Utratel, for our general advocacy and communications work. I’m also the founder of the P2P translation collective Guerrilla Translation and designer/content editor for CommonsTransition.org, the P2P Foundation blog and the new Commons Strategies Group website. My work around the commons cultures also extends to public speaking and relationship-building with prefigurative communities, policymakers and potential commoners worldwide.ymakers and potential commoners worldwide.)
GRIGG Katie + (I have a background in Sociology and am or … I have a background in Sociology and am originally from the UK. Currently I'm studying between several cities (Brussels-Vienna-Copenhagen-Madrid) as part of my Masters in Urban Studies.For my thesis I'm exploring the institutional change and governance conditions required to foster the realisation of the urban commons. I'm really interested in comparing the place-based specificities of urban commons between different governance regimes and historical contexts.overnance regimes and historical contexts.)
RENARD Michel + (I have been working part time as a teacher … I have been working part time as a teacher in an architectural school (semiology of architecture, public spaces, signification of progress), and also in housing programs in a municipality, and also sometimes writing papers.Now I am retired, I am involved in a local citizen movement in Saint-Gilles (municipality of Brussels Region). With a lot of people we made resistance against inappropriate political decisions about public spaces. And we won! We made a short movie about it. Some people showed interest for a citizen movement and several transition initiatives. So the group started with a local money project, and a reflexion about public spaces, to be considered as a Common. We are also working on a ''tree charter''.One of our projects is presentation of books concerning transition into the public library of Saint-Gilles, to initiate a basic reflexion about transition and Commons.So we were like Mister Jourdain, doing Commons without knowing it!Early spring, I made an interview of Michel Bauwens, to be published next year in a Belgian/French magazine (Almanach Soldes Fins de Séries). Now we have planned to establish a Common Assembly, federating several local initiatives. But I often reflect – and I still do not know the answer – on the problem of the relevance of the group doing commons (size, quality of the persons, representativeness, ...). of the persons, representativeness, ...).)
O'SIOCHRU Emer + (I have worked as an architect and planning … I have worked as an architect and planning consultant and as an activist for sustainability for over 20 years. My main input was in Feasta: Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (www.feasta.ie) but I also served on 10+ NGO, professional or government boards promoting community development or environmental sustainability. About four years ago, I gave up all that ineffective advocacy promising myself only to work on real projects that promise immediate benefits. The commons movement is a framework for projects that perfectly fit the prescription!I now lead two communing projects;- the Irish Biochar Cooperative based in Tipperary and the Community Land Trust Initiative based in Dublin.The more advanced is the Irish Biochar Cooperative Society Ltd trading as +Char www.pluschar.ie. Despite its benefits, biochar still remains a niche technology / product known only to few environmentalists. We think we can mainstream biochar using a business model that has proved very successful in Irish agriculture in the 1930-50s - the agricultural cooperative. For these times, we decided we needed a multi stakeholder /open cooperative to succeed. The Biochar Coophas 8 founder members representing workers, producers, users, service providers and community. We hope to expand with roll out of our habitat management services and new farm products this year.The Community Land Trust Initiative (CLTI) is a forum for now while we discuss the best model to take forward. The CLTI comprises a 40+ group of building, planning and housing professionals, activists, politicians and builders who are determined to address Ireland's housing crisis and see common ownership of land as a fundamental part of the solution. We may form our own community land trust or we may partner with a local authority in an arms length trust. We will know in 6 months or so.gth trust. We will know in 6 months or so.)
PURKISS Steve + (I joined the list as been helping out Matt … I joined the list as been helping out Matthew Slater withhis Virtual Currencies/Community Accounting modules for Drupal(https://www.drupal.org/project/mutual_credit) and he mentioned thisevent but I missed out on the opportunity to attend sadly, butextremely glad I found this list - so many amazing, inspiring projectspeople are working on!I spent the weekend watching the Platform Coop conference stream, I'mworking on one for Drupal which I've been a part of for 13-odd yearsnow. We have a unique situation as the largest Free/Libre Open SourceSoftware community in terms of contributors however both benefit andsuffer from the large amounts of money involved in some aspects of it.My particular angle has always been to improve the marketing of theproject and helped set up the marketing & branding committee of theDrupal Association back in 2012 when I spent a year as the first evercommunity-elected 'At Large' Director before I discovered trying tochange the system from within the system isn't gonna work, we need abottom-up solution hence why I've landed in the platform coop space.ce why I've landed in the platform coop space.)
PAPADIMITRIOU Christos + (I live in Thessaloniki, Greece, where I've … I live in Thessaloniki, Greece, where I've studied English Language and Literature in the Aristotle University. Along with Diomides, I was part of The Zeitgeist Movement, and attended the last 2 commonfests in Greece. Via TZM I have delivered several lectures and articles on language's inherent problems and the need to upgrade it, critical thinking and logical fallacies, science literacy, information evaluation (especially sources), the current socioeconomic model and its inherent flaws, a Natural Law/Resource-Based Economy, and generally post-scarcity economics. I have also served as the final proofreader and coordinator of the TZM Defined translation in Greek. I am currently a semi-professional musiciana, and my current interests, along with the above topics, include translation-interpretation, English language, socially conscious art, modern economics, P2p practices, and transitioning to a post-scarcity economy. transitioning to a post-scarcity economy.)
PATERSON Andrew Gryf + (I represent myself as an 'artist-organiser … I represent myself as an 'artist-organiser', cultural producer, educator and independent researcher. I am specialised in developing and leading inter- and trans- disciplinary projects exploring connections between art, digital culture and science, cultural activism, ecological and sustainability movements, cultural heritage and collaborative networks. I am experienced in coordinating and facilitating participatory-open workshops for multi-disciplinary professionals, students & young people.I am from central Scotland, grew up and lived there until 2000, however I have been based in Helsinki and Eastern-Baltic Sea region since the end of 2002. I consider myself a Commons activist working from within the cultural sector. As a personal example I also contribute as much of my artistic-research work to the Cultural Knowledge Commons, archiving media and documents to http://archive.org/details/@agryfpMy main involvement of recent years has been with Pixelache Helsinki [http://pixelache.ac] node of International Pixelache Network. From early 2011 until end of 2014, I was coordinator and facilitator of the 'Pixelversity' around-the-year informal educational programme for Pixelache. I am currently involved in their ongoing work-group project 'Ferment Lab' (2015-), and as a board-member self-allocated responsibility for international networks and archival processes. In Finland I am also a member of Open Knowledge Foundation Finland, focused on OpenGLAM topics, and also Finnish Bioart Society, which has a strong ecological & environmentalist focus in art+science.Looking ahead am currently planning projects for 2017 in Helsinki FI, Minsk BY, Riga-Liepaja-Aizpute LV, Dortmund DE, & Strasbourg FR. All more or less relate to participatory or commons-based peer-production.In direct relation to the Commons topic I have taken part in one European Commons 'Deep Dive' gathering in early December 2012, and also the 'Economies of the Commons' in Berlin conference of May 2013, both organised by the Commons Strategy Group. In collaboration with Andrea Botero & Joanna Saad-Sulonen, we edited in Helsinki a document called 'Towards Peer-production in Public Services: Cases from Finland', Crossover 15/2012. Helsinki: Aalto University, 2012 [which can be accessed here: http://co-p2p.mlog.taik.fi/book-2012/ ]. I have also written in 2010 about the connections between rural cooperative traditions and network culture: http://affinitiesjournal.org/index.php/affinities/article/view/51I am very much interested in migrant epistemologies and refugee hospitality & facilitation subjects, and out of the many topics presented in the Assembly, I will try to focus my contributions in the Assembly on the role of artists and cultural workers in contributing to Commons transitions, and to any migrant or cultural heritage topics.s transitions, and to any migrant or cultural heritage topics.)
DURAN GIRALT Enric + (I want to join the mailing lis of ECA and connect Faircoop and the Bank of the commons with the European commons assembly.)
SKALISTIS Diomides + (I was involved actively in the Zeitgeist M … I was involved actively in the Zeitgeist Movement and the Commonsfest both at Heraklion and Athens. Â I currently work for the Greek Telecomunication Organization and due to heavy work loads my participation in the Commons community the previous months was limited at least. I also have contacts with the local P2P Foundation group.tacts with the local P2P Foundation group.)
COSJIN Bart + (I work as an independent moderator and fac … I work as an independent moderator and facilitator for debat, (socratic) dialogue and conference, mainly in the Netherlands, Belgium and the Baltic States. (my wife is from Estonia). In 2014 I was initiator of the first Citizens Summit in my home town Amsterdam. (www.burgertop-amsterdam.nl). I am a board member of the Dutch Moderators Association and active in the Dutch Association of Journalists.Some words about this Citizens Summit: On the 6th of June last year 250 Amsterdammers came together to work out plans for a better, more just and more inclusive city. It was a long struggle to get this Summit off the ground, mainly because the political culture in the city is very inward-focused. But with the help of over a hundred volunteers we succeeded and the participants worked out 60 concrete plans in one day, trough a deliberative proces at 35 round tables. (If you are interested, I wrote a paper on the Summit called 'Dismantling the Theatre of Democracy’ in Estonian publication Ehituskunst, you can download it here as pdf: http://www.bartcosijn.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ehituskunst_2016_Bart-Cosijn.pdf)In many places and cities, I experience a great willingness of ordinary citizens to invest personal time in their community. On the other hand, I am deeply worried that the willingness to participate in formal local (representative) democracies in Europe is very low. In Amsterdam the turnout in local elections is just over 50%, in some boroughs even less than 40%. New deliberative practices, online and offline, are emerging. But party-politics and elections-cycles are very dominant in our democratic systems. We need each other to redefine the democratic and public domain, to make it more open, more inclusive, more common and less politicized.clusive, more common and less politicized.)
CALLAGHAN Mícheál + (I would like to join this mailing list. I … I would like to join this mailing list. I am a PhD student in University College Dublin looking at community involvement in biodiversity governance in Ireland and the UK, through the lens of the commons. I am also active in re - establishing the Transition Town network in Ireland. I would like to connect with 'commoners' around Europe, to learn and to participate in this movement.learn and to participate in this movement.)
PYÉE Maximilien + (I'm Maximilian, french activist who lives in Berlin.)
ROUSSOS Nikos + (I'm Nikos, based in Athens, Greece. I'm an … I'm Nikos, based in Athens, Greece. I'm an Open Source Engineer involved in the Commons & the Open Source movement for many years now, with a highlight of co-founding the Athens Hackerspace l at 2011. I currently work at Mozilla as a Web Engineer. I'm also a General Assembly member of the Free Software Foundation Europe and a board member of Libre Space Foundation. You can check more details at my website: https://www.roussos.cc details at my website: https://www.roussos.cc)
LEVA Federico + (I'm a free software contributor and wikime … I'm a free software contributor and wikimedian since 2005, I'm especially interested in the digital commons based on copyleft, meant as tools for culture, tolerance/laïcité, democracy and social advancement. I've been a board member for Wikimedia Italia and the University of Milan, where I helped add Open Access to the bylaws. In Italy I support the broader commons via environmentalist and atheist associations (Legambiente, UAAR), housing and fair trade coops (Dar, Chico Mendes) etc. fair trade coops (Dar, Chico Mendes) etc.)
KATELBACH Tibor + (I'm a senior web developer in innovative w … I'm a senior web developer in innovative web projects since 15years, looking at the world in a common way, thinking out of the box to build new open source approaches to benefit the commons. Since 4years, I'm managing and working on an NGO project, building an openSource citizen societal network called communecter.org with commoners like Maia, Julien (I can see on the list :-). We are trying to build the platform itself as a common. I'm also actively interested in modeling and mapping out commons in territories, cities and organisations. I'm very active in creating tools for Open Organisations, in order to make them glocaly(localy and globaly) more efficient. I also Animate the "Forum des communs", Alternatiba in Reunion Island.s communs", Alternatiba in Reunion Island.)
STACEY Paul + (I'm actually based in Vancouver Canada but … I'm actually based in Vancouver Canada but I've been actively leading digital commons initiatives globally since 2003. For the last five years I was Associate Director of Global Learning for Creative Commons helping government, organizations, and businesses around the world adopt and use open licenses to share digital works. In this capacity I supported open policy, open business models, and open practices across all kinds of open initiatives including Open Access, Open Educational Resources, open data, open science, and open culture. I'm the co-author of a recently published book Made With Creative Commons. This book makes the case that sharing is good for business, especially for companies, organizations, and creators who care about more than just the bottom line. It includes 24 case studies of hybrid organizations who are part market or state and part commons. All of this work has led me to see the great social and economic benefits of the commons - in all its forms. Having started out focusing on the digital commons I'm now coming to embrace the physical commons and position my go forward efforts in a way that embraces both the digital and physical. Commons work in Europe seems significantly more advanced than in North America but I'm sensing a growing interest here so I've started speaking to people about the possibility of to establishing a NA Commons Assembly. In September I'll be speaking at the Open Science FAIR Conference (OSFair2017 - www.opensciencefair.eu) in Athens about the book Made With Creative Commons. Hope to meet some of you there!e Commons. Hope to meet some of you there!)
NALPAS Dominique + (I'm an urban 'activist' since long years i … I'm an urban 'activist' since long years in Brussels working on differents fields like public space, environment, food, cultural diversity, community territories. More specifically I work on water issues with the association "Etats Généraux de l'Eau à Bruxelles" that I have contribute to create. This organization propose to work with hydrologic communities (living labs) on the basis of this concept : "Solidarité de vallée". Technically - because the question of the commons are technological questions too - we propose to elaborate "new urbane rivers" which are note more than a network of decentralized devices cocreates with inhabitants of the valley. This kind of program is not yet fully recognized by the authorities who are continuing to develope centralized technology. But academics of this city are really interested.On the field of the commons self, I have propose several years ago the concept of Festival des biens commons which became Commons Josaphat. This project is now one of the main project in Brussels about the commons. It will be presented during our meeting. I would like to propose to work in Brussels about the Commons of our Commons, which can be an Commons Assembly of Brussels.I'm working also with trade union. I accompany the Region du Centre FGTB to create something like an "atlas of the commons" in this Region. It is a very interesting experience in this very depressed part of the country. The main question is how not to be fatalist after the crisis, and the closure of heavy industry. How to take our life in hand without expecting the response of the "Messie", the big capital coming from outside…sie", the big capital coming from outside…)
SæTRE Lasse + (I'm doing my masters in science and techno … I'm doing my masters in science and technology studies, coming from half my life consuming and contributing to free software. I'm also a human geographer and have done a good deal of OS mapping, written about linux based mobile technologies and gender equality in academia, among other things, and a previous project brought me deeper into hacker and maker culture. I want to follow all parts of the debates, especially as to how infrastructures forms and is formed by the world. Currently I'm working on a project concerning the digitization of the European railway, ERTMS.gitization of the European railway, ERTMS.)
SÆTRE Lasse Gullvåg + (I'm doing my masters in science and techno … I'm doing my masters in science and technology studies, coming from half my life consuming and contributing to free software. I'm also a human geographer and have done a good deal of OS mapping, written about linux based mobile technologies and gender equality in academia, among other things, and a previous project brought me deeper into hacker and maker culture. I want to follow all parts of the debates, especially as to how infrastructures forms and is formed by the world. Currently I'm working on a project concerning the digitization of the European railway, ERTMS.gitization of the European railway, ERTMS.)
WYNN Mark + (I'm probably older than most posters, in m … I'm probably older than most posters, in my 50s, and have spent my life in the traditional career path (electronics/software). Beyond starting a transition town type of movement here in the South-East corner of France, which has since closed down (few people in this area seem sensitive to the issues the planet is currently facing), my credentials in the Commons area are minimal, but I'm one of the "silent few" who can see clearly what is happening in the world on a climate/ecology/political level, and yet is wondering what on earth I can or should be doing about it. Having worked all my life to afford my own home, I'm not sufficiently financially autonomous to be able to go and do something meaningful (and presumably poorly paid or unpaid). Yet I think that is what I should be focusing on from an ethical and moral standpoint, to contribute what little I may be able to, to change the way things currently are. Preferably without putting into peril the capital I've accumulated over my working life (i.e. my house), and to help my kids who are now adults, in case the world that we've created for them goes completely pear-shaped. But I'm still tempted to take the step, I just don't know where or what. I suspect (hope?) that there are many more in a similar situation.here are many more in a similar situation.)
GROSS Claudia + (I'm the initiator of speakGreen.com and the fonder of hcOrG.com, both are described and linked in the signature above. I am working as a transformation catalyst, personal growth supporter and social dynamics host in the Middle East and Sub-saharan Africa.)