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  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Original publication from <a h<p>Original publication from <a href="https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/european-commons-assembly-at-medialab-prado/2017/07/24">P2P Fondation blog</a></p></br><blockquote><p>The European Commons Assembly (ECA) is a network of grassroots initiatives promoting commons management practices at the European level. The next stop for the network will be Medialab Prado, Madrid. These activities are part of the Transeuropa Festival program, a large meeting of political, social and environmental alternatives.</p></blockquote></br><p>The call to participate in the Madrid workshops will be open until August 4th.</p></br><p>Form</p></br><p><a title="18.05.16 Taller" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/medialab-prado/28100107155/" data-flickr-embed="true" data-footer="true"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7379/28100107155_1659853c90_c.jpg" alt="18.05.16 Taller" width="800" height="500" /></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></br><p>The European Commons Assembly was launched in November 2016 with public events that took place in several spaces in Brussels, Belgium, including the Zinneke social center and European Parliament. This meeting gathered from different parts of Europe more than 150 commoners to promote public policies for the commons at the European level and to develop mutual support networks that enable long-term sustainability..</p></br><p>The call to participate in the Madrid workshops will be open until August 4th. Proposed topics related to the urban commons include:</p></br><ul></br><li>Public space<br /></br>Migrations and refugees<br /></br>Citizen participation in urban politics<br /></br>Culture<br /></br>Food<br /></br>Housing<br /></br>Health<br /></br>Currency and financing for the commons<br /></br>Laws and legal mechanisms to protect the commons<br /></br>Technology for citizenship.</li></br></ul></br><p>You may also propose a topic not already on this list; fill out the form to propose the organization of a specific workshop, and/or to participate in any of the workshops that you find interesting.</p></br><p>Each workshop will be co-organized by both a local and an international community project around the proposed topic. Workshops will be coordinated to offer valuable knowledge and strategies to apply to other, ongoing experiences. To this end, the ECA Madrid coordination team will hold several video conferences to connect the different initiatives and develop the workshop contents prior to the meeting. Workshops will employ facilitation methodology designed to guide the coordination team members in structuring and eventual documentation of the contents generated.</p></br><p>When completing the form, you may indicate if you need the organization to cover travel and / or accommodation if it will not be possible to cover these expenses another way. For more information, contact nicole.leonard [at] sciencespo.fr.</p></br><p>You can find more information on the European Commons Assembly website or fill out the form.</p>the organization to cover travel and / or accommodation if it will not be possible to cover these expenses another way. For more information, contact nicole.leonard [at] sciencespo.fr.</p> <p>You can find more information on the European Commons Assembly website or fill out the form.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Original published on <a href=<p>Original published on <a href="https://commonsjosaphat.wordpress.com/">Commons Josaphat</a>. Translation by Nicole Leonard. </p></br><blockquote><p>Commons Josaphat is an independent platform of residents, activists and associations. You have heard talk of it as one of the flagship European initiatives for the reconquest of the city by its inhabitants. </p></br><p>Commons Josaphat needs support from commoners to assert the work that has been accomplished over the course of the last 2 years with the public authorities in Brussels. </p></br><p>Show your support by sending your message directly to the collective. </p></blockquote></br><p><img decoding="async" src="http://vecam.org/local/cache-vignettes/L566xH800/commons_josaphat-2da3d.png?1472031936" alt="" /></p></br><p><H1>The common good neighborhood project </H1></p></br><p>Commons Josaphat wants to build a proposal for the development of the city as a commons on the vacant lot of the former Josaphat training station. A new part of town will be developed there in the coming years. The challenge is to transform this piece of land, which is public property, into territory where a city for the common good can be started and established, a city district imagined and developed through partnership between the public authorities and the citizens. Our proposal, the results of two years of exchange and reflection in common, is summarized <a href="https://commonsjosaphat.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/commons-josaphat_josaphat-en-commun01light.pdf">in this document</a>. </p></br><p><H1>Commons Josaphat today</H1></p></br><p>The collective continues to work in three main ways:</p></br><p>Effective occupation of the lot with other partners aiming to “make” this city as a commons, to immediately occupy its squares and spaces by using them. The agreement which places usage limits on individuals in order to preserve others’ use and access is an innovative first experience in the field for a new governance;</p></br><p>Development of an “example island” of commons. This island should shape the city in common (through accessibility to the largest number of people over the long run, collective decision-making on land rents, environmental integration, promotion of the solidarity economy and open source, inscribing values of health in the design of the city, anchoring in local neighborhoods…) But it must also be realistic about the needs of public authorities (revenues generated, realization times and amounts realized). This island should serve as a point of evaluation that follows the issuing of the first phase of the master plan for the region; </p></br><p>Building broad political conviction</p></br><li>1. Strengthening social support to the “Josaphat in common” proposal: support of associations, academics, intellectuals, unions, mutual societies<br /></br>2. Strengthening cooperation with local residents to involve all those concerned in this part of town today<br /></br>3. Improving conventional political support: obtain the support of PS, MR, ToT, Ecolo, PTB and CDH and their Dutch counterparts at regional and municipal levels.</br></li></br><p><H1>Here we reproduce their call</H1></p></br><p>You’ve heard of Commons Josaphat over the last two years, as they’ve been organizing action with partners – by participating in the call for ideas for the future development of the area or through the working groups themselves.<br /></br>Maybe you practiced fallow during the current summer festival or are participating in conferences organized around the possibility to construct the city as a commons. </p></br><p>Today we want to shed light on these examples of support, convergence, and cooperation around the production of the city as a commons, and give it weight in public debate!</p></br><p><H1>What can you do? </H1><br /></br>To show your support:<br /></br>Send an email to: <a href="mailto:ideascommonsjosaphat@gmail.com">ideascommonsjosaphat@gmail.com</a></p></br><p>Associations like BRAL, Pass-âge, RBDH (Rally for the right to housing), les Equipes Populaires de Schaerbeek, and SACOPAR (Health community participation non-profit association) have already done so. Academics such as Christian Laval and Tine de Moor have too. This support will be documented on the Commons Josaphat website and will support the proposal in public debate. </p></br><p>To participate in the construction of knowledge on the commons to be diffused to the city level of production, send an email to: <a href="mailto:commons_jos_transversal@lists.entransition.be">commons_jos_transversal@lists.entransition.be</a> </p></br><p>To get involved and work concretely with the project for transforming the lot into a common good, come to the lot the coming Sundays (7 July or 8 August), to the next general assembly on the 28th of August, or sign up on the list-serve: <a href="mailto:communs-dest@lists.entransition.be">communs-dest@lists.entransition.be</a></p></br><p>We count on your response from now until the 28th of August, the day of our next general assembly. We invite you there to declare your support during the aperitif planned at 19:30 (7:30pm)!</p></br><p>We’re hoping we can count on your participation.</p>h of August, or sign up on the list-serve: <a href="mailto:communs-dest@lists.entransition.be">communs-dest@lists.entransition.be</a></p> <p>We count on your response from now until the 28th of August, the day of our next general assembly. We invite you there to declare your support during the aperitif planned at 19:30 (7:30pm)!</p> <p>We’re hoping we can count on your participation.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Project « Justice transitionnelle<p>Project « Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine » plans to share those extremely important Moroccan experiences about transitional justice and community reparation. </p></br><p>In Morocco, from 1959 to 1999, Former King Hassan II often ruled his country with an iron fist. That period is called as the years of lead in Morocco, during which those who were considered a threat to the regime were subject to a wide range of human rights violations. Thousands were subjected to arbitrary arrest, torture, and enforced disappearance, leaving behind a bitter legacy.</p></br><p>However, starting in the early 1990s, a gradual process of dealing with the past began to take root, culminating most recently in the work of the Moroccan Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Instance Équité et Réconciliation (IER)), established by the successor to the throne, King Mohammed VI.</p></br><p>On January 7, 2004, the IER was created, which is the first truth commission in the Arab world. This also has been hailed internationally as a big step forward, and an example to the Arab world. Since that, the IER has been working on addressing the terrible legacy of this era by investigating some of the worst abuses in Morocco and arranging reparations for victims and their families.</p></br><p>Over the duration of its mandate, the IER has amassed an archive of more than 20,000 personal testimonies from victims and their families, which has been organized in a central database in Rabat. It has conducted a range of meetings, conferences, and seminars around a multitude of issues that are keys to understanding Morocco’s past and present.</p></br><p>It has also taken the monumental step of holding public hearings to give victims a platform from which to share their sufferings. Throughout its work, the Commission has aimed to document, preserve, and analyze the roots of the crisis in an attempt to help Morocco come to terms with its past. </p></br><p>Project Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine aims to share videos about this process of transitional justice and community reparation. For Morocco, the Community Reparation Project is a huge project contributed to transitional justice. A total sum of 159 million Dirhams was mobilized and total number of completed projects was 149.</p></br><p>These videos talked about how to preserve memory of victim communities during “the years of lead” in Morocco and what kinds of public hearings took place, in fact those hearings gave the highlight of an extensive process of citizen deliberation, compassion and free expression in Morocco. They also talked about lots of stories about how community reparation project aimed to improve the living conditions of the people in victim communities and empower them. In fact, those materials mainly focused on women and children.</p></br><p>Project Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine believes Moroccan experiences in transitional justice as commons are useful and valuable to other countries, especially to Arabic countries have the similar history of transitional justice, such as Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Algeria and so on.</p></br><p>As open resources, these documentaries, videos and reports are free to use for the public goods. </p></br><h3>Futur development</h3></br><p>In the next step, Project Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine will keep on sharing more historical videos and materials about experiences in transitional justice, such as the videos of public hearings, the videos of public seminars and conferences, historical pictures and final reports of the community reparation project.</p></br><h3>People involved</h3></br><p>Ning and Mohamed Leghtas, from Alternatives Forum in Morocco(FMAS) and Portail E-joussour take in charge of this project, which both based in Rabat, Morroco.</p></br><h3>Ressources</h3></br><p>The project Transitional Justice: the Moroccan experience is financed by the funds of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER)</p></br><h3>Contribution to the projet « Justice transitionnelle</h3></br><p>Alternatives Forum in Morocco(FMAS) and Portail E-joussour take in charge of this project, which both based in Rabat, Morroco.</p>IER)</p> <h3>Contribution to the projet « Justice transitionnelle</h3> <p>Alternatives Forum in Morocco(FMAS) and Portail E-joussour take in charge of this project, which both based in Rabat, Morroco.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>Project « Justice transitionnelle<p>Project « Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine » plans to share those extremely important Moroccan experiences about transitional justice and community reparation. </p></br><p>In Morocco, from 1959 to 1999, Former King Hassan II often ruled his country with an iron fist. That period is called as the years of lead in Morocco, during which those who were considered a threat to the regime were subject to a wide range of human rights violations. Thousands were subjected to arbitrary arrest, torture, and enforced disappearance, leaving behind a bitter legacy.</p></br><p>However, starting in the early 1990s, a gradual process of dealing with the past began to take root, culminating most recently in the work of the Moroccan Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Instance Équité et Réconciliation (IER)), established by the successor to the throne, King Mohammed VI.</p></br><p>On January 7, 2004, the IER was created, which is the first truth commission in the Arab world. This also has been hailed internationally as a big step forward, and an example to the Arab world. Since that, the IER has been working on addressing the terrible legacy of this era by investigating some of the worst abuses in Morocco and arranging reparations for victims and their families.</p></br><p>Over the duration of its mandate, the IER has amassed an archive of more than 20,000 personal testimonies from victims and their families, which has been organized in a central database in Rabat. It has conducted a range of meetings, conferences, and seminars around a multitude of issues that are keys to understanding Morocco’s past and present.</p></br><p>It has also taken the monumental step of holding public hearings to give victims a platform from which to share their sufferings. Throughout its work, the Commission has aimed to document, preserve, and analyze the roots of the crisis in an attempt to help Morocco come to terms with its past. </p></br><p>Project Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine aims to share videos about this process of transitional justice and community reparation. For Morocco, the Community Reparation Project is a huge project contributed to transitional justice. A total sum of 159 million Dirhams was mobilized and total number of completed projects was 149.</p></br><p>These videos talked about how to preserve memory of victim communities during “the years of lead” in Morocco and what kinds of public hearings took place, in fact those hearings gave the highlight of an extensive process of citizen deliberation, compassion and free expression in Morocco. They also talked about lots of stories about how community reparation project aimed to improve the living conditions of the people in victim communities and empower them. In fact, those materials mainly focused on women and children.</p></br><p>Project Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine believes Moroccan experiences in transitional justice as commons are useful and valuable to other countries, especially to Arabic countries have the similar history of transitional justice, such as Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Algeria and so on.</p></br><p>As open resources, these documentaries, videos and reports are free to use for the public goods. </p></br><h3>Futur development</h3></br><p>In the next step, Project Justice transitionnelle: l’expérience Marocaine will keep on sharing more historical videos and materials about experiences in transitional justice, such as the videos of public hearings, the videos of public seminars and conferences, historical pictures and final reports of the community reparation project.</p></br><h3>People involved</h3></br><p>Ning and Mohamed Leghtas, from Alternatives Forum in Morocco(FMAS) and Portail E-joussour take in charge of this project, which both based in Rabat, Morroco.</p></br><h3>Ressources</h3></br><p>The project Transitional Justice: the Moroccan experience is financed by the funds of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER)</p></br><h3>Contribution to the projet « Justice transitionnelle</h3></br><p>Alternatives Forum in Morocco(FMAS) and Portail E-joussour take in charge of this project, which both based in Rabat, Morroco.</p>IER)</p> <h3>Contribution to the projet « Justice transitionnelle</h3> <p>Alternatives Forum in Morocco(FMAS) and Portail E-joussour take in charge of this project, which both based in Rabat, Morroco.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>Santiago Hoerth Moura de <a hr<p>Santiago Hoerth Moura de <a href="http://www.pillku.org/">Revista Pillku</a> a rencontré Alain Ambrosi à Mexico en novembre 2012 dans le cadre de la rencontre préparatoire à la <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Overview_of_the_Economics_of_the_Commons_Conference">conférence Economics, Commons Conference</a>. Tous deux ont échangé sur les biens communs et le projet Remix Biens Communs. Santiago Hoerth Moura a publié l’interview suivante en espagnol.</p></br><h4></h4></br><h4></h4></br><h4>Entrevista con Alain Ambrosi</h4></br><h2>Remix the Commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia</h2></br><p>Alain Ambrosi es de Québec, la ciudad de Montreal en Canadá y trabaja para una organización que se llama COMMUNOTIC como investigador asociado, y específicamente para un proyecto que se llama Remix the Commons o Remezcla los comunes que es un proyecto internacional de plataforma en la web.</p></br><p><strong>Por Redacción Pillku</strong></p></br><p><strong>¿Cuál es tu experiencia de trabajo con los comunes?</strong></p></br><p>Mi experiencia de trabajo en los comunes empieza en la documentación de todo lo que se hace y lo que se dice sobre los comunes desde hace ya tres años. Empezando en el Foro Social de Belém en 2009, donde tuvimos el primer Encuentro Internacional Ciencia y Democracia, donde se habló de los commons. En este tiempo se hablaba de los bienes comunes, y la declaración final de este foro social mundial de Belém integró una declaración de recuperación de los Bienes Comunes. Desde este tiempo yo hice como siguiendo un poco las manifestaciones, conferencias, que se hacían sobre los comunes, hubo después la conferencia de Berlín organizado también por el Commons Strategies Group pero con la Fundación Heinrich Böll, era el primer encuentro donde la gente de los comunes materiales y de los comunes inmateriales se encontraron por primera vez digamos. Y fue en esta ocasión que hemos pensando y lanzado la idea de un proyecto que se llama Remix the Commons.</p></br><p><strong>Entonces contamos un poco en qué consiste Remix the Commons.</strong></p></br><p>Remix the Commons es una plataforma de intercambio de difusión, de producción, de documentos multimedia sobre el tema de los comunes. Es una plataforma socio-técnica, donde preferimos hablar más de lo socio que de lo técnico, y decir que es una plataforma que es un espacio de co-creación sobre los comunes. Entonces hemos empezado con entrevistas en todas estas reuniones, foros sociales, pero estamos integrando varios documentos sobre los comunes. Pero la plataforma no es solamente una cosa que va hacer sobre internet; es realmente un espacio de trabajo de co-creación, quiere decir que ya tenemos un montón de problemas que resolver, problemas técnicos que para nosotros es algo menor, pero a nivel jurídico legal porque vamos a hacer circular imágenes, videos, lo cual es un problema grande, y a nivel económico también, porque hay que sustentar este tipo de proyectos y ya tenemos varias ideas de trabajar a nivel de los comunes, porque nosotros nos consideramos com un bien común, quiero decir el proyecto Remix the Commons, queremos funcionar como un bien común, una comunidad de “partenarios” que van a decir las reglas propias, para ir adelante con el proyecto.</p></br><p>Entonces tenemos otras dimensiones muy importantes, como la gobernanza, como cuáles reglas vamos a poner y, también, otra dimensión que me parece muy importante que es la dimensión intercultural porque es muy difícil, por ejemplo que hemos visto desde el principio en Berlín: hace dos años tenemos una serie de entrevistas, de series que hablan de los comunes en chino o en otros idiomas, y se ve que el concepto mismo de commons corresponde a algo bien profundo en todas las culturas, y a veces hay diferencias, etc., y entonces es un desafío que me parece muy grande eso, el de la interculturalidad, las traducciones, etc.</p></br><p>Remix The Commons es un proyecto colaborativo sobre obras multimedia. Su objetivo es documentar e ilustrar las ideas y prácticas en torno a la cuestión del bien común en el proceso creativo. Para conocer más su trabajo visita: <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org">https://www.remixthecommons.org</a></p></br><p>via<a href="http://www.pillku.org/article/remix-the-commons-es-una-plataforma-de-intercambio/">Remix the commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia | Revista Pillku, amantes de la libertad | Cultura Libre.</a></p>emixthecommons.org</a></p> <p>via<a href="http://www.pillku.org/article/remix-the-commons-es-una-plataforma-de-intercambio/">Remix the commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia | Revista Pillku, amantes de la libertad | Cultura Libre.</a></p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Santiago Hoerth Moura from <a <p>Santiago Hoerth Moura from <a href="http://www.pillku.org/">Revista Pillku</a> met Alain Ambrosi in Mexico City last November 2012 during the preparatory meeting for the <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Overview_of_the_Economics_of_the_Commons_Conference">Economics, Commons Conference</a>. They have discussed about commons and about Remix the Commons project. Santiago Hoerth Moura has published the following interview in Spanish.</p></br><h4>Entrevista con Alain Ambrosi</h4></br><h2>Remix the Commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia</h2></br><p>Alain Ambrosi es de Québec, la ciudad de Montreal en Canadá y trabaja para una organización que se llama COMMUNOTIC como investigador asociado, y específicamente para un proyecto que se llama Remix the Commons o Remezcla los comunes que es un proyecto internacional de plataforma en la web.</p></br><p><strong>Por Redacción Pillku</strong></p></br><p><strong>¿Cuál es tu experiencia de trabajo con los comunes?</strong></p></br><p>Mi experiencia de trabajo en los comunes empieza en la documentación de todo lo que se hace y lo que se dice sobre los comunes desde hace ya tres años. Empezando en el Foro Social de Belém en 2009, donde tuvimos el primer Encuentro Internacional Ciencia y Democracia, donde se habló de los commons. En este tiempo se hablaba de los bienes comunes, y la declaración final de este foro social mundial de Belém integró una declaración de recuperación de los Bienes Comunes. Desde este tiempo yo hice como siguiendo un poco las manifestaciones, conferencias, que se hacían sobre los comunes, hubo después la conferencia de Berlín organizado también por el Commons Strategies Group pero con la Fundación Heinrich Böll, era el primer encuentro donde la gente de los comunes materiales y de los comunes inmateriales se encontraron por primera vez digamos. Y fue en esta ocasión que hemos pensando y lanzado la idea de un proyecto que se llama Remix the Commons.</p></br><p><strong>Entonces contamos un poco en qué consiste Remix the Commons.</strong></p></br><p>Remix the Commons es una plataforma de intercambio de difusión, de producción, de documentos multimedia sobre el tema de los comunes. Es una plataforma socio-técnica, donde preferimos hablar más de lo socio que de lo técnico, y decir que es una plataforma que es un espacio de co-creación sobre los comunes. Entonces hemos empezado con entrevistas en todas estas reuniones, foros sociales, pero estamos integrando varios documentos sobre los comunes. Pero la plataforma no es solamente una cosa que va hacer sobre internet; es realmente un espacio de trabajo de co-creación, quiere decir que ya tenemos un montón de problemas que resolver, problemas técnicos que para nosotros es algo menor, pero a nivel jurídico legal porque vamos a hacer circular imágenes, videos, lo cual es un problema grande, y a nivel económico también, porque hay que sustentar este tipo de proyectos y ya tenemos varias ideas de trabajar a nivel de los comunes, porque nosotros nos consideramos com un bien común, quiero decir el proyecto Remix the Commons, queremos funcionar como un bien común, una comunidad de “partenarios” que van a decir las reglas propias, para ir adelante con el proyecto.</p></br><p>Entonces tenemos otras dimensiones muy importantes, como la gobernanza, como cuáles reglas vamos a poner y, también, otra dimensión que me parece muy importante que es la dimensión intercultural porque es muy difícil, por ejemplo que hemos visto desde el principio en Berlín: hace dos años tenemos una serie de entrevistas, de series que hablan de los comunes en chino o en otros idiomas, y se ve que el concepto mismo de commons corresponde a algo bien profundo en todas las culturas, y a veces hay diferencias, etc., y entonces es un desafío que me parece muy grande eso, el de la interculturalidad, las traducciones, etc.</p></br><p>Remix The Commons es un proyecto colaborativo sobre obras multimedia. Su objetivo es documentar e ilustrar las ideas y prácticas en torno a la cuestión del bien común en el proceso creativo. Para conocer más su trabajo visita: <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org">https://www.remixthecommons.org</a></p></br><p>via<a href="http://www.pillku.org/article/remix-the-commons-es-una-plataforma-de-intercambio/">Remix the commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia | Revista Pillku, amantes de la libertad | Cultura Libre.</a></p></a></p> <p>via<a href="http://www.pillku.org/article/remix-the-commons-es-una-plataforma-de-intercambio/">Remix the commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia | Revista Pillku, amantes de la libertad | Cultura Libre.</a></p>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>Santiago Hoerth Moura from <a <p>Santiago Hoerth Moura from <a href="http://www.pillku.org/">Revista Pillku</a> met Alain Ambrosi in Mexico City last November 2012 during the preparatory meeting for the <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Overview_of_the_Economics_of_the_Commons_Conference">Economics, Commons Conference</a>. They have discussed about commons and about Remix the Commons project. Santiago Hoerth Moura has published the following interview in Spanish.</p></br><h4>Entrevista con Alain Ambrosi</h4></br><h2>Remix the Commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia</h2></br><p>Alain Ambrosi es de Québec, la ciudad de Montreal en Canadá y trabaja para una organización que se llama COMMUNOTIC como investigador asociado, y específicamente para un proyecto que se llama Remix the Commons o Remezcla los comunes que es un proyecto internacional de plataforma en la web.</p></br><p><strong>Por Redacción Pillku</strong></p></br><p><strong>¿Cuál es tu experiencia de trabajo con los comunes?</strong></p></br><p>Mi experiencia de trabajo en los comunes empieza en la documentación de todo lo que se hace y lo que se dice sobre los comunes desde hace ya tres años. Empezando en el Foro Social de Belém en 2009, donde tuvimos el primer Encuentro Internacional Ciencia y Democracia, donde se habló de los commons. En este tiempo se hablaba de los bienes comunes, y la declaración final de este foro social mundial de Belém integró una declaración de recuperación de los Bienes Comunes. Desde este tiempo yo hice como siguiendo un poco las manifestaciones, conferencias, que se hacían sobre los comunes, hubo después la conferencia de Berlín organizado también por el Commons Strategies Group pero con la Fundación Heinrich Böll, era el primer encuentro donde la gente de los comunes materiales y de los comunes inmateriales se encontraron por primera vez digamos. Y fue en esta ocasión que hemos pensando y lanzado la idea de un proyecto que se llama Remix the Commons.</p></br><p><strong>Entonces contamos un poco en qué consiste Remix the Commons.</strong></p></br><p>Remix the Commons es una plataforma de intercambio de difusión, de producción, de documentos multimedia sobre el tema de los comunes. Es una plataforma socio-técnica, donde preferimos hablar más de lo socio que de lo técnico, y decir que es una plataforma que es un espacio de co-creación sobre los comunes. Entonces hemos empezado con entrevistas en todas estas reuniones, foros sociales, pero estamos integrando varios documentos sobre los comunes. Pero la plataforma no es solamente una cosa que va hacer sobre internet; es realmente un espacio de trabajo de co-creación, quiere decir que ya tenemos un montón de problemas que resolver, problemas técnicos que para nosotros es algo menor, pero a nivel jurídico legal porque vamos a hacer circular imágenes, videos, lo cual es un problema grande, y a nivel económico también, porque hay que sustentar este tipo de proyectos y ya tenemos varias ideas de trabajar a nivel de los comunes, porque nosotros nos consideramos com un bien común, quiero decir el proyecto Remix the Commons, queremos funcionar como un bien común, una comunidad de “partenarios” que van a decir las reglas propias, para ir adelante con el proyecto.</p></br><p>Entonces tenemos otras dimensiones muy importantes, como la gobernanza, como cuáles reglas vamos a poner y, también, otra dimensión que me parece muy importante que es la dimensión intercultural porque es muy difícil, por ejemplo que hemos visto desde el principio en Berlín: hace dos años tenemos una serie de entrevistas, de series que hablan de los comunes en chino o en otros idiomas, y se ve que el concepto mismo de commons corresponde a algo bien profundo en todas las culturas, y a veces hay diferencias, etc., y entonces es un desafío que me parece muy grande eso, el de la interculturalidad, las traducciones, etc.</p></br><p>Remix The Commons es un proyecto colaborativo sobre obras multimedia. Su objetivo es documentar e ilustrar las ideas y prácticas en torno a la cuestión del bien común en el proceso creativo. Para conocer más su trabajo visita: <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org">https://www.remixthecommons.org</a></p></br><p>via<a href="http://www.pillku.org/article/remix-the-commons-es-una-plataforma-de-intercambio/">Remix the commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia | Revista Pillku, amantes de la libertad | Cultura Libre.</a></p></a></p> <p>via<a href="http://www.pillku.org/article/remix-the-commons-es-una-plataforma-de-intercambio/">Remix the commons es una plataforma de intercambio multimedia | Revista Pillku, amantes de la libertad | Cultura Libre.</a></p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Spain’s recent municipal and regi<p>Spain’s recent municipal and regional elections have transformed the entire political scene. New citizen coalitions with roots in community groups allied with small progressive political parties won unexpected victories in several large cities. This, plus the fact that two new national political parties – Podemos and Ciudadanos – burst decisively onto the political stage in the regional elections, has blocked the bipartisan (PP-PSOE) system created with the 1975 democratic transition. Victorious in 7 major cities throughout the country, including the 3 largest ones (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia), these coalitions open the door to a different sort of transition, questioning the dominant political culture and mentality, and in most cases putting in place minority governments, thus obliging various parties to negotiate joint platforms. It is interesting to note that Podemos, the young political party that made a surprise showing in the 2014 European elections and made strong gains on the regional level this year, decided not to present its own candidates in the municipal elections, but rather participated in or – more frequently – supported the new citizen coalitions in various cities.</p></br><h2>Reinventing Urban Commons for the XXIst Century</h2></br><p>These newcomers to the municipal political scene identifiy with the Commons, and in some cases even include the term in their names : Barcelona en Comù, Zaragoza en Comun… A perusal of their programmes and of the manner in which they were developed demonstrates that this is not simply an empty phrase, but the reference to the Commons introduces instead a new political discourse and horizon and, above all, a new way of ‘doing’ politics. The new candidates-elect come from different social movements and this is their first experience in electoral politics. Their ‘non-parties’ are in general less than a year old but the organisations they come from have held massive mobilisations and won significant local victories. On analysis, the new political culture they aim for is rooted in the tradition of urban struggle now revisited and improved on the basis of the citizen movements that originated in the 2008 financial crisis, the indignados of 2011, and the successive ‘waves’ (mareas) that followed in the housing, health, education, culture and urban ecology sectors. The tradition of self-management and ‘self-government’ often rooted in libertarianism and long known as ‘municipalism’ has been revisited by the culture and practices of the many anti-growth, ecological, alter-globalisation, and cultural movements inspired by the spirit of the Indignados of 2011 with an impressive mastery and intelligent use of new technologies and audiovisual media.</p></br><p>The challenges facing this new municipalism are enormous : the problems are illustrated by the findings of two international reports revealed immediately following the May 24 elections. The firsti underlined the explosion of the level of poverty since the beginning of the crisis (increase from 9% to 18%) while the secondii demonstrated an increase of 40% of the number of extremely rich during the same period. Adding to the general morosity by reiterating prevailing logic, the IMF seized the occasion, shortly prior to the investiture of the new municipal governments, to congratulate the Spanish government on its ‘encouraging’ economic results while publicly reminding it that it must continue its austerity measures by increasing indirect taxes, cutting health and education budgets still more and lowering wages. What else could be expected from the fans of austerity?</p></br><h2>The Re-dignified Good Life In Common</h2></br><p>But such dire pronouncements do not scathe the confidence of the new mayors whose campaigns were run and programmes built on an anti-austerity stance; they are already putting in place (Barcelona is a good example) some of the measures set out in their plan of attack for affordable housing, food, accessible public utilities and transportation, and a basic living allowance. They are dedicating an unprecedented quantity of resources for municipal governments to these measures in an explicit attempt to counter the ‘de-humanising’ effects of austerity policies and to ‘restore the dignity’ of the most vulnerable. But the declared intentions of the new municipal leaders go far beyond the emergency measures of the first few months of their term. They want to turn their cities into living experiments in promoting an urban Good Life that redefines economic and social policy and municipal responsabilities as well as democratic practices on the municipal but also the regional, national and international levels. In her inaugural speech as Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau called for the creation of a ‘network of democratic cities in Southern Europe’.</p></br><h2>Transparency and Participation</h2></br><p>This incipient revolution in political culture and practice is taking place with total transparency, with the creation of a code of ethics, cutting the salaries of the elected representatives and eliminating statutory perks (official cars, per diems, etc) and, above all, by wagering on the collective intelligence and active participation of local citizens. Indeed, many of them have already taken part in the municipal programme by contributing to its elaboration prior to and during the campaign in the many neighbourhood meetings and various ‘crowd-sourcing’ moments on virtual platforms. The resulting highly structured programme remains an open document and is in itself an invitation to participate. The web page of Barcelona en Comù boldly states : ‘The programme you have before you is a programme In Common and, as you can see, that requires a major change from traditional political programmes […] it’s a document that aims to be useful to dialogue amongst citizens.’ iii</p></br><p>During her inauguration ceremony, Ada Colau asserted that ‘it is indispensable to create a new form of governance’, reminding the crowd that she is but ‘one of thousands of neighbours’, that she plans to ‘govern by obeying’ and that if she and her team do not deliver on their programme promises ‘Kick us out!’. The thousands of people watching the ceremony on giant screens in Plaza Sant Jaume greeted her speech with shouts of ‘Yes we can!’ (Si se puede), echoing the slogans of the public meetings held throughout the campaign. In a crowd so dense that she could hardly make her way through, but clearly at ease surrounded by ‘neighbours’, comrades and partisans, Ada slipped into the discourse and manner of the ex-president and activist of the PAHiv. With her charming smile, she declared to the enthusiastic crowd that ‘governing will not be easy but we are not alone’ and called on them to show responsability and to actively participate. She concluded evoking the need for empathy and invited the crowd to organise a demonstration in support of the strking telephone workers of Movistar, present in the crowd, and whose struggle she has supported throughout the campaign. The tone has been set, and indicates that it is not only the Commons but also the spirit of the Indignados movement that has come to City Hall.</p></br><h2>The Realism of the Commons</h2></br><p>In an article titled ‘It’s time for realism’, Josep Ramoneda, columnist for the catalan daily Ara, compared the proposals of Barcelona en Comù to the latest demands of the IMF, demonstrating that the ‘nihilist utopias’ – a label often used by the media and the governing right wing PP party to denigrate progressive alternatives – are instead found in the proposals of the neoliberal hardliners, incapable as they have shown themselves to be of finding a solution to the economic crisis and deepening inequality. He concludes by affirming ‘Let’s be realistic, let us consider the common good’v – a somewhat astonishing comment in this newpaper reputed to be more interested in supporting independence than the Commons. A comment that also reveals that the Commons have come not only to Town Hall, but are emerging in the collective imagination and in political discourse.</p></br><h2>A Living Laboratory, an Invitation to Commoning</h2></br><p>The emerging glocal movement of commoners and their apprentices should observe closely what transpires in this living laboratory of the urban commons. There is a lot to learn from this commons in action about the nature of the commons, the process of commoning and the possible transition to a commons society. This is also a unique opportunity to contribute peer-to-peer with our own experiences and know-how, developed all over the globe in the many different socio-cultural contexts where the Commons are being reinvented in recent years.</p></br><p><strong>Alain Ambrosi, Barcelona, 17 June 2015</strong></p></br><p>1 OECD, May 2015 <a href="http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/in-it-together-why-lne.ess-inequality-benefits-all_9789264235120-en">http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/in-it-together-why-lne.ess-inequality-benefits-all_9789264235120-en</a><br /></br>2 Capgemini and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Wealth Management. Cited in El Pais 17 June 2015.<br /></br>3 <a href="https://barcelonaencomu.cat">https://barcelonaencomu.cat</a><br /></br>4 PAH : Plataforma des los afectados por la hipoteca – Platform of those affected by mortgage (ie, against expulsions) created in 2009 in Barcelona and which now counts some 200 member associations in Spain.<br /></br>5 Ara, 10 June 2015.</p>;/a><br /> 4 PAH : Plataforma des los afectados por la hipoteca – Platform of those affected by mortgage (ie, against expulsions) created in 2009 in Barcelona and which now counts some 200 member associations in Spain.<br /> 5 Ara, 10 June 2015.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>The 11 and 12 November, the <a<p>The 11 and 12 November, the <a href=" http://www.deeep.org/"> DEEEP project </a> , co-funded by the European Union program , gathered in Johannesburg (South Africa) 200 activists from around the world to rethink the framework of development NGOs and initiate the construction of a  » World Citizens Movement . » This meeting is the starting point of a process that will last two years of citizen mobilization for change and global justice. <a Href="http://movement.deeep.org"> A digital platform </a> is dedicated to it. During the conference, the participants began to learn from the work of civil society, its modes of organization and action in different areas around the world and produced a document, <a href = " http://www.deeep.org/component/content/article/395.html " >« The Johannesburg Compass: Questions and orientations »</a> to define the principles that should guide the work of the two coming years.</p></br><p>Invited to participate in this process, I have contributed to discussions and writing text to feed as much as possible of the concept of the commons. Conceived initially as a declaration of principles supported by a shared vision, this document has become a guide for the process itself, based on a few key ideas such as the need to de-colonize our minds and de-institutionalize development organizations. The result reflects the will of renewal in both form and content of the action, but leaves unanswered, at least for the moment, questions about the nature of a worl citizen movement, if it is one motion, and the nature of the process of the two next years of workfollowing the conference.</p></br><p>It seems to me that today , a world citizens movement has to revolutionize the way for everyone to exercise their citizenship, and to be aware of. One of the roles of NGOs and CSOs should be to support the politicization of everyday life in the field of health , nutrition , education , work, .. .. etc, within the perspective of the commons. How to do this on a massive scale ? Appart from action campaigns on strategic objectives at the regional or global level, made by organizations, that are the infrastructure of civil society, it is to renew and articulate what is in France called popular education by integration of social neighborhood and mediated by computer networks practices. Such a dynamic would allow each to be more confortable with broader perspective and the international agenda. The challenge is to build bridges with multiple communities of belonging, not to provide them with the leadership of NGOs and movements, but to recognize and legitimize their leaderships at different scales of power (from local to global).</p></br><p>To listen to the conference participants at Johannesburg , it looks like it must also go through the (re)discovery of the commons within organizations, regardless of their size or intended to rebuild the project itself. This can be a wide perspective of the organization (NGOs / CSOs ) to continue the work from Johburg. In this sense, it will be better to work on Our commons than to define THE commons and to try to transform organizations working on their values, projects and actions, rather than seeking Commons as a theoretical or ideological framework.</p></br><p>Another avenue is to share les lessons learned by activists of the intangible and knowledge commons that, since the emergence of the computer have been able to build a movement that defends their values, distributed forms of collaboration , openness and freedom , sharing and solidarity , personal empowerment and participation in collectives, acting on a small scale while remaining in a universal vision. This movement is generally invisible as a social movement for people who are not activists. Everyone uses free software, access to culture and free knowledge, most of the time without paying attention. Yet organizations of knowledge and free culture are structured and are  » NGO  » or  » OCS  » weighty. Just consider the most visible in the public area alike Wikimedia Foundation, or the weight of this movement in the industrial sector (IBM , Android, …) or the work of lobbying done by groups aloke EFF Quadrature net, to realize that. It is a movement to maturity. This experience and the culture it develops worth sharing. </p></br><p>Would not it be helpful to think a similar movement in the field of materials, urban, rural and natural commons?</p></br><p>Frédéric Sultan</p>ould not it be helpful to think a similar movement in the field of materials, urban, rural and natural commons?</p> <p>Frédéric Sultan</p>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>The 11 and 12 November, the <a<p>The 11 and 12 November, the <a href=" http://www.deeep.org/"> DEEEP project </a> , co-funded by the European Union program , gathered in Johannesburg (South Africa) 200 activists from around the world to rethink the framework of development NGOs and initiate the construction of a  » World Citizens Movement . » This meeting is the starting point of a process that will last two years of citizen mobilization for change and global justice. <a Href="http://movement.deeep.org"> A digital platform </a> is dedicated to it. During the conference, the participants began to learn from the work of civil society, its modes of organization and action in different areas around the world and produced a document, <a href = " http://www.deeep.org/component/content/article/395.html " >« The Johannesburg Compass: Questions and orientations »</a> to define the principles that should guide the work of the two coming years.</p></br><p>Invited to participate in this process, I have contributed to discussions and writing text to feed as much as possible of the concept of the commons. Conceived initially as a declaration of principles supported by a shared vision, this document has become a guide for the process itself, based on a few key ideas such as the need to de-colonize our minds and de-institutionalize development organizations. The result reflects the will of renewal in both form and content of the action, but leaves unanswered, at least for the moment, questions about the nature of a worl citizen movement, if it is one motion, and the nature of the process of the two next years of workfollowing the conference.</p></br><p>It seems to me that today , a world citizens movement has to revolutionize the way for everyone to exercise their citizenship, and to be aware of. One of the roles of NGOs and CSOs should be to support the politicization of everyday life in the field of health , nutrition , education , work, .. .. etc, within the perspective of the commons. How to do this on a massive scale ? Appart from action campaigns on strategic objectives at the regional or global level, made by organizations, that are the infrastructure of civil society, it is to renew and articulate what is in France called popular education by integration of social neighborhood and mediated by computer networks practices. Such a dynamic would allow each to be more confortable with broader perspective and the international agenda. The challenge is to build bridges with multiple communities of belonging, not to provide them with the leadership of NGOs and movements, but to recognize and legitimize their leaderships at different scales of power (from local to global).</p></br><p>To listen to the conference participants at Johannesburg , it looks like it must also go through the (re)discovery of the commons within organizations, regardless of their size or intended to rebuild the project itself. This can be a wide perspective of the organization (NGOs / CSOs ) to continue the work from Johburg. In this sense, it will be better to work on Our commons than to define THE commons and to try to transform organizations working on their values, projects and actions, rather than seeking Commons as a theoretical or ideological framework.</p></br><p>Another avenue is to share les lessons learned by activists of the intangible and knowledge commons that, since the emergence of the computer have been able to build a movement that defends their values, distributed forms of collaboration , openness and freedom , sharing and solidarity , personal empowerment and participation in collectives, acting on a small scale while remaining in a universal vision. This movement is generally invisible as a social movement for people who are not activists. Everyone uses free software, access to culture and free knowledge, most of the time without paying attention. Yet organizations of knowledge and free culture are structured and are  » NGO  » or  » OCS  » weighty. Just consider the most visible in the public area alike Wikimedia Foundation, or the weight of this movement in the industrial sector (IBM , Android, …) or the work of lobbying done by groups aloke EFF Quadrature net, to realize that. It is a movement to maturity. This experience and the culture it develops worth sharing. </p></br><p>Would not it be helpful to think a similar movement in the field of materials, urban, rural and natural commons?</p></br><p>Frédéric Sultan</p>ould not it be helpful to think a similar movement in the field of materials, urban, rural and natural commons?</p> <p>Frédéric Sultan</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>The <a href="https://wiki.remi<p>The <a href="https://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php/Petit_d%C3%A9jeuner_en_commun_(Coll)">Breakfasts in-Common </a>process was initiated by Senegal’s « Centre d’Art Senegalais Kër Thiossane » and Quebec’s « Communautique », as part of the project Remix the Commons.</p></br><p>Born from a research dynamic about endogenous definitions of commons, Breakfasts in-Common bring occasions to think collectively about what commons mean, from an artistic approach. The goal of these meetings whether in Dakar or Montréal is not only to understand but also to feel the meaning difference that exists between my « I » and the « we » of a collective process. A sensitive approach that allows to craft stories able to give some meaning to the fact of living together. Stories that help maintain the community in motion and give a purpose to one’s own existence and thriving.</p></br><p><H2>First light in Dakar</H2><br /></br>From January 2012, in Dakar, in a violent pre-election context, in the midst of doubts about the constitution and the rise of citizenship awareness in all Senegal, Kër Thiossane started an exploratory work around Commons by organizing Breakfasts in-Common in a monthy cycle.</p></br><p>Three Breakfasts in-Common were organized between January and April 2012 on the subjects « The commons in African cities » ; « Commons and space » and « Languages and knowledge ».</p></br><p>These Breakfasts in-Common were moments of gathering and exchanges constituting by themselves a practice of the « in-Common », where each participates in sharing knowledge in a horizontal dynamic.</p></br><p>Each Breakfast started by viewing a film produced by the Kër Thiossane team on an artist and his or her questioning about one aspect of the Commons in the Senegalese society.</p></br><p>Some of the films and extracts from the breakfasts recordings are available online on the Kër Thiossane website, along with a toolbox of books, texts, interviews that anyone is welcomed to enrich with their own contributions via a wiki or at a breakfast in-Common.</p></br><p>Afropixel Festival<br /></br>This material, accumulated since early 2012 and the thinking initiated among the artistic community and the inhabitants was used to prepare a variety of activities, residences, workshops and performances at the time of the Afropixel festival as part of the theme « Creation, culture and knowledge in Common », that took place in may 2012.</p></br><p>Among this diverse and rich programming, Kër Thiossane gathered great African thinkers and artists to elaborate collectively on the question of « Artistic responsibility in the construction of the in-Common ».</p></br><p>All around a glass of tea, Achille Mbembe, Simon Njami, Ken Bugul, Kan-Si, Felwine Sarr, Thiat and Ibrahima Wane took part in what was not an expert group but rather a meeting where everyone’s expertise was to profit the collective thinking that was woven along the talks.</p></br><h2>Kédougou, until where is your place ?</h2></br><p>In 2013, the Breakfasts in-Common keep on with the collaboration of the collective « La companyía (http://www.lacompanyia.org/). They delocalize with a first breakfast outside Dakar in March as part of the « Night of the stars » festival organised by the Multimedia Community center of Kédougou.</p></br><p>Taking the same theme as the festival, « Kédougou, until where is your place ? », we investigated on the problematic of the Kédougou region associated with Commons. The opening of the question « where is your place » allowed to approach the questions about managing natural resources in a boundary region rich in gold and ore, as well as belonging and building of communities.</p></br><p><H3>Futur development</h3></br><p>The Breakfasts in-Common and the Afropixel festival organized so far have drawn a great interest, as much from artists and members of the civil society as from citizens, in Senegal. Seeds were sown and a real awareness of the stake of Commons invites us to continue these meetings in an even more open way, about other aspects of Commons, with the objective to enable and widen this collective thinking space.<br /></br>In 2013-2014, Kër Thiossane would like to organize other breakfasts at regular intervals and repeat more of the delocalised experiments, outside Dakar, in partnership with Senegal’s community radios network.</p></br><p>These experiments with continue to be filmed, documented and shared with Communautique in Montréal and other partners, actors of commons elsewhere in the world (Finland, Colombia…). Videos and other documents from these with be posted online on the Remix the commons platform.</p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>Marion Louisgrand Sylla (Ker Thiossane). Susana Moliner – Marta Vallejo Herrando ( La Companiya),</p></br><h3>Financing</h3></br><p>The Breakfasts in-Common receives financial support from the « Fonds Francophone des inforoutes » through the project Remix the Commons.<br /></br>The production of the Breakfasts in-Common in Dakar was made possible thanks to the financial support from Arts Collaboratory and the « Organisation Internationale de la Froncophonie in Kër Thiossane.</p></br><h3>Contribution of Remix the Commons</h3></br><p>Remix the Commons contributed in the onset of the project and spread the word of it’s existance among commoners. Remix the Commons supports formalisation of the process and the deployement of a network of similar practices.</p>Thiossane.</p> <h3>Contribution of Remix the Commons</h3> <p>Remix the Commons contributed in the onset of the project and spread the word of it’s existance among commoners. Remix the Commons supports formalisation of the process and the deployement of a network of similar practices.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>The <a href="https://wiki.remi<p>The <a href="https://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php/Petit_d%C3%A9jeuner_en_commun_(Coll)">Breakfasts in-Common </a>process was initiated by Senegal’s « Centre d’Art Senegalais Kër Thiossane » and Quebec’s « Communautique », as part of the project Remix the Commons.</p></br><p>Born from a research dynamic about endogenous definitions of commons, Breakfasts in-Common bring occasions to think collectively about what commons mean, from an artistic approach. The goal of these meetings whether in Dakar or Montréal is not only to understand but also to feel the meaning difference that exists between my « I » and the « we » of a collective process. A sensitive approach that allows to craft stories able to give some meaning to the fact of living together. Stories that help maintain the community in motion and give a purpose to one’s own existence and thriving.</p></br><p><H2>First light in Dakar</H2><br /></br>From January 2012, in Dakar, in a violent pre-election context, in the midst of doubts about the constitution and the rise of citizenship awareness in all Senegal, Kër Thiossane started an exploratory work around Commons by organizing Breakfasts in-Common in a monthy cycle.</p></br><p>Three Breakfasts in-Common were organized between January and April 2012 on the subjects « The commons in African cities » ; « Commons and space » and « Languages and knowledge ».</p></br><p>These Breakfasts in-Common were moments of gathering and exchanges constituting by themselves a practice of the « in-Common », where each participates in sharing knowledge in a horizontal dynamic.</p></br><p>Each Breakfast started by viewing a film produced by the Kër Thiossane team on an artist and his or her questioning about one aspect of the Commons in the Senegalese society.</p></br><p>Some of the films and extracts from the breakfasts recordings are available online on the Kër Thiossane website, along with a toolbox of books, texts, interviews that anyone is welcomed to enrich with their own contributions via a wiki or at a breakfast in-Common.</p></br><p>Afropixel Festival<br /></br>This material, accumulated since early 2012 and the thinking initiated among the artistic community and the inhabitants was used to prepare a variety of activities, residences, workshops and performances at the time of the Afropixel festival as part of the theme « Creation, culture and knowledge in Common », that took place in may 2012.</p></br><p>Among this diverse and rich programming, Kër Thiossane gathered great African thinkers and artists to elaborate collectively on the question of « Artistic responsibility in the construction of the in-Common ».</p></br><p>All around a glass of tea, Achille Mbembe, Simon Njami, Ken Bugul, Kan-Si, Felwine Sarr, Thiat and Ibrahima Wane took part in what was not an expert group but rather a meeting where everyone’s expertise was to profit the collective thinking that was woven along the talks.</p></br><h2>Kédougou, until where is your place ?</h2></br><p>In 2013, the Breakfasts in-Common keep on with the collaboration of the collective « La companyía (http://www.lacompanyia.org/). They delocalize with a first breakfast outside Dakar in March as part of the « Night of the stars » festival organised by the Multimedia Community center of Kédougou.</p></br><p>Taking the same theme as the festival, « Kédougou, until where is your place ? », we investigated on the problematic of the Kédougou region associated with Commons. The opening of the question « where is your place » allowed to approach the questions about managing natural resources in a boundary region rich in gold and ore, as well as belonging and building of communities.</p></br><p><H3>Futur development</h3></br><p>The Breakfasts in-Common and the Afropixel festival organized so far have drawn a great interest, as much from artists and members of the civil society as from citizens, in Senegal. Seeds were sown and a real awareness of the stake of Commons invites us to continue these meetings in an even more open way, about other aspects of Commons, with the objective to enable and widen this collective thinking space.<br /></br>In 2013-2014, Kër Thiossane would like to organize other breakfasts at regular intervals and repeat more of the delocalised experiments, outside Dakar, in partnership with Senegal’s community radios network.</p></br><p>These experiments with continue to be filmed, documented and shared with Communautique in Montréal and other partners, actors of commons elsewhere in the world (Finland, Colombia…). Videos and other documents from these with be posted online on the Remix the commons platform.</p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>Marion Louisgrand Sylla (Ker Thiossane). Susana Moliner – Marta Vallejo Herrando ( La Companiya),</p></br><h3>Financing</h3></br><p>The Breakfasts in-Common receives financial support from the « Fonds Francophone des inforoutes » through the project Remix the Commons.<br /></br>The production of the Breakfasts in-Common in Dakar was made possible thanks to the financial support from Arts Collaboratory and the « Organisation Internationale de la Froncophonie in Kër Thiossane.</p></br><h3>Contribution of Remix the Commons</h3></br><p>Remix the Commons contributed in the onset of the project and spread the word of it’s existance among commoners. Remix the Commons supports formalisation of the process and the deployement of a network of similar practices.</p>Thiossane.</p> <h3>Contribution of Remix the Commons</h3> <p>Remix the Commons contributed in the onset of the project and spread the word of it’s existance among commoners. Remix the Commons supports formalisation of the process and the deployement of a network of similar practices.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>The violent destruction of the co<p>The violent destruction of the commons of the ZAD (Zone To Defend) of Notre-Dame-des-Landes by the French government is an infamous and revolting act. The current police offensive, led by several thousand gendarmes and CRS equipped with armored vehicles and helicopters is only the exercise of the purest State violence against a set of collective practices that are in progress or in preparation. This includes their fragile material conditions (buildings, meeting places, work tools, herds), and they  are now destroyed by bulldozers and police squads.</p></br><p>Since the first day of assault on the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes, the destruction of the farm of the «Cents Noms» was a true declaration of social and political war. The destruction of this place was by no means imperative given the criteria invoked by the government in its « communication ». Nicole Klein, Prefect of Loire Region(<a href="#note1" name="retour au texte1"> 1</a>), justifies the police operation by claiming that the «Cents Noms» had not submitted an agricultural project. This is obviously false: the inhabitants of this farm were carrying an alternative agricultural project and some of them had submitted a request for regularization.</p></br><p>What is the real reason for this destructive rage? It is not the absence of a project, it is the nature of the projects that is at stake. The State and its representatives do not support the life forms that are experimented here and now, and for the past 10 years. These life forms prefigure a society free from the ownership logic in all its dimensions. From this point of view, it is of the highest symbolic value that the inhabitants and defenders of the zone propose the Assembly of Uses to take charge of the collective management of lands and spaces from the beginning. This solution would’ve had the advantage to straightly extend the experience initiated and pursued for so many years: to make the logic of the common use which is a logic of care and nurture, or to prevail over the logic of land ownership which is a destructive and deadly logic.</p></br><p>It is not the « Constitutional State » that defends itself, as the Prime Minister affirms, it is a State of force that wants to eliminate as quickly and completely as possible all actions that could perform the principle of the Common: associations, consumers and workers cooperatives, agricultural and craft projects, convivial modes of exchange and of life. The government wants to prevent the invention of what is a real way of producing and living by using its excessive police force. It also wants to eliminate a solidary and ecological model of life that we need today.</p></br><p>The State shows its true face here. It is not only protecting  private ownership, but it is itself completely under the logic of ownership. It is the Owner State in war against the commons. It must be defeated at all costs to preserve the treasure threatened of the commons.<br /></br><strong><br /></br>Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval</strong></p></br><p>—–</p></br><p>Note :<br /></br><a name="note1"></a>(1) The Prefect is a representative of the public authority in the department, directly appointed by the President of the Republic (and not elected as mayors).</p></br><p>—–<br /></br>Original edition : <a href="http://questionmarx.typepad.fr/question-marx/2018/04/nddl-non-a-la-violence-de-letat-contre-les-communs-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NDDL : NON A LA VIOLENCE DE L’ETAT CONTRE LES COMMUNS ! </a> Thursday, April 12 2018</p></br><p>Translated in English by Frédéric Sultan and Alexandre Guttmann</p>gt;NDDL : NON A LA VIOLENCE DE L’ETAT CONTRE LES COMMUNS ! </a> Thursday, April 12 2018</p> <p>Translated in English by Frédéric Sultan and Alexandre Guttmann</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Video créée par Connor Turland po<p>Video créée par Connor Turland pour la campagne de collecte de fonds pour l’organisation du séminaire « Commons based economy » de Quilligan School of Commoning à Londres</p></br><p>Texte de la vidéo : </p></br><blockquote><p>There are at least 2 major factors at play in the universe.<br /></br>For our purposes we’ll call them Unity … and Diversity.<br /></br>Generally today, we tend to you think that you just can’t have both.<br /></br>And consequently, as a human, you can’t be working towards both. You’re either working towards this. Or this. And that decides which camp you’re in, warring against the other.<br /></br>Predictably, this gets us a net progress of … NOWHERE.<br /></br>The same place that 1 dimensional, polaristic thinking is getting us.<br /></br>So what if we thought in another dimension.<br /></br>Collectively, what we’ve gained over here…we’ve lost over here.<br /></br>The Commons is the word that encompasses all those things that have been depleted to get us where we are today.<br /></br>We are rapidly depleting the social, cultural, intellectual, natural, genetic, and material commons.<br /></br>But can we replenish this…<br /></br>Without losing what we’ve gained?<br /></br>Frankly, millions of people, and institutions, businesses, and even countries already are.<br /></br>And whether everyone knows it or not, we all seem to be converging…<br /></br>On what? … we could call it a Commons-Based Economy.<br /></br>But time is of the essence! As other forces threaten to throw us into a worse dark age than ever.<br /></br>That’s why the people in this campaign are working tirelessly for me AND we to support the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>Help us help the world as we build a commons for the commons.<br /></br>That means learning resources, a learning platform, and sharing the vital work of James Quilligan, who just gave 12 seminars in 12 days on the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>It will take all of our collective intentions and intelligence to learn our way together towards the more beautiful world our hearts tell us is possible.<br /></br>To take the human project to the next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /></br>Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /> Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>Video créée par Connor Turland po<p>Video créée par Connor Turland pour la campagne de collecte de fonds pour l’organisation du séminaire « Commons based economy » de Quilligan School of Commoning à Londres</p></br><p>Texte de la vidéo : </p></br><blockquote><p>There are at least 2 major factors at play in the universe.<br /></br>For our purposes we’ll call them Unity … and Diversity.<br /></br>Generally today, we tend to you think that you just can’t have both.<br /></br>And consequently, as a human, you can’t be working towards both. You’re either working towards this. Or this. And that decides which camp you’re in, warring against the other.<br /></br>Predictably, this gets us a net progress of … NOWHERE.<br /></br>The same place that 1 dimensional, polaristic thinking is getting us.<br /></br>So what if we thought in another dimension.<br /></br>Collectively, what we’ve gained over here…we’ve lost over here.<br /></br>The Commons is the word that encompasses all those things that have been depleted to get us where we are today.<br /></br>We are rapidly depleting the social, cultural, intellectual, natural, genetic, and material commons.<br /></br>But can we replenish this…<br /></br>Without losing what we’ve gained?<br /></br>Frankly, millions of people, and institutions, businesses, and even countries already are.<br /></br>And whether everyone knows it or not, we all seem to be converging…<br /></br>On what? … we could call it a Commons-Based Economy.<br /></br>But time is of the essence! As other forces threaten to throw us into a worse dark age than ever.<br /></br>That’s why the people in this campaign are working tirelessly for me AND we to support the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>Help us help the world as we build a commons for the commons.<br /></br>That means learning resources, a learning platform, and sharing the vital work of James Quilligan, who just gave 12 seminars in 12 days on the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>It will take all of our collective intentions and intelligence to learn our way together towards the more beautiful world our hearts tell us is possible.<br /></br>To take the human project to the next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /></br>Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /> Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Video that Connor created for the<p>Video that Connor created for the School of Commoning crowdfunding that allowed us to organize the Quilligan seminar series in London.</p></br><p>Text : </p></br><blockquote><p>There are at least 2 major factors at play in the universe.<br /></br>For our purposes we’ll call them Unity … and Diversity.<br /></br>Generally today, we tend to you think that you just can’t have both.<br /></br>And consequently, as a human, you can’t be working towards both. You’re either working towards this. Or this. And that decides which camp you’re in, warring against the other.<br /></br>Predictably, this gets us a net progress of … NOWHERE.<br /></br>The same place that 1 dimensional, polaristic thinking is getting us.<br /></br>So what if we thought in another dimension.<br /></br>Collectively, what we’ve gained over here…we’ve lost over here.<br /></br>The Commons is the word that encompasses all those things that have been depleted to get us where we are today.<br /></br>We are rapidly depleting the social, cultural, intellectual, natural, genetic, and material commons.<br /></br>But can we replenish this…<br /></br>Without losing what we’ve gained?<br /></br>Frankly, millions of people, and institutions, businesses, and even countries already are.<br /></br>And whether everyone knows it or not, we all seem to be converging…<br /></br>On what? … we could call it a Commons-Based Economy.<br /></br>But time is of the essence! As other forces threaten to throw us into a worse dark age than ever.<br /></br>That’s why the people in this campaign are working tirelessly for me AND we to support the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>Help us help the world as we build a commons for the commons.<br /></br>That means learning resources, a learning platform, and sharing the vital work of James Quilligan, who just gave 12 seminars in 12 days on the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>It will take all of our collective intentions and intelligence to learn our way together towards the more beautiful world our hearts tell us is possible.<br /></br>To take the human project to the next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /></br>Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>o the next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /> Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>Video that Connor created for the<p>Video that Connor created for the School of Commoning crowdfunding that allowed us to organize the Quilligan seminar series in London.</p></br><p>Text : </p></br><blockquote><p>There are at least 2 major factors at play in the universe.<br /></br>For our purposes we’ll call them Unity … and Diversity.<br /></br>Generally today, we tend to you think that you just can’t have both.<br /></br>And consequently, as a human, you can’t be working towards both. You’re either working towards this. Or this. And that decides which camp you’re in, warring against the other.<br /></br>Predictably, this gets us a net progress of … NOWHERE.<br /></br>The same place that 1 dimensional, polaristic thinking is getting us.<br /></br>So what if we thought in another dimension.<br /></br>Collectively, what we’ve gained over here…we’ve lost over here.<br /></br>The Commons is the word that encompasses all those things that have been depleted to get us where we are today.<br /></br>We are rapidly depleting the social, cultural, intellectual, natural, genetic, and material commons.<br /></br>But can we replenish this…<br /></br>Without losing what we’ve gained?<br /></br>Frankly, millions of people, and institutions, businesses, and even countries already are.<br /></br>And whether everyone knows it or not, we all seem to be converging…<br /></br>On what? … we could call it a Commons-Based Economy.<br /></br>But time is of the essence! As other forces threaten to throw us into a worse dark age than ever.<br /></br>That’s why the people in this campaign are working tirelessly for me AND we to support the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>Help us help the world as we build a commons for the commons.<br /></br>That means learning resources, a learning platform, and sharing the vital work of James Quilligan, who just gave 12 seminars in 12 days on the emergence of a commons-based economy.<br /></br>It will take all of our collective intentions and intelligence to learn our way together towards the more beautiful world our hearts tell us is possible.<br /></br>To take the human project to the next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /></br>Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>o the next dimension, we need nothing less than a mass movement.<br /> Internet, your move.</p></blockquote>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>We are organising a Barcamp dedic<p>We are organising a Barcamp dedicated to video as commons in Paris <strong>the 4th of october from 14:00 to 18:00 at <a href="http://labodeledition.com/contenu/222/remix-video-tech?symfony=vek5amij7du0s2jsiqjhit6jd2">Labo de l’édition</a> 75005 Paris.<br /></br></strong><br /></br>Documentary production provides a largely untapped source of video, images and audio files. For each documentary produced, many hours of rushes are carried out and a large part will seldom be used. It is estimated that for every documentary produced several dozen hours of rushes for only 52 minutes used.</p></br><p>However, the pooling of rushes could multiply the forms of collaboration such as productions geographically distributed, creations adapted to local contexts, or adopting the point of view of different producers and multiple users for the same subject or content. In addition, the sharing of rushes may be accompanied by other exchanges: tools, know-how, good ideas and ultimately generate new projects.</p></br><p>The idea that these resources can be shared and remixed is the basis of projects such as Remix The Commons and sideways. So we invite directors, producers and users of multimedia content to explore the possibiliies of sharing and re-use in the field the documentary video.</p></br><p><strong>See the details of the <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org/en/2013/06/barcamp-remix-video-tech-pour-la-video-en-biens-communs/">barcamp in French</a>. </strong></p>www.remixthecommons.org/en/2013/06/barcamp-remix-video-tech-pour-la-video-en-biens-communs/">barcamp in French</a>. </strong></p>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>We are organising a Barcamp dedic<p>We are organising a Barcamp dedicated to video as commons in Paris <strong>the 4th of october from 14:00 to 18:00 at <a href="http://labodeledition.com/contenu/222/remix-video-tech?symfony=vek5amij7du0s2jsiqjhit6jd2">Labo de l’édition</a> 75005 Paris.<br /></br></strong><br /></br>Documentary production provides a largely untapped source of video, images and audio files. For each documentary produced, many hours of rushes are carried out and a large part will seldom be used. It is estimated that for every documentary produced several dozen hours of rushes for only 52 minutes used.</p></br><p>However, the pooling of rushes could multiply the forms of collaboration such as productions geographically distributed, creations adapted to local contexts, or adopting the point of view of different producers and multiple users for the same subject or content. In addition, the sharing of rushes may be accompanied by other exchanges: tools, know-how, good ideas and ultimately generate new projects.</p></br><p>The idea that these resources can be shared and remixed is the basis of projects such as Remix The Commons and sideways. So we invite directors, producers and users of multimedia content to explore the possibiliies of sharing and re-use in the field the documentary video.</p></br><p><strong>See the details of the <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org/en/2013/06/barcamp-remix-video-tech-pour-la-video-en-biens-communs/">barcamp in French</a>. </strong></p>www.remixthecommons.org/en/2013/06/barcamp-remix-video-tech-pour-la-video-en-biens-communs/">barcamp in French</a>. </strong></p>)
  • Chargement/Site 2  + (<p>Which governance for the « Remix <p>Which governance for the « Remix the commons » project and what governance model in the commons movement ?<br /></br>Lead by LARTES-IFAN, the coordination of governance worked on establishing a prototype of the governance charter and of the REMIX platform. It has produced two 12 minutes documentary films on experiments of conception and implementation of charters, one for a neighbourhood of Dakar and the other on the national Senegalese charter, as an exemplary process of creation of Common good. It has also gathered a number of resources and chosen links whether to ease a documentation need or to widen the opportunity of scientific collaborations in the area of the social economy and the Commons movement.</p></br><h3>Futur development</h3></br><p>Research on the use of governance charters are going on and will be elements of reflection to the commoners.</p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>Abdou Salam Fall and Abdou Rahmane Seck, researchers at LARTES, Sénégal</p></br><h3>Financing</h3></br><p>the « Governance charters project » is part of the research work conducted by LARTES IFAN. It was partly financed by « Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie » through « Remix the commons »</p></br><h3>The contribution of « Remix the commons »</h3></br><p>« Remix the commons » is a meeting space for researchers and practitioners towards the development of governance practices based on commons.</p>;p>« Remix the commons » is a meeting space for researchers and practitioners towards the development of governance practices based on commons.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<p>Which governance for the « Remix <p>Which governance for the « Remix the commons » project and what governance model in the commons movement ?<br /></br>Lead by LARTES-IFAN, the coordination of governance worked on establishing a prototype of the governance charter and of the REMIX platform. It has produced two 12 minutes documentary films on experiments of conception and implementation of charters, one for a neighbourhood of Dakar and the other on the national Senegalese charter, as an exemplary process of creation of Common good. It has also gathered a number of resources and chosen links whether to ease a documentation need or to widen the opportunity of scientific collaborations in the area of the social economy and the Commons movement.</p></br><h3>Futur development</h3></br><p>Research on the use of governance charters are going on and will be elements of reflection to the commoners.</p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>Abdou Salam Fall and Abdou Rahmane Seck, researchers at LARTES, Sénégal</p></br><h3>Financing</h3></br><p>the « Governance charters project » is part of the research work conducted by LARTES IFAN. It was partly financed by « Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie » through « Remix the commons »</p></br><h3>The contribution of « Remix the commons »</h3></br><p>« Remix the commons » is a meeting space for researchers and practitioners towards the development of governance practices based on commons.</p>;p>« Remix the commons » is a meeting space for researchers and practitioners towards the development of governance practices based on commons.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<ul> We invite you to participate in<ul></br>We invite you to participate in the Commons Space which will be hosted at the the World Social Forum 2016 taking place from the 9th to the14th of August in Montreal.<br class="autobr" /> This is a space for experimentation, exchange and construction of commons based alternatives to the current economic model. This space will welcome and support the strategic process of convergence of commoners and social movements throughout the WSF. Here is the invitation.</br></ul></br><h3 class="spip">Commons…</h3></br><p>In 2009 at the Social Forum in Belem Chico Whitaker launched the Manifesto Reclaim the Commons which was adopted by members of the International Council of the WSF<br class="autobr" /> [<a class="spip_url spip_out auto" href="http://bienscommuns.org/signature/appel/index.php?a=du&c=nfg1de" rel="nofollow external">http://bienscommuns.org/signature/appel/index.php?a=du&c=nfg1de</a>]. Since then, social movements have adopted this cause. At the WSF in Dakar in 2011, Silke Helfrich reported on the increased visibility of workshops and activities sharing the theme of<br class="autobr" /> thecommons.[<a class="spip_url spip_out auto" href="http://commonsblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/wsf-dakar-shifting-from-the-logic-of-the-market-to-the-logic-of-the-commons/" rel="nofollow external">http://commonsblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/wsf-dakar-shifting-from-the-logic-of-the-market-to-the-logic-of-the-commons/</a>].</p></br><p>In 2012, the commons was the central slogan of the People’s Summit in Rio calling « for Social and Environmental Justice in defense of the commons, against the commodification of life ».[<a class="spip_url spip_out auto" href="http://rio20.net/en/propuestas/final-declaration-of-the-people%E2%80%99s-summit-in-rio-20/" rel="nofollow external">http://rio20.net/en/propuestas/final-declaration-of-the-people%E2%80%99s-summit-in-rio-20/</a>] Again in 2012 on International Earth Day in Montreal at one of the biggest rallies of the « Printemps érable » (Maple Spring) protestors carried signs, flags and banners calling for the protection of the commons from privatization.</p></br><p>Ideas and practices based on Commons, P2P, Open Cooperativism continue to grow and are being developed by activists in many areas : Social Solidarity Economy, Collaborative & Sharing Economy, resistance to enclosure such as land grabs, defending water as a commons,Struggles against financialization and Climate change to name but a few. Activists find each other at events and festivals dedicated to the commons, like Afropixel (Dakar, 2012), Pixelache Festival (Helsinki,, 2014), Art of Commoning (Montreal, 2014), International Festival of the Commons (Chieri, Italy, 2015), Festival Temps des communs (Francophonie, 2015), CommonsFest (Athens, 2015), Procomun (Barcelona, 2016), and many more.</p></br><p>With a shared ambition to make another world possible activists are working together to develop commons based policies that deepen citizen participation. In local assemblies and civic laboratories, new spaces for civic engagement based on the commons are emerging. Commons are playing a leading role in the development of new thinking essential to the renewal of democracy.</p></br><p>Sharing practices and building alliances for the defense and creation of the commons,<br class="autobr" /> Developing and sharing commons based policies for cities, regions and countries, Building a convergence of commoners through continued dialogue on shared causes and strategies with movements working on transition such as : Degrowth, Political Ecology, Social Solidarity Economy, etc.</p></br><h3 class="spip">Self organized and distributed Commons Space</h3></br><p>The Commons Space at the WSF in Montreal will be open for the duration of the forum to anyone or any organization that is concerned with the commons, and wants to organize a workshop or any activity.</p></br><p>We propose a space in the spirit of the School of the Commons which aims<br class="autobr" /> at :</p></br><ul class="spip"></br><li>documenting and disseminating knowledge on the Commons based on shared experiences and learning.</li></br><li>to concretely support the creation, reappropriation or conservation of existing and emerging commons through actions or projects based on mutual assistance and commitment.</li></br><li>to develop the practice of Commoning based on creative and collaborative skills and as a way of life.</li></br></ul></br><p>There will be an open and flexible schedule to accommodate a variety of activities and topics including both pre-programmed events and space for impromtu sessions. Most importantly we wish invite you to participate in the assemblies and convergence sessions.</p></br><p>The following topics have already been proposed :</p></br><ul class="spip"></br><li>Urban Commons/City as a Commons/Municipal Movements</li></br><li>The Common as a New Political Subject</li></br><li>Open/Platform Cooperativism</li></br></ul></br><p>The Commons Space will be open and distributed in Montréal, in collaboration with the coworking spaces in the city. Its headquarters will be located at ECTO, a coworking coop [<a class="spip_url spip_out auto" href="http://www.ecto.coop" rel="nofollow external">www.ecto.coop</a>] in the heart of creative Montreal. Other coworking spaces (Salon 1861, Temps libre) and inter-cultural places will host activities.</p></br><p>The WSF is a unique opportunity to connect and work with activists from all over the world North/South/East/West to progress the cause of the Commons. This is an open call for proposals and activities. We invite you and your organisation to participate in co-organizing and facilitating the Commons Space. You can express your interest in participating and submit proposals for workshops, presentation, arts and cultural interventions simply by writing to the signatories of this announcement. To participate in discussion and to keep informed as the program of activities develops you can sign up to our mailing list.</p></br><p><a class="spip_url spip_out auto" href="http://lists.p2pfoundation.net/wws/review/wsf2016" rel="nofollow external">http://lists.p2pfoundation.net/wws/review/wsf2016</a></p></br><p>Looking forward seeing you in MTL</p></br><ul class="spip"></br><li>Frédéric Sultan [fredericsultan@gmail.com]</li></br><li>Yves Otis [yves@percolab.com]</li></br><li>Kevin Flanagan [kevin@p2pfoundation.net] – <a class="spip_url spip_out auto" href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/" rel="nofollow external">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/</a></li></br><li>Elisabetta Cangelosi [betta.cangelosi@gmail.com]</li></br><li>Alain Ambrosi [ambrosia@web.ca]</li></br><li>Abdou Salam Fall [asfall@refer.sn]</li></br><li>Monique Chartrand [direction@communautique.qc.ca]</li></br></ul></br><p>This is an initiative of Gazibo, Remix the Commons, Communautique,<br class="autobr" /> LARTES, percolab, P2P Foundation, VECAM, and supported by the Foundation<br class="autobr" /> for Human Progress.</p>l">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/</a></li> <li>Elisabetta Cangelosi [betta.cangelosi@gmail.com]</li> <li>Alain Ambrosi [ambrosia@web.ca]</li> <li>Abdou Salam Fall [asfall@refer.sn]</li> <li>Monique Chartrand [direction@communautique.qc.ca]</li> </ul> <p>This is an initiative of Gazibo, Remix the Commons, Communautique,<br class="autobr" /> LARTES, percolab, P2P Foundation, VECAM, and supported by the Foundation<br class="autobr" /> for Human Progress.</p>)
  • Remettre l'eau au cœur du débat public  + (Cet étude examine deux démarches participaCet étude examine deux démarches participatives de la Métropole de Lyon : la création de l’Assemblée des usagers de l’eau, en accompagnement de la nouvelle régie publique, et Eau futurE, une expérience de prospective participative. L'idée qui accompagne ces projets était de proposer aux habitants des espaces, des temps et des méthodes pour s’informer, réfléchir aux enjeux, se projeter vers l’avenir et peser sur les décisions, facilitant l’émergence d’une dynamique citoyenne autour de l’eau, de sa gestion et de sa préservation. Dans ce rapport on retrouve racontées ces deux initiatives afin de partager leurs méthodes, leurs partis-pris, leurs apports et leurs limites, aux professionnels de la</br>participation citoyenne et à toute personne intéressée par la vie démocratique.rsonne intéressée par la vie démocratique.)
  • European Commons Assembly  + (European Commons Assembly is an ongoing prEuropean Commons Assembly is an ongoing process that facilitates pluralistic debate regarding the strategy and agenda for a fundamentally united political vision. It supports activists’ continued engagement in concrete, collaborative and bottom-up actions and campaigns in Europe, and ultimately helps to build a flourishing European political civil society movement for the commons. </br></br>The main objectives were defined in the initial meeting CommonsWatch (see Commons Watch Report):</br>* to stand in solidarity around our diverse struggles for the commons,</br>* to exchange experiences, case studies and other information,</br>* to develop and govern resources in an open, participatory and inclusive manner (funding, infrastructures...) to support our activities,</br>* to develop policies to preserve the commons and commoners and participate in lawmaking processes,</br>* to strenghten, gain visibility and campaign betterghten, gain visibility and campaign better)
  • Justice transitionnelle: l'expérience Marocaine  + (Project Justice transitionnelle, l'expérieProject Justice transitionnelle, l'expérience Marocaine aims to share videos about the process of transitional justice and community reparation and to preserve memory of victim communities during “the years of lead” in Morocco and what kinds of public hearings took place, in fact those hearings gave the highlight of an extensive process of citizen deliberation, compassion and free expression in Morocco. They also talked about lots of stories about how community reparation project aimed to improve the living conditions of the people in victim communities and empower them. In fact, those materials mainly focused on women and children.ials mainly focused on women and children.)
 (A process where individuals with the same interests potentially form a group, and pursue these interests and gain forms of value from within their group by working collectively and agreeing upon decisions that are harder to make in a group.)
  • Un nouveau droit pour l'administration partagée de biens communs  + ('''De nouvelles règles juridiques pour pre'''De nouvelles règles juridiques pour prendre soin des biens communs et reconstruire les communautés locales'''.</br></br>Quelque chose de nouveau s'est produit en Italie ces dernières années, quelque chose que personne n'aurait cru possible dans un pays où les biens communs ont traditionnellement été considérés comme les biens de personne, donc la proie du pillage ou de l'exploitation. C'est un changement culturel grâce auquel des milliers de personnes dans les villes comme dans les villages, au nord comme au sud, sortent de chez eux pour prendre soin avec leurs voisins des biens communs urbains : rues, places, parcs et espaces publics en général, biens culturels, écoles ainsi que des bâtiments publics abandonnés qui sont restaurés et revivent grâce aux efforts combinés de citoyens actifs. Tout cela va bien au-delà de la simple maintenance des biens urbains. Il s'agit plutôt d'une participation à la vie publique sous de nouvelles formes, alors que les citoyens actifs participent non seulement aux décisions publiques (démocratie participative), mais aussi à la solution des problèmes d'intérêt général (administration partagée). Ce faisant, ils construisent ou reconstruisent les liens qui unissent leur communauté, aident les gens à lutter contre la solitude, produisent l'intégration, le capital social et la confiance réciproque. L'impact positif de l'engagement des citoyens à prendre soin des biens communs va donc bien au-delà des aspects matériels, aussi importants soient-ils pour une meilleure qualité de vie. Cependant, paradoxalement, les règles juridiques issues d'une conception ancienne de la relation entre les citoyens et l'État interdisent de telles activités. C'est pourquoi le Labsus (Laboratorio per la sussidiarietà) a élaboré en 2014, en collaboration avec la municipalité de Bologne, de nouvelles règles municipales pour réglementer l'administration partagée et permettre aux citoyens de prendre soin des biens communs. Ces nouvelles règles ont été adoptées par les municipalités de tout le pays, permettant aux citoyens d'avoir des rapports égaux avec les administrations publiques locales, libérant ainsi de précieuses ressources et énergies civiques dans l'intérêt général. énergies civiques dans l'intérêt général.)
  • How Does the Commons Work?  + ( :FR Cette animation vidéo, illustre quelq</br>:FR</br>Cette animation vidéo, illustre quelques-unes des principales caractéristiques de la vision de David Bollier sur la façon dont nous pouvons gérer «les biens communs» de manière équitable pour transformer le système actuel sur la base du paradigme des communs.</br></br>:EN</br>How can we use "commoning" as a process to transform the social paradigm of our current system? In this paper for our "New Systems: Possibilities and Proposals" series exploring viable political-economic alternatives to the present order, economist David Bollier suggests we rethink the traditional "tragedy of the commons" argument, moving instead toward new and innovative ways to equitably manage shared resources. </br></br>In this stop-motion video animation, we illustrate some of the principal features of David Bollier’s vision for how we can manage "the commons" in an equitable fashion to transform our current system.</br>le fashion to transform our current system. )
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote> <div align="center"&<blockquote></br><div align="center">Edition française de Free Fair and Alive, The Insurgent Power Of The Commons est disponible en librairie à partir du 18 novembre 2022</div></br></blockquote></br><div align="center"><b>LE POUVOIR SUBVERSIF DES COMMUNS</b><br /></br>DAVID BOLLIER ET SILKE HELFRICH<br /></br>Traduction française coordonnée par Olivier Petitjean</div></br><p align="center"><i>Les communs ne se résument pas à des projets à petite échelle visant à améliorer la vie quotidienne. Ils sont une vision séminale pour réimaginer ensemble notre avenir et réinventer notre organisation sociale, notre économie, nos infrastructures, notre politique et le pouvoir de l’État lui-même.</i></p></br><p>Alors que le monde d’aujourd’hui est confronté aux risques de rupture climatique et de pénuries énergétiques, ce livre ose imaginer comment d’innombrables actes de partage peuvent construire une nouvelle culture et une économie politique révolutionnaire. Il ambitionne de conceptualiser les communs en tant que système social, dynamique et créatif, vivant de l’ingéniosité quotidienne et des valeurs coopératives.</p></br><p>Il développer un appareil théorique décrivant de manière fine et détaillée un ensemble de modèles de l’action en commun orienté vers ce qui est utile et équitable et de dessiner ainsi un terrain d’émancipation et de démocratie réelle.</p></br><p>En s’appuyant sur des exemples concrets de pratiques des communs à travers le monde, depuis les forêts communautaires de l’Inde et les communes urbaines d’Italie, jusqu’aux coopératives de plateformes sur internet et aux soins infirmiers de quartier aux Pays-Bas, David Bollier et Silke Helfrich démontrent que nous pouvons être des personnes libres et créatives et nous gouverner nous-mêmes grâce à des institutions justes et responsables.</p></br><h3>Les auteurs : David Bollier et Silke Helfrich</h3></br><p><strong>David Bollier</strong> est directeur du programme “Reinventing the Commons” au Schumacher Center for a New Economics et cofondateur du “Commons Strategies Group”. Auteur de La Renaissance des communs (ECLM, 2014), entre autres livres, il vit à Amherst, dans le Massachusetts, aux États-Unis.</p></br><p>Militante, universitaire et conférencière, <strong>Silke Helfrich</strong> a cofondé le “Commons Strategies Group” et le “Commons Institute”. Elle a été l’éditrice et la coautrice de plusieurs livres sur les communs et vivait à Neudenau, en Allemagne.</p></br><p><strong>Page web de l’éditeur :</strong></p></br><blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iI96aqajXR"><p><a href="https://www.eclm.fr/livre/le-pouvoir-subversif-des-communs/">Le pouvoir subversif des communs</a></p></blockquote></br><p><iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);" title="« Le pouvoir subversif des communs » — ECLM" src="https://www.eclm.fr/livre/le-pouvoir-subversif-des-communs/embed/#?secret=iI96aqajXR" data-secret="iI96aqajXR" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /></br><strong>Contact presse :</strong><br /></br>Isabelle Yafil – 01 43 14 75 82 – isabelle.yafil@eclm.fr<br /></br>Partenariat de diffusion Remix the commons</p>"iI96aqajXR" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /> <strong>Contact presse :</strong><br /> Isabelle Yafil – 01 43 14 75 82 – isabelle.yafil@eclm.fr<br /> Partenariat de diffusion Remix the commons</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote> <div align="center"&<blockquote></br><div align="center">Edition française de Free Fair and Alive, The Insurgent Power Of The Commons est disponible en librairie à partir du 18 novembre 2022</div></br></blockquote></br><div align="center"><b>LE POUVOIR SUBVERSIF DES COMMUNS</b><br /></br>DAVID BOLLIER ET SILKE HELFRICH<br /></br>Traduction française coordonnée par Olivier Petitjean</div></br><p align="center"><i>Les communs ne se résument pas à des projets à petite échelle visant à améliorer la vie quotidienne. Ils sont une vision séminale pour réimaginer ensemble notre avenir et réinventer notre organisation sociale, notre économie, nos infrastructures, notre politique et le pouvoir de l’État lui-même.</i></p></br><p>Alors que le monde d’aujourd’hui est confronté aux risques de rupture climatique et de pénuries énergétiques, ce livre ose imaginer comment d’innombrables actes de partage peuvent construire une nouvelle culture et une économie politique révolutionnaire. Il ambitionne de conceptualiser les communs en tant que système social, dynamique et créatif, vivant de l’ingéniosité quotidienne et des valeurs coopératives.</p></br><p>Il développer un appareil théorique décrivant de manière fine et détaillée un ensemble de modèles de l’action en commun orienté vers ce qui est utile et équitable et de dessiner ainsi un terrain d’émancipation et de démocratie réelle.</p></br><p>En s’appuyant sur des exemples concrets de pratiques des communs à travers le monde, depuis les forêts communautaires de l’Inde et les communes urbaines d’Italie, jusqu’aux coopératives de plateformes sur internet et aux soins infirmiers de quartier aux Pays-Bas, David Bollier et Silke Helfrich démontrent que nous pouvons être des personnes libres et créatives et nous gouverner nous-mêmes grâce à des institutions justes et responsables.</p></br><h3>Les auteurs : David Bollier et Silke Helfrich</h3></br><p><strong>David Bollier</strong> est directeur du programme “Reinventing the Commons” au Schumacher Center for a New Economics et cofondateur du “Commons Strategies Group”. Auteur de La Renaissance des communs (ECLM, 2014), entre autres livres, il vit à Amherst, dans le Massachusetts, aux États-Unis.</p></br><p>Militante, universitaire et conférencière, <strong>Silke Helfrich</strong> a cofondé le “Commons Strategies Group” et le “Commons Institute”. Elle a été l’éditrice et la coautrice de plusieurs livres sur les communs et vivait à Neudenau, en Allemagne.</p></br><p><strong>Page web de l’éditeur :</strong></p></br><blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iI96aqajXR"><p><a href="https://www.eclm.fr/livre/le-pouvoir-subversif-des-communs/">Le pouvoir subversif des communs</a></p></blockquote></br><p><iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);" title="« Le pouvoir subversif des communs » — ECLM" src="https://www.eclm.fr/livre/le-pouvoir-subversif-des-communs/embed/#?secret=iI96aqajXR" data-secret="iI96aqajXR" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /></br><strong>Contact presse :</strong><br /></br>Isabelle Yafil – 01 43 14 75 82 – isabelle.yafil@eclm.fr<br /></br>Partenariat de diffusion Remix the commons</p>"iI96aqajXR" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /> <strong>Contact presse :</strong><br /> Isabelle Yafil – 01 43 14 75 82 – isabelle.yafil@eclm.fr<br /> Partenariat de diffusion Remix the commons</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote> <div align="center"&<blockquote></br><div align="center">Edition française de Free Fair and Alive, The Insurgent Power Of The Commons est disponible en librairie à partir du 18 novembre 2022</div></br></blockquote></br><div align="center"><b>LE POUVOIR SUBVERSIF DES COMMUNS</b><br /></br>DAVID BOLLIER ET SILKE HELFRICH<br /></br>Traduction française coordonnée par Olivier Petitjean</div></br><p align="center"><i>Les communs ne se résument pas à des projets à petite échelle visant à améliorer la vie quotidienne. Ils sont une vision séminale pour réimaginer ensemble notre avenir et réinventer notre organisation sociale, notre économie, nos infrastructures, notre politique et le pouvoir de l’État lui-même.</i></p></br><p>Alors que le monde d’aujourd’hui est confronté aux risques de rupture climatique et de pénuries énergétiques, ce livre ose imaginer comment d’innombrables actes de partage peuvent construire une nouvelle culture et une économie politique révolutionnaire. Il ambitionne de conceptualiser les communs en tant que système social, dynamique et créatif, vivant de l’ingéniosité quotidienne et des valeurs coopératives.</p></br><p>Il développer un appareil théorique décrivant de manière fine et détaillée un ensemble de modèles de l’action en commun orienté vers ce qui est utile et équitable et de dessiner ainsi un terrain d’émancipation et de démocratie réelle.</p></br><p>En s’appuyant sur des exemples concrets de pratiques des communs à travers le monde, depuis les forêts communautaires de l’Inde et les communes urbaines d’Italie, jusqu’aux coopératives de plateformes sur internet et aux soins infirmiers de quartier aux Pays-Bas, David Bollier et Silke Helfrich démontrent que nous pouvons être des personnes libres et créatives et nous gouverner nous-mêmes grâce à des institutions justes et responsables.</p></br><h3>Les auteurs : David Bollier et Silke Helfrich</h3></br><p><strong>David Bollier</strong> est directeur du programme “Reinventing the Commons” au Schumacher Center for a New Economics et cofondateur du “Commons Strategies Group”. Auteur de La Renaissance des communs (ECLM, 2014), entre autres livres, il vit à Amherst, dans le Massachusetts, aux États-Unis.</p></br><p>Militante, universitaire et conférencière, <strong>Silke Helfrich</strong> a cofondé le “Commons Strategies Group” et le “Commons Institute”. Elle a été l’éditrice et la coautrice de plusieurs livres sur les communs et vivait à Neudenau, en Allemagne.</p></br><p><strong>Page web de l’éditeur :</strong></p></br><blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iI96aqajXR"><p><a href="https://www.eclm.fr/livre/le-pouvoir-subversif-des-communs/">Le pouvoir subversif des communs</a></p></blockquote></br><p><iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);" title="« Le pouvoir subversif des communs » — ECLM" src="https://www.eclm.fr/livre/le-pouvoir-subversif-des-communs/embed/#?secret=iI96aqajXR" data-secret="iI96aqajXR" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /></br><strong>Contact presse :</strong><br /></br>Isabelle Yafil – 01 43 14 75 82 – isabelle.yafil@eclm.fr<br /></br>Partenariat de diffusion Remix the commons</p>"iI96aqajXR" width="600" height="338" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /> <strong>Contact presse :</strong><br /> Isabelle Yafil – 01 43 14 75 82 – isabelle.yafil@eclm.fr<br /> Partenariat de diffusion Remix the commons</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote> <div class="clearfix<blockquote></br><div class="clearfix with-navigation">This post is a re-publication of the introduction of David Bollier’s blog from <span class="submitted">Monday 01/19/2015. David Bollier is presenting the report of a two-day workshop, “Toward an Open Co-operativism,” held in August 2014 in Germany. This post is translated in the French and available in the <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org/fr/2015/01/the-promise-of-open-co-operativism-david-bollier/">French part of blog Remix The Commons</a>. You can read the introduction below and the original <a href="http://bollier.org/blog/promise-%E2%80%9Copen-co-operativism%E2%80%9D">there</a>. </span></div></br><div class="clearfix with-navigation"></div></br></blockquote></br><div id="main" class="clearfix with-navigation"></br><p>Is it possible to imagine a new sort of synthesis or synergy between the emerging peer production and commons movement on the one hand, and growing, innovative elements of the co-operative and solidarity economy movements on the other?</p></br><div id="content" class="column"></br><div class="section"></br><div id="content-area"></br><div id="node-1138" class="node node-type-blog node-promoted build-mode-full clearfix"></br><div class="content"></br><p>That was the animating question behind a two-day workshop, “Toward an Open Co-operativism,” held in August 2014 and now chronicled in <a href="http://bollier.org/open-co-operativism-report">a new report </a>by UK co-operative expert Pat Conaty and me.  (Pat is a Fellow of the New Economics Foundation and a Research Associate of Co-operatives UK, and attended the workshop.)</p></br><p>The workshop was convened because the commons movement and peer production share a great deal with co-operatives….but they also differ in profound ways.  Both share a deep commitment to social cooperation as a constructive social and economic force.  Yet both draw upon very different histories, cultures, identities and aspirations in formulating their visions of the future.  There is great promise in the two movements growing more closely together, but also significant barriers to that occurring.</p></br><p>The workshop explored this topic, as captured by the subtitle of the report:  “A New Social Economy Based on Open Platforms, Co-operative Models and the Commons,” hosted by the Commons Strategies Group in Berlin, Germany, on August 27 and 28, 2014. The workshop was supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, with assistance with the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation of France.</p></br><p>Below, the Introduction to the report followed by the Contents page. You can download a pdf of the full report (28 pages) <a href="http://bollier.org/open-co-operativism-report">here.</a> The entire report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (BY-SA) 3.0 license, so feel free to re-post it.</p></br><p>Read on <a href="http://bollier.org/blog/promise-%E2%80%9Copen-co-operativism%E2%80%9D">David Bollier’s blog </a></p></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div></br></div>A) 3.0 license, so feel free to re-post it.</p> <p>Read on <a href="http://bollier.org/blog/promise-%E2%80%9Copen-co-operativism%E2%80%9D">David Bollier’s blog </a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p> In the coming <blockquote><p> In the coming months, three of the partners of Remix The Commons, LARTES, Communautique and VECAM, will initiate an experiment to formalize popular workshops for mapping the commons, develop tools and a free and open practice manual (FLOSS manual) for share this work with those who want the lead it in their own community. </ blockquote></p></br><p>Mapping Common in Africa (Cartographier les Communs en Afrique) is an initiative whose center of gravity is located in Senegal, between Saint Louis and Dakar. It is to design an ambitious and popular process of learning and empowering people on their commons. It mobilizes activists, intellectuals and researchers from different geographical and cultural backgrounds and disciplinary who share the ambition to rebuild commitment and citizen participation on public property.</p></br><p>Commons are goods or things that do not belong to anyone in particular, but whose use is common to all, and management established on a cooperative and democratic basis, ie it allows each to take part in the development of rules and decisions that affect himself.</p></br><p>Examine commons from the point of view of production of social and symbolic links, is questioning how men are all together human community and how by accident or necessity, they can show their capacity to know or not that they are trying to consolidate this link or to lose it, how they are able or not to build and take care of commons (Abdourahmane Seck).</p></br><p>Based on the experiences and issues specific to the African continent, the Commons Mapping Project in Africa is to develop methods of interpretation and representation, including mapping, of the issues relative to the commons, to systematize and to organize their mutual enrichment in an open and collaborative base for the purpose of empowering people.</p></br><p>This project will contribute to the networking of commoners in Africa, and to strengthen their interaction with the rest of the world, through the sharing of visions and practices and the contribution to the development of methods and tools for mapping the commons.</p></br><p><em>Folow this work (in French) in the <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php/Communs_en_Afrique">wiki</a></em> of Remix The Commons and read more in the <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org/fr/2014/07/cartographier-…uns-en-afrique/">French version of this post</a>.</p>ix The Commons and read more in the <a href="https://www.remixthecommons.org/fr/2014/07/cartographier-…uns-en-afrique/">French version of this post</a>.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p> Some experimen<blockquote><p> Some experiments for mapping the commons, from the definitions and brief descriptions of commoning actions or initiatives, with an instance of Chimere installed by Frédéric Léon at Brest. Chimere allows to place on a maps « points of interest » as defined by their geographic coordinates, text + multimedia documents (video , audio, images). Points of interest can be classified into categories organized by families. Maps are defined by selections of geographical zones and categories.<br /></br></ blockquote></p></br><p><iframe width='660' height='350' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0' src='http://remixthecommons.infini.fr/def-commons/simple'></iframe><br /><a target='_blank' href='http://remixthecommons.infini.fr/def-commons' rel="noopener noreferrer">Agrandir</a> – <a target='_blank' href='http://remixthecommons.infini.fr/def-commons/edit/' rel="noopener noreferrer">Participer</a></p></br><p>The first idea, starting this experiment was to locate on a map hundred of definitions of the commons made since the Berlin Conference of 2010, and look at how to use this medium as a collective means of expression on the notion of commons. For the test, a douzen of definitions is placed on the map. The integration of all the hundreds of available definitions give more card provided. They are searchable by language. Sorting by tag does not exist. It is the next step we are chalenging. It will allow to make more visible the « issues » generated on the Remix The Commons website. The integration of this map in the site remix is done by widget in a blog post or page. Eventually, the card could be powered by mashup multimedia services.</p></br><p>Second experiment : <a href="http://remixthecommons.infini.fr/type-de-biens-communs">mapping documents of commoning practices</a> by category « types of commons » (only with the parents of the categories of Charlotte Hess’ classification, used on the web site Remix the Commons) . The maps can be made by geographical areas. <a href="http://remixthecommons.infini.fr/visages-des-communs">Here</a> a map of a few points in Quebec .</p></br><p>Chimere freely allows the addition of new points of interest by users via <a href="http://remixthecommons.infini.fr/type-de-biens-communs/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a form</a> pretty simple. Each zone provides to the users a form that allows to classify points of interest by the category of the zone.</p></br><p>At this level, it would be useful to complete chimere with elements such as a device of tags of points of interest, a synchronization of files on the map, a synchronization of the points of interest in the catalog of Remix the Commons.</p></br><p>But to go further, it should be necessary to work on approaches of mapping the commons. The identification of resources is the first degree of a mapping of the commons. Should imagine mapping commons based modes of administration of resources, or models of distribution of property rights, or value systems attached to commoning practices and certainly other things.</p></br><p>Frédéric Sultan</p>ng commons based modes of administration of resources, or models of distribution of property rights, or value systems attached to commoning practices and certainly other things.</p> <p>Frédéric Sultan</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p>6 mois après l’<blockquote><p>6 mois après l’espace des communs au Forum Social Mondial, notre outil de documentation / jeu de carte sur les communs est prêt à circuler, animer des conversations et vous aider à faire avancer les communs près de chez vous !</p></blockquote></br><p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.remixthecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_0071-1024x768-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG_0071-1024x768" width="800" height="600" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4621" /></p></br><p>C@rtes en Commun est un jeu où 2 à 5 joueurs collaborant pour construire une société civile résiliente qui défend les communs contre les forces d’accaparement. Outre le plaisir de jouer, C@rtes en commun a été imaginé comme un moyen de documenter la présence des communs à l’Espace de communs, dispositif éphémère de rencontre au Forum Social Mondial à Montréal qui se déroulait en août 2016. Les cartes qui composent le jeu ont été conçues par les personnes présentes volontaires qui ont partagé leur vision et leur expérience des communs sur la base d’un design du jeu réalisé par Mathhieu Rhéaume et son équipe. Cette expérience permet de penser qu’il serait possible d’utiliser une même approche et ces outils méthodologiques pour documenter les communs dans d’autres contextes locaux, votre quartier, ou thématique comme les communs de la connaissance par exemple. Nous avons hâte de pouvoir mener de telles expériences ! </p></br><p>Pour en savoir plus sur le jeu, visitez le <a href="http://cartesencommun.cc/">site Internet</a>. Le jeu est publié à la demande par The Game Crafter aux USA pour le prix de 22,99 $US l’unité plus frais de port et de douane via : <a href="https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/c-rtes-en-commun">https://www.thegamecrafter.com/</a> </p></br><p>Pour réduire les frais de port et douane pour les européens, nous lançons une commande groupée et nous espérons que cela ramènera le coût de chaque jeu livré en Europe à environ de 30/35 $US. </p></br><p>Si vous souhaitez participer à cette première commande groupée, <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/UdXsgNWxqklo4bJq2">remplissez le formulaire</a> avant le 18 mars à 20:00 GMT: </p></br><p>Vous devrez aussi versez une avance correspondant uniquement au prix du ou des jeux commandés. Le reste à payer (port et douane) vous sera demandé une fois la commande terminée, lorsque nous connaîtrons les coûts des frais postaux et de douane. </p></br><p>Ensuite, soyez patient ! La commande groupée sera initiée le 18 mars et arrivera à Paris au cours du mois d’avril. Dès leur arrivée à Paris, les jeux seront expédiés par la poste à leurs destinataires. </p>et arrivera à Paris au cours du mois d’avril. Dès leur arrivée à Paris, les jeux seront expédiés par la poste à leurs destinataires. </p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p>6 months after <blockquote><p>6 months after the World Social Forum, our Documentation / Card Play tool on the commons is ready to circulate, to animate conversations and to help you to move the commons close to you!</p></blockquote></br><p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4621" src="https://www.remixthecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_0071-1024x768-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG_0071-1024x768" width="800" height="600" /></p></br><p>C@rds in Common is a game where 2 to 5 players collaborate to build a resilient civil society that defends the commons against the forces of monopolization. Apart from the pleasure of playing, C@rds in common was conceived as a means of documenting the presence of the commons at the Commons Space, an ephemeral encounter at the World Social Forum in Montreal in August 2016. The cards that composed the game were designed by volunteers who shared their vision and experience of the commons and the game mecanism designed by Mathieu Rhéaume and his team. This experience suggests that it would be possible to use the same approach and these methodological tools to document the commons in other local contexts, alike your neighborhood, or thematics as the commons of knowledge for example. We look forward to such experiments!</p></br><p>To learn more about the game, have a look at the <a href="http://cartesencommun.cc">website</a>.</p></br><p>The game is released on demand by The Game Crafter in the US for $ 22.99 each plus shipping and customs via: <a href="https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/c-rds-in-common">https://www.thegamecrafter.com</a></p></br><p>To reduce shipping and customs for Europeans, we are launching a bulk order and hopefully this will bring the cost of each game delivered to Europe to around US $ 30/35.</p></br><p>If you wish to participate in this first bulk order, fill in <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVa7DsY3rbjkxPoui-KzHqpPtmhhV1_KBstEMebKWVceaPnQ/viewform?c=0&w=1">the form</a> before March 18th at 20:00 GMT.</p></br><p>You will also have to pay an advance corresponding only to the price of the game(s) ordered. The remainder to be paid (port and customs) will be asked when the order is completed, when we will know the costs of postage and customs.</p></br><p>Then, be patient! The group order will be initiated on 19 March and will arrive in Paris during the month of April. As soon as they arrive in Paris, the games will be mailed to their recipients.</p>>Then, be patient! The group order will be initiated on 19 March and will arrive in Paris during the month of April. As soon as they arrive in Paris, the games will be mailed to their recipients.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Defin<blockquote><p><em>Define the commons #3</em>, is the third serie of short videos of definitions of the commons, produced by Communautique and Gazibo for <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"><em>Define The Commons</em></a>. It contains 16 capsules presented below. This serie has been gathered at the Internationale conference <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">ECONOMICS AND THE COMMON(S): FROM SEED FORM TO CORE PARADIGM</a> , co-organized by <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, the <a href="http://www.boell.de">Heinrich Böll</a> and <a href="http://www.fph.ch">Charles Leopold Mayer Pour le Progrès de l’Homme</a> Foundations and <a href="http://remixthecommons.org">Remix The Commons</a>, in Berlin, May 24 and 25, 2013.</p></blockquote></br><h3>Presentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Define The Commons</em></a> is a multilingual project sharing definitions of commons. It is a process of collecting spontaneous and very brief definitions of the commons, made over several years and in different places around the world. </p></br><p>The project started in the first by interviewing people during the first <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">International Commons Conference</a>, co-organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, in Berlin November 1 and 2, 2010. The conference organizers and participants were invited to define the commons with just one sentence in their own langage. Since 2010, many other definitions have been collected during other meetings. </p></br><h3>Future developpement</h3></br><p>Collection of the definitions of the commons continues. It is open to individuals and organizations contributions to define the paradigm of the commons. Publications and uses of the collection of definitions are in preparation, such as a mapping of the definitions of the commons. This project will also contribute to the creation of a glossary of commons through the identification of the terms used in the definitions.</p></br><p>If you want to participate, please sent an email to Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) or Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com). </p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>This initiative is an idea of Alain Ambrosi. Join contributors in the <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"> wiki-page</a>.</p></br><h3>Funding</h3></br><p>The project have been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p></br><h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3></br><p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>ve been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p> <h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3> <p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Defin<blockquote><p><em>Define the commons #5</em>, is the fifth serie of short videos of definitions of the commons, produced by Communautique and Gazibo for <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"><em>Define The Commons</em></a>. It contains 12 capsules presented below. This serie has been gathered at the Internationale conference <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">ECONOMICS AND THE COMMON(S): FROM SEED FORM TO CORE PARADIGM</a> , co-organized by <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, the <a href="http://www.boell.de">Heinrich Böll</a> and <a href="http://www.fph.ch">Charles Leopold Mayer Pour le Progrès de l’Homme</a> Foundations and <a href="http://remixthecommons.org">Remix The Commons</a>, in Berlin, May 24 and 25, 2013.</p></blockquote></br><h3>Presentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Define The Commons</em></a> is a multilingual project sharing definitions of commons. It is a process of collecting spontaneous and very brief definitions of the commons, made over several years and in different places around the world. </p></br><p>The project started in the first by interviewing people during the first <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">International Commons Conference</a>, co-organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, in Berlin November 1 and 2, 2010. The conference organizers and participants were invited to define the commons with just one sentence in their own langage. Since 2010, many other definitions have been collected during other meetings. </p></br><h3>Future developpement</h3></br><p>Collection of the definitions of the commons continues. It is open to individuals and organizations contributions to define the paradigm of the commons. Publications and uses of the collection of definitions are in preparation, such as a mapping of the definitions of the commons. This project will also contribute to the creation of a glossary of commons through the identification of the terms used in the definitions.</p></br><p>If you want to participate, please sent an email to Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) or Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com). </p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>This initiative is an idea of Alain Ambrosi. Join contributors in the <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"> wiki-page</a>.</p></br><h3>Funding</h3></br><p>The project have been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p></br><h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3></br><p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>ve been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p> <h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3> <p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Defin<blockquote><p><em>Define the commons #2</em>, is the second serie of 10 videos of definitions of the commons, (presented below), produced by Communautique and VECAM for <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Define The Commons</em></a>. This serie has been gathered at the World Science and Democracy Forum, organized at Dakar in February 2011, </p></blockquote></br><h3>Presentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"><em>Define The Commons</em></a> is a multilingual project sharing definitions of commons. It is a process of collecting spontaneous and very brief definitions of the commons, made over several years and in different places around the world. </p></br><p>The project started in the first by interviewing people during the first <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">International Commons Conference</a>, co-organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, in Berlin November 1 and 2, 2010. The conference organizers and participants were invited to define the commons with just one sentence in their own langage. Since 2010, many other definitions have been collected during other meetings. </p></br><h3>Future developpement</h3></br><p>Collection of the definitions of the commons continues. It is open to individuals and organizations contributions to define the paradigm of the commons. Publications and uses of the collection of definitions are in preparation, such as a mapping of the definitions of the commons. This project will also contribute to the creation of a glossary of commons through the identification of the terms used in the definitions.</p></br><p>If you want to participate, please sent an email to Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) or Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com). </p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>This initiative is an idea of Alain Ambrosi. Join contributors in the <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"> wiki-page</a>.</p></br><h3>Funding</h3></br><p>The project have been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p></br><h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3></br><p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>hase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p> <h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3> <p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Defin<blockquote><p><em>Define the commons #5</em>, is the fifth serie of short videos of definitions of the commons, produced by Communautique and Gazibo for <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"><em>Define The Commons</em></a>. It contains 12 capsules presented below. This serie has been gathered at the Internationale conference <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">ECONOMICS AND THE COMMON(S): FROM SEED FORM TO CORE PARADIGM</a> , co-organized by <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, the <a href="http://www.boell.de">Heinrich Böll</a> and <a href="http://www.fph.ch">Charles Leopold Mayer Pour le Progrès de l’Homme</a> Foundations and <a href="http://remixthecommons.org">Remix The Commons</a>, in Berlin, May 24 and 25, 2013.</p></blockquote></br><h3>Presentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Define The Commons</em></a> is a multilingual project sharing definitions of commons. It is a process of collecting spontaneous and very brief definitions of the commons, made over several years and in different places around the world. </p></br><p>The project started in the first by interviewing people during the first <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">International Commons Conference</a>, co-organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, in Berlin November 1 and 2, 2010. The conference organizers and participants were invited to define the commons with just one sentence in their own langage. Since 2010, many other definitions have been collected during other meetings. </p></br><h3>Future developpement</h3></br><p>Collection of the definitions of the commons continues. It is open to individuals and organizations contributions to define the paradigm of the commons. Publications and uses of the collection of definitions are in preparation, such as a mapping of the definitions of the commons. This project will also contribute to the creation of a glossary of commons through the identification of the terms used in the definitions.</p></br><p>If you want to participate, please sent an email to Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) or Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com). </p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>This initiative is an idea of Alain Ambrosi. Join contributors in the <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"> wiki-page</a>.</p></br><h3>Funding</h3></br><p>The project have been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p></br><h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3></br><p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>ve been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p> <h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3> <p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Defin<blockquote><p><em>Define the commons #1</em>, is the first serie of 20 videos and remixes of definitions of the commons, (presented below), produced by Communautique and VECAM for <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Define The commons</em></a>. This serie has been gathered at the <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">International Commons Conference</a>, co-organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, in Berlin, November 1 and 2, 2010,</p></blockquote></br><h3>Presentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"><em>Define The Commons</em></a> is a multilingual project sharing definitions of commons. It is a process of collecting spontaneous and very brief definitions of the commons, made over several years and in different places around the world.</p></br><p>The project started in the first by interviewing people during the first <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">International Commons Conference</a>, co-organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, in Berlin November 1 and 2, 2010. The conference organizers and participants were invited to define the commons with just one sentence in their own langage. Since 2010, many other definitions have been collected during other meetings.</p></br><h3>Future developpement</h3></br><p>Collection of the definitions of the commons continues. It is open to individuals and organizations contributions to define the paradigm of the commons. Publications and uses of the collection of definitions are in preparation, such as a mapping of the definitions of the commons. This project will also contribute to the creation of a glossary of commons through the identification of the terms used in the definitions.</p></br><p>If you want to participate, please sent an email to Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) or Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com).</p></br><h3>Collaborators</h3></br><p>This initiative is an idea of Alain Ambrosi. Join contributors in the <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"> wiki-page</a>.</p></br><h3>Funding</h3></br><p>The project have been launched within the framework of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p></br><h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3></br><p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>ork of the prototyping phase of <em>Remix The Commons</em> supported by the International Organization of Francophonie and the Foundation for the Progress of Human (FPH).</p> <h3>Contribution of Remix The Commons</h3> <p>Remix The Commons is the methodological and technical support of this approach.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Défin<blockquote><p><em>Définir les biens communs #1</em>, est la première série de 20 capsules vidéos et remix de définitions des communs (visibles ci-dessous), produite par Communautique et VECAM pour le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun">projet <em>Définir les communs</em></a>. Cette série à été réalisée à l’occasion de la <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">Conférence Internationale sur les Commons (ECC)</a> co-organisée par la Fondation Heinrich Böll et le <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a> à Berlin les 1er et 2 novembre 2010,</p></blockquote></br><h3>Présentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"><em>Définir les communs</em></a> est un projet multilingue de partage et de remix de définitions des biens communs très brèves et spontanées, collectées sur plusieurs années et dans différents lieux tout autour de la planète.</p></br><p>Le recueil des définitions a commencé lors de la première <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">Conférence Internationale sur les Communs (ECC)</a>, co-organisée par la Fondation Heinrich Böll et le<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, à Berlin en 2010. Les organisateurs de la conférence et des participants ont été invités à exprimer, si possible en une seule phrase, et dans leur propre langue, leur définition des biens communs. Depuis 2010, un grand nombre de définitions ont été recueillies à l’occasion d’autres rencontres.</p></br><h3>Futur développement</h3></br><p>La collecte de définitions des biens communs se poursuit. Elle est ouverte à chaque personne et organisation qui souhaite contribuer à la définition collective du paradigme des biens communs. Des publications et exploitations de ce fond documentaire sont en préparation, telle que la mise en place d’une cartographie interactive des définitions. Ce projet contribuera aussi à la constitution d’un glossaire des biens communs à travers l’identification des termes utilisés par les contributeurs dans leurs définitions.</p></br><p>Pour participer à ce projet envoyer un message à Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) ou bien Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com).</p></br><h3>Collaborateurs</h3></br><p>Cette initiative est une idée d’Alain Ambrosi. Retrouver les contributeurs sur le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"> wiki</a>.</p></br><h3>Financement</h3></br><p>Le projet a été réalisé dans le cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p></br><h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3></br><p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p>de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p> <h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3> <p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Défin<blockquote><p><em>Définir les biens communs #5</em>, est la troisième série de courtes vidéos de définitions des biens communs produite par Communautique et Gazibo pour le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action">projet <em>Définir les biens communs</em></a>. Elle est composée de 16 capsules vidéos présentées ci-dessous. Cette série à été réalisée à l’occasion de la conférence Internationale <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">ECONOMICS AND THE COMMON(S): FROM SEED FORM TO CORE PARADIGM</a> co-organisée par le <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, les Fondations <a href="http://www.boell.de">Heinrich Böll</a> et <a href="http://www.fph.ch">Charles Leopold Mayer Pour le Progrès de l’Homme</a> et <a href="http://remixthecommons.org">Remix The Commons</a>, qui se déroulait à Berlin en mai 2013.</p></blockquote></br><h3>Présentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Définir les biens communs</em></a> est un projet multilingue de partage et de remix de définitions des biens communs très brèves et spontanées, collectées sur plusieurs années et dans différents lieux tout autour de la planète. </p></br><p>Le recueil des définitions a commencé lors de la première <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">Conférence Internationale sur les Communs (ECC)</a>, co-organisée par la Fondation Heinrich Böll et le<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, à Berlin en 2010. Les organisateurs de la conférence et des participants ont été invités à exprimer, si possible en une seule phrase, et dans leur propre langue, leur définition des biens communs. Depuis 2010, un grand nombre de définitions ont été recueillies à l’occasion d’autres rencontres.</p></br><h3>Futur développement</h3></br><p>La collecte de définitions des biens communs se poursuit. Elle est ouverte à chaque personne et organisation qui le souhaite qui peut contribuer à la définition collective du paradigme des biens communs. Des publications et exploitations de ce fond documentaire sont en préparation, telle que la mise en place d’une cartographie interactive des définitions. Ce projet contribuera aussi à la constitution d’un glossaire des biens communs à travers l’identification des termes utilisés par les contributeurs dans leurs définitions. </p></br><p>Pour participer à ce projet envoyer un message à Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) ou bien Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com).</p></br><h3>Collaborateurs</h3></br><p>Cette initiative est une idée d’Alain Ambrosi. Retrouver les contributeurs sur le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"> wiki</a>.</p></br><h3>Financement</h3></br><p>Le projet a été réalisé dans le cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p></br><h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3></br><p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p> cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p> <h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3> <p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Défin<blockquote><p><em>Définir les biens communs #5</em>, est la cinquième série de courtes vidéos de définitions des biens communs produite par Communautique et Gazibo pour le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action">projet <em>Définir les biens communs</em></a>. Elle est composée de 12 capsules vidéos présentées ci-dessous. Cette série à été réalisée à l’occasion de la conférence Internationale <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">ECONOMICS AND THE COMMON(S): FROM SEED FORM TO CORE PARADIGM</a> co-organisée par le <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, les Fondations <a href="http://www.boell.de">Heinrich Böll</a> et <a href="http://www.fph.ch">Charles Leopold Mayer Pour le Progrès de l’Homme</a> et <a href="http://remixthecommons.org">Remix The Commons</a>, qui se déroulait à Berlin en mai 2013.</p></blockquote></br><h3>Présentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Définir les biens communs</em></a> est un projet multilingue de partage et de remix de définitions des biens communs très brèves et spontanées, collectées sur plusieurs années et dans différents lieux tout autour de la planète. </p></br><p>Le recueil des définitions a commencé lors de la première <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">Conférence Internationale sur les Communs (ECC)</a>, co-organisée par la Fondation Heinrich Böll et le<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, à Berlin en 2010. Les organisateurs de la conférence et des participants ont été invités à exprimer, si possible en une seule phrase, et dans leur propre langue, leur définition des biens communs. Depuis 2010, un grand nombre de définitions ont été recueillies à l’occasion d’autres rencontres.</p></br><h3>Futur développement</h3></br><p>La collecte de définitions des biens communs se poursuit. Elle est ouverte à chaque personne et organisation qui le souhaite qui peut contribuer à la définition collective du paradigme des biens communs. Des publications et exploitations de ce fond documentaire sont en préparation, telle que la mise en place d’une cartographie interactive des définitions. Ce projet contribuera aussi à la constitution d’un glossaire des biens communs à travers l’identification des termes utilisés par les contributeurs dans leurs définitions. </p></br><p>Pour participer à ce projet envoyer un message à Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) ou bien Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com).</p></br><h3>Collaborateurs</h3></br><p>Cette initiative est une idée d’Alain Ambrosi. Retrouver les contributeurs sur le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"> wiki</a>.</p></br><h3>Financement</h3></br><p>Le projet a été réalisé dans le cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p></br><h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3></br><p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p> cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p> <h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3> <p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Défin<blockquote><p><em>Définir les biens communs #2</em>, est la deuxième série de 10 capsules vidéos de définitions des biens communs (visibles ci-dessous), produite par Communautique et VECAM pour le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun">projet <em>Définir les biens communs</em></a>. Cette série a été réalisée à l’occasion du Forum Mondial Sciences et Démocratie qui se déroulait à Dakar en Février 2011.</p></blockquote></br><h3>Présentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"><em>Définir les biens communs</em></a> est un projet multilingue de partage et de remix de définitions des biens communs très brèves et spontanées, collectées sur plusieurs années et dans différents lieux tout autour de la planète.</p></br><p>Le recueil des définitions a commencé lors de la première <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">Conférence Internationale sur les Communs (ECC)</a>, co-organisée par la Fondation Heinrich Böll et le<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, à Berlin en 2010. Les organisateurs de la conférence et des participants ont été invités à exprimer, si possible en une seule phrase, et dans leur propre langue, leur définition des biens communs. Depuis 2010, un grand nombre de définitions ont été recueillies à l’occasion d’autres rencontres.</p></br><h3>Futur développement</h3></br><p>La collecte de définitions des biens communs se poursuit.  Elle est ouverte à chaque personne et organisation qui souhaite contribuer à la définition collective du paradigme des biens communs. Des publications et exploitations de ce fond documentaire sont en préparation, telle que la mise en place d’une cartographie interactive des définitions. Ce projet contribuera aussi à la constitution d’un glossaire des biens communs à travers l’identification des termes utilisés par les contributeurs dans leurs définitions.</p></br><p>Pour participer à ce projet envoyer un message à Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) ou bien Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com).</p></br><h3>Collaborateurs</h3></br><p>Cette initiative est une idée d’Alain Ambrosi. Retrouver les contributeurs sur le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"> wiki</a>.</p></br><h3>Financement</h3></br><p>Le projet a été réalisé dans le cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p></br><h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3></br><p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p>tenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p> <h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3> <p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><em>Défin<blockquote><p><em>Définir les biens communs #5</em>, est la quatrième série de courtes vidéos de définitions des biens communs produite par Communautique et Gazibo pour le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action">projet <em>Définir les biens communs</em></a>. Elle est composée de 16 capsules vidéos présentées ci-dessous. Cette série à été réalisée à l’occasion de la conférence Internationale <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">ECONOMICS AND THE COMMON(S): FROM SEED FORM TO CORE PARADIGM</a> co-organisée par le <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, les Fondations <a href="http://www.boell.de">Heinrich Böll</a> et <a href="http://www.fph.ch">Charles Leopold Mayer Pour le Progrès de l’Homme</a> et <a href="http://remixthecommons.org">Remix The Commons</a>, qui se déroulait à Berlin en mai 2013.</p></blockquote></br><h3>Présentation</h3></br><p><a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun"><em>Définir les biens communs</em></a> est un projet multilingue de partage et de remix de définitions des biens communs très brèves et spontanées, collectées sur plusieurs années et dans différents lieux tout autour de la planète. </p></br><p>Le recueil des définitions a commencé lors de la première <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference">Conférence Internationale sur les Communs (ECC)</a>, co-organisée par la Fondation Heinrich Böll et le<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Strategies_Group"> Commons Strategies Group</a>, à Berlin en 2010. Les organisateurs de la conférence et des participants ont été invités à exprimer, si possible en une seule phrase, et dans leur propre langue, leur définition des biens communs. Depuis 2010, un grand nombre de définitions ont été recueillies à l’occasion d’autres rencontres.</p></br><h3>Futur développement</h3></br><p>La collecte de définitions des biens communs se poursuit. Elle est ouverte à chaque personne et organisation qui le souhaite qui peut contribuer à la définition collective du paradigme des biens communs. Des publications et exploitations de ce fond documentaire sont en préparation, telle que la mise en place d’une cartographie interactive des définitions. Ce projet contribuera aussi à la constitution d’un glossaire des biens communs à travers l’identification des termes utilisés par les contributeurs dans leurs définitions. </p></br><p>Pour participer à ce projet envoyer un message à Alain Ambrosi (ambrosia/at/web.ca) ou bien Frédéric Sultan (fredericsultan/at/gmail.com).</p></br><h3>Collaborateurs</h3></br><p>Cette initiative est une idée d’Alain Ambrosi. Retrouver les contributeurs sur le <a href="http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Definir_le_bien_commun&action"> wiki</a>.</p></br><h3>Financement</h3></br><p>Le projet a été réalisé dans le cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p></br><h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3></br><p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p> cadre de la phase de prototypage de Remix The Commons soutenue par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et la Fondation Pour le Progrès de l’Homme.</p> <h3>Contribution de Remix Biens Communs</h3> <p>Remix est le support méthodologique et technique de cette démarche.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><strong>E<blockquote><p><strong>Entrevue avec Joan Subirats(1) par Alain Ambrosi Mai 2018 </strong></p></blockquote></br><blockquote><p>Joan Subirats est commissaire à la culture de la ville de Barcelone, dirigée par le groupe Barcelona en comu. Il est également professeur de sciences politiques à l’Universitat autonoma de Barcelona et fondateur de l’Institut sur la gouvernance et les politiques publiques (IGOP). Dans cette interview en anglais, il présente les enjeux de la politique culturelle pour la municipalité de Barcelone actuellement dirigée par Barcelona en Comù.</p></blockquote></br><figure style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full" src="https://s1.qwant.com/thumbr/0x380/b/4/cf4cf4f48af794bc54dc5384e88975c9e7cd020dbccf80dc35882a989230be/joan%20subirats.jpg?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fepsu.es%2Fimage%2Fjoan%2520subirats.jpg&q=0&b=1&p=0&a=1" alt="Joan Subirats (UAB) Conferencia FEPSU 2016" width="800" height="400" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Joan Subirats (UAB) Conferencia FEPSU 2016</figcaption></figure></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: In your recent article in La Vanguardia(2), you set out a framework for a cultural policy, you refer to putting into practice the key community values that should underpin that policy… Maybe we could start there?</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong>: For me, whereas in the 20th century the defining conflict was between freedom and equality – and this marked the tension between right and left throughout the 20th century because in a way this is the frame in which capitalism and the need for social protection evolved together with the commodification of life while at the same time the market called for freedom – ie: no rules, no submission. But the need for protection demanded equality. But in the 21st century there is rejection of the notion of protection linked to statism: Nancy Fraser published an article(3) in the New Left Review, it is a re-reading of Polanyi and she claims that this double movement between commodification and protection is still valid, but that the State-based protection typical of the 20th century, where equality is guaranteed by the State, clashes since the end of the 20th century with the growing importance of heterogeneity, diversity and personal autonomy. Therefore, if in order to obtain equality, we have to be dependent on what the State does, this is going to be a contradiction…. So we could translate those values that informed the definition of policies in the 20th century, in 21st century terms they would be the idea of freedom (or personal autonomy, the idea of empowerment, not subjection, non-dependence) and at the same time equality, but no longer simply equality of opportunities but also equality of condition because we have to compensate for what is not the same (equal) in society. If you say « equal opportunities », that everyone has access to cultural facilities, to libraries, you are disregarding the fact that the starting conditions of people are not the same, this is the great contribution of Amartya Sen, no? You have to compensate for unequal starting situations because otherwise you depoliticize inequality and consider that inequality is the result of people’s lack of effort to get out of poverty. So equality yes, but the approach is different. And we must incorporate the idea of diversity as a key element in the recognition of people and groups on the basis of their specific dignity. That seems easy to say, but in reality it is complicated, especially if you relate it to culture, because culture has to do with all these things: it has to do with the construction of your personality, it has to do with equal access to culture just as cultural rights and culture have to do with the recognition of different forms of knowledge and culture – canonical culture, high culture, popular culture, everyday culture, neighbourhood culture …<br /></br>So for me, a cultural policy should be framed within the triple focus of personal autonomy, equality and diversity. And this is contradictory, in part, with the cultural policies developed in the past, where there is usually confusion between equality and homogeneity. In other words, the left has tended to consider that equality meant the same thing for everyone and that is wrong, isn’t it?, because you are confusing equality with homogeneity. The opposite of equality is inequality, the opposite of homogeneity is diversity. So you have to work with equality and diversity as values that are not antagonistic, but can be complementary. And this is a challenge for public institutions because they do not like heterogeneity, they find it complicated because it is simpler to treat everyone the same, as the administrative law manual used to prescribe `indifferent efficiency’: it is a way of understanding inequality as indifference, right?</p></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: In your article you also talk about the opposition between investing in infrastructures versus creating spaces and environments that are attractive to creators and you put an emphasis on the generation of spaces. What is being done, what has been done, what could be done about this?</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong> : In Barcelona we want to ensure that the city’s cultural policies do not imply producing culture itself, but rather to try to influence the values in the production processes that already exist, in the facilities, in the cultural and artistic infrastructures: the role of the city council, of the municipality, is not so much to produce culture as to contribute to the production of culture. Which is different, helping to produce culture…. Obviously, the city council will give priority to those initiatives that coincide with the values, with the normative approach that we promote. There are some exceptions, for example, the Grec festival in Barcelona(4) in July, or the Mercé(5), which is the Festa Mayor, where the city council does in fact subsidize the production of culture, so some productions are subsidised but generally what we have is a policy of aid to creators. What is being done is that 11 creative factories (fablabs) have been built, these are factories with collectives that manage them chosen through public tenders. There are now 3 factories of circus and visual arts, 2 factories of dance creation, one factory of more global creation housed at Fabra & Coats, 3 theatre factories and 2 visual arts and technology sites. So there are 11 factories of different sorts and there are plans to create others, for example in the field of feminist culture where we are in discussion with a very well consolidated group : normally all these creative factories have their management entrusted to collectives that already become highly consolidated in the process of creation and that need a space to ensure their continuity. Often the city council will cede municipal spaces to these collectives, sometimes through public competitions where the creators are asked to present their project for directing a factory. This is one aspect. Another aspect is what is called living culture, which is a programme for the promotion of cultural activities that arise from the community or from collectives in the form of cooperatives and this is a process of aid to collectives that are already functioning, or occasionally to highlight cultural activities and cultural dynamics that have existed for a long time but have not been dignified, that have not been valued, for example the Catalan rumba of the Gypsies, which is a very important movement in Barcelona that emerged from the gypsy community of El Raval, where there were some very famous artists like Peret. There we invested in creating a group to work on the historical memory of the rumba, looking for the roots of this movement, where it came from and why. Then some signposts were set up in streets where this took place, such as La Cera in El Raval, where there are two murals that symbolise the history of the Catalan rumba and the gypsy community in this area so that this type of thing is publicly visible. That is the key issue for culture: a recognition that there are many different cultures.</p></br><p>Then there is the area of civic centres: approximately 15% of the civic centres in the city are managed by civic entities as citizen heritage, and those civic centres also have cultural activities that they decide on, and the city council, the municipality helps them develop the ideas put forward by the entities that manage those centres.</p></br><p>So, if we put all those things together, we could talk about a culture of the urban commons. It is still early stages, this is still more of a concept than a reality, but the underlying idea is that in the end the density and the autonomous cultural-social fabric will be strong enough to be resilient to political changes. In other words, that you have helped to build cultural practices and communities that are strong and autonomous enough that they are not dependent on the political conjuncture. This would be ideal. A bit like the example I often cite about the housing cooperatives in Copenhagen, that there was 50% public housing in Copenhagen, and a right-wing government privatised 17% of that public housing, but it couldn’t touch the 33% of housing that was in the hands of co-operatives. Collective social capital has been more resilient than state assets: the latter is more vulnerable to changes in political majorities.</p></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: You also speak of situated culture which I think is very important: setting it in time and space. Now Facebook has announced it is coming to Barcelona so the Barcelona brand is going to be a brand that includes Facebook and its allies. But your conception of a situated culture is more about a culture where social innovation, participation, popular creativity in the community are very important…</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong> : Yes, it seems contradictory. In fact what you’re asking is the extent to which it makes sense to talk about situated culture in an increasingly globalized environment which is more and more dependent on global platforms. I believe that tension exists and conflict exists, this is undeniable, the city is a zone of conflict, therefore, the first thing we have to accept is that the city is a battleground between political alternatives with different cultural models. It is very difficult for a city council to set out univocal views of a cultural reality that is intrinsically plural. Talking about situated culture is an attempt to highlight the significance of the distinguishing factors that Barcelona possesses in its cultural production. This does not mean that this situated culture should be a strictly localist culture – a situated culture does not mean a culture that cuts off global links – it is a culture that relates to the global on the basis of its own specificity. What is most reprehensible from my point of view are cultural dynamics that have a global logic but that can just as well be here or anywhere else. And it’s true that the platforms generate this. An example: the other day the former minister of culture of Brazil, Lluca Ferreira, was here and talked about a program of living culture they developed, and they posted a photograph of some indigenous people where the man wore something that covered his pubic parts but the woman’s breasts were naked. So Facebook took the photograph off the site, and when the Minister called Facebook Brazil to say ‘what is going on?’, they told him that they didn’t have any duty towards the Brazilian government, that the only control over them was from a judge in San Francisco and that, therefore, if the judge in San Francisco forced them to put the photograph back, they would put it back, otherwise they wouldn’t have to listen to any minister from Brazil or anywhere else. In the end, there was a public movement of protest, and they put the photo back. The same thing happened here a few days ago, a group from a municipal theatre creation factory put up a poster with a man’s ass advertising a play by Virginia Wolff and Facebook took their entire account off the net – not just the photograph, they totally removed them from Facebook. And here too Facebook said that they are independent and that only the judge from San Francisco and so on. I believe that this is the opposite of situated culture because it is a global cultural logic, but at the same time it allows itself to be censored in Saudi Arabia, in China, that is to say it has different codes in each place. So to speak of situated culture means to speak of social transformation, of the relationship between culture and social transformation situated in the context in which you are working. But at the same time to have the will to dialogue with similar processes that exist in any other part of the world and that is the strength of a situated culture. And those processes of mutuality, of hybridization, that can happen when you have a Pakistani community here, you have a Filipino community, you have a Chinese community, you have a Gypsy community, you have an Italian community, you have an Argentinean community: they can be treated as typical folkloric elements in a theme park, or you can try to generate hybridization processes. Now at the Festival Grec this year there will be poetry in Urdu from the Pakistanis, there will be a Filipino theatre coming and a Filipino film fest at the Filmoteca – and this means mixing, situating, the cultural debate in the space where it is happening and trying to steep it in issues of cultural diversity. What I understand is that we need to strive for a local that is increasingly global, that this dialogue between the local and the global is very important.</p></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: Returning to social innovation and popular creativity, social innovation is also a concept taken up pretty much everywhere: how is it understood here? Taking into account that in the world of the commons, Catalonia, and especially Barcelona, is very well known for its fablabs, which are also situated in this new era. How then do you understand social innovation and how do you see the relationship between education and social innovation?</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong> : What I am trying to convey is that the traditional education system is doing little to prepare people and to enhance inclusive logics in our changing and transforming society, so in very broad lines I would say that if health and education were the basic redistributive policies of the 20th century, in the 21st century we must incorporate culture as a basic redistributive policy. Because before, the job market had very specific demands for the education sector: it knew very well what types of job profiles it needed because there was a very Taylorist logic to the world of work – what is the profile of a baker, of a plumber, of a miller? How many years you have to study for this kind of work. There is now a great deal of uncertainty about the future of the labour market, about how people will be able to work in the future and the key words that appear are innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, flexibility, ability to understand a diverse world, teamwork , being open to new ideas: this has little to do with traditional educational profiles, but it has much to do with culture, with things that allow you to acquire that backpack of basic tools that will help you navigate in a much more uncertain environment. And for me, to find the right connection between culture and education is very important because it allows the educational system to constantly transform itself by taking advantage of the creative potential of an environment that is much more accessible now than before because of new technologies, and therefore to make the transition from a deductive system where there is a teacher who knows and tells people what they need to know – to an inductive system: how do we explore what we need to know in order to be able to act. And that more inductive, more experimental logic has to do with creativity whereas the traditional education system didn’t postulate creativity, it postulated your ability to learn what someone else had decided you needed to study. It’s art, it is culture that allows you to play in that field much more easily …</p></br><p><strong> Translated from Spanish by Nancy Thede.</strong></p></br><p>1 Joan Subirats is Commissioner for culture in the city government of Barcelona led by the group Barcelona en comu. He is also professor of political science at the Universitat<br /></br>autonoma de Barcelona and founder of the Institute on Governance and Public Policy.</p></br><p>2 « Salvara la cultura a las ciudades? », La Vanguardia (Barcelona), Culturals supplement, 12<br /></br>May 2018, pp. 20-21. https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20180511/443518454074/cultura-ciudadesbarcelona-crisis.html</p></br><p>3 Nancy Fraser, « A Triple Movement », New Left Review 81, May-June 2013. Published in Spanish in Jean-Louis Laville and José Luis Coraggio (Eds.), La izquierda del<br /></br>siglo XXI. Ideas y diálogo Norte-Sur para un proyecto necesario Icaria, Madrid 2018.</p></br><p>4 Festival Grec, an annual multidisciplinary festival in Barcelona, now in its 42nd year. It is<br /></br>named for the Greek Theatre built for the 1929 Universal Exhibition in Barcelona:<br /></br>http://lameva.barcelona.cat/grec/en/.</p></br><p>5 Barcelona’s annual ‘Festival of Festivals’ begins on Sept 24, day of Our Lady of Mercy, a city holiday in Barcelona. It especially highlights catalan and barcelonian cultural traditions and in recent years has especially featured neighbourhood cultural activities like street theatre. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mercè.</p>nnual ‘Festival of Festivals’ begins on Sept 24, day of Our Lady of Mercy, a city holiday in Barcelona. It especially highlights catalan and barcelonian cultural traditions and in recent years has especially featured neighbourhood cultural activities like street theatre. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mercè.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p><strong>E<blockquote><p><strong>Entrevue avec Joan Subirats(1) par Alain Ambrosi Mai 2018 </strong></p></blockquote></br><blockquote><p>Joan Subirats est commissaire à la culture de la ville de Barcelone, dirigée par le groupe Barcelona en comu. Il est également professeur de sciences politiques à l’Universitat autonoma de Barcelona et fondateur de l’Institut sur la gouvernance et les politiques publiques (IGOP). Dans cette interview en anglais, il présente les enjeux de la politique culturelle pour la municipalité de Barcelone actuellement dirigée par Barcelona en Comù.</p></blockquote></br><figure style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full" src="https://s1.qwant.com/thumbr/0x380/b/4/cf4cf4f48af794bc54dc5384e88975c9e7cd020dbccf80dc35882a989230be/joan%20subirats.jpg?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fepsu.es%2Fimage%2Fjoan%2520subirats.jpg&q=0&b=1&p=0&a=1" alt="Joan Subirats (UAB) Conferencia FEPSU 2016" width="800" height="400" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Joan Subirats (UAB) Conferencia FEPSU 2016</figcaption></figure></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: In your recent article in La Vanguardia(2), you set out a framework for a cultural policy, you refer to putting into practice the key community values that should underpin that policy… Maybe we could start there?</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong>: For me, whereas in the 20th century the defining conflict was between freedom and equality – and this marked the tension between right and left throughout the 20th century because in a way this is the frame in which capitalism and the need for social protection evolved together with the commodification of life while at the same time the market called for freedom – ie: no rules, no submission. But the need for protection demanded equality. But in the 21st century there is rejection of the notion of protection linked to statism: Nancy Fraser published an article(3) in the New Left Review, it is a re-reading of Polanyi and she claims that this double movement between commodification and protection is still valid, but that the State-based protection typical of the 20th century, where equality is guaranteed by the State, clashes since the end of the 20th century with the growing importance of heterogeneity, diversity and personal autonomy. Therefore, if in order to obtain equality, we have to be dependent on what the State does, this is going to be a contradiction…. So we could translate those values that informed the definition of policies in the 20th century, in 21st century terms they would be the idea of freedom (or personal autonomy, the idea of empowerment, not subjection, non-dependence) and at the same time equality, but no longer simply equality of opportunities but also equality of condition because we have to compensate for what is not the same (equal) in society. If you say « equal opportunities », that everyone has access to cultural facilities, to libraries, you are disregarding the fact that the starting conditions of people are not the same, this is the great contribution of Amartya Sen, no? You have to compensate for unequal starting situations because otherwise you depoliticize inequality and consider that inequality is the result of people’s lack of effort to get out of poverty. So equality yes, but the approach is different. And we must incorporate the idea of diversity as a key element in the recognition of people and groups on the basis of their specific dignity. That seems easy to say, but in reality it is complicated, especially if you relate it to culture, because culture has to do with all these things: it has to do with the construction of your personality, it has to do with equal access to culture just as cultural rights and culture have to do with the recognition of different forms of knowledge and culture – canonical culture, high culture, popular culture, everyday culture, neighbourhood culture …<br /></br>So for me, a cultural policy should be framed within the triple focus of personal autonomy, equality and diversity. And this is contradictory, in part, with the cultural policies developed in the past, where there is usually confusion between equality and homogeneity. In other words, the left has tended to consider that equality meant the same thing for everyone and that is wrong, isn’t it?, because you are confusing equality with homogeneity. The opposite of equality is inequality, the opposite of homogeneity is diversity. So you have to work with equality and diversity as values that are not antagonistic, but can be complementary. And this is a challenge for public institutions because they do not like heterogeneity, they find it complicated because it is simpler to treat everyone the same, as the administrative law manual used to prescribe `indifferent efficiency’: it is a way of understanding inequality as indifference, right?</p></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: In your article you also talk about the opposition between investing in infrastructures versus creating spaces and environments that are attractive to creators and you put an emphasis on the generation of spaces. What is being done, what has been done, what could be done about this?</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong> : In Barcelona we want to ensure that the city’s cultural policies do not imply producing culture itself, but rather to try to influence the values in the production processes that already exist, in the facilities, in the cultural and artistic infrastructures: the role of the city council, of the municipality, is not so much to produce culture as to contribute to the production of culture. Which is different, helping to produce culture…. Obviously, the city council will give priority to those initiatives that coincide with the values, with the normative approach that we promote. There are some exceptions, for example, the Grec festival in Barcelona(4) in July, or the Mercé(5), which is the Festa Mayor, where the city council does in fact subsidize the production of culture, so some productions are subsidised but generally what we have is a policy of aid to creators. What is being done is that 11 creative factories (fablabs) have been built, these are factories with collectives that manage them chosen through public tenders. There are now 3 factories of circus and visual arts, 2 factories of dance creation, one factory of more global creation housed at Fabra & Coats, 3 theatre factories and 2 visual arts and technology sites. So there are 11 factories of different sorts and there are plans to create others, for example in the field of feminist culture where we are in discussion with a very well consolidated group : normally all these creative factories have their management entrusted to collectives that already become highly consolidated in the process of creation and that need a space to ensure their continuity. Often the city council will cede municipal spaces to these collectives, sometimes through public competitions where the creators are asked to present their project for directing a factory. This is one aspect. Another aspect is what is called living culture, which is a programme for the promotion of cultural activities that arise from the community or from collectives in the form of cooperatives and this is a process of aid to collectives that are already functioning, or occasionally to highlight cultural activities and cultural dynamics that have existed for a long time but have not been dignified, that have not been valued, for example the Catalan rumba of the Gypsies, which is a very important movement in Barcelona that emerged from the gypsy community of El Raval, where there were some very famous artists like Peret. There we invested in creating a group to work on the historical memory of the rumba, looking for the roots of this movement, where it came from and why. Then some signposts were set up in streets where this took place, such as La Cera in El Raval, where there are two murals that symbolise the history of the Catalan rumba and the gypsy community in this area so that this type of thing is publicly visible. That is the key issue for culture: a recognition that there are many different cultures.</p></br><p>Then there is the area of civic centres: approximately 15% of the civic centres in the city are managed by civic entities as citizen heritage, and those civic centres also have cultural activities that they decide on, and the city council, the municipality helps them develop the ideas put forward by the entities that manage those centres.</p></br><p>So, if we put all those things together, we could talk about a culture of the urban commons. It is still early stages, this is still more of a concept than a reality, but the underlying idea is that in the end the density and the autonomous cultural-social fabric will be strong enough to be resilient to political changes. In other words, that you have helped to build cultural practices and communities that are strong and autonomous enough that they are not dependent on the political conjuncture. This would be ideal. A bit like the example I often cite about the housing cooperatives in Copenhagen, that there was 50% public housing in Copenhagen, and a right-wing government privatised 17% of that public housing, but it couldn’t touch the 33% of housing that was in the hands of co-operatives. Collective social capital has been more resilient than state assets: the latter is more vulnerable to changes in political majorities.</p></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: You also speak of situated culture which I think is very important: setting it in time and space. Now Facebook has announced it is coming to Barcelona so the Barcelona brand is going to be a brand that includes Facebook and its allies. But your conception of a situated culture is more about a culture where social innovation, participation, popular creativity in the community are very important…</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong> : Yes, it seems contradictory. In fact what you’re asking is the extent to which it makes sense to talk about situated culture in an increasingly globalized environment which is more and more dependent on global platforms. I believe that tension exists and conflict exists, this is undeniable, the city is a zone of conflict, therefore, the first thing we have to accept is that the city is a battleground between political alternatives with different cultural models. It is very difficult for a city council to set out univocal views of a cultural reality that is intrinsically plural. Talking about situated culture is an attempt to highlight the significance of the distinguishing factors that Barcelona possesses in its cultural production. This does not mean that this situated culture should be a strictly localist culture – a situated culture does not mean a culture that cuts off global links – it is a culture that relates to the global on the basis of its own specificity. What is most reprehensible from my point of view are cultural dynamics that have a global logic but that can just as well be here or anywhere else. And it’s true that the platforms generate this. An example: the other day the former minister of culture of Brazil, Lluca Ferreira, was here and talked about a program of living culture they developed, and they posted a photograph of some indigenous people where the man wore something that covered his pubic parts but the woman’s breasts were naked. So Facebook took the photograph off the site, and when the Minister called Facebook Brazil to say ‘what is going on?’, they told him that they didn’t have any duty towards the Brazilian government, that the only control over them was from a judge in San Francisco and that, therefore, if the judge in San Francisco forced them to put the photograph back, they would put it back, otherwise they wouldn’t have to listen to any minister from Brazil or anywhere else. In the end, there was a public movement of protest, and they put the photo back. The same thing happened here a few days ago, a group from a municipal theatre creation factory put up a poster with a man’s ass advertising a play by Virginia Wolff and Facebook took their entire account off the net – not just the photograph, they totally removed them from Facebook. And here too Facebook said that they are independent and that only the judge from San Francisco and so on. I believe that this is the opposite of situated culture because it is a global cultural logic, but at the same time it allows itself to be censored in Saudi Arabia, in China, that is to say it has different codes in each place. So to speak of situated culture means to speak of social transformation, of the relationship between culture and social transformation situated in the context in which you are working. But at the same time to have the will to dialogue with similar processes that exist in any other part of the world and that is the strength of a situated culture. And those processes of mutuality, of hybridization, that can happen when you have a Pakistani community here, you have a Filipino community, you have a Chinese community, you have a Gypsy community, you have an Italian community, you have an Argentinean community: they can be treated as typical folkloric elements in a theme park, or you can try to generate hybridization processes. Now at the Festival Grec this year there will be poetry in Urdu from the Pakistanis, there will be a Filipino theatre coming and a Filipino film fest at the Filmoteca – and this means mixing, situating, the cultural debate in the space where it is happening and trying to steep it in issues of cultural diversity. What I understand is that we need to strive for a local that is increasingly global, that this dialogue between the local and the global is very important.</p></br><p><strong>AA</strong></p></br><ul>: Returning to social innovation and popular creativity, social innovation is also a concept taken up pretty much everywhere: how is it understood here? Taking into account that in the world of the commons, Catalonia, and especially Barcelona, is very well known for its fablabs, which are also situated in this new era. How then do you understand social innovation and how do you see the relationship between education and social innovation?</ul></br><p><strong>JS</strong> : What I am trying to convey is that the traditional education system is doing little to prepare people and to enhance inclusive logics in our changing and transforming society, so in very broad lines I would say that if health and education were the basic redistributive policies of the 20th century, in the 21st century we must incorporate culture as a basic redistributive policy. Because before, the job market had very specific demands for the education sector: it knew very well what types of job profiles it needed because there was a very Taylorist logic to the world of work – what is the profile of a baker, of a plumber, of a miller? How many years you have to study for this kind of work. There is now a great deal of uncertainty about the future of the labour market, about how people will be able to work in the future and the key words that appear are innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, flexibility, ability to understand a diverse world, teamwork , being open to new ideas: this has little to do with traditional educational profiles, but it has much to do with culture, with things that allow you to acquire that backpack of basic tools that will help you navigate in a much more uncertain environment. And for me, to find the right connection between culture and education is very important because it allows the educational system to constantly transform itself by taking advantage of the creative potential of an environment that is much more accessible now than before because of new technologies, and therefore to make the transition from a deductive system where there is a teacher who knows and tells people what they need to know – to an inductive system: how do we explore what we need to know in order to be able to act. And that more inductive, more experimental logic has to do with creativity whereas the traditional education system didn’t postulate creativity, it postulated your ability to learn what someone else had decided you needed to study. It’s art, it is culture that allows you to play in that field much more easily …</p></br><p><strong> Translated from Spanish by Nancy Thede.</strong></p></br><p>1 Joan Subirats is Commissioner for culture in the city government of Barcelona led by the group Barcelona en comu. He is also professor of political science at the Universitat<br /></br>autonoma de Barcelona and founder of the Institute on Governance and Public Policy.</p></br><p>2 « Salvara la cultura a las ciudades? », La Vanguardia (Barcelona), Culturals supplement, 12<br /></br>May 2018, pp. 20-21. https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20180511/443518454074/cultura-ciudadesbarcelona-crisis.html</p></br><p>3 Nancy Fraser, « A Triple Movement », New Left Review 81, May-June 2013. Published in Spanish in Jean-Louis Laville and José Luis Coraggio (Eds.), La izquierda del<br /></br>siglo XXI. Ideas y diálogo Norte-Sur para un proyecto necesario Icaria, Madrid 2018.</p></br><p>4 Festival Grec, an annual multidisciplinary festival in Barcelona, now in its 42nd year. It is<br /></br>named for the Greek Theatre built for the 1929 Universal Exhibition in Barcelona:<br /></br>http://lameva.barcelona.cat/grec/en/.</p></br><p>5 Barcelona’s annual ‘Festival of Festivals’ begins on Sept 24, day of Our Lady of Mercy, a city holiday in Barcelona. It especially highlights catalan and barcelonian cultural traditions and in recent years has especially featured neighbourhood cultural activities like street theatre. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mercè.</p>nnual ‘Festival of Festivals’ begins on Sept 24, day of Our Lady of Mercy, a city holiday in Barcelona. It especially highlights catalan and barcelonian cultural traditions and in recent years has especially featured neighbourhood cultural activities like street theatre. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mercè.</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p>A workshop <<blockquote><p>A workshop <a href="http://mappingthecommons.net/">mapping the commons</a> will take place at Rio (Brazil) from 18 to 26 of october 2013, coordinated by <a href="http://hackitectura.net/">Pablo de Soto</a> with the collaboration of <a href="http://www.bernardogutierrez.es/">Bernardo Gutiérrez</a> and the support of MediaLab (Madrid).</br></p></blockquote></br><p><iframe loading="lazy" width="400" height="225" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Nrtbi9gbuWw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p></br><p>Mapping the commons was developed by Pablo Soto. This initiative aims to produce with inhabitants, activists in the place, living maps, consisting of short video documentaries and vidéoposts. The proposed approach takes the form of an intense multi-day workshop with communication students and activists to find the Commons, define and make them visible in the territory by producing media that form the map.</p></br><p>Pablo Soto initiated this approach around urban commons of <a href="http://mappingthecommons.net/map-of-istanbul-commons/">istanbul</a> and <a href = "http://mappingthecommons.net/map-of-athens-commons/"> Athens </ a>. See the work done about <a href="http://mappingthecommons.net/taksim-square/"> Taksim Square </a>, whose privatization was one of the starting points of protest in Turkey this year. The mapping is a strategic tool. To research of the urban commons is a process of mapping the space, that Pablo Soto understand « as proposed by Deleuze and Guattari, and used many artists and activists during the last decade, as a <a href="http://cartografiaciudadana.net/athenscommons/auto.php"> performance</a> which can be thinking, artistic work, or social change ».</p></br><p>On 20 March 2013, a wikisprint was performed in Barcelona using the same principles and methodology . Under the title  » Global P2P  » , it was to map Common practices and P2P in Latin America and southern Europe. See in English <a href=" http://codigoabiertocc.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/globalp2p-the-wind-that-shook-the-net/"> # GlobalP2P , the wind that shook the net </a>.</p></br><p>Rio next step Mapping the commons is one of the cities that comes from living like the rest of Brazil, an intense social and political mobilization against international festivities that tend to <a href= "http:// scinfolex.wordpress.com/?s=Olympic"> privatize public space </a>. Many consider these mobilizations, their claims and modes of organization fall within the paradigm of Commons. See analysis on the subject of Bernardo Gutierrez in <a href="http://blogs.20minutos.es/codigo-abierto/2013/05/23/globalp2p-el-viento-que-desordeno-las-redes/">el viento that desordeno las redes</a> and Alexandre Mendes in <a href ="http://uninomade.net/tenda/a-atualidade-de-uma-democracia-das-mobilizacoes-e-do-comum/"> A atualidade uma das democracia mobilizacoes do comum e</a>.</p></br><p>To go further , we recommand to read the article <a href="http://www.academia.edu/2637017/Mapping_the_Commons_Workshop"> Mapping the Commons Workshop: Athens and Istanbul </a> , Pablo De Soto, Daphne Dragona , Aslihan Şenel , Demitri Delinikolas José Pérez de Lama</p>lt;p>To go further , we recommand to read the article <a href="http://www.academia.edu/2637017/Mapping_the_Commons_Workshop"> Mapping the Commons Workshop: Athens and Istanbul </a> , Pablo De Soto, Daphne Dragona , Aslihan Şenel , Demitri Delinikolas José Pérez de Lama</p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p>Alors que nous <blockquote><p>Alors que nous préparons une rencontre publique, le 16 septembre prochain à Paris, avec Michel Bauwens et Bernard Stiegler, sur les enjeux de la connaissance libre et de la transition écologique, sociale et économique, nous présentons ici, la traduction en français de l’interview conduite par Richard Poynder, de Michel Bauwens au sujet du projet FLOK Society. Cette interview a été publiée à la veille du sommet FLOK society à Quito, en mai 2014, sous le titre original : <a href="http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/working-for-phase-transition-to-open.html">Working for a phase transition to an open commons-based knowledge society: Interview with Michel Bauwens</a>. de Michel Bauwens présente le projet FLOK Society, les résultats escomptés en Équateur et plus généralement pour le mouvement P2P, sans occulter les difficultés qu’il a rencontré avec son équipe de recherche.</p></blockquote></br><p>Richard Poynder est un journaliste indépendant et blogueur passionné par le mouvement Open Access, la communication scientifique, la science ouverte, et les technologies de communication et la propriété intellectuelle. Son <a href="http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk">Blog </a> est une mine d’or pour toute personne qui s’intéresse à ce sujet.basée sur l’ouverture</p></br><p>L’interview de Michel Bauwens a été publiée sous Licence : CC BY NC ND. La traduction a été réalisé par Frédéric Sultan.</p></br><p><em>Mardi, 27 mai 2014</em></p></br><figure style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/177863970_640.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="225" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Michel Bauwens – Berlin 2012 Remix The Commons</figcaption></figure></br><p>Aujourd’hui, un <a href="http://cumbredelbuenconocer.ec/">sommet commence à Quito,</a> en Équateur qui discutera des façons dont le pays peut se transformer en une société de la connaissance ouverte basée sur les communs. L’équipe qui a élaboré ces propositions est dirigé par Michel Bauwens, fondateur de la <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/">Fondation pour les alternatives Peer-to-Peer (P2P Foundation)</a>. Quel est le contexte de ce plan, et quelle est la probabilité que ses fruits apportent un réel changement ? C’est dans l’espoir de trouver une réponse à ces questions que j’ai récemment interviewé Michel Bauwens.</p></br><p>Internet a suscité l’émergence et la croissance des mouvements libres et ouverts, comme ceux des logiciels libres et open source, de la politique ouverte, du gouvernement ouvert, des données ouvertes, le journalisme citoyen, creative commons, la science ouverte, les ressources éducatives libres (REL), le libre accès etc.</p></br><p>Bien que ces mouvements se soient fixé des objectifs souvent assez limités (par exemple, libérer la littérature scientifique revue par un comité de lecture – e.g. “freeing the refereed literature”) certains théoriciens du réseau affirment que le phénomène qu’ils représentent a le potentiel non seulement de remplacer les pratiques fermées et propriétaires traditionnelles par des approches plus ouvertes et transparentes, mais aussi, de subordonner les intérêts commerciaux étroits à la satisfaction des besoins croissants des communautés et la société en général, et qu’en permettant aux citoyens ordinaires de collaborer ensemble d’une manière distribuée (et sans les organisations hiérarchiques traditionnelles) sur les grands projets, le réseau pourrait avoir un impact significatif sur la façon dont les sociétés et les économies s’organisent.</p></br><p>Dans son livre influent « The Wealth of Networks », par exemple, Yochai Benkler identifie et décrit une nouvelle forme de production qu’il voit émerger sur Internet – ce qu’il appelle «la production par les pairs basée sur les communs ». Ceci, dit-il, crée une nouvelle économie de l’information en réseau.</p></br><p>Ancien bibliothécaire et théoricien du réseau, le belge Michel Bauwens va jusqu’à dire qu’en permettant la collaboration de pair à pair (P2P), l’Internet a créé un nouveau modèle pour le développement de la société humaine. En plus de la production par les pairs, il m’a expliqué en 2006 que le réseau encourage également la création de propriété par les pairs (c’est à dire de propriété détenue en commun), et de la gouvernance par les pairs (gouvernance qui repose sur la société civile plutôt que sur la démocratie représentative).</p></br><p>En outre, ce qui est frappant avec la production par les pairs, c’est qu’elle émerge et fonctionne en dehors des structures traditionnelles du pouvoir et des systèmes de marché. Et quand ceux qui travaillent dans ce domaine cherchent un financement, ils délaissent le système bancaire traditionnel, pour de nouvelles pratiques de P2P comme le crowdfunding et le prêt social.</p></br><p>Lorsque j’ai demandé en 2006 à Michel Bauwens à quoi ce nouveau monde pourrait ressembler dans la pratique, il a répondu, «Je vois une civilisation de P2P qui devra être post-capitaliste, dans le sens où la survie de l’humanité ne peut pas coexister avec un système qui détruit la biosphère; mais il y aura néanmoins un marché en plein essor. Au cœur d’une telle société – où la production immatérielle est la forme primaire – la production de la valeur grâce à la production par les pairs non-réciproque, devrait probablement être soutenue par un revenu de base « .</p></br><h1>Irréaliste et utopique?</h1></br><p>Convaincu du potentiel du P2P, Bauwens a fondé la P2P Foundation (Fondation pour les alternatives Peer-to-Peer) en 2005 avec comme objectif: « la recherche, la documentation et la promotion des principes du pair-à-pair »</p></br><p>Les critiques rejettent les idées de Bauwens comme irréalistes et utopiques, et durant les huit ans écoulées depuis la première fois que je lui ai parlé, beaucoup de choses sont arrivées qui pourraient sembler venir en renfort des arguments des sceptiques. Plutôt que d’être discrédité par la crise financière de 2008, les marchés traditionnels et le néolibéralisme ont par exemple resserré leur emprise sur les sociétés, dans toutes les parties du monde.</p></br><p>Dans le même temps, le potentiel de démocratie et d’ouverture que Bauwens considère comme caractéristique du réseau, est mis en cause. Alors que les plates-formes de réseaux sociaux comme Facebook permettent le genre de partage et de collaboration que Bauwens définie comme le cœur d’une société de P2P, il y a par exemple un sentiment croissant que ces services sont en fait une nouvelle forme d’exploitation, notamment en raison de la valeur importante créée par les utilisateurs de ces services et monétisée non pas au bénéfice des utilisateurs eux-mêmes, mais pour celui exclusif des grandes sociétés qui en sont propriétaires.</p></br><p>Nous avons également vu une forte croissance dans le domaine des appareils mobiles propriétaires, et le déluge d’applications nécessaires à leur usage – un développement qui amène l’ancien rédacteur en chef de Wired, Chris Anderson à conclure que nous assistons à un mouvement dramatique qui nous entraine « de la grande ouverte du Web vers les plates-formes à demi fermées ». Et ce nouveau paradigme, a-t-il ajouté, « reflète le cours inévitable du capitalisme ».</p></br><p>En d’autres termes, plutôt que de mettre au défi ou de contourner le marché traditionnel et le néolibéralisme, le réseau semble destiné à être affecté par eux – un risque qu’un grand nombre considère confirmé par la récente déréglementation de la neutralité du net aux États-Unis.</p></br><p>Il semblerait également que certains des mouvements pour le libre et l’ouverture soient progressivement appropriés et / ou subvertis par des intérêts commerciaux (par exemple les mouvements pour l’accès libre et ouvert aux ressources pédagogiques).</p></br><p>Tout en admettant que la version capitaliste du P2P a commencé à émerger, Bauwens soutient que cela rend d’autant plus nécessaire de soutenir et de promouvoir des formes sociales de P2P. Et ici, il suggère des indices positifs, le nombre de mouvements libres et ouvertes continue de croître et le modèle P2P se répand à partir du monde de la «production immatérielle» pour englober la production matérielle – par exemple avec la conception ouverte (open design) et les mouvements de machines ouvertes (open hardware), un développement encouragé par l’utilisation croissante des imprimantes 3D (3D printers).</p></br><p>Bauwens souligne également une croissance de la mutualisation, et l’émergence de nouvelles pratiques basées sur le partage des ressources physiques et des équipements.</p></br><p>Fait intéressant, ces derniers développements sont souvent moins visibles que l’on pourrait s’y attendre, car une grande partie de ce qu’il se passe dans ce domaine semble avoir lieu hors de la vue des médias traditionnels dans l’hémisphère Nord.</p></br><p>Enfin, dit Bauwens, le mouvement de P2P, ou du commoning (comme certains préfèrent l’appeler), est de plus en plus politisé. Entre autres choses, on a vu l’émergence de nouveaux partis politiques comme les Partis Pirates.</p></br><p>Surtout, Bauwens estime que le succès à long terme du P2P est assuré parce que sa philosophie et ses pratiques sont beaucoup plus durables que le système basé sur le marché actuel. « Aujourd’hui, nous considérons la nature infinie et nous croyons que les ressources infinies devraient être raréfiées afin de protéger les acteurs monopolistiques», dit-il et « Demain, nous devrons considérer la nature comme une ressource finie, et nous devrons respecter l’abondance de la nature et de l’esprit humain. »</p></br><h1>De la périphérie au mainstream</h1></br><p>Et comme le besoin de durabilité devient de plus en plus évident, de plus en plus de gens se laisseront convaincre par ce que Bauwens a à dire. En effet, quel meilleur indice d’une reconnaissance du P2P que l’invitation l’année dernière par trois institutions gouvernementales équatoriennes, de Bauwens à diriger une équipe chargée d’apporter des <a href="http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Pl">propositions pour la transition </a>du pays vers une société basée sur la connaissance libre et ouverte ?</p></br><p>L’organisation responsable du projet est la FLOK Society (Free, Libre, Open Knowledge Society). Lors de l’annonce du projet, David Bollier, en tant que «commoners», a expliqué, que l’équipe de Bauwens a été invité à examiner de nombreux thèmes interdépendants », dont l’éducation ouverte; l’innovation et la science ouverte; les activités de création (de sens et artistiques) »»; la conception ouverte en communs; la fabrication distribuée; l’agriculture durable; et la production industrielle ouverte ».</p></br><p>Bollier a ajouté: «Ce projet de recherche examinera également des cadres juridiques et institutionnels pour soutenir les capacités productives ouvertes; de nouveaux types d’infrastructures et des systèmes pour la vie privée, la sécurité, la propriété des données et des droits numériques techniques ouvertes; et les moyens de mutualiser les infrastructures physiques de la vie collective et de promouvoir la consommation collaborative.  »</p></br><p>En d’autres termes, dit Bollier, l’Equateur « n’a pas simplement assume – comme « le monde développé » le fait que plus d’iPhone et de fours à micro-ondes apportent la prospérité, la modernité et le bonheur. » Au contraire, il est à la recherche de solutions durables qui favorisent «l’égalité sociale et territoriale, la cohésion et l’intégration de la diversité. »</p></br><p>Le résultat, en Avril l’équipe de Bauwens a publié une série de propositions destinées à faire entrer l’Equateur dans ce qu’il appelle une économie de P2P civique durable. Et ces propositions seront discutées lors d’un sommet qui se tiendra cette semaine dans la capitale de l’Equateur (Quito).</p></br><p>« Comme vous pouvez le voir sur nos propositions, nous visons une transformation simultanée de la société civile, du marché et des pouvoirs publics», explique Bauwens. « Et nous le faisons sans inventer ou imposer des utopies, mais par l’extension des prototypes fonctionnels des commoners et les producteurs de pairs à pairs eux-mêmes. »</p></br><p>Mais Bauwens sait que Rome ne s’est pas construite en un jour, et il se rend compte qu’il a pris sur lui une tâche énorme, lourde de difficultés. Le processus d’élaboration des propositions a rencontré des défis considérables. Peu de temps après leur arrivée en Equateur, par exemple, on leur a dit que le financement du projet avait été annulé (financement qui a heureusement été rétabli plus tard). Et pour le moment, on ne sait même pas si une partie (ou la totalité) des propositions FLOK verra jamais le jour.</p></br><p>Bauwens est néanmoins optimiste. Quel que soit le résultat en Equateur, dit-il, une première tentative a été faite, et c’est important, pour créer un modèle de transition d’un État-nation du modèle dépassé d’aujourd’hui vers une société post-capitaliste de connaissance sociale.</p></br><p>« Ce que nous avons maintenant que nous n’avions pas avant, indépendamment de la mise en œuvre en Equateur, est le premier plan global des communs pour la transition, et plusieurs propositions législatives concrètes, » dit-il. «Elles sont loin d’être parfaites, mais elles seront une référence que d’autres localités, villes, (bio)régions et États pourront s’approprier et adapter à leurs contextes. »</p></br><p>Dans l’interview ci-dessous Bauwens présente le projet plus en détail, y compris l’arrière plan et les défis auxquels lui et le projet FLOK Society ont dû faire face.</p></br><h1>Début de l’interview</h1></br><p><strong>RP: La dernière fois que nous nous sommes parlé, en 2006, vous aviez présenté vos idées sur une société P2P (pair-à-pair), qui je crois, est désignée par David Bollier comme un « mode du commun » – le commoning. Brièvement, qu’avons nous appris depuis cette date, au sujet des opportunités et des défis que l’on rencontre en essayant de créer une société du P2P, et comment vos réflexions sur le P2P ont-elles changées / évoluées ?</strong></p></br><p>MB: À l’époque, la dynamique P2P étaient surtout visible dans le processus de «production immatérielle», c’est à dire dans les communautés qui ont créé des communs de la connaissance et du code. La tendance a depuis embrassé la production matérielle elle-même, grâce à la conception ouverte (open-design) qui est lié à la production de machines ouverte (open hardware).</p></br><p>Une autre tendance est la mutualisation des ressources physiques. Nous avons vu d’une part une explosion dans la mutualisation des espaces de travail ouverts (hackerspaces, fab-labs, co-travail) et l’explosion de l’économie dite du partage et de la consommation collaborative.</p></br><p>Ceci est bien sûr liée à l’émergence de pratiques et de technologies distribuées pour la finance (financement par la foule, prêt social – crowd-funding, social lending); et pour les machines elles-mêmes (l’impression en 3D et d’autres formes de production distribuées). D’où l’émergence et la croissance de la dynamique P2P est maintenant clairement liés à la « distribution de tout ».</p></br><p>Il n’existe pas aujourd’hui de lieu où nous allions, où les initiatives sociales en P2P ne se développent pas de manière exponentielle. Le P2P est maintenant un fait social.</p></br><p>Depuis la crise de 2008, nous percevons également beaucoup plus clairement la dimension politique et économique du P2P. Il y a maintenant clairement, à la fois un secteur capitaliste P2P (louer et travailler gratuitement est maintenant appelé partager, ce qui exerce une pression à la baisse sur les niveaux de revenu du travail) et un secteur social. Tout d’abord, la crise généralisée de notre système économique a poussé plus de personnes à la recherche de telles solutions de rechange pratiques. Deuxièmement, la plupart des dynamiques P2P sont clairement contrôlées par les forces économiques, c’est à dire la nouvelle « net-archie » (hiérarchie du réseau) des plates-formes.</p></br><p>Enfin, nous voyons la politisation croissante du P2P, avec l’émergence de Partis Pirates, des partis en réseau (Partido X en Espagne) etc.</p></br><p>Nous avons maintenant à décider plus clairement qu’auparavant, si nous voulons plus de production par des pairs autonomes, c’est à dire, s’assurer de la domination d’une logique sociale d’agrégation libre qui permet de générer des moyens de subsistance autogérés, ou, si nous sommes heureux avec un système dans lequel la création de valeur est contrôlée et exploitée par les propriétaires de plateformes et d’autres intermédiaires.</p></br><p>Le résultat de tout cela est que mes propres réflexions sont maintenant plus directement politiques. Nous avons élaboré des propositions concrètes et des stratégies pour créer des contre-économies basées sur le P2P qui soient dissociées de l’accumulation du capital, mais orientées vers l’accumulation de coopération et vers l’autonomie de la production des biens communs.</p></br><p><strong>RP: En effet, l’année dernière, on vous a demandé de diriger une équipe en vue de présenter des propositions pour « refonder l’économie de l’Équateur, en initiant une transition vers une société de la connaissance libre et ouverte ». Si je comprends bien, elle serait fondée sur les principes des réseaux ouverts, la production par les pairs et sur le « mode du commun » (commoning). Pouvez-vous dire quelque chose sur le projet et ce que vous espérez qu’il va en résulter ? Est-ce le gouvernement équatorien lui-même qui vous a fait cette commande, ou bien un organisme gouvernemental ou non gouvernemental en Equateur?</strong></p></br><p>MB: Le projet, appelé <a href="http://floksociety.org/">FLOK Society (floksociety.org</a>), a été commandité par trois institutions gouvernementales équatoriennes, à savoir le Ministère de coordination des connaissances et des talents humains ( Coordinating Ministry of Knowledge and Human Talent), la SENESCYT (Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación) et la IAEN (Instituto de Altos Estudios del Estado).</p></br><p>La légitimité et la logique du projet provient du <a href="http://www.unosd.org/content/documents/96National%20Plan%20for%20Good%20Living%20Ecuador.pdf">Plan national de l’Équateur,</a> qui est basée sur la notion de Bien Vivre (Buen Vivir), qui est une manière, non réductionniste, non-exclusive de regarder la vie économique et sociale, inspirée par les valeurs traditionnelles des peuples autochtones des Andes. Le but de FLOK est d’ajouter la « Bonne connaissance » (Buen Conocer) comme un catalyseur et facilitateur de bonne vie.</p></br><p>Le point important à souligner est qu’il est impossible pour les pays et les personnes qui sont encore sous la dépendance néo-coloniale d’évoluer vers des sociétés plus équitables, sans accès à la connaissance partageable. Et cette connaissance, exprimée dans divers communs, correspondent aux différents domaines de la vie sociale (éducation, science, agriculture, industrie), ne peut elle-même se développer sans que soit examinées à la fois les conditions matérielles et immatérielles qui permettront sa création et son expansion.</p></br><h1>Sommet FLOK</h1></br><p><strong>RP: Pour cela, vous avez élaboré un plan de transition. Cela comprend une série de propositions (disponible <a href="http://bollier.org/blog/ecuador%E2%80%99s-pathbreaking-plan-commons-based-peer-production-update">ici</a> ), et un rapport principal (<a href="http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan">ici</a> ). Je suppose que votre plan peut être ou ne pas être pris en compte par l’Équateur. Quelle est la procédure pour le faire avancer, et êtes-vous optimiste sur le fait que l’Equateur se lancera dans la transition que vous envisagez?</strong></p></br><p>MB: Le plan de transition fournit un cadre permettant de passer d’une économie que nous appelons «cognitive», fondée sur le capitalisme net-archique (« netarchical ») (basé respectivement sur l’exploitation de rentes de la propriété intellectuelle ou de plates-formes de médias sociaux) à une «économie civique basée sur le P2P» mature.</p></br><p>La logique ici est que les formes économiques dominantes aujourd’hui se caractérisent par une crise de la valeur, la valeur extraite dans cette logique ne s’écoule pas vers les créateurs qui en sont à l’origine. L’idée est de passer à une économie dans laquelle cette boucle de rétroaction de la valeur est restaurée.</p></br><p>Donc, une quinzaine de nos propositions de politiques appliquent cette idée générale à des domaines spécifiques, et suggèrent comment les communs de la connaissance ouverte peuvent être créés et développés dans ces domaines particuliers. Nous avons publié ces propositions le 1er Avril sur co-ment, un logiciel open source qui permet aux gens de faire des commentaires sur les concepts, les phrases ou les paragraphes spécifiques.</p></br><p>Cette semaine (du 27 au 30 mai 2014), le sommet FLOK qui discute ces propositions sera crucial. Il rassemblera les institutions gouvernementales, les défenseurs des mouvements sociaux et des experts, à la fois en Équateur et à l’étranger.</p></br><p>L’idée est de consacrer trois jours à la recherche d’un consensus entre ces différents groupes, et puis d’essayer de parvenir à un accord avec les institutions gouvernementales capables de mettre en œuvre ces propositions. Il y aura donc deux filtres: le sommet lui-même, puis le suivi ultérieur, ce qui clairement confronte des intérêts différents.</p></br><p>Ce n’est pas un projet facile, sachant qu’il n’est possible de réaliser tout cela par décret.</p></br><p><strong>RP: Plus tôt cette année vous avez fait une<a href="http://bollier.org/blog/flok-society-vision-post-capitalist-economy"> série de vidéo</a>s pour discuter des questions découlant de ce que vous essayez de faire – qui consiste essentiellement à créer «une société post-capitaliste de la connaissance sociale» ou «une société de la connaissance ouverte basée sur les communs ». Dans une vidéo vous discutez de trois régimes différents de la valeur, et je note que vous parlez de ceux-ci dans votre dernière réponse – c’est à dire le capitalisme cognitif, le capitalisme net-archique et une économie civique du P2P. Pouvez-vous en dire un peu plus sur la façon dont ces trois régimes diffèrent et pourquoi à votre avis le régime en P2P est une meilleure approche que les deux autres?</strong></p></br><p>MB: Je définis le capitalisme cognitif comme un régime dans lequel la valeur est générée par une combinaison d’extraction de rente à travers le contrôle de la propriété intellectuelle et des réseaux de production mondiaux, et exprimée en termes de monétisation.</p></br><p>Ce que nous avons appris, c’est que la démocratisation des réseaux, qui fournit également de nouveaux moyens de production et de distribution de la valeur, signifie que ce type d’extraction de valeur est de plus en plus difficile à réaliser, et pour être maintenu nécessite soit la suppression de droits (ce qui érode sa légitimité), soit le sabotage technologique pur et simple (DRM). Ces deux stratégies ne sont pas viables à long terme.</p></br><p>Ce que nous avons aussi appris, c’est que le réseau a provoqué l’ émergence d’un nouveau modèle, adapté à l’âge du P2P, et que j’appelle le capitalisme net-archique, c’est à dire « la hiérarchie du réseau ». Dans ce modèle, nous voyons l’exploitation directe de la coopération humaine par le biais de plates-formes propriétaires qui à la fois permettent et exploitent la coopération humaine. Surtout, alors que leur valeur est dérivée de notre communication, notre partage et notre coopération (une plate-forme vide n’a pas de valeur), et de la valeur d’usage que nous sommes en train de créer de façon exponentielle (Google, Facebook ne produisent pas le contenu, c’est nous qui le faisons), la valeur de l’échange est exclusivement extraite par les propriétaires de ces plate-formes. Ce n’est pas viable, car il est facile de voir qu’un régime dans lequel les créateurs de la valeur ne reçoivent aucun revenu de leur création n’est pas viable à long terme et pose donc des problèmes pour le capitalisme. Après tout, qui va acheter des marchandises sans revenus?</p></br><p>Donc, la question clé est: comment pouvons-nous recréer la boucle de valeur entre la création, la distribution et le revenu? La réponse pour moi est la création d’une « économie civique P2P » mature, qui combine des communautés ouvertes contributives, les coalitions entrepreneuriales éthiques capables de créer des moyens de subsistance pour les « commoners », et des institutions « for-benefit » qui vont « rendre possible et renforcer les infrastructures de la coopération ».</p></br><p>Pensez au modèle de base de notre économie comme l’économie Linux au sens large, mais dans lequel les entreprises sont en fait dans les mains des créateurs de valeurs eux-mêmes. Imaginez ce modèle micro-économique à l’échelle macro de toute une société. La société civile devient une série de communs avec les citoyens en tant que contributeurs; le marché de l’actionnariat devient une place de marché éthique des parties prenantes; et l’État devient un État partenaire, qui «permet et autorise la production sociale» à travers la « communalisation » des services publics et des partenariats publics communs (PPC).</p></br><h1>Défis et méfiance</h1></br><p><strong>RP: Comme vous l’avez dit plus tôt, ce n’est pas un projet facile que vous avez entrepris en Equateur, en particulier parce que c’est une tentative d’intervenir au niveau d’un État-nation. Gordon Cook a dit du projet: « C’est avant même de s’être posé sur place que le projet s’est fracassé sur des obstacles pourtant anticipés » Pouvez-vous dire quelque chose au sujet de ces obstacles et la façon dont vous les avez surmontés?</strong></p></br><p>MB: Il est vrai que le projet a commencé sous des auspices assez négatives. Il est par exemple, devenu la victime de luttes de factions internes au sein du gouvernement, et son financement a même été annulé pour un temps après notre arrivée; les institutions n’ont pas payés nos salaires pendant près de trois mois, ce qui était un problème grave au regard des moyens financiers dont disposent les militants précaires qui composent l’équipe de recherche.</p></br><p>Toutefois, en mars (lorsque l’une des parties du différend a perdu, il s’agit du promoteur initial Carlos Prieto, recteur de l’IAEN), nous avons renouvelé l’engagement des deux autres institutions. Depuis le soutien politique s’est renforcé, et le sommet est sur le point de démarrer.</p></br><p>Quant à Gordon, il est devenu une victime de ce que nous allons appeler poliment, une série d’engagements mal interprétés sur le financement de sa participation, et il est tout à fait compréhensible qu’il soit devenu critique du processus.</p></br><p>La vérité est que le projet a été extrêmement contradictoire de différentes façons, mais c’est la réalité du monde politique partout, pas seulement en Equateur.</p></br><p>En effet, le gouvernement équatorien est lui-même engagé dans des politiques parfois contradictoires et la société civile considère qu’un grand nombre des premières idées du mouvement civique qui l’a porté au pouvoir ont été abandonnées. Ainsi, nos tentatives de participation plus large, ont été étouffées par la méfiance que de nombreux militants civiques ont vis à vis du gouvernement, et la sincérité de notre projet a été mise en doute.</p></br><p>En outre, les dynamiques sociales du P2P, qui bien sûr existent comme dans de nombreux autres pays, ne sont pas particulièrement développées dans des formes modernes supportées par le numérique en Equateur. Le fait qu’il n’a pas été possible à l’équipe dirigeante du projet de recherche de se connecter directement avec les dirigeants politiques afin de tester leur engagement réel n’a pas faciliter le projet. Cela a été extrêmement frustrant.</p></br><p>Sur le plan positif, nous avons été entièrement libres de mener nos recherches et de formuler nos propositions, et il est difficile de ne pas croire que le niveau de financement dont le projet a bénéficié ne reflète pas un certain degré d’engagement.</p></br><p>Ainsi, le sommet est sur la bonne voie, et nous avons reçu de nouveaux engagements. Il est clair, cependant, qu’il faudra juger sur pièces lors du sommet et de ses suites.</p></br><p>Quel que soit le résultat final, j’ai toujours été convaincu que la formulation du premier « Plan de Transition vers les communs » (que vos lecteurs trouveront ici) légitimé par un Etat-nation, place le mouvement P2P et des communs sur un niveau géopolitique supérieur. En tant que tel, il peut être considéré comme faisant partie de la maturation globale de l’approche P2P/communs, même si il s’avère ne pas fonctionner complètement en Équateur.</p></br><p><strong>RP: Je crois que l’une des questions qui a surgi en concevant les propositions FLOK est que les Equatoriens, qui vivent dans les zones rurales, craignent qu’un système basé sur le partage ne tend à mettre leurs savoirs traditionnels au service d’intérêts privés. Pouvez-vous dire quelque chose à propos de cette peur et comment vous croyez que votre plan peut répondre à ces préoccupations?</strong></p></br><p>MB: Comme vous le savez, les communautés traditionnelles ont souffert de la biopiraterie systématique au cours des dernières décennies, de la part des scientifiques occidentaux qui étudient leur connaissance de la botanique, extraient des résultats scientifiques brevetables, puis les commercialisent à l’Ouest.</p></br><p>L’usage de licences de partage total comme la GPL, permettent de protéger la connaissance comme un bien commun, mais permettraient encore la commercialisation complète sans le retour d’avantages matériels à l’Equateur. Donc, ce que nous proposons est une discussion sur un nouveau type de licence, que nous appelons Licence de réciprocité basée sur le commun (<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Peer_Production_License">Commons-Based Reciprocity Licensing</a>). Cette idée a d’abord été conçue par Dmytri Kleiner, un pionnier de la Peer Production Licence.</p></br><p>Ces licences seraient conçus pour une utilisation particulière, par exemple la recherche de la biodiversité dans une série de communautés traditionnelles. Elles permettent le partage non-commercial, l’utilisation commerciale par des entités à but non lucratif, et même s’adresse à des entités à but lucratif qui contribuent en retour. Surtout, elles créent une frontière vis à vis des acteurs à but lucratif qui ne contribuent pas en retour, et leur demande de payer.</p></br><p>Ce qui est essentiel ici, ce n’est pas seulement le flux financier potentiel, mais c’est d’introduire le principe de réciprocité dans le marché, créant ainsi une économie éthique. L’idée est que les communautés traditionnelles peuvent créer leurs propres véhicules (processus) éthiques, et créer une économie dont elles peuvent également bénéficier, et qui reste sous leur contrôle.</p></br><p>Ce concept commence à attirer l’attention des communautés de production ouvertes (open Hardware). Cependant, le débat en Equateur ne fait que commencer. Paradoxalement, les communautés traditionnelles sont aujourd’hui soit à la recherche de la protection de la propriété intellectuelle traditionnelle, qui ne fonctionne pas vraiment pour eux, soit pour des options de non-partage.</p></br><p>Donc nous avons vraiment besoin de développer des solutions éthiques intermédiaires pour ceux à qui elles peuvent être utiles, tout <em>en les mettant dans le siège du conducteur</em>, selon l’expression de Sheila Greer.</p></br><h1>Le renversement fondamental de notre civilisation</h1></br><p><strong>RP: Dans l’économie mondiale d’aujourd’hui, où pratiquement tout le monde et tout semble être interconnecté et soumis aux règles du néolibéralisme et du marché, est-il vraiment possible pour un pays comme l’Equateur de partir dans une direction différente qui lui serait propre?</strong></p></br><p>MB: Une transition complète est en effet probablement une affaire mondiale, mais les micro-transitions doivent partir de la base, et un gouvernement progressiste qui serait en mesure de créer des politiques et des projets exemplaires montrerait le chemin.</p></br><p>L’Équateur, dans une situation néo-coloniale difficile, est soumis aux pressions du marché mondial et des groupes sociaux internes qui lui sont affiliés. Il y a des signes clairs que, depuis 2010, le gouvernement équatorien s’est éloigné des idées radicales originales exprimées dans la Constitution et le Plan national, comme nous l’avons entendu relaté par la plupart des mouvements civiques que nous avons rencontré.</p></br><p>Le passage à une économie sociale de la connaissance est d’une importance stratégique pour dé-colonialiser l’Equateur mais cela ne signifie pas que cela va effectivement se produire. Cependant, les forces progressistes n’ont pas complètement disparu des institutions gouvernementales.</p></br><p>Aujourd’hui, il est vraiment difficile de prédire quelle sera le résultat de ce projet. Mais comme je le dis, compte tenu de l’investissement que le gouvernement a fait dans le processus, nous croyons qu’il y aura des progrès. Mon opinion personnelle est que la combinaison de nos réalisations politiques et théoriques, et l’existence des documents de propositions politiques, signifie que même avec des progrès modestes dans les lois et sur le terrain, nous pouvons être certains que nous aurons fait une différence.</p></br><p>Le plus probable est que le résultat sur place se révélera être un mélange hybride d’acceptation et de refus de nos propositions, et très certainement la situation n’est pas encore suffisamment mature pour que soit acceptée la logique sous-jacente de notre Plan de Transition pour les Communs (Commons Transition Plan) dans sa totalité.</p></br><p>En d’autres termes, ce que nous pouvons espérer de mieux, c’est la publication et le dialogue sur le plan lui-même, et des actions concrètes, des cadres législatifs, et des projets pilotes. Cela aura pour effet de donner une vraie légitimité à notre approche et de placer les communs à un niveau géo-politique. Que pouvons-nous espérer de plus?</p></br><p>Personnellement, je crois que même si seulement 20% de nos propositions sont retenues pour l’action, nous pouvons considérer qu’il s’agit d’un succès relatif. C’est la première fois qu’une telle transition même partielle aura des effets à l’échelle d’une nation et, comme je le vois, cela donne une légitimité à un nouvel ensemble d’idées sur la transition sociétale. Donc, je crois que nous sommes dignes de notre engagement.</p></br><p>Nous devons accepter que les réalités du pouvoir politique soient incompatibles avec les attentes d’un processus propre pour un changement aussi fondamental de politique. Mais nous espérons que certaines propositions essentielles du projet feront une différence, à la fois pour les Equatoriens et pour tous ceux qui regardent le projet.</p></br><p>Pour l’avenir, toutefois, je dois dire que je m’interroge sérieusement sur l’idée d’essayer de « pirater une société » (“hack a society”) ce qui était la philosophie initiale du projet et des personnes qui nous ont embauchés. Vous ne pouvez pas pirater une société, car une société n’est pas un programme exécutable. Le changement politique a besoin d’une base sociale et politique, et celle-ci était très faible depuis le début dans cette affaire.</p></br><p>C’est pourquoi je crois que les projets futurs devraient d’abord se concentrer sur les niveaux inférieurs de l’organisation politique, comme les villes et les régions, où la politique est plus proche des besoins de la population. Cependant, l’Histoire est toujours pleine de surprises, et des paris audacieux peuvent donner des résultats. Donc FLOK peut encore surprendre les sceptiques.</p></br><p><strong>RP: Si l’Équateur adoptait votre plan (ou une partie substantielle de celui-ci), quelles seraient les conséquences à votre avis, pour l’Equateur, pour les autres pays, et pour les différents mouvements libres et ouverts? Et quelles seraient les conséquences si rien n’était retenu ?</strong></p></br><p>MB: Comme je le dis, à ce stade, dans le meilleur des cas, je vois seulement qu’il sera possible que se réalisent quelques avancées juridiques et des projets pilotes. Ceux-ci seraient importants, ce sont des graines pour l’Equateur, et cela donnerait une crédibilité supplémentaire à notre effort.</p></br><p>Je me rends compte que cela peut vous surprendre de me l’entendre dire, mais je ne pense pas que cela soit l’essentiel. Nous avons déjà des milliers de projets dans le monde qui sont engagés dans des formes de production par les pairs et de transitions vers communs, et cette tendance profonde ne va pas changer. Les efforts visant à changer la logique économique et social vont aller de l’avant avec ou sans l’Equateur.</p></br><p>Comme je l’ai mentionné, ce que nous avons maintenant que nous n’avions pas avant, indépendamment de la mise en œuvre en Equateur, est un premier plan global de transition basé sur les communs, et plusieurs propositions législatives concrètes. C’est loin d’être parfait, mais c’est une référence que d’autres, localités, villes, (bio)régions et États seront en mesure de prendre à leur compte et d’adapter.</p></br><p>Dans le même temps, nous devons poursuivre la transformation à la base et reconstruire des coalitions orientées vers les communs à tous les niveaux, local, régional, national et mondial. Cela prendra du temps, mais puisque la croissance infinie n’est pas possible dans une économie fini, un certain type de transition est inévitable. Espérons juste que ce sera pour le bénéfice des « commoners » et de la majorité de la population mondiale.</p></br><p>Ce dont nous avons besoin, c’est essentiellement de semer les graines de la nouvelle contre-économie, et le mouvement social qui peut la défendre, faciliter son emergence et la développer. Chaque expression politique et formulation de politique publique est un bonus.</p></br><p>Quant à la fin du jeu, vous avez bien deviné. Ce qui distingue l’effort de la Fondation P2P et de nombreux chercheurs FLOK, c’est que nous ne sommes pas seulement engagés dans une démarche pour l’ajout de certaines communs et de la dynamique de P2P le cadre capitaliste existant, mais que nous visons une « phase de transtion » profonde.</p></br><p>Travailler pour une société et une économie durable est absolument crucial pour l’avenir de l’humanité, et en même temps que nous respectons les libertés des gens de s’engager dans la dynamique de marché pour l’allocation des biens rivaux, on ne peut pas se permettre un système basé sur une croissance infinie et une rareté de l’ingénierie, ce qu’est en fait le capitalisme.</p></br><p>En d’autres termes, aujourd’hui, nous considérons la nature infinie et nous croyons que les ressources qui sont infinies devraient être rares, afin de protéger les acteurs monopolistiques; demain, nous devrons considérer la nature comme une ressource finie, et nous devrons respecter l’abondance de la nature et de l’esprit humain.</p></br><p>Aussi, notre but est-il de parvenir à ce renversement fondamental de notre civilisation, rien de moins. Comme vous pouvez le voir sur nos propositions, nous visons une transformation simultanée de la société civile, du marché et des pouvoirs publics. Et nous le faisons sans inventer ou imposer des utopies, mais par l’extension des prototypes fonctionnels des commoners et des producteurs en pair à pair eux-mêmes.</p></br><p><strong>RP: Merci pour cette conversation. Bonne chance pour le sommet.</strong></p>)
  • Chargement/Site  + (<blockquote><p>An experience o<blockquote><p>An experience of self-management of computational infrastructure, that allows organizations to embed digital sovereignty into their thinking on transition and take action!</p></blockquote></br><p>Together with other individuals and organizations, and in collaboration with <a href="https://www.koumbit.org/">Koumbit</a>, Remix the commons is developing a collective response to the need for digital tools and infrastructures. The idea is to ensure full digital sovereignty over our work, exchanges and data in coherence with the vision set out in the Charter for Building a Data Commons for a Free, Fair and Sustainable Future.</p></br><p>After having tested with Koumbit, an independent and solidary hosting company in Montreal, our ability to set up and manage some tools based on open source and the commons on a shared server, we designed a cooperation system based on a model similar to that of AMAPs, which we call the « Konbit numerique », in reference to the konbit of Haitian farmers. <a href="https://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php?title=Konbit">Konbit</a> numerique is a prototype of « computational commons » for commoners’ projects. It proposes a working infrastructure that makes it possible to gradually achieve the objectives of independence and sovereignty on information and communication technology.</p></br><p>Our Konbit numerique consists of a group of identified users and a server administrator, Koumbit cooperator. It is based on a 6 TB server hosted by Koumbit in Montreal (<a href="https://nuage.en-commun.net">https://nuage.en-commun.net)</a>, in which are installed the applications we need, tools based on open source and commons: file sharing, calendars, task management, online editing of text documents, table, email,… and most importantly for us a wiki farm. This is coverering a large part of the current digital uses of our organizations.</p></br><p>Users are involved in the governance, and as much as possible in maintenance. The work of the server administrator is handled by the collective through a monthly intervention time credit system. This includes, in addition to the time dedicated to server maintenance, time reserved for future technical developments that will be allocated according to the Konbit’s needs. The idea is therefore to jointly pre-finance a digital infrastructure dedicated to the collective. This infrastructure is not based on capitalist logic. It does not seek to make more profit in the perspective of extraction, but to satisfy the needs of the collective. It allows us to start a process to degoogling our digital practices.</p></br><p>Each person involved in the projects of the partners, stakeholders of this initiative, has access to this space and uses it within the framework of their activities in relation to the commons. Each partner can contribute to the life and development of the konbit by subscribing one or more shares of solidarity support (suggested amount: 15 € – 20 $CAD per month, or according to the budgets and needs of the projects), and according to the principle which aims to decouple use and trade (principle 3 of the Charter mentioned above). We have set ourselves the objective of gradually expanding the first collective to a balance between technical need/capacity and finance/governance. It is estimated that about 20 members would be an interesting size of the collective. Then other Konbits could be created and allow a federated type of operation.</p></br><p>The konbit numerique is not an open structure like a Chaton (online service open to all), or an alternative hoster, but an experience of self-management of computational infrastructure by its users. It is still a little early to draw lessons from this approach, but it is likely that this initiative allows organizations to embed digital sovereignty into their thinking on transition and take action. We hope that accompanying such processes could be a challenge of interest to free software activists.</p>hinking on transition and take action. We hope that accompanying such processes could be a challenge of interest to free software activists.</p>)