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TACD EVENT 22ND JUNE IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT "MAKING DIGITAL SPHERE WORK FOR ALL"
by Michel Bauwens 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <david(a)davidhammerstein.org> Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:45 PM Subject: [fcforum] RSVP : TACD EVENT 22ND JUNE IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT "MAKING DIGITAL SPHERE WORK FOR ALL" To: IP wg <ip(a)tacd.org>, infosoc(a)tacd.org, echanges_sympa_acces-aux-savoirs.org(a)listes.infini.fr, iindep info exchange hub <hub(a)iindep.org> *MAKING THE DIGITAL SPHERE WORK FOR ALL* European Parliament June 22nd, 2011 9:30-13:00 Under Auspices of MEP Catherine Trautmann Organized by TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) PLEASE SEND Name, Birthdate, address and passport number must be sent by June 17th to david(a)davidhammerstein.org Coffee and Tea will be served. *9:30 - 9:45* *Presentation by MEP Catherine Trautmann* *9:45-11:15* *New digital business models that work for both creators and consumers* *Moderator: Jill Johnstone, Consumers Focus, TACD* *Ken Ducatel, Head of Unit CI on Digital Agenda, European Commissio*n *Martyn Ware , international renown composer, performer and music producer* *Kostas Rossoglou, BEUC, TACD* *James Love, Knowledge Ecology International* *11:15-1300* *New proposals for collective management of copyright and orphan works* *Moderator: David Hammerstein, TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue, EU advocate on Intellectual Property* *Jean Bergevin, DG Internal Market, European Commission * *Eduoard Barriero, Què Choisir, Francce* Konrad Boehmer, former president of Dutch Author´s society Benjamin White, head of copyright at British Library, London ----- + info http://list.fcforum.net/wws/info/fcforum ------- -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: video about spanish revolution
by Michel Bauwens 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anne Betz <modernherbalmedicine(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 6:10 AM Subject: video about spanish revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQ&feature=player_embedded Anna -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Turkey : Government control related to the Internet ( french )
by Michel Bauwens 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

hi orsan, any coverage of this for our p2p blog would be very welcome, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: 2011/6/12 Subject: Turkey : Government control related to the Internet ( french ) To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com * * http://www.arte.tv/fr/3968038.html "Nous devrions pouvoir décider de notre propre chef ce que nous voulons voir ou pas" La censure est un mot que les internautes turcs connaissent déjà depuis longtemps. Regarder des vidéos sur internet leur était impossible pendant deux ans, et l’accès aux blogs coupé. A présent, le gouvernement Erdogan veut imposer un filtre à tous les utilisateurs – sous prétexte de les mettre à l’abri de contenus choquants. [image: Yaman Akdeniz, spécialiste de droit cybernétique, à l’université Bilgi d’Istanbul] [image: zoom] <http://www.arte.tv/i18n/content/tv/02__Universes/U1__Comprendre__le__monde/…> Yaman Akdeniz, spécialiste de droit cybernétique, à l’université Bilgi d’Istanbul Il y a deux semaines, des dizaines de milliers de Turcs ont manifesté à Istanbul aux cris de « Nous sommes tous pornos » ou « Touche pas à mon internet » pour s’opposer à la censure. Une censure dont ils ont une longue expérience : Youtube leur était interdit pendant deux ans et l’accès à certains blogs est régulièrement bloqué. Ces mesures restrictives touchent avant tout les sites kurdes, sous prétexte que ces derniers soutiennent le terrorisme - à savoir le PKK, le parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan, interdit en Turquie -, alors que ces sites se bornent à publier des informations critiques sur la politique menée dans les territoires kurdes. Maintenant, le gouvernement veut prescrire un filtre à tous les internautes, en le contraignant à choisir un niveau de restriction: « standard », « enfant » ou «usage domestique »… si bien que personne ni échappera. Pour justifier cette mesure, le gouvernement prétend évidemment vouloir « assainir la Toile ». Des sites pédophiles et pornographiques doivent être rendus inaccessibles. Sauf que personne ne sait au juste selon quels critères tel ou tel site serait bloqué par tel ou tel filtre. D’où la grogne de la communauté internet. L’Union Européenne et L’OSCE ont également mis la Turquie en garde devant cette restriction de la liberté d’accès à internet. *Interview avec Yaman Akdeniz, spécialiste de droit cybernétique, à l’université Bilgi d’Istanbul.* -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Lambeth People’s Assembly launched
by Synnove Mathe 11 Jun '11

11 Jun '11

Hi, >From Madrid camp (some of us) we have contact with this interesting iniciative in London, and I would like to share with the group waiting for your comments. http://www.aworldtowin.net/frontline/LambethPeoplesAssembly.html -- Synnöve

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Re: [P2P-F] Lokavidya Jan Andolan (People's Knowledge Movement) First International Conference, 12-14 Nov. 2011, Vanarasi, India
by Michel Bauwens 11 Jun '11

11 Jun '11

Dear Amit, I have posted it on our Ning blog, as well as tweeted and facebooked it, also here copied on our mailing list, Michel On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Amit Basole <abasole(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Michel > Hope this note finds you well. I am writing to inform you of a meeting that > Vidya Ashram is organizing in Varanasi, India this coming November. The call > for participation in English is below. The call is also available in > Spanish, Italian and French, if needed (all the versions are available on > http://lokavidyajanandolan.blogspot.com/) > We will be grateful if you can publicize this call in your networks. We > expect several mass organization to participate from within India, but are > hoping for some international presence as well. Do let me know if you have > any questions. > > Regards > Amit > > > CALL FOR PARTICPATION > > *LOKAVIDYA JAN ANDOLAN * > > *(PEOPLE’S KNOWLEDGE MOVEMENT)* > > FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE > > 12-14 NOVEMBER, 2011, VARANASI, INDIA > Vidya Ashram (www.vidyaashram.org) invites you to participate in the First > International Conference of the *Lokavidya Jan Andolan* to be held on 12-14 > November, 2011, in Vidya Ashram, Sarnath, Varanasi, India. We will also be > holding an online preparatory dialog from 1st July to 31st August. We invite > you to participate in this dialog as well. Please visit > http://lokavidyajanandolan.blogspot.com or write to vidyaashram(a)gmail.com for > latest information. > > *SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE KNOWLEDGE STANDPOINT* > > * * > > In India displacement of people from their land, their houses and their > work has emerged as the single largest concern of the social movements. > Movements of peasants against forced acquisition of land and for > remunerative prices , movements of *adivasis* (indigenous people) and > local communities for local control of natural resources and against > ecological and environmental destruction, movements of slum dwellers for > civic and social facilities, and the movements of hawkers and artisans > against systematic demolition of the local markets and inroads by the > corporations and the global market, have all converged to become a single > movement against displacement and eviction, though managed and organized > separately. Those trying to organize these people are struggling to find > pathways to confront the ruling dispensation. > > > > All these people, the displaced, the communities they belong to, have never > gone to college and live by the knowledge they posses, called *lokavidya*, > which they have acquired from elders, from peers, in the community, at the > site of work, through experiments and by their own genius. Displacement > alters the conditions of their life in such a way that *lokavidya *is no > more able to serve their life needs and thus turns them into sources of > cheap labour. It is this severance of *lokavidya* from their lives, which > needs to be fought at all costs. In fact *lokavidya*, that is people’s > knowledge, skills, ways of thinking, values, methods of organization, > aesthetic and ethical sensibilities, in short, their *world of knowledge > as a part of their own world*, is the main source of their strength.*Lokavidya > * is also what is common to this multitude, which is at the receiving end. > It is important to understand that the emancipatory pathways today traverse > through the world of knowledge. The *Lokavidya* standpoint is the people’s > standpoint in the Age of Information. > > > *LOKAVIDYA**-KNOWLEDGE CLAIM* > > Peasants and indigenous people the world over are in a new mood of > assertion. Expressing, articulating and representing in ways that are their > own, these people are staking a claim to their inalienable right to live by > their own knowledge, values and belief systems and acquire knowledge that > they deem fit for them. Asia, Africa, South America, everywhere a new kind > of turmoil is in the making, promising to produce a new unity of the > oppressed and the dispossessed, this time based on what is common in their > understanding of the world around them, in their relationship with nature, > namely based on *lokavidya*. > > > > This means that peasants and *adivasis*, artisans and women, pavement > retailers and workers need to stake a claim for *lokavidya*. *This is not > a claim for survival, this is a claim to build a new world.* They need to > claim that a radical challenge to capital and commercialization of knowledge > can be posed only by *lokavidya*. They need to also claim that only * > lokavidya* provides the knowledge bases for a society based on truth, on > social and economic equality. We need to understand that until these claims > are staked we shall remain prisoners of our preconceived notions of radical > social change, without effect. Such a *lokavidya*-knowledge claim can give > birth to a new imagination, new thought in the realms of economics, society, > politics and culture. The process of giving shape to such claims is the > process of *Lokavidya Jan Andolan.* > > > > *LOKAVIDYA JAN ANDOLAN **(LJA)* > > The global economic and ecological crises have exposed the thought and > institutions that have enriched a few by making the majority starve and by > bringing nature to the brink of destruction. Lokavidya Jan Andolan is a > knowledge movement of this majority, that is of those people, who have been > dubbed as the ignorant masses by the science establishments, the > universities and the modern state. The idea that there is a sea of > knowledge outside the university is not alien to most people in the world. > Knowledge is widely spread in society and the idea that knowledge is widely > spread, has a very wide spread too. That is, people know and they know that > they know. And yet neither these people nor the knowledge they possess have > dignity in society. Their knowledge has no economic returns, so people are > poor. It has no respect in the public domain, so people are culturally > marginal. It has no clear relation with peoples’ organizations, therefore > people are politically irrelevant. There is a need for a political movement, > a space where people can mobilize on the basis of their knowledge. This > movement is the *Lokavidya Jan Andolan.* > The conference is an attempt to bring together the organizers of the > movements of peasants and artisans, indigenous peoples and small > trades-people, women and youth on a knowledge platform, which is a platform > of their knowledge, lokavidya. It is from this platform that the claim can > be staked that it is in lokavidya that the solution lies. > > *KNOWLEDGE MOVEMENTS WORLDWIDE* > > * * > > The world is witnessing a new kind of movement, a people’s knowledge > movement with entirely new political imaginations. The ideas of lokavidya in > India, Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia, Rights of Nature in Ecuador, Food > Sovereignty by the International Peasants Movement Via Campesina, and > Cognitive Capitalism and the idea of Knowledge Liberation in Europe and > America are indications of a churning hitherto unknown to political debates. > There is an insistence in all these that people are knowledgeable and that > their knowledge and beliefs are not inferior in any way to knowledge doled > out in the name of science. There is an understanding that the damage done > to people and nature over the past centuries, which is multiplied manifold > in this digital era of the New Empire, is correctable only by those who have > not been fully subsumed into the systems of modern knowledge. > Lokavidya Jan Andolan argues that these and all such struggles worldwide > constitute a new fraternity of struggles, building a worldwide knowledge > movement of the people, a movement of people’s knowledge, a movement of > knowledge in society. THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF LOKAVIDYA JAN > ANDOLAN VENUE: Vidya Ashram, Sarnath, Varanasi, India DATES: November > 12-14, 2011 SESSIONS: The first two days of the conference will have three > thematic sessions, namely · The idea of *lokavidya *and people’s > knowledge movement, · The struggles that underline and make space > for such an idea and · The strategy and organization of the > Lokavidya Jan Andolan The third day will be devoted to the role and place > of language, art, media and philosophy in the *Lokavidya Jan Andolan. *Those > not working with the idea of *lokavidya* will also get ample time to > articulate their views on the idea and practice of a people’s knowledge > movement. Participants are expected to make their own arrangements for > travel to Varanasi. Vidya Ashram will take care of local lodging and > boarding. You can also contact the following people for more information. Sunil > Sahasrabudhey Varanasi *budhey(a)gmail.com*<budhey(a)gmail.com> > +91-9839275124 B. Krishnarajulu Hyderabad > kkbandi(a)gmail.com +91-9866139091 Amit Basole > Boston abasole(a)gmail.com +1-6176867437 We > look forward to seeing you in Varanasi. Vidya Ashram Sarnath, Varanasi, > India www.vidyaashram.org > > > > > -- > Amit Basole > Department of Economics > University of Massachusetts, Amherst > http://www.people.umass.edu/abasole/ > http://thenoondaysun.blogspot.com/ > http://vidyaashram.org/ > http://sanhati.com/ > http://www.edu-factory.org/ > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Art Barter - free exchange between artists and the public
by Synnove Mathe 11 Jun '11

11 Jun '11

Hi, I like so much this iniciative, and i think you'll find very interesting as well http://www.artbarter.co.uk/index.php -- Synnöve

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Democracy Real mobilizations - seeds for a commons-based society
by George Por 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

dear fellow commoners & P2P activists! Plans for the School of Commoning are moving quickly forward. Inspired by the blog of Michel Bauwens on the same subject http://bit.ly/k7jijy, we will offer a new workshop: #SpanishRevolution, and the Commons Here and Now It will take place in London at SOAS University, June 24. For more details and to register, look up the workshop on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220375597981035 If you are not in the UK but have friends there, please forward them the URL. For those who cannot attend in person, a virtual venue will be provided. on behalf of the School of Commoning, in solidarity, Anna Betz George Por Mark Jagdev Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: psyCommons
by Michel Bauwens 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

psycommons link update: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Denis Postle <d.postle(a)btinternet.com> Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:23 PM Subject: Re: psyCommons To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Hello Michel, Thanks for posting the psy commons piece. Is it too late to include a link to the web page? I sent one a while back but it may have gone missing. The page: http://ipnosis.postle.net/pages/PsychoCommonsOutline.htm has links, a downloadable Word document and an mp3 sound file. I hope this finds you well, wherever in the world you are. Greetings Denis The Mind Gymnasium FREE ebook Library <http://www.mind-gymnasium.com/> A unique digital resource for Personal and Professional development -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] Draft release announcement [was: [jox] Urgent - Inaugural issue of CSPP]
by Michel Bauwens 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Alessandro, thanks for also announcing on the p2p foundation blog, Michel On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Alessandro Delfanti <delfanti(a)sissa.it>wrote: > @Johan, Alessandro: OK, we'll aim for Monday then. I will remove the >> contact ref from the CFP. Just to be clear, I will be posting the CFP as >> well on the lists I mentioned, right? >> > > ok! i'll go for ecrea, 4S and EASST > > > @All: Below is a draft announcement, let me know if you think it is too >> detailed, or if anything does not sound right...? >> >> cheers >> >> Mathieu >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> CSPP: LAUNCH OF CRITICAL STUDIES IN PEER PRODUCTION JOURNAL >> >> [apologies for multiple posts] >> >> CSPP >> We are thrilled to announce the release of the first issue of Critical >> Studies in Peer Production (CSPP) a new open access, online journal that >> focuses on the implications of peer production for social change. We >> understand peer production as a mode of commons-based and oriented >> production in which participation is voluntary and predicated on the >> self-selection of tasks. Notable examples are the collaborative development >> of Free Software projects and of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. For a >> general description of our aims please refer to: >> http://cspp.oekonux.org/ >> >> Innovative mechanisms such as discussion of journal policy on publicly >> archived lists, community vetting of proposals, signaling of published >> articles by referees, and publication of referee reports will enable >> Critical Studies in Peer Production to promote reviewer activity and widen >> the scope of publishable material, whilst also protecting the journal's >> reputational research capital. >> To learn more about our peer review process see: >> http://cspp.oekonux.org/journal/peer-review >> >> RESEARCH >> Peer activism >> The inaugural issue of CSPP begins the exploration of whether peer >> production constitutes an alternative to the social order. The Research >> section considers peer projects as a form of infra-politics or >> 'subactivism' which eschews traditional formats and mobilisations, with >> papers tracking the actions, justifications and legitimations of >> participants in two emblematic examples of commons-based and oriented peer >> production, Swedish file-sharing and Wikipedia. >> >> The origins and impacts of the Swedish file-sharing movement >> Jonas Andersson >> The recent history of Swedish peer-to-peer-based file-sharing forms part >> of a wider shift in politics towards a late-modern collective ethic. >> Everyday file-sharers operate as ‘occasional activists’, as pirate >> institutions not only speak for, but also run and build the networks. Such >> institutions cannot be explained by invoking market logics, online >> communitarianism, or political motivation alone. The cyberliberties >> activism animating these hubs is connected to the larger framework of >> balancing utilitarianism, nationalism, individual autonomy and collectivism >> in Sweden. >> http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs1.1-swedish-file-sharing >> >> The sociology of critique in Wikipedia >> Mathieu O'Neil >> Legitimate domination in commons-based peer production projects such as >> Wikipedia rests on two main principles: the extraordinary qualities of >> charismatic individuals and collectively-formulated norms and rules. >> Self-governed authority is in turn based on a critique of separated power >> in the realms of expertise and justice. It thereby constitutes a >> prefigurative response to widespread democratic aspirations in >> technologically advanced societies. But what are the questions and issues >> raised by this critique? And how should we define "critique"? >> >> http://cspp.oekonux.org/research/peer-activism/rs-1.2-sociology-of-critique >> >> DEBATE >> Our Debate section aims to foster robust discussions where both parties >> fully recognise, understand and question each other's position. Starting >> with an evaluation of Actor-Network Theory, we examine the most productive >> means of mapping and contesting power, particularly in anti-authoritarian >> projects. >> >> ANT and power >> Johan Söderberg, Nathaniel Tkacz, Mathieu O'Neil >> Söderberg begins by elucidating the philosophical foundations on which >> ANT was built, declaring that many of the attractive features within ANT >> can be found elsewhere, in a more politically effective tradition, that of >> Marxism. In response, Tkacz argues that the political insights afforded by >> ANT are not reducible to the Marxist tradition, and that ANT is especially >> well suited to describe how force flows through peer-production projects - >> projects which already perform their own critique of Capital. In reply, >> O'Neil writes that ANT and Foucault's networked conceptions of power do not >> account for how domination is reproduced over time or for people's inner >> sense of justice, preventing ANT from constituting a credible alternative. >> http://cspp.oekonux.org/debate/ant-power >> >> Conference reports: Critical Point of View, 3rd Free Culture Research >> Conference >> Johana Nyesito & Nathaniel Tkacz, Leonhard Dobusch & Michelle Thorne >> Too often academic conferences end up only as another notch on a >> publication list; not enough time is spent assessing, and documenting, >> what has been learnt in theoretical and organisational terms. Were goals >> met? What could have been done differently? In our Report section Nyesito & >> Tkacz and Dobusch & Thorne, the organisers of two conferences which took >> place in 2010 - Critical Point of View and the 3rd Free Culture Research >> Conference – offer self-reflective appraisals of the discursive and >> political impact of conference organisation. >> http://cspp.oekonux.org/reports >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> >> >> [2 text/html] >> ______________________________ >> http://www.oekonux.org/journal >> >> > > > -- > Alessandro Delfanti > ICS, Innovations in the Communication of Science > Sissa, Trieste, Italy > delfanti(a)sissa.it > http://people.sissa.it/~delfanti/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > SISSA Webmail https://webmail.sissa.it/ > Powered by Horde http://www.horde.org/ > > > ______________________________ > http://www.oekonux.org/journal > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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giving nature legal rights
by Michel Bauwens 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Dear Bill, I wonder if you could discuss this for our p2p blog readers, see http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2011/05/17/3216161.htm -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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