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labor and energy
by Michel Bauwens 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

hi orsan, could you present the following convergence for the p2p blog ? see http://energydemocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/TUED-2-page… http://p2pfoundation.net/Trade_Unions_for_Energy_Democracy http://p2pfoundation.net/Sean_Sweeney_on_Extending_Union_and_Labor_Solidari… http://p2pfoundation.net/Green_Worker_Co-op_Academy many thanks and best wishes for 2014!! Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Why do we need a value accounting system?
by Michel Bauwens 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

http://multitudeproject.blogspot.ca/2014/01/why-do-we-need-value-accounting… dear Kevin, tib is still working on it, but if you put it in your flow, by the time you get to it an improved version can be republished in our p2p blog as well, thanks!! -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: The 10th Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics + Aesthetics, Lucerne, Switzerland, January 18-19, 2014
by Michel Bauwens 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: René Stettler <stettler(a)neugalu.ch> Date: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:57 PM Subject: The 10th Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics + Aesthetics, Lucerne, Switzerland, January 18-19, 2014 To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com *The 10th Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics + Aesthetics10. Schweizer Biennale zu Wissenschaft, Technik + Ästhetik* *20th Anniversary* *TOPIC: BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD - DIE VERÄNDERUNG SEIN, DIE WIR IN DER WELT SEHEN WOLLEN* 18 - 19 January 2014 12 - 7 PM daily Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Luzern Lidostrasse 5, 6006 Lucerne / Luzern Organizer: Neue Galerie Luzern *http://www.neugalu.ch <http://www.neugalu.ch>* *Concept*René Stettler *Patronage*Stefan Roth, Mayor of the City of Lucerne Reto Wyss, Head of the Department of Education and Culture, Canton of Lucerne Hanspeter Fischer, Architect HTL, Ennetbürgen Carla Schwöbel-Braun, Entrepreneur, Lucerne Uli Sigg, Entrepreneur, The Sigg Collection Mauensee, Switzerland *Topic*On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics + Aesthetics decision makers, experts and stakeholders from enterprises, politics, science, non-profit organizations and other institutions are invited to Lucerne. Mahatma Ghandi's famous sentence *You must be the change you wish to see in the world* provides the starting point for the Biennial in order to think about collective, individual and creative possibilities for action and ways of coming to grips with the pressing and most difficult problem of climate change, with the dramatic aggravation of global warming lying ahead. The focus of the Biennial is on the political, economic and ethical challenges affecting society as a whole as well as every single human being. Two themes are at the core of this meeting. On the one hand, it is about the collective and individual task to protect the air, the common property constituting both the foundations of our descendants' lives and the future of life on Earth. On the other hand, it is about the enormous challenge that we are facing today to globally protect the common property of the oceans. Yet, how can we think together climate protection, oceans, planetary resources and, on top of that, the problems of hunger, poverty and inequality which are inseparably connected with one another? How can we get a grip on the abstract future risks of a disturbed climatic environment and the ever more rapidly progressing eradiction of the global marine ecosystems? Is the Two-Degrees-Goal an Eurocentric crackpot idea? What is the role of science and technology in coping with climate change that will probably kill millions of humans? What options exist and what are the measures needed to realise *The Great Transition*? What risks will the global society take? How can single countries and large global enterprises contribute to managing the world of our common wealth? Should the global negotiation process be given up despite its slowness and insufficient outcomes? Do we need a different economic order than today's capitalism? Anlässlich des 20-Jahre-Jubiläums der Schweizer Biennale zu Wissenschaft, Technik + Ästhetik sind Entscheider, Experten und Stakeholder aus Unternehmen, Politik, Wissenschaft, Non-Profit-Organisationen und anderen Institutionen nach Luzern eingeladen. Die Biennale nimmt Mahatma Ghandis berühmten Satz *You must be the change you wish to see in the world *als Ausgangspunkt, um über kollektive, individuelle und kreative Handlungsmöglichkeiten nachzudenken, wie das heute dringlichste und schwierigste Problem des Klimawandels und die dramatische Zuspitzung der Erderwärmung, die vor uns liegen, angepackt werden können. Im Brennpunkt der Biennale stehen politische, wirtschaftliche und ethische Herausforderungen, die sowohl die Gesellschaft als Ganzes wie auch jeden einzelnen Menschen etwas angehen. Zwei Themen stehen im Zentrum der Veranstaltung. Auf der einen Seite geht es um die kollektive und individuelle Aufgabe das Gemeingut Luft zu schützen, das für das Leben unserer Nachkommen und das künftige Leben auf der Erde elementar ist. Auf der anderen Seite geht es um die sich uns heute stellende enorme Herausforderung, das Gemeingut Meer global zu schützen. Doch wie sind Klima-, Meeres-, planetarischer Ressourcenschutz und darüber hinaus das Gerechtigkeitsproblem, Hunger, Armut und Ungleichheit, die untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind, zusammenzudenken? Wie können wir abstrakte künftige Risiken einer gestörten klimatischen Umwelt und die immer rascher voranschreitende Zerstörung der Ökosysteme der Weltmeere in den Griff bekommen? Ist das Zwei-Grad-Ziel eine eurozentrische Schnapsidee? Welche Rolle spielen Wissenschaft und Technik bei der Bewältigung des Klimawandels, der wahrscheinlich Millionen Menschen das Leben kosten wird? Welche Risiken will die Weltgesellschaft eingehen? Welche Optionen hat sie und welche Massnahmen will sie sich leisten, um die *Great Transition* zu bewerkstelligen? Welchen Beitrag können einzelne Länder und globale Grossunternehmen bei der Verwaltung von Gemeingütern leisten? Soll der globale Verhandlungsprozess trotz aller Langsamkeit und ungenügender Ergebnisse aufgegeben werden? Brauchen wir eine andere Wirtschaftsordnung als den jetzigen Kapitalismus? *Keynote Speakers, Chairpersons and Panel LeadersJakob von Uexküll*, Founder of the "Right Livelihood Award" and Initiator of the "World Future Council" *Thomas Stocker*, Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern *Willie Smits,* Founder of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), Kalimantan, Borneo *Angelique Timmer,* Social Entrepreneur and Associate Partner of BoerCroon, Amsterdam *Peter Westerveld*, Founder and Chairman Naga Foundation, Schiphol *Marcel Brenninkmeijer,* Founder and Chairman Good Energies Foundation, Zug *Nancy Wimmer,* Director of mircoSOLAR, Author and Lecturer *Stewart Wallis,* Executive Director nef (the new economics foundation), London *Esther Girsberger*, Author, Moderator and Lecturer *Jeremy Jackson*, Marine Biology, Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation, University of California, San Diego *Laura Airoldi,* Associated Professor of Ecology, University of Bologna, Italy *Rob Hopkins,* Founder of the Transition Towns Movement, Totnes, UK *John Ashton,* Independent Commentator on Climate Politics, Former Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change, FCO, UK, and Founding Director of E3G Third Generation Environmentalism *Anton Gunzinger,* Founder of the Supercomputing Systems AG, Zurich *Bob Bishop*, Founder and President of the ICES Foundation - International Centre for Earth Simulation, Geneva *Information (English)* *http://www.neugalu.ch/e_bienn_2014.html <http://www.neugalu.ch/e_bienn_2014.html>* *Information (German)* *http://www.neugalu.ch/d_bienn_2014.html <http://www.neugalu.ch/d_bienn_2014.html>* *Registration (English)**http://www.neugalu.ch/e_bienn_2014.html#9 <http://www.neugalu.ch/e_bienn_2014.html#9>* *Anmeldung Deutsch* *http://www.neugalu.ch/d_bienn_2014.html#9 <http://www.neugalu.ch/d_bienn_2014.html#9>* Registration (two days): CHF 120 Students and Senior Citzens: (Concessions / ID): CHF 90 Simultaneous Interpretation THE SWISS BIENNIAL ON SCIENCE, TECHNICS + AESTHETICS SCHWEIZER BIENNALE ZU WISSENSCHAFT, TECHNIK + ÄSTHETIK P. O. Box 3501 1 CH - 6002 Lucerne / Switzerland http://www.neugalu.ch New Ph.D. Research Programme in the Arts and the Humanities in collaboration with Plymouth University, UK (NGL-Node) Applications, Fees and Information at http://www.neugalu.ch/phd_programme.html -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: Goodbye Margrit Kennedy
by Michel Bauwens 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

dear friends, a great loss as margrit was instrumental in the contemporary monetary transformation movement, I'm copying Sepp just in case he is motivated to mention something on our blog about this ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Goodbye Margrit Kennedy <goodbye(a)margritkennedy.de> Date: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 7:32 PM Subject: Goodbye Margrit Kennedy To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com For English Version, please scoll down to bottom of Mail Not displaying correctly?<http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ac875a9d097b4572f9ada71e1&id=62ff5b57ad…> *„Man könnte einen schwachen Versuch machen und sagen, es ist das Gefühl, herzlich umarmt, zutiefst getröstet, grundlegend geachtet, wirklich geschätzt, sanft genährt und absolut verstanden zu werden, (...) voller Glück willkommen geheißen, absolut geehrt, voller Freude gefeiert und total beschützt zu werden, zu sofortiger Vollkommenheit gelangt zu sein und bedingungslos geliebt zu werden – alles auf einmal. Die Seele, die ohne das geringste Zögern oder Bedauern aber auch alles an Gefühl von individuellen Selbstsein aus sich entlässt begibt sich in Das Licht.“* Zuhause in Gott – Über das Leben nach dem Tode, Neale Donald Walsch, S. 266-267 Prof. Declan Kennedy, Reinhard Hübner, Patricia Hübner, Antja Kennedy, Bernd Oberländer, Nora Oberländer *nehmen in Liebe Abschied von* * Prof. Dr. Margrit Kennedy, geb. Hübner* Fachbereich Architektur der Universität Hannover, Gründerin von MonNetA (Money Network Alliance) 21.11.1939 - 28.12.2013 Die Abschiedsfeier mit anschließender Urnenbeisetzung ins Familiengrab findet am 10. Jan. 2014 um 11:00 Uhr auf dem Hauptfriedhof, Tannenheckerweg 6, 34127 Kassel statt. Falls Sie zur Abschiedsfeier kommen möchten, bitte unter diesem Link eintragen.<http://monneta.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac875a9d097b4572f9ada71e1…> Falls nicht, wäre es schön in dieser Zeit für sie zu meditieren oder beten. Anstelle von Blumen und Kränzen bitten wir um Zuwendungen für Lebensgarten Steyerberg e.V., Volksbank Steyerberg eG, Bankleitzahl 256 625 40, Kontonr. 1888 000 IBAN: DE 95 2566 2540 0001 8880 00, SWIFT/BIC: GENODEF1STY Kondolenz bitte per Mail an: goodbye(a)margritkennedy.de *„A feeble attempt would call it the feeling of being warmly embraced, deeply comforted, dearly cherished, profoundly appreciated, genuinely treasured, softly nurtured, profoundly understood, completely forgiven, wholly absolved, long awaited, happily welcomed, totally honored, joyously celebrated, absolutely protected, instantly perfected, and unconditionally loved – all at once. Releasing without the slightest hesitation or regret any and all sense, of individual selfhood, the soul moves into the Light.”* Home with God – In a Life That Never Ends, Neale Donald Walsch, p.227 Prof. Declan Kennedy, Reinhard Hübner, Patricia Hübner, Antja Kennedy, Bernd Oberländer, Nora Oberländer *bid a loving farewell to Prof. Dr. Margrit Kennedy, née Hübner* Department of Architecture, University of Hanover, Founder of MonNetA (Money Network Alliance) 21.11.1939 - 28.12.2013 The farewell celebration with interment of the ashes at the family grave will be on the 10th of Jan. 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the main cemetery/Hauptfriedhof, Tannenheckerweg 6, 34127 Kassel. If you plan to attend the farewell celebration, please sign in under this link.<http://monneta.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac875a9d097b4572f9ada71e1&…> If you cannot attend, it would be nice for you to meditate or pray for her at that time. Instead of flowers we ask for donations to Lebensgarten Steyerberg e.V., Volksbank Steyerberg eG, IBAN: DE 95 2566 2540 0001 8880 00, SWIFT/BIC: GENODEF1STY Please send your condolences to: goodbye(a)margritkennedy.de This email was sent to michelsub2004(a)gmail.com *why did I get this?*<http://monneta.us3.list-manage1.com/about?u=ac875a9d097b4572f9ada71e1&id=4e…> unsubscribe from this list<http://monneta.us3.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=ac875a9d097b4572f9ada71e1…> update subscription preferences<http://monneta.us3.list-manage.com/profile?u=ac875a9d097b4572f9ada71e1&id=4…> MonNetA e.V. · Ginsterweg 3 · Steyerberg 31595 · Germany [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: [Networkedlabour] tripleC - CfP Reminder - Deadline Jan 15: special issue "Interrogating internships"
by Michel Bauwens 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

hi Kevin, thanks for relaying this CFP via our blog as well, you will notice it has a special category at the right hand side of the blog; as this was installed by F.I. I'm not sure how exactly it works, but it would be good to continue that initiative, as otherwise that scroll only has outdated CFP's, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs(a)uti.at> Date: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 8:25 AM Subject: [Networkedlabour] tripleC - CfP Reminder - Deadline Jan 15: special issue "Interrogating internships" To: networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/17 Call for Papers: Special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique Interrogating Internships Edited by Nicole S. Cohen (University of Toronto Mississauga), Greig de Peuter (Wilfrid Laurier University), Enda Brophy (Simon Fraser University) When publisher Condé Nast cancelled its internship program in October 2013, the response was mixed: many cheered the end of a program that asked debt-laden youth to labour for free, while others lamented the closure of one of the only routes into media work. When depicted in the mainstream media, internships are surrounded by an aura of glamour: rapper Kanye West did a stint at luxury designer Fendi, Lady Gaga arranged one at designer Philip Treacy, and Hollywood portrayed the phenomenon in the movie The Internship. The gloss is fading, however: digital electronics manufacturer Foxconn was caught employing student interns on dubious terms on its assembly lines; former interns launched a successful class-action suit against Fox Searchlight Pictures; and Ross Perlin’s Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy (Verso, 2011) was vital in pushing internships into a critical spotlight internationally. Within just a few years, internships have become a high-profile subject, garnering media attention, catalyzing activism, provoking government action, and sparking lawsuits against massive corporations. Although internships are prevalent in communication, cultural, media, and entertainment industries, scholarly literature on internships from communication and cultural studies remains limited. This special issue of tripleC seeks to situate internships within the labour turn in research in communication studies and beyond. The issue will interrogate some of the multiple articulations between and among internships, capitalism, communication, and culture. Employers in the media and cultural sectors are regularly singled out as playing a key role in perpetuating the normalization and intensification of unpaid or low paid intern labour, illuminating the interplay of glamourous occupations, the reserve army of labour, and discount wages. For many young people, internships provide an initial encounter with and formative experience of the capitalist labour market, yet the relationship between internships and the category of exploitation is not necessarily straightforward. And many youth are shut out of internships altogether, highlighting the way class divisions structure entry into communication and cultural industries. Internships are also an emerging trope in popular media culture, with television shows ranging from Girls to Gallery Girls pointing to the gendered dimension of internships. And, if internships are in the international spotlight today, it is thanks to growing intern labour activism and the way interns and their allies have turned their communicative capacities to alternative ends, raising awareness through DIY video-making, engaging in creative online protest and campaigns, and effectively naming-and-shaming intern employers via social media. Internships are an entry point for interrogating contested conditions of life and labour in communicative capitalism at a time when precarity is an overarching structure of feeling. So, we invite articles, reports, interviews, and pieces that develop key concepts from academics, activists, and interns (current and former) on issues including but not limited to: * the political-economic context of the spread of (unpaid) internships * the relationship of internships to student debt and youth unemployment * social exclusion based on class, race, and gender and intersectional analysis of the social relations of internships; * the production of meaning, e.g., discourse analysis of media coverage of intern issues, everyday talk of internships (‘paying your dues,’ ‘getting a foot in the door’); * representations of internships in popular media culture; * government regulation, policy proposals, legal issues, and class-action law suits; * ‘passionate labour,’ governmentality, self-exploitation, working for exposure, network sociality, and reputational economies; * case studies of internships within and/or across particular sectors of the arts, media, and cultural industries (e.g., journalism, fashion, film); * historical perspectives on internships in the communication and cultural industries; * intern activism within and beyond the union movement; strategies, tactics, and organizing models; * critical and contextualized biographical accounts of internship experiences; * the role of education institutions in the intern economy; * genealogy of the term ‘intern’; * elite internships and access; * theoretical key concepts for interrogating internships, such as exploitation, youth, and intersectionality, etc. Length: * Peer-reviewed academic articles: 5,000-8,000 words not including references * Interviews, reports from organizations, non-academic articles: 1,000-2,500 words not including references * Key concept entries: 1,000-2,000 words not including references Publishing Schedule: Jan. 15, 2014: deadline for proposals (300-500 word abstract) Feb. 1, 2014: notification of acceptance (scholarly articles still subject to peer review) June 1, 2014: deadline for first drafts Aug. 1, 2014: editorial feedback provided Oct. 1, 2014: final drafts submitted Nov. 1, 2014: publication of special issue Please send queries and abstract proposals (including title, abstract of around 300-500 words, affiliation, contact data, brief biographical note) via email to the 3 co-editors: Nicole S. Cohen Institute of Communication, Culture and Information Technology University of Toronto Mississauga nicole.cohen(a)utoronto.ca Greig de Peuter Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University gdepeuter(a)wlu.ca Enda Brophy School of Communication Simon Fraser University ebrophy(a)sfu.ca About the journal: tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is a non-profit open access journal focusing on the study of media, digital media, information and communication in contemporary capitalist societies. For this task, articles should employ critical theories and/or empirical research inspired by critical theories and/or philosophy and ethics guided by critical thinking as well as relate the analysis to power structures and inequalities of capitalism, especially forms of stratification such as class, racist and other ideologies and capitalist patriarchy. The journal is especially interested in how analyses relate to normative, political and critical dimensions and how they help illuminating conditions that foster or hinder the advancement of an inclusive, just and participatory information society. It publishes both theoretical and empirical contributions as well as reflections and book reviews. Follow tripleC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommCapCritique _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Re: [P2P-F] [commoning] The Co-operative University (Hoeschele, Wolfgang) (Hoeschele, Wolfgang)
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Hi Michel , ( cc: p2pf list - this post coming initially from commoning list ) I did not mean that families need be the basis of some ideal institutional arrangement. There are, as far as I understand, various cultural models regarding families ( including old matriarchal models, such as the Mosuo ) , and they themselves seem to be evolving over time. Hence me bringing forward "culture" vs "institutions" in my last post, and "image" vs potentially experienced realities. By the way - a classic ? - : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHMgToJIjA *Debord traces the development of a modern society in which authentic social life <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship> has been replaced with its representation: "All that once was directly lived has become mere representation."[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle#cite_note-Thesis1…> Debord argues that the history of social life can be understood as "the decline of being into having, and having into merely appearing."[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle#cite_note-2> * Yet when looking closer at the ( wikipedia ) definitions, I sense that we could twist my initial understanding of the word "institution" and talk about "distributed institutions". Initially I made the interpretation of institution as being a centralizing hierarchical structure. I guess we can have authoritarian cultures, and self organizing cultures, too. Cultures of self organization exist. From my understanding, a struggle between centralizing institutions, and self organizing cultures, has been existing for some time already... ( if other people on this list want to bring up references, feel free to do so - I do not want to enter the historical debate right now. I guess the Spanish civil war may be one case scenario ? ) Imho, here is an ideological choice to be made, as for what paradigm one wants to support. Michel, are you supporting a distributed paradigm, and eventually using "the partner state" to support such distributed paradigm ? With commons, imho, being a tool that enables such distributed paradigm... ( vs imposed dependencies using artificial scarcity to maintain specific control ) I can understand how one would want to use resources currently available through a "State" power arrangement, especially if one has access to it, to support distributed and commons approaches. Now the question I have, also based on another recent thread on Michel's fb ( https://www.facebook.com/mbauwens/posts/10153639014410548 ) , is : do Michel, and other people on this "commoning" list ( and p2pfoundation list, which I add in cc ) still actively support or *believe in supporting a reduction on centralized dependencies , co-creating towards more viable distributed approaches*, even if both co-exist ? Or did some people on these list, since I started interacting with some of you over the last years, give up on such vision ? also see comparative table on : http://p2pfoundation.net/Festivalism I do not believe we need to remain within status quo ... I also believe in us being co-creative agents ... On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>wrote: > I have my doubts that family and friends can substitute for institutional > arrangements, > > the workers had friends and families, but that wasn't enough, they created > voluntary fraternal organisations, unions, parties, mutualities, coops and > the rest (which is the necessary work I'm alluding to) > > but even that wasn't enough, as volunary association only reached a small > fraction of the workers, which is why they fought for universal policies, > which gave us the welfare state > > this may not be the model for the today (though I think the partner state > is post-welfare, i.e. it builds on it), but temporary assemblies based on > consensus won't make the grade either .. > > Michel > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson < > dante.monson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Michel >> >> my feeling is that you mistake image and reality in this last reply of >> yours. >> >> when movements are not visible, it does not mean they are not present, or >> active. >> >> as you and many of us may know and experience, much of the economy is >> supported by non recognized, "invisible" contributions, >> such as the role of family and friends supporting each other. >> >> From my point of perspective, it is important to understand cultural >> shifts, rather then visible organizations. Actually, we can move away >> from seeing it with organizations all-together, >> providing we develop the capacity to ( self)organize, including through >> the use of the internet and other means of communication. >> >> Facilitating self organization can spark empowerment in densifying the >> interconnection of alternatives you and others document via the >> p2pfoundation, which in turn can further empower a homebrew industrial >> revolution / viable ( not debt dependent ) alternatives. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net >> > wrote: >> >>> dear Anna, >>> >>> I agree that constructing alternative livelyhoods is an important >>> priority, but what about collectively organising social movements that are >>> capable of solidarity ? >>> >>> isn't that also a failures, historically, social movements were based on >>> membership, and through this institutionalisation, they were able to >>> support long-term actions .. >>> >>> now, occupy/15m types movements are able to organize and scale rapidly, >>> but what seems problematic is the capacity to endure ... >>> >>> have individual livelyhoods may not be enough, social movements >>> themselves need to have means to support actions in the long term >>> >>> if I had time in 2014, which I haven't, I would focus on creating such a >>> solidarity mechanism, and turn the p2p foundation into one, it would be a >>> mixture of 'p2p factoring' to equalize revenue over the long term for the >>> individuals involved, and solidarity mechanisms between individuals .. it >>> would be a system available for all peer producers, >>> >>> Michel >>> >>> Michel >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Anna Harris <anna(a)shsh.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Wolfgang and Dante, Much the same feeling of abundance you are >>>> talking about was expressed in the Occupy movement in many different >>>> countries during 2011/12. Probably you know all about them. >>>> >>>> http://takethesquare.net/2011/07/15/how-to-cook-a-pacific-revolution/ >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement >>>> >>>> In London at St Paul's there was a feeling of welcoming everyone, Food >>>> and shelter were freely available, in the People's Assembles everyone had a >>>> voice, and was listened to. There were study groups, a mini bookshop and >>>> university, with numerous talks on many different topics, women's groups, >>>> and a newspaper was produced. Empty buildings were occupied and used for >>>> conferences, child minding, yoga, meditation, etc.This was reproduced on a >>>> smaller scale in many cities across UK, and around the world. It was a >>>> spontaneous example of instant community building. They tried to link up >>>> with Trade Unions, and support strikes, Some groups still continue to >>>> function, though without living on the streets or in the square. >>>> >>>> But to my mind the main reason why it was not sustainable was because >>>> they were living on charity, they raided dumpsters for food, and much was >>>> given spontaneously, but there was no real relationship to the earth and >>>> producing their own energy/food/water/waste disposal, etc. What is needed >>>> is an alternative system, which obviously lends itself to more rural areas, >>>> which is where most communities are that have survived, rather than in the >>>> cities, >>>> >>>> I would also agree with Michel, that what he calls the 'system inside >>>> ourselves' needs attention. Activists often concentrate on changing the >>>> society without understanding the need to also focus on the oppression we >>>> have internalised within ourselves (Paulo Friere - Pedagogy of the >>>> Oppressed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire>) and which we >>>> take with us into new freer structures. Living and sharing with others >>>> requires a new consciousness, which may account for the failures which >>>> Michel cites. But re-introducing some authoritarian structure avoids >>>> meeting the challenge of learning the new language which is required to >>>> live in community. Any attempts even if they 'fail' are worth doing. >>>> >>>> Anna >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you Dante for sharing all these ideas and links! Very >>>>> interesting. >>>>> >>>>> I'll add some of those links to the Commons Abundance Network website. >>>>> >>>>> The nomadic people can help weave together the initiatives going on in >>>>> different places, to transport ideas from one place to another - especially >>>>> such ideas that require practice to work, that cannot be simply put into >>>>> words but that have to be lived. Such conveyance of ideas, tacit knowledge, >>>>> skills often takes time, so it can't just happen at conferences or >>>>> workshops, but may take some days or weeks of working/living together. >>>>> >>>>> Nomads have also been seen with great suspicion by states ever since >>>>> states emerged, because they are almost impossible to control. But they >>>>> always existed on the geographical and other margins of the state, and even >>>>> throughout their territory, because they can be essential for human >>>>> interaction across distance. They help create dynamism. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure how to follow up further on this right now, but I think >>>>> it would be very interesting to meet at some point. Since you apparently >>>>> spend some of your time in Leipzig, maybe the next time I am in Germany we >>>>> can meet? >>>>> >>>>> Wolfgang >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: commoning-bounces(a)listen.jpberlin.de on behalf of >>>>> Dante-Gabryell Monson >>>>> Sent: Sat 12/28/2013 3:52 AM >>>>> To: commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de; p2p-foundation; >>>>> p2p-urbanism-world-atlas(a)googlegroups.com; >>>>> bestwecando(a)lists.riseup.net; op-n-m(a)googlegroups.com; >>>>> econowmix(a)googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: [commoning] [P2P-F] The Co-operative University >>>>> (Hoeschele,Wolfgang) >>>>> >>>>> Hi Wolfgang, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for sharing your >>>>> article<http://www.scribd.com/doc/49712621/Making-Place-for-Abundance >>>>> >- >>>>> it overlaps with approaches I like to take. >>>>> >>>>> I see a number of potentially overlapping and emergent "layers". >>>>> I like to hear from other people's dreams or personal experiences. >>>>> >>>>> I see the potential for an understanding of distribution / aggregation >>>>> layers, mutually empowering each other in an emergent way, building up >>>>> critical diversity for further emergence, resilience, and ( ideally ? ) >>>>> viable systems. >>>>> >>>>> I ll be happy to map out our non linear understanding. ( a mapping tool >>>>> where we can export our data ? ) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *// in advance, apologies to Silke - this will be a long post with a >>>>> lot of >>>>> links //* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Some layers I experiment(ed) with , followed by a few projects. >>>>> >>>>> I want to talk about Nomadism, as it embodies imho an understanding of >>>>> distributed systems - understanding I wish to use even when not moving >>>>> ( >>>>> geographically ). >>>>> >>>>> I see *layers of distribution and aggregation mutually empowering each >>>>> other in an emergent way.* >>>>> >>>>> Short, medium and long term approaches , and resilience through their >>>>> overlap, can also be taken into account. >>>>> >>>>> I want to bring forward potentials for synergies and emergence ( based >>>>> on >>>>> "critical diversity" ? ), and using Integral >>>>> City<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_City>and some research ( if >>>>> one can call this research ? ) I did or am doing, to >>>>> compare or apply it to. >>>>> >>>>> /// >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *- Nomadism :* >>>>> >>>>> *- it can imho be translated into the experience many more have, for >>>>> example at a city scale , or also via "seminar hopping" lifestyles , >>>>> movie >>>>> production lifestyles, etc -* >>>>> >>>>> talking from personal experience >>>>> of a type of nomadism based on a low ( monetary ) threshold ( hitch >>>>> hiking >>>>> ). >>>>> >>>>> I would aim at experiencing a flow of temporary autonomous zones ( >>>>> often >>>>> events ), hitch hiking from the one to another, taking into >>>>> consideration a >>>>> "logistics of options" to direct myself across europe. ( moving east or >>>>> west, north or south, depending on how events may seem to empower more >>>>> options for intentional convergence and supporting needs at later >>>>> stages ) >>>>> >>>>> I am glad Wolfgang mentioned "non places". Much of the time was spent >>>>> crossing "non places", moving towards aggregators where, for a moment, >>>>> some >>>>> shared "warmth" could be experienced. >>>>> >>>>> Nomadism ( especially moneyless , or almost moneyless ) , in my view, >>>>> embodies *an experienced understanding of a distributed system of >>>>> distributed systems* : hitch hiking as intentional distributed system - >>>>> used as a layer to facilitate access to - ... hospitality as a >>>>> distributed >>>>> system - being hosted for a limited amount of time - ... which can >>>>> empower >>>>> meeting people, which itself can lead to events , to shared learning, >>>>> distributed information networks, etc ... each of these potentially >>>>> empowering distributed intentional "tribes". >>>>> >>>>> Such social capital constantly being worked on - if not, the energy >>>>> imho >>>>> dissipates over time. >>>>> >>>>> Such understanding of nomadism ( / of distributed approaches ) can be >>>>> applied within more specific geographical environments, such as a >>>>> particular city itself. >>>>> I guess others wrote about this ... ( Negri, Hardt, ... ) >>>>> >>>>> I personally like the contents of this site : >>>>> http://nomadology.com/ >>>>> >>>>> It is important , imho, to reduce "empty places" and time ... as to >>>>> make it >>>>> viable. Focusing on places where there is a higher density and >>>>> diversity >>>>> of mutually empowering potentials, that can , even if one uses a >>>>> temporary >>>>> autonomous approach, further feed other processes and enable a >>>>> continuity >>>>> of flow. >>>>> >>>>> This is some of my shared experience of too much "spreading out" : >>>>> >>>>> http://sharewiki.org/en/Beyond_Road_Burn_Out >>>>> >>>>> http://hitchwiki.org/en/Aimless_trajectory >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Convergence may be possible in cities - yet the cost of space , in >>>>> monetary >>>>> terms, or of securing access to space ( if one squats ) is often very >>>>> high, >>>>> itself leading people to allocate their time to service such monetary >>>>> cost, >>>>> reducing availability, and increasing the potential for "empty places" >>>>> ... >>>>> or "empty social places", as people are "too busy" ... >>>>> >>>>> Finding distributed approaches to use such spaces and generate spaces >>>>> on >>>>> top of existing infrastructure , as to converge social networks / >>>>> aggregate, may be one approach. Narratives imho also play a central >>>>> role >>>>> in such flows of aggregation. Time, too, plays a role. High >>>>> turnovers >>>>> in certain cities may not enable long term continuity or development of >>>>> projects, unless a combination between longer term residents and short >>>>> term >>>>> residents can be found. >>>>> >>>>> Planning is not always possible when there is such constant >>>>> reshuffling - >>>>> hence the potential for stigmergic information tools to manage >>>>> logistics of >>>>> options and generate flow and emergent collective intelligence. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> /// >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> As it requires constant work on social networks, >>>>> but also as I sense there is a need to create reference points for >>>>> oneself >>>>> to return to, >>>>> aggregators which can overlap as to enable continuity , rather then >>>>> leaving >>>>> empty spaces of nothingness, >>>>> >>>>> after 5 years on the road I needed to find solutions for places of >>>>> unconditional return. >>>>> >>>>> A tribe , even if it morphs, yet enables shared intention, can be such >>>>> "home" - even if and when it moves in space. Sometimes families can >>>>> represent such form of tribe, yet in western societies , imho, >>>>> families end >>>>> up being instrumentalized in favor of dominant socio-cultural >>>>> narratives. >>>>> In some cases, people like me who wish to generate alternative / less >>>>> coercive narratives may end up marginalized from both society and >>>>> family. >>>>> >>>>> Underlying logic that I notice from people in mainstream narratives >>>>> being : >>>>> "if I "have" to do this, why would s/he not , hence I can not support >>>>> him, >>>>> as it would furthermore requestion my own sacrifices over time to >>>>> survive >>>>> in this system". Not all adopt such stance - and it is >>>>> interesting to >>>>> understand what processes or contexts opens people up ... >>>>> >>>>> // >>>>> >>>>> I see a need for overlap in terms of time frameworks. >>>>> >>>>> At casarobino ( a nomadbase.org which hosted over 1000 people in a >>>>> small >>>>> flat over a 3 year time framework ), I noticed how overlap between >>>>> short >>>>> term ( a night or two ), medium term ( a few days to a week ), and >>>>> longer >>>>> term ( a few weeks ? ) residents enabled transfer of self organized >>>>> cultures and information needed for such self organization, and how it >>>>> enabled some form of fluidity in terms of internal social dynamics. >>>>> Furthermore, the casa seemed to serve an aggregation role, enabling a >>>>> place >>>>> of return on a longer time framework, leading to individuals coming >>>>> back to >>>>> the space, feeding and at the same time maintaining what imho looked >>>>> like >>>>> intentional subcultures enabling its self organization. ( may be >>>>> interesting to study this further in depth : the role of such >>>>> aggregators, >>>>> and intentions that may serve as shared engagment and underlying social >>>>> contracts ) >>>>> >>>>> /// >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> For the moment, debt seems to be one of the powerful forces leading >>>>> people >>>>> to be prepared to share engagement / generate social contracts. ( often >>>>> generating more centralized control and artificial scarcity ? ) >>>>> >>>>> To free ourselves from ( monopolistic and hierarchical ) debt >>>>> information >>>>> systems of control, I sense we need to generate alternative distributed >>>>> engagement tools. >>>>> >>>>> Reification is imho risky business ( in terms of control - see this >>>>> article< >>>>> http://www.academia.edu/4498786/How_does_reification_ensure_our_wilful_subo… >>>>> > >>>>> ) >>>>> , yet worth experimenting in a distributed form - to facilitate >>>>> temporary >>>>> aggregation , as stigmergic tools ? ( hence mentioning the netention >>>>> research, which also includes understanding regarding Linked Data, ... >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> Yet, indeed, "places" can be aggregators. >>>>> I see the risk of "institutionalization" of places ( and centralized >>>>> control ) >>>>> >>>>> Potentially, such institutionalization of spaces can be ok as long as >>>>> networkes are not enclosed within it, and that such networks can access >>>>> sufficient diversity, as to never depend on any one source ... yet be >>>>> able >>>>> to build on top of institutionalized infrastructure, although I do not >>>>> see >>>>> this as a solution. Ideally, one would aim at enabling distributed >>>>> forms >>>>> of ( temporary ) infrastructure away from institutional influence and >>>>> conditions. >>>>> >>>>> In some cases, there may be potential to support a distributed commons >>>>> through institutional support, playing on the strategic interests of >>>>> specific institutions in doing so - yet rarely does this seem to come, >>>>> imho, without a cost / conditions. Mapping externalities can be a >>>>> potential of tools such as suggested by netention research - including >>>>> practices visualizing open value networks ? >>>>> >>>>> /// >>>>> >>>>> Here is some research ( draft ) I did as to attempt such approach in >>>>> Leipzig. >>>>> >>>>> http://sharewiki.org/en/Leipzig_project >>>>> >>>>> The idea being to benefit from existing infrastructure, at a lower >>>>> cost ( >>>>> in terms of debt ), and creating a sufficiently great diversity and >>>>> amount >>>>> of individual projects, as to build distributed systems on top of the >>>>> proposal of the usership of a living space >>>>> >>>>> Prices in Leipzig now seem to have increased - so I needed to change >>>>> approach. >>>>> >>>>> /// >>>>> >>>>> Using the potential for FabLabs / local small scale manufacturing >>>>> based on >>>>> open source research and development, >>>>> >>>>> I imagine using vacant spaces ( in urban or countryside environments ) >>>>> to build up temporary housing. >>>>> >>>>> Eric H. used the terms "pop up villages" and "furnitecture" ( >>>>> portemanteau >>>>> for furniture and architecture ) >>>>> >>>>> see : http://sharewiki.org/en/Spime_Housing >>>>> >>>>> It can include approaches such as wikihouse ( http://www.wikihouse.cc/) , >>>>> ... >>>>> Ideally, I imagine modular and parametric approaches ( I noticed some >>>>> designer and architect active on Edgeryder forums think so too ) >>>>> >>>>> Some cities, such as Brussels, see imho high turnovers ( 15 to 20 >>>>> percent >>>>> of its population annually ? ). There is a lack of housing, prices >>>>> are >>>>> rising as population increases, etc >>>>> >>>>> In such kind of context, I also see the potential for some of the >>>>> approaches expressed earlier on , >>>>> >>>>> using the potential of massive amounts of vacant space ( for example : >>>>> over >>>>> 2 million square meters of empty office space ) >>>>> >>>>> to generate temporary contracts where temporary structures ( >>>>> furnitecture / >>>>> urban pop up villages ) can be set up, as some form of temporary >>>>> living. >>>>> >>>>> For example in Brussels : >>>>> http://www.annedoloresmarcelis.com/index.php?/camping-town/ >>>>> >>>>> Various subcultures can / are converging and overlapping, with each >>>>> having >>>>> high turnovers, or people keeping a base while living nomadic >>>>> lifestyles - >>>>> for example dancer networks, theatre networks, but also all kinds of >>>>> students, people doing internships, people on short term contracts for >>>>> international institutions or businesses, etc >>>>> >>>>> The environment itself can generate new layers and opportunities. >>>>> >>>>> Beyond reducing costs / increasing quality of life with limited >>>>> monetary >>>>> income via a sharing economy approach, >>>>> >>>>> it can be about generating conviviality , liberating time by reducing >>>>> costs, and increasing potential for interactions around shared >>>>> intentions >>>>> or interests. >>>>> >>>>> Freed time opens up potential for participatory action research and >>>>> learning. >>>>> >>>>> Approaches that combine subcultures and generations can also be >>>>> adopted. >>>>> It can be an evolution from the "co-living" approaches which have >>>>> permeated >>>>> into many urban living / social practices. >>>>> >>>>> In effect, such types of temporary spaces generating defacto "free >>>>> schools", >>>>> some of them leading to "project incubation" >>>>> >>>>> Also see : >>>>> >>>>> http://opendoor.io/ --> projects >>>>> >>>>> /// >>>>> >>>>> I wanted to generate such spaces for a number of years, >>>>> >>>>> yet I realize that a more specific and easily understood narrative is >>>>> needed to enable shared intentional engagement. >>>>> >>>>> A narrative for a "school" can be an example of a way to bootstrap such >>>>> engagement. Incubators , coworking spaces , or even, in the >>>>> countryside, >>>>> permaculture or construction / renovation projects can all be >>>>> narratives >>>>> attracting people for a certain period of time. >>>>> >>>>> Yet often there needs to be a "spark", and the threshold for such spark >>>>> often requires a minimum of resources ... which itself already requires >>>>> engagement. >>>>> >>>>> Although I shared this link earlier on , also see : >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://emergentbydesign.com/2012/01/08/93-superhero-schools-collaboratories… >>>>> >>>>> /// >>>>> >>>>> Convergences such as >>>>> http://bwcd.vdcn.org/doku.php >>>>> >>>>> seem to already be a filter for those ready to engage in setting such >>>>> prototypes... hopefully building on the experience of past >>>>> "communes", >>>>> but hopefully also enabling neo nomadic / distributed overlap, as >>>>> explained >>>>> in this mail. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Hoeschele, Wolfgang < >>>>> whoesch(a)truman.edu>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Thank you for your thoughts, Anna, Dante, Wouter! >>>>> > >>>>> > Something that I wrote that resonates with what you are saying, >>>>> Dante, is >>>>> > here: >>>>> > http://www.scribd.com/doc/49712621/Making-Place-for-Abundance >>>>> > >>>>> > And of course, at the Commons Abundance Network, we are seeking to >>>>> provide >>>>> > links to any initiatives of the types that you mentioned, and >>>>> develop our >>>>> > network as a virtual collaboration space to help such things >>>>> develop. The >>>>> > more networking there is among such initiatives, both online and in >>>>> actual >>>>> > places, the more they will be able to coalesce into real >>>>> alternatives. >>>>> > >>>>> > Wolfgang >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>>> > From: commoning-bounces(a)listen.jpberlin.de on behalf of Wouter >>>>> Tebbens >>>>> > Sent: Fri 12/27/2013 4:54 PM >>>>> > To: Dante-Gabryell Monson >>>>> > Cc: commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >>>>> > Subject: Re: [commoning] [P2P-F] The Co-operative University >>>>> (Hoeschele, >>>>> > Wolfgang) (Hoeschele, Wolfgang) >>>>> > >>>>> > Dante, >>>>> > >>>>> > I love the idea of such "uncompromised temple". It would be a >>>>> reference >>>>> > site where so many free/libre/open/commons-governed/knowledge >>>>> initiatives >>>>> > would come together. >>>>> > >>>>> > Ideally it would be in a bottom-up organised country. And it would of >>>>> > course be a node in the distributed network of already existing >>>>> nodes. >>>>> > >>>>> > Some would spend more time their while others, even with a longtime >>>>> > commitment, would only come there physically from time to time. >>>>> Teachers, >>>>> > learners of all disciplines would join in special sharing sessions to >>>>> > construct collective knowledge and common projects. >>>>> > >>>>> > As you say, if such initiative can be seen as a kind of insurance, >>>>> it will >>>>> > be easier for some to invest/contribute. The transition is probably >>>>> not >>>>> > going to be easy for many people, so assuring some basics would be >>>>> helpful. >>>>> > >>>>> > I need to continue other conversations right now, but the ideas >>>>> discussed >>>>> > here have my interest. Thanks and best wishes for sustainable and >>>>> solidary >>>>> > systems. >>>>> > >>>>> > Best >>>>> > Wouter >>>>> > >>>>> > Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> escribi?: >>>>> > >>>>> > >_______________________________________________ >>>>> > >commoning Mailingliste >>>>> > >JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >>>>> > >commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >>>>> > >https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > commoning Mailingliste >>>>> > JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >>>>> > commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >>>>> > https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>>

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