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Re: [P2P-F] P2PF wiki question
by Michel Bauwens 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

absolutely! On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Is it ok for authors to update their own biographical information on the > wiki? > > Kevin > -- 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: Exploring the many species of Power (with Wholeness in mind)
by Michel Bauwens 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tom Atlee <cii(a)igc.org> Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:15 AM Subject: Exploring the many species of Power (with Wholeness in mind) To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Tom Atlee's Co-Intelligence Journal . The Co-Intelligence Symbol . What this message is about: There is power everywhere, not just in domination an Like<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-9660436d07c04260d253d62ae460dc1…> Tweet<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-672706b8fd39fd74c3493abd41a0807…> Pin<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-f3f6469ec282126b4a8f3ffec677ab9…> +1<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-524aff78945861c85eefcc6228d0f8c…> [image: PinnaclesSkyline] Tom Atlee's Co-Intelligence Journal [image: Cii-logo-smaller]<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-bfbadd943e31300cf54e88a11744e89…> . The Co-Intelligence Symbol . *What this message is about: There is power everywhere, not just in domination and control. Power comes in many forms and guises and is itself evolving. Those with dreams of how the world could be and who lack traditional forms of power and resources may find greater wherewithal in the ways they relate to the life within, among, and around them. We need more power that is of, by, and for the whole of life.* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dec 2013-Jan 2014 Co-Intelligence Institute fundraiser progress report: *Funds raised so far: $4246* Our target: $20,000 // Percentage of needed funds raised so far: 21.2% People on our list: 1694 // Days remaining in this fundraiser: 29 Thank you so much to the 39 people who have responded! *If you value our work*, please participate with a donation. See the end of this mailing for how to contribute As you can see, we could really use your support ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Exploring the many species of Power (with Wholeness in mind)<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-3d9a2d6ec753aa41524b4a2e55b6234…> [image: 220px-Yin_and_Yang.svg] Power-over and Power-with Dear friends, For several years I've been reflecting on power from a holistic, co-intelligence perspective. What does power look like when we take wholeness, interconnectedness, and co-creativity seriously? This inquiry intensified last summer when Nancy Roof, the editor of *Kosmos Journal <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-3871579cfeabb54af933f2146470c6a…>*, asked me to write an article on power. *Kosmos* is a biannual magazine oriented to the UN and international civil society, serving global professionals and transformational change agents. I considered Nancy's invitation quite an honor and opportunity. After reflection I wrote and submitted an article summarizing my ideas about The Dance of Power-over and Power-with<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-3f7872f63058725cce860256844546d…>, including some thoughts on power-from-within, power-from-among, and whole system power. However, in the weeks that followed, I found myself drifting into a more comprehensive vision of power, which I called wholesome power<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-156631dde2ef91e83538c08c67f36d3…>. I hurriedly wrote a new article on that and submitted it to Nancy, telling her she could use either article in the next *Kosmos*. Instead, she decided to edit parts of both articles together into a new article which we finally entitled Transforming Power: Impact, Partnership and the Tao of Wholesome Power<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-d3791213fc877d59cf3f41fe0f3bbdd…> . I couldn't share any of this until after *Kosmos* was published in November. But by then I'd realized that my explorations of power were an ongoing, evolving inquiry going back many years. I wanted to share that inquiry even more than any one of the individual articles that marked it. I realized I'd never created a page on the co-intelligence website specifically devoted to power, which suddenly felt like a major omission. So I have finally created that page<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-16be976e087453d59f3840c4834abb5…>, pulling together the most important essays I and some others have written on the subject, including all three of the articles mentioned above. I've included below the text of that page (the online version has active links to all the articles listed) as well as my article on wholesome power, which I consider my best thinking on the subject so far. If you are interested, I encourage you to explore all the articles listed and to submit comments to this post on my blog. We can all continue this inquiry into the nature of power that arises out of -- and contributes to -- wholeness, interconnectedness, and co-creativity. Blessings on the Journey. Coheartedly, Tom = = = = = *The New Web Page* *(click on the title to access active links for all the articles listed):* *POWER <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-981163c8efe10ba90346fd3e90e8540…>* Power is energy that gets things done -- or has obvious potential to do so. Our most common conceptions of power -- especially social power -- involve our ability to cause things to happen that we want to have happen. While this is definitely a major facet of power, a holistic, co-intelligence perspective suggests that there's more to power than that. What does power look like when we are working not just for what we want but for what others want as well -- or when we join the power of the whole to satisfy the needs and aspirations of the whole? What does power look like when it arises from a question, a story, a vision, or a heart resonance rather than from force, manipulation, privilege, or institutionalized authority? Where can the "powerless" -- those without traditional resources and established forms of influence - get the power they need to promote justice and sustainability that includes them? What are the bright and shadow sides of power when it is centralized -- AND when it is distributed and decentralized? Sometimes we need to use concentrated power to address large-scale issues like human rights, the preservation of oceans, or climate change. But how do we use it wisely without suffering the corruption that usually accompanies concentrated power? What are the less-noted forms of power -- power-with, power-from-within, power-from-among, power-as, whole-system power and, ultimately, wholesome power -- and how do they relate to the more familiar dynamics of power-over, the power of influence, control, and domination? These and other aspects of the co-intelligent perspective on power are explored in the articles below. ▪▪ Transforming Power: Impact, Partnership and the Tao of Wholesome Power<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-dd6ec14a23f0e6f405d2e6243991731…>- an article in Kosmos Journal<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233424-55bf949bedd267dff44ae907b50dbb1…>(Fall-Winter 2013) which is an integration of two articles which cover the topic in greater detail: The Dance of Power-over and Power-with<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-45a2a47b7edb6cb45177028c39f0117…>and Wholesome Power<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-830afd90b227855b3be0c5583c2977e…>(which is included in full below) ▪▪ Feedback, Social Power, and the Evolution of Social Systems ▪▪ What kind of power, for whom, and for what? - Tom Atlee's review of Moises Naim's "The End of Power" ▪▪ Ramping up the two big Powers (namely, established power and grassroots power) ▪▪ We need to reformulate political power now! ▪▪ Four Types of Power ▪▪ Moving Beyond Power Plays to Collaboration ▪▪ The Power of Questions ▪▪ The Power of Story ▪▪ Democracy: A Social Power Analysis (with John Atlee) ▪▪ The Power Cube - a tool for analyzing the visibility, spaces, and scales of power, developed at the Institute of Development Studies to serve social change efforts ▪▪ Imagining Real National Security – Empathy versus Empire ▪▪ Wholeness moving in us and the world See also ▪▪ Co-intelligent Political and Democratic Theory ▪▪ Leadership ▪▪ Process and Participation = = = = = = *WHOLESOME POWER <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-8a431d1be482fa565dca62ff9610228…>* "Weaving the polarities of order and chaos, individual and collective" by Tom Atlee In times of scarcity, conflict and crisis, what kind of power do we need and where shall we get it? We are surrounded by potential resources, companions, and capacities which—to the extent we recognize, welcome them, work with and appreciate them—become actual resources, partners and capacities, generating an expanded power to have positive impact in the world by helping it partner with itself. I call this kind of power wholesome power—accessing the wisdom and capacities of the whole on behalf of the whole. When we exercise wholesome power, it is not us as individuals or groups that make the difference. It is the living whole of which we have become a catalytic part, evoking and empowering the resources of the whole, which is having impact. The theory and practice of wholesome power is an emerging field that embraces many models, approaches, and phenomena, few of which consciously see themselves as manifesting wholesome power. This essay is not a blueprint for wholesome power but rather an invitation to explore what wholesome power is and could be and how it could be practiced and enhanced in myriad ways by myriad people dealing with myriad situations and possibilities at all levels all over the world. If wholesome power accesses the wisdom and capacities of the whole on behalf of the whole, what is “the whole”? It can be a whole person or relationship, a whole situation, a whole community or country, the whole world, the whole of transcendent unitary reality—whatever whole or wholes we are dealing with. Wholesome power involves welcoming, invoking, catalyzing, balancing, and midwifing whatever new aliveness is trying to emerge. In service to the life of the whole, wholesome power skillfully treats disturbance, disruption, and crisis as doorways for learning and possibility. From the perspective of wholesome power, quality information, interconnection and conversation become the whole getting more in touch with more of itself and evolving into its next forms of wholeness. Although individuals and groups can exercise wholesome power, wholesome power fundamentally lives within all living systems and can be called forth to do its work and then left to self-organize. Practitioners of wholesome power design and establish social and natural systems to enhance that self-organizing capacity in which participants serve the whole and the whole serves the participants. Here are some questions I see practitioners of wholesome power asking in their work. They generate abundant answers and approaches, all grist for the mill of this new field. They hint at the new directions this vision of power is taking us. I've sorted them into six interrelated categories as follows, covering different aspects of wholeness: *QUESTIONS ABOUT RELEVANT PERSPECTIVES:* How broad is our tally of who is involved with the situation and who should be included in awareness, conversations, and decisions about it? Are we trying to engage the whole community and/or a whole spectrum of stakeholders, or are we excluding certain people or perspectives because of our biases and shortcomings? Do we filter based on logistical and resource limitations or do dynamics of culture, power and privilege play a role? How shall we overcome limitations that bias relevant inclusion? When we can't include everyone or everything involved, do we thoughtfully develop fair microcosms and articulations to give them voice, with links to the larger wholes they represent? *QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE PICTURE:* To what extent are we taking into account the whole picture of what's relevant here? Are we considering the history of the situation, the current dynamics and needs, the likely long term consequences of various actions? Are we thinking holistically and systemically—clarifying not only feedback loops, stocks and flows involved but honestly facing our own role and truly honoring and tapping into the interconnectedness and unity of all things—especially the kinship and shared destiny of all life? When we exclude factors from consideration or people from participation, are we excluding them because they are truly irrelevant or because our own narrow interests, perspectives, awareness, or comfort level limit our capacity to see, feel, know and relate? *QUESTIONS ABOUT INTEGRAL DIVERSITY:* How well do we make positive use of the diversity we are trying to include? Do we ground our work in shared realities, needs, and aspirations? Do we create the best possible contexts and interactive processes to help people benefit from both their differences and their commonalities? Do we try to optimize the gifts of both leadership and self-organization in leaderful groups? Do we integrate order and chaos to promote emergence? Do we support both advocacy and inquiry to generate learning? Do we balance individual and collective energies and resources to create vibrant communities? Do we productively tap and creatively manage such polarities, rather than siding too strongly with one side or the other? *QUESTIONS ABOUT WHOLE PEOPLE:* Are our whole selves fully engaged? Can we and others readily bring our minds and hearts, bodies and spirits, guts and passions into our work and relationships? Are things set up to encourage that? Is there ample room for play and fun, for rest and relaxation, for undirected conversation and interaction, for creativity and randomness, for self-care and generosity—both for their own sakes and to make a space that invites unexpected possibilities? *QUESTIONS ABOUT EVOLUTION:* Do we courageously face and facilitate change, growth, and transformation? Do disturbances and crises inspire our inquiry and energy towards learning and breakthrough? Are we self-aware enough that our limitations and leading edges generate humility, vulnerability, and a sense of personal adventure? Do we realistically discern where people, groups, and systems are in their own developmental journeys, engaging with them at or slightly above their current level of consciousness and capacity, providing both fellowship and challenge? Do we design and promote systems that support learning and emergence in both individuals and collectives—to promote resilience and sustain ongoing fitness in the face of changes and challenges as the whole evolves? *QUESTIONS ABOUT NATURAL ORDER:* Do our efforts, technologies, and systems apply lessons from nature and align with natural realities and processes to generate success, good lives, and collective resilience? Do we honor and treat ecosystems as whole living entities and not just collections of separate plants, animals, and land that constitute resources or obstacles? Do we recognize our role in natural cycles and follow nature's dictum that waste equals food, engaging creatively with what life offers and making sure that what we pass on is readily useful for other parts of life? Do we recognize the human need for naturalness in our living spaces, sustenance, and lifestyles? Do we ground ourselves, our innovations, and our institutions in local places—in what is needed, real, and good in and for the unique life, culture, and conditions of a bioregion—informed but not determined by global realities, universal dynamics, and similarities among locales? These and many other inquiries can shape how we apply wholesome power in a given circumstance, as well as guiding our articulations of the entire field. *WHOLESOME POWER AND DISRUPTION* Wholesome power involves power arising from engagement with and consciousness of wholeness. Wholeness can be viewed as having two seemingly opposite but thoroughly interrelated vectors—one towards increasing inclusion and integration and the other towards exclusion and disintegration. The interaction between these two generates the health and evolution of living systems. Understanding and working with these vectors enables conscious evolution which, done effectively, constitutes wholesome power. Wholesome power is most readily seen in efforts to increase wholeness, as in being inclusive, supporting good relationships, facilitating constructive interactions, creating nurturing environments, stimulating integration, healing, and growth towards greater integrity and communion. It is less readily recognized in the dynamics of breakdown—in problems, disease, death, waste, conflict, disturbance, crisis, and collapse. But all these are dimensions of wholeness since wholeness ultimately includes all phenomena. So wholesome power is most whole when it engages both “positive” and “negative” phenomena with a spirit of co-creative responsiveness. Let's summarize the dissonant, harder-to-accept vector of wholeness as disturbance. Ranging from risks and problems to disruption and collapse, disturbance always signals a nascent new or renewed state “trying to emerge”. We may resist disturbance, being attached to the old order, but disturbance is vital to the ongoing maintenance and evolution of natural and human systems. Old or dysfunctional things naturally tend to get unsettled and break down—a process which, especially when handled well, contributes energies, material and guidance for what comes next. Here are some examples: • *Old ideas are shaken up by new evidence and perspectives.* The resulting cognitive disturbance fuels the birth of new worldviews, driven by our hunger for a coherent story. • *Societies are shaken up by revolutions or technologies:* old privileges, products, and professions fade as new ones emerge and millions of people struggle to adapt as their lives, expectations, and support systems are disrupted. • *A multi-million year reptilian regime gets blasted into global winter by a giant meteor*, freeing rodents to emerge from their hiding holes as the precursors of a new world order of mammals which, over eons, produces the mammalian mega-organism of human civilization. • *An organizational crisis motivates a freewheeling conversation no longer constrained by the old ways and perspectives*, generating innovations in the organization's purpose, structure, and culture. • *During composting, dead plants and animals get broken down* by microorganisms and bugs into organic matter usable by other plants and animals to build themselves, a process of breakdown vital to the natural world. So the disturbing phenomena we see and treat as death and waste actually constitute processes generating new resources, conditions, and energies for the next arrangement of things. “Breakdown” often produces diversity or the possibility of greater diversity. Diverse entities and factors interact in shared contexts, co-evolving their relationships and collective forms. How well they do that determines the wholesomeness of their emerging whole and the level of suffering and vitality involved in its formation. Human use of wholesome power can bring consciousness and choice to the process. Consciousness, intelligence, and wisdom help create the conditions that then shape the re-creative processes that occur as disturbance moves through its cycle to new or renewed wholeness. We have an opportunity to be aware of the creative potential and dynamics involved at such times and to work with those dynamics to serve life and the positive evolution of all involved. This kind of working-creatively-with-what-is is a big part of what I mean by wholesome power. *CHARACTERISTICS OF A PRACTITIONER* A “practitioner” of wholesome power can be an individual or a group who exhibits the following characteristics of wholeness or qualities that serve wholeness. But, significantly, it can also be a system, process or culture—a context or field that evokes these qualities in those who occupy it. ▪▪ *Integrity:* honesty, sincerity, reliability; congruence between internal self and presented self; congruence of word and deed ▪▪ *Presence:* awareness, mindfulness, centered consciousness, being fully awake and attentive ▪▪ *Equanimity and capacitance:* ability to comfortably face intensity, confusion, emotion, and disturbance ▪▪ *Ability to embrace and transcend opposites*, to hold them in dynamic tension, to promote their respective gifts and mutuality ▪▪ *Positivity without denial:* possibility orientation, appreciative attitude, abundance perspective ▪▪ *A power-with approach* that's open, collaborative, generous, invitational, responsive ▪▪ *Wisdom and enlightened knowledge*: practical awareness of whole systems, of deep time, of fundamental dynamics; seeking the whole story from multiple viewpoints ▪▪ *Motivational vitality*: attending to, evoking, and tapping into life energy—deep needs, values, passions, exuberance, spirit ▪▪ *Humility and curiosity*: a healthy relationship with uncertainty and mystery These qualities arise from—and then contribute to—the wholeness of lived reality. They are qualities worth living into and nurturing in relationships, activities, and social systems. They radically increase the likelihood of wholesome power manifesting. SOME EXISTING APPROACHES TO WHOLESOME POWER The list below gives just a few of the hundreds of approaches and models that manifest wholesome power or help us use it. They don't yet constitute a formal field but should soon, in order to weave their diverse gifts into a more potent whole. They have all arisen naturally and in parallel from a widely shared sense that narrow-minded, short-term, linear, controlling or dominating forms of power are seriously dysfunctional for complex dynamic systems—both human and natural. We increasingly need a different, more organic and vital form of power as our social and natural systems complexify and display increasing signs of disequilibrium and collapse. In their views on and applications of power, all these diverse approaches rest on the reality and dynamics of wholeness. ▪▪ *Spiral Dynamics Integral (Sdi) <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-3ebbaf821d0cfb05d4651e9e578603e…>*. Don Beck and Ken Wilber's approach to holistic developmental theory. Integral applications of power involve understanding the values and developmental stages of the people you are engaging, as exemplified by the SDi spiral model of human development and Wilber's “four quadrants” exploring the internal and external dimensions of individual and collective experience. ▪▪ *Polarity integration.* Polarities are not just opposites, but intrinsic and seemingly divergent principles that are, in fact, intimately interdependent or complementary—such as order/chaos, centralization/decentralization, mind/body, equality/freedom, and so on. Wholesome power favors approaches that see polarities as doorways into greater wholeness rather than as a battleground. Examples include the Taoist philosophy of *yin-and-yang* (stressing appreciation of the interdependence of opposites), the variety of dialectics I learned from psychologist Charles Johnston (instead of morally judging a polarity, proposition, person, or thing, seeking to understand its *gifts and limitations* and where it fits in the larger whole), and especially Barry Johnson's Polarity Management<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-8051485db602c8752c202a87e136543…>(moderating the tendency of a system to oscillate unproductively between poles by helping people, organizations, and communities sustain the best of both poles while ameliorating the downsides of each). ▪▪ *Dimensions of wholeness model <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-962228e8f2dc6d82182f41a295af398…>*. We can view dozens of dimensions of wholeness in a coherent model covering inclusion, relationship, contribution, interaction, integration, oneness, interiority, context, non-duality and whole-part dynamics. Guidance for wholesome power is available from both the vector towards greater wholeness (e.g., inclusion and healing) and the vector towards fragmentation (judgment and composting). ▪▪ *Power-over/Power-with <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-e4090a9e2075c2b915cdd895c40f0a6…>.*While wholesome power embraces both controlling and partnering modes of operation, it definitely has a bias towards co-operation, working with rather than against (or ignoring) the realities, energies, potential resources, and natural inclinations within a given situation. See The Dance of Power-over and Power-with<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-9f578ebe00200dddbea1f9ddcd2f4d8…>. Central to power-with in human systems are advanced forms of dialogue such as Open Space Technology, World Cafe, Dynamic Facilitation, Nonviolent Communication, Principled Negotiation, and Future Search as chronicled by such groups as the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-132716ffc70363ab76bbcb6a2633c7a…> . ▪▪ *Emergence/self-organization*. Chaos and complexity theories, evolutionary science, networking theory, biology, and other sciences suggest that natural systems organize themselves without outside direction, generating novel and higher-order phenomena in the process and providing guidance for wholesome power in human systems. This is particularly useful in times of disruption when top-down approaches evolved in stable times become dysfunctional. Resources for this include *Engaging Emergence <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-fc98654ce6171a44aa7a286835edb27…>*by Peggy Holman and emergent group processes like Open Space and Dynamic Facilitation. ▪▪ *Systems thinking.* We can work with, empower, and transform whole living systems by understanding and addressing their specific internal dynamics of interaction, like feedback loops, synergies, and interdependencies. Some useful approaches to systems thinking can be found here<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-07eba41face38ad2255a5086e3cd342…> . ▪▪ *Evolutionary activism <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-cde33557537511156a11868d4905aad…>*. Wholeness evolves, using challenge and disruption creatively for novel development. We can take responsibility for being—and learning how to be—the evolutionary force consciously acting in the human realm, consciously guided by the change dynamics that evolution has been using for millions of years more or less unconsciously. ▪▪ *Wise democracy <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-f4f630a4c0de0f3eece7a3cb23c526d…>*. Wholesome power can be generated in politics and governance using randomly selected microcosms of the public, high quality deliberative processes, networking, mass media, and crowdsourcing—combined with various forms of systems thinking—to generate wise public policy using ordinary citizens. Again, this is just a taste of the ancient and emerging thinking and practice that constitute the nascent field of wholesome power. The world we live in is a whole and so, of course, are we—individually and collectively. So are every environment and situation we face. When we act as if we and they are separate from each other, wholeness creates “side effects” that can be undesirable and ultimately catastrophic. On the other hand, when our exercise of power is in harmony with the reality of wholeness, wholeness evolves in harmony with us, including and supporting us. This is key to creating the kind of lives and societies that are an ongoing delight to belong in. [image: ***] *To support the Co-Intelligence Institute & Tom Atlee's work...* Please send a tax deductible donation of any amount -- $10, $25, $50, $100, $500 or more -- to The Co-Intelligence Institute, PO Box 493, Eugene, OR 97440 or use your Visa or MasterCard - or Paypal - to make an online donation<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389233425-fad35a8f1b3d37f38b3ad520d493ed8…>or tell some friends you know about our work, and invite them to support it. Do let me know when you've mailed a donation, so I can add it to our tally right away. 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Fwd: [commoning] Fw: lo Squaderno no. 30 - December 2013. Commons – Practices, boundaries and thresholds
by Michel Bauwens 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Helene Finidori <hfinidori(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 4:48 PM Subject: [commoning] Fw: lo Squaderno no. 30 - December 2013. Commons – Practices, boundaries and thresholds To: "commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de" <commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de>, " escuelacommons(a)lists.contrast.org" <escuelacommons(a)lists.contrast.org> Dear Friends Here is a special issue of lo Squaderno on the Commons to which a few of us have participated. Grazzie Giacomo! Best Helene On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 5:30 PM, lo Squaderno < losquaderno(a)professionaldreamers.net> wrote: Dear friends / bonjour à tout le monde / car* amic*, A new issue of *lo Squaderno* is now online / un nouveau numéro de *lo Squaderno* vient de sortir / è uscito un nuovo numero di *lo Squaderno* lo Squaderno no. 30, December 2013 *Commons – Practices, boundaries and thresholds* a cura di / dossier coordonné par / edited by Giacomo D’Alisa & Cristina Mattiucci Guest artist / artiste présenté / artista ospite // Andrea Sarti Contents / Sommaire / Contenuti *Editoriale */ *Editorial* Gustavo A. García-López *Explaining the success of the commons. A multidisciplinary perspective* Jampel Dell’Angelo *Conflicts in the commons* Ludger Gailing *Landscape is a commons!* Roberto Dini *Montagna bene comune?* Dan Moscovici *Capturing a Luxurious Commons through State Intervention* Helene Finidori *Show me the action, and I will show you the commons!* Leila Dawney *Commoning: the production of common worlds* Marta Traquino *Diversity in a common space* Paul Blokker *Commons, constitutions and critique* Jeff Rose *“This place is about the struggle”. Producing the common through homelessness and biopolitical resistance in a public park* Niccolò Cuppini *Sguardi critici sulla “natura” dei beni comuni* Eleonora Guadagno *Dove la nostalgia diventa un bene comune* Available at / disponible sur / disponibile su http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net ISSN 1973-9141 Hope you enjoy / nous vous souhaitons une bonne lecture / speriamo vi possa interessare. Please feel free to share this email and the web link / Vous pouvez diffuser ce message / Potete inoltrare e diffondere questa email e l'indirizzo della rivista. Forthcoming / à paraître / in preparazione no. 31 March 2014 // *Precariousness and spaces in digital society */* Precarietà e spazi nella società digitale*<http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/?page_id=1379> / a cura di / edited by Emiliana Armano, Elisabetta Risi & Cristina Mattiucci no. 32, June 2014 // *Early morning – as the city wakes up* /<http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/?page_id=1092> a cura di / edited by Mattias Karrholm & Andrea Mubi Brighenti no. 33, September 2014 // *Crowded spaces*<http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/?page_id=1087> / a cura di / edited by Christian Borch & Andrea Mubi Brighenti Thank you for your attention / merci de votre attention / grazie per l'attenzione! Best wishes / amitiés / cari saluti _______________________________________________ commoning Mailingliste JPBerlin - Politischer Provider commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning -- 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: Kosmos Newsletter: A Steady Increase in World Protests
by Michel Bauwens 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

hi Kevin, can you access the protest article, it doesn't work for me, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nancy Roof <nancy(a)kosmosjournal.org> Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:22 PM Subject: Kosmos Newsletter: A Steady Increase in World Protests To: Recipient <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Kosmos Newsletter * Creating the New Civilization for the Common Good * January 9, 2014 <http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…> *SUBSCRIBE: print <http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…> or digital <http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…> Buy current issue here <http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…>* Dear Kosmos Friends, I miss John O’Donohue. He was my inspiration for the beauty that you see in *Kosmos*. His words continue to echo in all that we are about. If you have not read "Beauty: The Invisible Embrace," it will be a gift to treasure and inspire you in 2014. * "Beauty does not linger, it only visits. Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm, it calls us to feel, think, and act beautifully in the world: to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful.”* While the world continues to deconstruct, we are grateful for all our contributors and readers that have seen the vision of an emerging beautiful beginning for the whole world and who have the courage to take action to make it a reality. Warmly, Nancy <http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…> A NEW BEGINNING *FOR A NEW BEGINNING* By John O'Donohue We offer this poem in remembrance of one of our favorite contributors, John O'Donohue. *In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge.* Read For a New Beginning<http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…>… <http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…> WORLD PROTESTS *A STEADY INCREASE IN WORLD PROTESTS* By Isabel Ortiz, Sara Burke, Mohamed Berrada, Hernán Cortés This September 2013 study analyzes 843 protests occurring between January 2006 and July 2013 in 87 countries covering over 90% of the world's population. The paper focuses on: (i) major grievances driving world protests, (ii) who is demonstrating, what protest methods they use, and who are they opposed to, (iii) achievements and repression of social movements in the short term, and (iv) the main policy demands of world demonstrators. Read World Protests 2006-2013 Executive Summary<http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…>.... <http://www.kosmosjournal.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=50108458&KID=1…> A SILENT PROTEST *KOSMOS FEATURE: WHAT IS A SILENT PROTEST?* By Marisa Handler “We cannot wait until we are enlightened,” says Marisa, in her compelling Kosmos article *Alms Bowl Upside Down*. “I have participated in countless demonstrations, sung and spoken over numerous loudspeakers, and handed out scores of flyers. But this time was different. Typically those who aren’t with us avoid us: passers-by chatter determinedly into their cellphones as they advance, shake their heads vociferously at flyers, veer around us. But this time it was as if our silence was contagious. 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Fwd: Momentum for Sharing Cities is building
by Michel Bauwens 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shareable <Shareable(a)mail.vresp.com> Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:04 PM Subject: Momentum for Sharing Cities is building To: michel(a)p2pfoundation.net [image: Shareable] Support the Sharing Cities Network today! Yes, I'll contribute<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Shareable/ff06392e09/41866fb441/ca52fcc50b/utm_cont…> [image: Eugene Oregon #MapJam]*Eugene, Oregon #MapJam* [image: Barcelona Spain #MapJam]*Barcelona, Spain #MapJam* Dear Michel, Thanks to our amazing supporters, the Sharing Cities Network crowdfunding campaign has raised more than 60% of its goal. *Momentum is building!* $0 $50,000 In the past week the Sharing Cities Network received a wave of contributions—including generous support from Seats2meet and BlaBlaCar as well as dozens of individuals—and media support from Center for A New American Dream, Freelancers Union, OuiShare, and Utne Reader. *Together, we can create this game-changing network.* *Please contribute now so that we can reach our goal. <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Shareable/ff06392e09/41866fb441/84ba4b9d05/utm_cont…>* We’re also pleased to announce that the SHIFT foundation has offered to lengthen the deadline for its $25,000 matching grant, so we decided to extend the crowdfunding deadline to January 31 so that we don’t lose this opportunity. *Now is the time to jump in and help make the Sharing Cities Network a reality*—and with this matching grant your giving will have an even greater impact. Here’s what you can do: - *CONTRIBUTE:* We’ve got some fantastic thank-you gifts in exchange for your contribution. *Charles Eisenstein* is offering copies of *The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible* and a live online class. *Lisa Gansky* has a live online class called Funding Your Sharing Startup. And *Beth Buczynski* is giving away signed copies of *Sharing is Good*. - *SHARE ON TWITTER:* Here’s a sample tweet: *Make your city more shareable by supporting @Shareable in building the Sharing Cities Network: www.shareable.net/contribute <http://www.shareable.net/contribute>* - *POST ON FACEBOOK:* Here’s a sample post: *Shareable’s crowdfunding campaign to create Sharing Cities is nearing its goal. Please check out this inspiring project and consider supporting it today. They’ve got lots of great rewards left too! www.shareable.net/contribute <http://www.shareable.net/contribute>* *We’re so close to qualifying for the matching grant and we can’t let it slip away, so please contribute as generously as you can <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Shareable/ff06392e09/41866fb441/33ccd028ef/utm_cont…>*and share this campaign with your friends and family. Thank you, [image: Neal photo] Neal Gorenflo co-founder of Shareable ------------------------------ Click to view this email in a browser<http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/546214/ff06392e09/1530051861/41866fb441/> If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe <http://cts.vresp.com/u?ff06392e09/41866fb441/mlpftw> ------------------------------ Shareable 487 Central Avenue Mountain View, California 94043 US Read <http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html> the VerticalResponse marketing policy. [image: Non-Profits Email Free with VerticalResponse!] <http://www.verticalresponse.com/landing/ef/?np/ff06392e09&utm_campaign=foot…> -- 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: Reminder - deadline for abstracts approaching
by Michel Bauwens 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: COST Action IS1202 <costIS1202(a)herts.ac.uk> Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:10 PM Subject: Reminder - deadline for abstracts approaching To: "michelsub2004(a)gmail.com" <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Having trouble viewing this email? click here<http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/v?e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&l=6129DA3&email=Nlw1…> You are receiving this email because of your relationship with COST Action IS 1202 Please reconfirm<http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/opt?e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&l=6129DA3&email=Nl…>your interest in receiving email from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here<http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/u?e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&l=6129DA3&email=Nlw1…> *The Dynamics of Virtual Work: The Transformation of Labour in a Digital Global Economy* *DEADLINE FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS: 31st January, 2014* *For further information*<http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F2&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…> *Submit an abstract <http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F3&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…>* *Register now <http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F4&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…>* *Sponsored by COST (European Co-operation in Science and Technology), Work Organisation Labour and Globalisation <http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F5&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…>, Competition and Change <http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F6&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…>and Triple C <http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F7&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…>* *To be held at the University of Hertfordshire <http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F8&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…>, UK, September 3-5, 2014* Globalisation and technological change have transformed where people work, when and how. Digitisation of information has altered labour processes out of all recognition whilst telecommunications have enabled jobs to be relocated globally. But ICTs have also enabled the creation of entirely new types of ‘digital’ or ‘virtual’ labour, both paid and unpaid, shifting the borderline between ‘play’ and ‘work’ and creating new types of unpaid labour connected with the consumption and co-creation of goods and services. The implications of this are far-reaching, both for policy and for scholarship. The dynamics of these changes cannot be captured adequately within the framework of any single academic discipline. On the contrary, they can only be understood in the light of a combination of insights from fields including political economy, the sociology of work, organisational theory, economic geography, development studies, industrial relations, comparative social policy, communications studies, technology policy and gender studies COST Action IS1202<http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=32081F9&e=40EEFC&c=14F0F&t=0&l=6129…>brings together an international network of leading experts from 29 European Countries with researchers from other parts of the world to develop a multi-faceted approach to understanding these phenomena. This international conference will open up an interactive dialogue between scholars both inside and outside the network. Papers drawing on theoretical, methodological or empirical research are welcomed on the following topics: *The new international division of labour* - Restructuring of value chains – theoretical perspectives - Relocation or Global sourcing? New patterns of spatial mobility - Does ‘place’ still matter, and why? - Interactions between the gender division of labour and the spatial division of labour. *Changes in skills and occupational identities in the digital economy* - The creation of new occupational identities and the disintegration of old ones - Reskilling or deskilling? New forms of Taylorisation or new opportunities for creativity? - Changing patterns of working time, work-life balance and gender division of labour - New forms of organisation inside and outside the workplace *Value creation in the Internet Age* - The monetisation of the Internet – theoretical and methodological challenges - Commodification and value creation in online activities - ‘Prosumption’, ‘co-creation’ and ‘playbour’: conceptualising the shifts between labour, consumption and leisure activities - Virtual work and immaterial production (including crowdsourcing, goldfarming and other forms of online work) *Policy implications of virtual work* - Implications of virtual work for employment in creative industries - User-generated content – threat or opportunity for employment? - Implications of virtual work for work-life balance and equality - Regulation of work and industrial relations in virtual work environments (the global context) - Implications of virtual work for work-life balance and equality - Effects of virtual work on occupational profiles, skills and HR practices The conference will be organised in four streams, with plenary sessions on each day. 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Fwd: Act now re TPP and Fast Track (toxic to democracy)
by Michel Bauwens 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tom Atlee <cii(a)igc.org> Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:52 AM Subject: Act now re TPP and Fast Track (toxic to democracy) To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Tom Atlee's Co-Intelligence Journal . The Co-Intelligence Symbol . What this message is about: This month the US Congress could pass legislation th Like<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-e18509130f5a5e1f0092d63b7c41885…> Tweet<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-70ad3011a89d68f0c0f726da71596b7…> Pin<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-de98619bfd0be3392065f1b9e2eb3b6…> +1<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-cad956054a72937c99d3062a023ccc6…> [image: WaterSandForestlike] Tom Atlee's Co-Intelligence Journal [image: Cii-logo-smaller]<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-bba72d9c14ca172741a911d22b68e99…> . The Co-Intelligence Symbol . *What this message is about: This month the US Congress could pass legislation that would make sure that complex trade agreements favored by multinational corporations - like the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) - would be pushed through Congress with little debate and little information provided to the public. This so-called "fast-track" authority - and the trade agreements it is designed to facilitate - would seriously undermine what remains of US democracy. We invite you to act on this matter soon as your conscience dictates.* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dec 2013-Jan 2014 Co-Intelligence Institute fundraiser progress report: *Funds raised so far: $4251* Our target: $20,000 // Percentage of needed funds raised so far: 21.3% People on our list: 1687 // Days remaining in this fundraiser: 19 Thank you so much to the 39 people who have responded! *If you value our work*, please participate with a donation. See the end of this mailing for how to contribute *As you can see, we could really use your support.* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Act now re TPP and Fast Track (toxic to democracy)<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-8310195d1558c939fbf5c2ddbb30c2b…> [image: 220px-Yin_and_Yang.svg] The Dance of Creation and Protest Dear friends, In my blog post The rapid growth of serious responses to climate disruption<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-8f73a2c2f56462d9077293209de3f81…>, I mentioned the movement to protest the secretly negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) that could have profound impacts on democracy, on public health and welfare, and on the fate of the planet. This issue has now become urgent. On January 9, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Camp (R-MI) introduced the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 to promote the President's “fast track” authority. This bill would facilitate passage of deeply flawed trade agreements such as the TPP with little deliberation or even input from the public and Congress. This issue is important right now because a vote on this bill is expected before the end of the month. "Fast track" means that the President would sign an international agreement and then send it to Congress for a straight up-or-down vote within 3 months with no room for amendments and a maximum of 20 hours of floor debate. This hasty approach to trade agreements may have been a bit more reasonable when it was first used in 1974 when trade pacts only involved traditional trade issues like tariffs and quotas. But today it just doesn't make democratic sense. It is promoted by the corporations and investors who profit from these agreements - and by public officials and media who they support or who share their monetized worldview. But the lack of debate doesn't help the vast majority of us because today's big trade pacts cover a broad range of issues that impact us every day, including the environment, investment policy, labor, government procurement, consumer protections and many more things. These things need to be considered very carefully. It is therefore critical for Congress to maintain its constitutional authority to oversee trade policy - and for us in the grassroots to ensure that Congress approves only trade pacts that protect communities, workers, consumers, and the environment BEFORE such pacts get finalized. TPP is an alarming case in point. It contains clauses allowing foreign companies to directly sue national governments in private trade tribunals to either nullify laws and policies that might reduce their corporate profits or to suffer very steep financial penalties. This makes companies more powerful than democratically elected governments. It would devastate the ability of citizens and national, state, and local governments to pass environmental, labor, and consumer protection laws that protect our communities and our children. To make matters worse, we're being blocked from discussing all this in an intelligent, informed manner. Except for a few leaks from WikiLeaks and others, most legislators, the public, and the press have no access to the evolving content of this agreement. To a remarkable extent, that privilege has been reserved for a select few trade representatives and corporations who will benefit from the TPP, with the periodic negotiations continuing in secret. A few Congresspeople on key committees have access to the draft agreement in a guarded room where they cannot take notes and are forbidden to communicate what they might read in its many hundreds of detailed, complex pages. What's going on here? Senator Elizabeth Warren says "I have heard the argument that transparency would undermine the Trade Representative’s policy to complete the trade agreement because public opposition would be significant. In other words, if people knew what was going on, they would stop it. This argument is exactly backwards. If transparency would lead to widespread public opposition to a trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not be the policy of the United States.” (I appreciate Sen. Warren's straightforward articulation, rare in among politicians.) It might be a different story if most trade agreements like TPP actually enhanced the quality of life for citizens and our prospects for future generations. But they don't. They are most often broadly damaging to all ordinary people concerned and to the natural and social commons we share. As a Popular Resistance newsletter notes, "The TPP is an issue that unites the movement because it affects not just workers but the environment, regulation of finance, Internet freedom, food safety, and healthcare and gives corporations control of virtually every aspect of our lives." If you find yourself concerned about the implications of all this, please get better informed and take appropriate action soon. Coheartedly, Tom = = = = = *IMPORTANT PS* THE BIGGER-PICTURE REASON FOR OPPOSING TPP AND FAST TRACK The message above and the links below come largely from a progressive populist perspective - protecting US jobs, democratic governance, and the environment. However, many on the Right are also upset about TPP and Fast Track, particularly because those initiatives involve a significant loss of US sovereignty. On the other hand, some commentators favor TPP because, while jobs are lost in the US, employment and middle class life in other countries may improve. All these arguments are worth discussing. But none of them addresses the most important and least discussed argument: Society's urgent need for rapid transformation toward sustainability. I believe that TPP represents a societal "tipping point" in our ability to shift civilization from self-destruction to sustainability. Most immediately it would gut our capacity to protect people and nature from ruinous exploitation and to ameliorate runaway climate change. But that is only one way that TPP - and most other proposals and arguments from both the Left and the Right - fail to turn our civilizational TItanic from its fatal course to collapse and possible extinction. Truly addressing climate change - AND peak oil AND many other emerging crises - requires that we shift our global economy away from consumption (especially emissions-generating consumption) towards a low impact, high quality way of life. This involves a shift from wasteful material production and trade to enhancing people's ability to live healthy enjoyable lives together without lots of stuff. Part of that would include REDUCING employment - in ways that would actually make life better. Imagine if we used technology not so much to increase productivity for profit but to make employment one option among many -- to "de-job" the economy into something more sustainable and enjoyable. What if we applied our technological wizardry to do the following: ▪▪ to take over more and more jobs (remember the old term "labor saving devices"?) in a way that made 50% unemployment and a 20 hour work week actually attractive norms, augmented by a lot of passion-driven small entrepreneurship and simple living; ▪▪ to enable more do-it-yourself, collaborative, and local production - from 3D printers and high-tech gardens to crowdsourced games and modular, long-lasting designs for products; ▪▪ to encourage and enable bartering and sharing (especially locally) of most physical resources - car shares, tool shares, book shares, garden produce shares - so that we all don't need to produce, store, and transport so much stuff in the first place; and ▪▪ to enable gifting, sharing, and co-creating more of what really makes life good - learning, thinking, loving, appreciating, dreaming, accomplishing, feeling secure, pursuing our personal interests and passions, and just having fun together. These are exactly the kinds of things that today we don't have much time for because we need to work and shop and consume lots of "stuff" that actually doesn't make us so happy. If our national and global economic policies were designed to move towards THAT sort of economy, the loss of jobs in the US would become an asset, while global trade could be about increasing the ability of people in "developing" nations to have enough of the right kinds of stuff to reduce struggle and suffering while not drawing them into the profit-driven, anxiety-ridden, unsustainable consumption rat-race that Western civilization desperately needs to recover from. This brief description only hints at the tip of a vast sense of possibility that is emerging among alternative economists and others (including us here, see http://co-intelligence.org/Economics.html) Pursuing those remarkable possibilities will take a focused and sustained effort. In the meantime, it is urgent that we head off developments like the TPP and Fast Track that would make it even more difficult - if not impossible - to change the course of civilization towards a world that truly works for all of us, in a truly deep, wonderful, and sustainable way. = = = = = RESOURCES Here are some links if you wish to find out more and act with some knowledge under your belt... Wikipedia covers fast track and TPP from a non-advocacy perspective with some coverage of the controversy... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_track_(trade)<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-b904841afaa1541987056f2231cba14…> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Strategic_Economic_Partnership<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-90a5cf0aaecb9f68376de868ce41a58…> Information on TPP and Fast Track from a protest perspective. Any of these will prove eye-opening. http://www.flushthetpp.org/<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-d8e22e3902adb2ae57815a8df4d9a2b…>(contains a short educational slide show) http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20140102/news-briefs/secretive-trans-pacific-pa…<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-7dcf706de5debabd663491a8199de89…> http://www.progressive.org/naftas-harms-show-why-tpp-deal-must-be-stopped<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-820920bda9b44bc9fe6ad4885527829…> http://www.popularresistance.org/tag/tpp/<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-ce474c62f3a514cfb8c52512557d5cc…> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/tpp-leak-confirms-worst-us-negotiator…<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-71face4e76e878d65a7de24caa4b498…> http://www.opednews.com/articles/Use-This-Innovative-Action-by-Joan-Brunwas…<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-62b380c5a3af2204b73cdb1525fa3ed…> http://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/tpp-salt-lake-extracts-.pdf<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-b7b0b41990abb53184f9b24784ee679…> http://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/tpp-salt-lake-positions.pdf<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-6619249d45dad7591258a4c1874e71f…> http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37073.htm<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-a20760c6f697e07469239688ed83910…>- 10 minute video http://billmoyers.com/segment/yves-smith-and-dean-baker-on-secrets-in-trade/<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-83584f16e0a3a25e700b647824e061c…>- 33 minute video http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/11/fast-track-trade-democrats_n_45807…<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-6aa5402676e516f6cf5422b1454545a…> Anti-Fast-Track petitions (parentheses show number of signers as of this message) - all of which include educational materials: MoveOn (16,941): http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-dont-renew-fast<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-97ba300a1982cd2973c3ec9d1fecb33…> Credo (170,000): http://act.credoaction.com/sign/fast_track?nosig=1%3Fsource%3Dchaser&rd=1<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-d777fd4735c1e4dd36c3a9524832970…> Public Citizen (11,934): http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12263<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-671c736ce42198505069ef682acdcb8…> Media organizing (letters to the editor, etc.) http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1987/letter/?letter_KEY=1515<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-6f4e008491a5f45d6e6c9964ecafc0e…> Protest action organizing site (includes upcoming actions and past actions) http://www.flushthetpp.org/category/local-actions/<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-f6490bb9965295a4b458d4c0d8787bb…> [image: ***] *To support the Co-Intelligence Institute & Tom Atlee's work...* Please send a tax deductible donation of any amount -- $10, $25, $50, $100, $500 or more -- to The Co-Intelligence Institute, PO Box 493, Eugene, OR 97440 or use your Visa or MasterCard - or Paypal - to make an online donation<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1389635125-8febf20145332a21aa1bec42dd4f81f…>or tell some friends you know about our work, and invite them to support it. 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Nicholas Garnham on the political economy of communication (Jan 22, Univ of Westminster)
by Christian Fuchs 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

A Conversation with Nicholas Garnham: Revisiting the Political Economy of Communication Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014. 14:00-16:00 CAMRI Research Seminar University of Westminster, Harrow campus (Metropolitan Line, tube stop: Northwick Park) Chaired by Christian Fuchs Room A6.08 (6th floor, A block) http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri/research-seminars/revisiting-the-politic… Registration at latest until January 20th, per e-mail to christian.fuchs(a)uti.at Nicholas Garnham has played a major role in British Media and Communication Studies, the emergence and development of what James Curran has termed the Westminster School of Media and Communication Studies, and the Political Economy of Communication. His works have focused on and have influenced the intellectual debates on topics such as capitalism and communication, the cultural industries, information and communication technologies, information society theory, media and modernity, media and telecommunications policy, public service media, the public sphere, the relationship between Cultural Studies and Political Economy in Media and Communication Studies, and the theory and sociology of culture. The Political Economy of Communication is today an established field of study that has been institutionalised in the form of research networks such as the International Association of Media and Communication Research’s (IAMCR) Political Economy Section, journals, conferences, handbooks, the regular publication of new books, chapters and articles, undergraduate and postgraduate modules, textbooks, continuous works by PhD students, etc. The task of this seminar is to revisit some of Nicholas Garnham’sideas, writings and contributions to the study of the Political Economy of Communication and to reflect on the concepts, history, current status and perspectives of this field and the broader study of political economy today. Christian Fuchs will chair this conversation. Recommended Readings: Garnham, Nicholas. 1979. Contribution to a Political Economy of Mass Communication. Media, Culture & Society 1 (2): 123-146. Available at: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/devereux/website%20material/Proofed%20web%20mater…'Contribution%20to%20a%20Political%20Economy....pdf Garnham, Nicholas. 2011. The Political Economy of Communication Revisited. In The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications, eds. Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock and Helena Sousa, 41-61. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Biography: After studying English Literature at Cambridge University Nicholas Garnham worked from 1963-70 in Television as film editor and film director. He joined the Polytechnic of Central London (that is now the University of Westminster) in 1972 to teach film making and film theory. In 1974 he was made head of the newly created Department of Communications and headed the team that created the first Media Studies degree in the UK. He is founding editor of the journal Media, Culture and Society. In 1986 he founded the Centre for Communication and Information Studies (CCIS) – that today is the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) – and remained its director until he retired from the University of Westminster in 2002. In 1987 he started with William Melody the annual European Communication Policy Research Conference. Since 2002, Nicholas Garnham is Emeritus Professor of Media Studies, University of Westminster. He is author of many contributions to Media and Communication Studies, including the books The Economics of UK Television (Sage 1987, with R. Collins and G. Locksley), Capitalism and Communication: Global Culture and the Economics of Information (Sage 1990), Emancipation, the Media and Modernity (Oxford University Press 2000).

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Fwd: [Info IGOPnet] P2Pvalue: Debate 22 January 2014 (Barcelona & online)
by Michel Bauwens 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

Dear Kevin, can you announce this on the p2p blog, before January 22! many thanks, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <info(a)lists.igopnet.cc> Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:01 AM Subject: [Info IGOPnet] P2Pvalue: Debate 22 January 2014 (Barcelona & online) To: info(a)lists.igopnet.cc ENGLISH/CATALA/CASTELLANO ENGLISH Debate & Presentation European project P2Pvalue: Value in common-based peer production 22 January 2014 // Debate 18-21h Barcelona (CCCB) & online. Networking meet up 21-23h. How does value works in the emerging organizational forms? What conditions favor the collaborative production? What distinguishes the commons from the traditional hierarchical and commercial organizations? Discussion and presentation of the European action research project P2Pvalue “Techno-social platform for sustainable models and value generation in commons-based peer production in the Future Internet”. @P2Pvalue #P2Pvalue Live streaming: www.p2pvalue.eu/streaming Lloc: CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona. Sala Auditori Event info: http://igopnet.cc/p2pvalue-barcelona/ The Common based peer production is an emerging and innovative production model in which the creative energy of large numbers of citizens supported by a digital platform takes place outside the parameters of the traditionally hierarchical and mercantile organization resulting in the public provision of commons resources. This is the case of projects such as Linux, Wikipedia, Open Street Map or SETI , etc.. Recently there has been an expansion to other areas of activity, such as citizen science, product design, management of common spaces and open data sources. The project P2Pvalue depart from an exercise of mapping the diffusion and hybridization of peer production, and investigates the conditions which favor the collaborative creation and the logic of value of these emerging forms. The research results will be used to develop a digital -platform based on decentralized architecture and the design of public policies that promote the commons. 18h Round-table debate with participants of the P2Pvalue project, and a large representation of local experiences, in which the inspiring axes of the project will be discussed and presented the early reflections and tools generated. The session is open and free and is intended to be also an invitation to participate in the project and meeting up with local communities P2P. Moderation: Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc Autonomous University of Barcelona) “What governance mean in the digital environment and how it shapes collaborative production” by Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc Autonomous University of Barcelona; Berkman center fellow; Spanish Chapter Open Knowledge Foundation; Amical Viquimedia) “Legal challenges around collaborative production” by Primavera De Filippi (CNRS; Berkman center) “Value in collaborative economies” by Adam Advisson (University of Milan. Co-author of the book “The Ethical Economy. Rebuilding Value after the Crisis”) “Decentralised technologies to support digital commons” by Samer Hassan (University Complutense of Madrid) 19:30h Debate. Discussants: Joan Subirats (IGOP-UAB, P2Pvalue), Albert Cañigueral (OuiShare), Javier Creus (OKFN), Nuria Alabao (Fundación de los Comons), Enric Senabre (Junta P2Pvalue), Ignasi Capdevila, Chris Pinchen & Karthik Jayaraman (P2P Foundation), Juan Pavón (Universitat Complutense de Madrid), Amical Viquipedia, among others. Other participants of the P2Pvalue project Ruben Martinez, Jorge Salcedo & Monica Garriga (IGOPnet.cc), David Rozas (Drupal, Universitat de Surrey), Alessando Gandini (Universitat de Milà), Pablo Ojanguren, Antonio Tenorio, Antonio Tapiador & Javier Arroyo (Universitat Complutense de Madrid), among others. 21-23h After the event, there will be at CCCB Bar a “networking meet up” party to keep the conversation and present the mapping and directory of collaborative production. Event organized by P2Pvalue project (funded by the European Commission CAPS call), IGOPnet.cc and P2PFoundation, and the support of CCCB. The networking meet up is organized in collaboration with the Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation. Contact: info(a)lists.igopnet.cc //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// CATALA Debat Presentació projecto P2Pvalue: Producció col.laborativa en xarxa 22 de Gener 2014 // 18-21h Barcelona (CCCB) & online. 21-23h Networking meet up. Com funciona el valor en les formes organitzatives emergents? Quines condicions afavoreixen la producció col•laborativa en xarxa? Què distingeix el procomú de les organitzacions jeràrquiques i mercantils tradicionals?. Debat i presentació de P2Pvalue, projecte europeu de recerca acció. @P2Pvalue #P2Pvalue Retransmissió en viu: www.p2pvalue.eu/streaming Lloc: CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona. Sala Auditori. Info esdeveniment: http://igopnet.cc/ca/p2pvalue-barcelona/ La Common based peer production o producció procomú entre iguals és un model emergent i innovador de producció en el qual l’energia creativa d’un gran nombre de ciutadans i ciutadanes es coordina, generalment, amb el suport d’una plataforma digital –fora dels paràmetres de l’organització jeràrquica tradicional– per donar com a resultat la provisió pública de recursos procomuns. D’aquesta manera s'han construït projectes tan coneguts com Linux, Viquipèdia, SETi o Open Street Map, etc. i fa poc s’està expandint a moltes altres àrees d’activitat, com la ciència ciutadana, el disseny de productes, la gestió d’espais comuns i les fonts de dades obertes. El projecte P2Pvalue parteix d’un exercici de mapatge de la difusió i hibridació de la producció entre iguals, i investiga les condicions que afavoreixen la creació col•laborativa, així com la lògica del valor d’aquestes formes emergents. Els resultats de la recerca serviran per al desenvolupament d’una plataforma digital basada en arquitectura descentralitzada i el disseny de polítiques públiques que promoguin el procomú. 18h Taula rodona internacional amb participants del projecte P2Pvalue, i una abundant representació d’experiències locals, en què es debatran els eixos inspiradors del projecte i es presentaran les primeres reflexions i instruments generats. La sessió és oberta i gratuïta i pretén ser, a més, una invitació a participar-hi i un espai de trobada amb les comunitats locals P2P. Presentació de la taula, per Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) «La governabilitat de la producció col•laborativa en l’entorn digital», per Mayo Fuster Morell (Berkman Center; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona IGOPnet.cc, Fundación Capítulo Español Open Knowledge, Amical Viquimedia). «Els desafiaments legals al voltant de la producció col•laborativa», per Primavera de Filippi (CNRS París, Berkman Center). «El valor en les economies de col•laboració», per Adam Advisson (Universitat de Milà, autor de The Ethical Economy. Rebuilding Value after the Crisis). «Tecnologies descentralitzades per donar suport als digital commons», per Samer Hassan (Universitat Complutense de Madrid, Kune). 19.30 h // Debat. Comentaristes: Joan Subirats (IGOP-UAB, P2Pvalue), Albert Cañigueral (OuiShare), Javier Creus (OKFN), Nuria Alabao (Fundación de los Comons), Enric Senabre (Junta P2Pvalue), Ignasi Capdevila, Chris Pinchen i Karthik Jayaraman (P2P Foundation), Juan Pavón (Universitat Complutense de Madrid), Amical Viquipedia, entre d’altres. Altres participants en el projecte P2PValue: Ruben Martinez, Jorge Salcedo i Monica Garriga (IGOPnet.cc), David Rozas (Drupal, Universitat de Surrey), Alessando Gandini (Universitat de Milà), Pablo Ojanguren, Antonio Tenorio, Antonio Tapiador i Javier Arroyo (Universitat Complutense de Madrid). 21 - 23.00h L’acte continuarà al bar del CCCB amb un piscolabis i espai de networking entre les comunitats locals P2P. S’hi presentarà el directori i el mapa de producció procomú. Esdeveniment organitzat pel projecte P2Pvalue (finançat per la Comissió Europea CAPS call), IGOPnet.cc i P2PFoundation, i el suport del CCCB. El meet up s'organitza en col·laboració amb el Capítol Espanyol de la Open Knowledge Foundation. Contacte: info(a)lists.igopnet.cc //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// CASTELLANO Debate Presentación proyecto P2Pvalue: Producción colaborativa en red 22 de enero 2014 // 18-21h Barcelona (CCCB) & online. 21-23h Networking meet up. ¿Cómo funciona el valor en las formas organizativas emergentes? ¿Qué condiciones favorecen la producción colaborativa en red? ¿Qué distingue el procomún de las organizaciones jerárquicas y mercantiles tradicionales?. Debate y presentación de P2Pvalue, proyecto europeo de investigación acción (http://www.p2pvalue.eu) @P2Pvalue #P2Pvalue Retransmisión en vivo: www.p2pvalue.eu/streaming Lugar: CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona. Sala Auditori. Info evento: http://igopnet.cc/es/p2pvalue-barcelona/ La Common based peer production o producción procomún entre iguales es un modelo emergente e innovador de producción en el que la energía creativa de un gran número de ciudadanos y ciudadanas se coordina, generalmente, apoyado por una plataforma digital –fuera de los parámetros de la organización jerárquica tradicional– para dar como resultado la provisión pública de recursos procomunes. De este modo se han construido proyectos tan conocidos como Linux, Wikipedia, SETi u Open Street Map, etc. y recientemente se está expandiendo a otras áreas de actividad, como la ciencia ciudadana, el diseño de productos, la gestión de espacios comunes y las fuentes de datos abiertos. El proyecto P2Pvalue parte de un ejercicio de mapeo de la difusión e hibridación de la producción entre iguales, e investiga las condiciones que favorecen la creación colaborativa, así como la lógica del valor de estas formas emergentes. Los resultados de la investigación servirán para el desarrollo de una plataforma digital basada en arquitectura descentralizada y el diseño de políticas públicas que promuevan el procomún. 18h Mesa redonda internacional con participantes del proyecto, y una nutrida representación de experiencias locales, en que se discutirán los ejes inspiradores del proyecto y se presentarán las primeras reflexiones e instrumentos generados. La sesión es abierta y gratuita y pretende ser, además, una invitación a participar y un espacio de encuentro con las comunidades locales P2P. Presentación de la mesa, por Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) «La gobernabilidad de la producción colaborativa en el entorno digital»,por Mayo Fuster Morell (Berkman Center; Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona IGOPnet.cc, Fundación Capítulo Español Open Knowledge, Amical Viquimedia). «Los desafíos legales alrededor de la producción colaborativa», por Primavera de Filippi (CNRS París, Berkman Center). «El valor en las economías de colaboración», por Adam Advisson (Universidad de Milán, autor de The Ethical Economy. Rebuilding Value after the Crisis). «Tecnologías descentralizadas para apoyar los digital commons», por Samer Hassan (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Kune). 19.30 h // Debate. Comentaristas: Joan Subirats (IGOP-UAB, P2Pvalue), Albert Cañigueral (OuiShare), Javier Creus (OKFN), Nuria Alabao (Fundación de los Comons), Enric Senabre (Junta P2Pvalue), Ignasi Capdevila, Chris Pinchen y Karthik Jayaraman (P2P Foundation), Juan Pavón (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Amical Viquipedia, entre otros. Otros participantes en el proyecto P2Pvalue: Ruben Martinez, Jorge Salcedo y Monica Garriga (IGOPnet.cc), David Rozas (Drupal, Universidad de Surrey), Alessando Gandini (Universidad de Milán), Pablo Ojanguren, Antonio Tenorio, Antonio Tapiador y Javier Arroyo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). De 21.30 a 23.00 h el evento seguirá en el Bar del CCCB con un pica pica espacio de networking entre las comunidades locales P2P. En el mismo se presentara el directorio y mapa de producción procomun. Evento organizado por el proyecto P2Pvalue (financiado por la Comisión Europea CAPS call), IGOPnet.cc y P2PFoundation, y el apoyo del CCCB. El meet up se organiza en colaboración con el Capítulo Español de la Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN). Contacto: info(a)lists.igopnet.cc _______________________________________________ This is the newsletter of IGOPnet.cc Research group on Internet, politics & commons. To unsubscribe from the list please email an empty email to info-unsubscribe(a)lists.igopnet.cc Info(a)lists.igopnet.cc http://lists.igopnet.cc/mailman/listinfo/info -- 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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Conference "Freedom of Information Under Pressure": Feb 28/March 1
by Christian Fuchs 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

International Conference Freedom of Information Under Pressure Control – Crisis - Culture 28th of February and 1st of March 2014, Vienna, Austria The University of Vienna, the transform!at Association and the Critical Librarians Association (KRIBIBI) are pleased to invite you to the International Conference on "Freedom of Information under Pressure. Control - Crisis - Culture", which will take place in Vienna on the 28th of February and 1st of March 2014 at the Kuppelsaal of the Vienna Univesity of Technology, which is situated at the centre of Vienna at Karlsplatz 13, 1040. This conference will gather more than 30 international speakers (academics, media practitioners, librarians, experts of open culture and public space, activists and policy makers) from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom and will call for an open discussion on the challenges of freedom of information in the light of the recent surveillance revelations and the increase in censorship and prosecutions of media, journalists and whistle-blowers in Europe and beyond. The event has been endorsed and supported by the Mayor and Governor of the city of Vienna, as well as by a number of organisations and institutions, such as the Association of European Journalists, the Centre for Freedom of the Media of the University of Sheffield, the International Press Institute and the University of Westminster. Keynote and plenary speakers include: Gill Phillips (Director of Editorial Legal Service, The Guardian, United Kingdom)Augoustine Zenakos (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece) Mariniki Alevizopoulou (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece) Christian Fuchs (Professor of Social Media, University of Westminster, United Kingdom) Joachim Losehand (Scholar, VIBE!at, Austria) George Katrougalos (Professor, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) Wolfgang Hofkirchner (Professor, Vienna University of Technology, Austria) Erich Möchel (Journalist, ORF, Austria The event is public, open to everyone and free, but registration is essential. If you would like to attend, you can register here: http://freedom-of-information.info/en/28-registration/18-registration-form Light lunch, coffee and refreshments will be provided. The official language of the conference will be English with simultaneous interpretation to German. The conference will be also streamed online by The Press Project. Main sponsors: transform European Network, Karl Renner Institute, The Press Project, City of Vienna, Grüne Bildungswerkstatt, ORF (Austrian PSB), Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) Supporters and collaborators: University of Westminster, Vienna University of Technology, University of Sheffield, Association of European Journalists, International Press Institute, International Society for Information Studies, ICTs-and-Society Network, Netzwerk Soziale Verantwortung, Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, Evangelische Akademie Wien, Katholische Sozialakademie Österreichs, Österreichische Liga für Menschenrechte and Technisches Museum Wien For more information, please visit the conference website: http://freedom-of-information.info/

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