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Re: [P2P-F] new calendar option for the p2p blog
by Michel Bauwens 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

a public calendar is now a priority, I just shared with kevin a really nice application on the digital social innovation site, but haven't kept the link, I would really like to have that calendar before my departure on August 25, so I can put my whole fall 2014 lecture schedule there, and so can you and others in our network, while also adding the strategic events in the broader field, shareable also have a very effective public calendar, so I copy neal for eventual advice, would be really nice if someone could make this happen before the 25th, Michel On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Layne Hartsell < hartsellml(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: > Is this something we could do for us to see who is where, what topic and > date etc.? > > e.g. > Michel, Amsterdam, Sept 25 > Stacco, Madrid, xxxx > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> > wrote: > >> Dear Kevin, >> >> in the context of instituting a public calendar for global p2p >> activities, including those by our own network, this is a great >> presentation in my opinion, see: >> >> http://digitalsocial.eu/events >> >> -- >> *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no >> record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* >> >> 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/ >> > > -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: Wallfish - zomer update
by Michel Bauwens 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jan Van Loo <jan(a)wallfish.cc> Date: 2014-08-08 1:54 GMT+07:00 Subject: Wallfish - zomer update To: Jan Van Loo <jan(a)wallfish.cc> Hallo, Hopelijk heb je je deze zomer wat kunnen verwarmen … en ontspannen? Om er helemaal opgeladen terug tegenaan te gaan! Bij Wallfish hebben we alvast niet stilgezeten. Heb je de *nieuwe website* van Wallfish al gezien? www.wallfish.cc - laat maar horen wat je ervan vindt. Een belangrijk aspect in het Wallfish-verhaal is ruimte.Daarom plannen we de oprichting van een *Centrum voor Co-creatie*: www.wallfish.cc/centrum - zie het als een shopping-center voor creatieve makers. Als je interesse hebt om binnen dit centrum activiteiten te ontplooien, dan nodigen we je graag uit op *vrijdag 29 augustus om 16u* (Gent) voor een eerste centrum-bijenkomst. Wat mag je verwachten: je krijgt kort een voorstelling van de laatste vorderingen, een overzicht van wat er gepland staat dit najaar en natuurlijk kennismaking met de andere geïnteresseerden. Als je zou komen, laat dan iets weten en dan sturen we je verdere details. Groeten, Jan PS: stuur gerust door naar andere makers! PPS: wens je dit soort mails niet meer te ontvangen, dan kan je dat melden in een antwoorden op deze mail. -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: @Commoners at Degrowth Conference - meeting on September 4 at 2:30 pm
by Michel Bauwens 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Silke Helfrich <silke.helfrich(a)gmx.de> Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:13 AM Subject: @Commoners at Degrowth Conference - meeting on September 4 at 2:30 pm To: Frédéric Sultan <fredericsultan(a)gmail.com>, Nicolas Krausz < nicolas.krausz(a)fph.ch>, Heike Loeschmann <Loeschmann(a)boell.de>, David Bollier <david(a)bollier.org>, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>, " ellen(a)ellenfriedman.com" <ellen(a)ellenfriedman.com>, Alain Ambrosi < ambrosia(a)web.ca>, Stefan Tuschen <stefan.tuschen(a)jpberlin.de>, " Brigitte.kratzwald(a)commons.at" <Brigitte.kratzwald(a)commons.at> Dear Commoners at the Degrwoth Conference, we're preparing a pad where we collect commons-related events at the degrowth conference (btw. hope You all did your formal inscription, because the registration is closed!) This is just to let you know, that we've reserved a room for an informal networking meeting among commoners on Tuesday September 4, at 2:30 pm Room S 215 -> please add this to your Conference schedules and share this message with other commoners. More later, looking very much forward to meet you all Silke http://programme.leipzig.degrowth.org/de/degrowth2014/public/events/112 Commons-Institut Mailingliste JPBerlin - Politischer Provider Commons-Institut(a)listen.jpberlin.de https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commons-institut -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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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new calendar option for the p2p blog
by Michel Bauwens 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Dear Kevin, in the context of instituting a public calendar for global p2p activities, including those by our own network, this is a great presentation in my opinion, see: http://digitalsocial.eu/events -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: I just faxed the FCC to protect Net Neutrality. Will you?
by Michel Bauwens 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hazel Henderson <hazel.henderson(a)ethicalmarkets.com> Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:52 PM Subject: I just faxed the FCC to protect Net Neutrality. Will you? To: "Bauwens, Michel" <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>, "Firestone, Charles M." < firestone(a)aspeninstitute.org> Cc: Rosalinda Sanquiche <office(a)ethicalmarkets.com> We've been calling on President Obama to stand up and stop the FCC from killing the Internet. And this week he spoke up loud and clear for the first time since his FCC chairman announced a disastrous plan to end the Internet as we know it. We're joining with our friends at MoveOn to flood the FCC with faxes containing the president's pronouncement that creating a fast lane and a slow lane on the Internet is against his personal position and the position of his administration. Learn more through the link below: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/net_neutrality_obama_fax?sp_ref=.4.8861.e.0… -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: new posts at Winchester School of Art
by Michel Bauwens 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jussi Parikka <jussi.parikka1976(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 1:39 PM Subject: new posts at Winchester School of Art To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Dear Michel we have two new posts in the field of global media and digital culture. Could you help us spread the word please? associate prof: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AJI740/associate-professor-digital-culture-and-de… and lecturer: https://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=441414FH More info about the posts e.g. from me. many thanks, warm wishes Jussi -- Dr Jussi Parikka Professor in Technological Culture & Aesthetics Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) Docent in Digital Culture Theory, University of Turku (Finland) ___ Senior Fellow, MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany (Summer 2014) ___ -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: research mailing list creation
by Michel Bauwens 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

this new list will be used to circulate grant opportunities within our network ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: SYMPA <sympa(a)lists.p2pfoundation.net> Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:39 AM Subject: research mailing list creation To: michel(a)p2pfoundation.net research(a)lists.p2pfoundation.net mailing list has been activated by listmaster. homepage http://lists.p2pfoundation.net/wws/info/research research admin page http://lists.p2pfoundation.net/wws/admin/research -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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] Fwd: Peter Waterman Suspended From UnionBook...by Eric Lee of LabourStart Fame?!
by Michel Bauwens 06 Aug '14

06 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Örsan Şenalp <orsan1234(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:13 AM Subject: [Networkedlabour] Fwd: Peter Waterman Suspended From UnionBook...by Eric Lee of LabourStart Fame?! To: "networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org" <networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org > forwarding the below ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Örsan Şenalp <orsan1234(a)gmail.com> Date: 25 July 2014 00:10 Subject: Re: Peter Waterman Suspended From UnionBook...by Eric Lee of LabourStart Fame?! To: Peter Waterman <peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com> Cc: Dan Gallin <gli(a)iprolink.ch>, Asbjørn Wahl < Asbjorn.Wahl(a)velferdsstaten.no>, CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES(a)jiscmail.ac.uk, WSFDiscuss List <WorldSocialForum-Discuss(a)openspaceforum.net>, Dave Hollis < david.hollis(a)netzwerkit.de>, Walton Pantland <waltonp(a)gmail.com>, Networked Labour <wordpress(a)networkedlabour.net>, Debate is a listserve that attempts to promote information and analyses of interest to the independent left in South and Southern Africa <debate-list(a)fahamu.org>, Sid Shniad < shniad(a)gmail.com>, USI Live <unionsolidarity2012(a)gmail.com>, "Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)" <clouli(a)cupe.ca>, AAWL Labour News < news(a)aawl.org.au>, TIE-Netherlands <info(a)tie-netherlands.nl>, Pierre Rousset <prousset68(a)gmail.com>, Peter Dwyer <pdwyer(a)ruskin.ac.uk>, Peter Hall-Jones <newunionism(a)gmail.com>, Dave Spooner <dave.spooner(a)wiego.org>, Kim Scipes <kimscipes(a)earthlink.net>, rc-44(a)googlegroups.com, Christophe Aguiton <aguiton(a)gmail.com>, ILRIG <ilrig(a)wn.apc.org>, Derek Blackadder < dblackadder(a)cupe.ca>, Eddie <webstere(a)social.wits.ac.za>, Bill Fletcher Jr < billfletcherjr(a)gmail.com>, Ali Karamat <karamatorama(a)gmail.com>, " obertell(a)netscape.net" <obertell(a)netscape.net>, LinksSocialism(a)gmail.com, Green Left Parramatta <glparramatta(a)greenleft.org.au>, Carlos Mejia < cmejia.cgtp(a)gmail.com>, Chris Carlsson <carlsson.chris(a)gmail.com>, InternationalSolidarity Conference2013Dublin < solidarityconference2013tcd(a)gmail.com>, bongani Masuku < bongani(a)cosatu.org.za>, tni <tni(a)tni.org>, info(a)electronicintifada.net, Michael Letwin <laborforpalestine.us(a)gmail.com> Dear Peter, you are lucky that you didn't get a drone attack or your house occupied.. I did the below post and uploaded your letter on Scribd, this would open the discussion up hopefulluy.. amazing how everybody sits quite against this barbarism being defended openly by LabourStart. In my humble opinion if there won't be a LabourStart campaing against Israel's barbarism, then it means there is a need for a homcooked campaign against the LaborStart's zionism. In solidarity, "I have received the below open letter from someone who is very well-known by devoting his life time efforts to international and global solidarity and social emancipation: Peter Waterman. Peter, though, did put a stress on labour internationalism of which he saw that the solidarity between unions is only one and a small part in the broad picture. Coming from a Jewish family himslef he, has been openly critical of Zionism and Israel’s ever-expanding a barbaric occupation on Palestinian territory. Peter had been actively blogging about global labour and union solidarity in his blog page on Unionbook, since 2008-9. I say he ‘had’ because, the ‘owner’ of the Unionbook and its mother project LabourStart, Eric Lee, self-claiming ‘democratic socialist’ yet who is also known with his over sympathy to the Israeli state, who is the owner and the administrator of the Unionbook did ban Waterman’s user account two days ago. Eric created the Unionbook on Ning servers, which belongs to the corporation owned by Zuckerberg’s ex-partner -also the creator of Napster. Altouhg Unionbook thought as a social network site for all the unionists of the world it did manage to attract at around 5600 international unionist as its users. Lee cut off Peter’s communication, as Israel cuts off Gazza’s roads, food and electriciry. So now Peter has no access to his acount, pages, posts etc. on Unionbook, so he can not responde this move using his own blog page. In the below open letter Peter makes a guess about the possible reason behind this ‘occupation’ of his cybersland by Lee and invites him to discuss the issue publicly -may be a ‘two network admin solution’ (?). According to Peter Waterman the ban came right after he re-blogged Lee’s own article where Lee openly supports recent war/sate-terrorism launched on Gazza. Waterman gives details from his perspective and indicates the limits of the marriage between ideologies like Zionism, as well as other nationalisms and internationalism. Now you can read on, as Peter always sez: http://snuproject.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/open-letter-from-peter-waterman-… View this document on Scribd" On 24 July 2014 21:30, peter waterman <peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 24.07.14 > > > > *Peter Waterman Suspended/Banned from Union Book:* > > An Open Letter to the Labour Internationalist Community > > > > peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com > > > See attachment for more. > > Feel free to copy the attachment through to your own networks. > > In solidarity, > > Peter Waterman > > -- > > 1. *EBook, November 2012: Recovering Internationalism > <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/recovering_internationalism/>. [A > compilation of papers from the new millenium. Now free in two download > formats] <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/> > <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/>* > 2. > *EBook (co-editor), February 2013: World Social Forum: Critical > Explorations http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/ > <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/> * > 3. *Interface Journal Special (co-editor), November 2012: For the > Global Emancipation of Labour <http://www.interfacejournal.net/current/>* > 4. *Blog: http://www.unionbook.org/profile/peterwaterman. > <http://www.unionbook.org/profile/peterwaterman.> * > 5. *Interface Journal Special (Co-Editor) Social Movement > Internationalisms. See Call for Papers <http://www.interfacejournal.net/>, > (Deadline: May 1, 2014). * > 6. > *Needed: a Global Labour Charter Movement (2005-Now!) > <http://interfacejournal.nuim.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Interf…>* > 7. *Under, Against, Beyond: Labour and Social Movements Confront a > Globalised, Informatised Capitalism > <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/under-against-beyond/>(2011) Almost 1,000 > pages of Working Papers, free, from the 1980's-90's.* > 8. *Google Scholar Citation Index:* > *http://scholar.google.com.pe/citations?user=e0e6Qa4AAAAJ > <http://scholar.google.com.pe/citations?user=e0e6Qa4AAAAJ> * > > > - > > _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: Journal of Futures Studies - Newsletter
by Michel Bauwens 06 Aug '14

06 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: JFS <jfs(a)mail2.tku.edu.tw> Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:52 AM Subject: Journal of Futures Studies - Newsletter To: Michel <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> The Journal of Futures Studies - August 2014 View this email in your browser <http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=fcac9d7c1f…> <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=5…> Like <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=4…> <http://tku.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=…> Tweet <http://tku.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=…> <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=c…> +1 <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=a…> <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=4…> Share <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=0…> <http://us6.forward-to-friend2.com/forward?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=fc…> Forward to Friend <http://us6.forward-to-friend2.com/forward?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=fc…> Journal of Futures Studies <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=5…> Newsletter* - Vol. 18 No. 4 <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=5…>* *Articles* Collaborative Futures: Integrating Foresight with Design in Large Scale Innovation Processes-Seeing and Seeding the Futures of Europe <http://tku.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=…> By Angela Wilkinson, Martin Mayer & Verena Ringler Large scale societal and political changes can be enabled via open and collaborative innovation processes in which diverse interests collaborate to co-create the future. These social learning processes do not claim to know about the future but instead call for learning with alternative futures to become more agile and adaptive, overcome inertia and create movement. We illustrate this process of large scale systems transition through reference to a specific case study on the futures of Europe. The initiative combines a variety of futures methods – scenarios, visioning and value creation modeling – to support an open-ended process of collaborative innovation and empower the co-creation of new potentialities. Learning developed in this multi-stakeholder, multi-method transformational foresight initiative is relevant to a wide range of scholars and practitioners in different fields with interests in collabrative strategy, complex systems redesign, transition management. Key lessons include the value of convening both institutional insiders and outsiders, the benefits of opening up the past to look forward, and the resourcing challenges in sustaining an open-ended process and nourishing a new and still fragile network of actors. The Futures of Islamic Banking in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) <http://tku.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=9…> By Nedal El-Ghattis The purpose of this paper is to discuss the discourses that concern the futures of Islamic banking in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Futures Triangle method is employed to provide insights into existing social dynamics affecting Islamic Banking. These futures will be profoundly affected by knowing whether the factors that contributed to the establishment of Islamic banking and finance are still in existence and still effective or not. 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Using Causal Layered Analysis to Understand the Alliance between Social Workers with Their Professional Association <http://tku.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=c90dad18600a6cf46664a2d58&id=…> by Gilbert Fan & Joan N. W. Khng The decline of professional associations due to the advent of new technologies and the expanded function of social service agencies to professionalize the social worker have impacted the level of alliance of professionals with their professional association. How aligned professionals regard themselves in relation to their professional association has implications for the challenges faced by such associations and as well as their possible futures. This article introduces how Casual Layered Analysis (CLA) can be applied to analyse and understand the level of alliance of social workers in Singapore with their professional association and the probable futures of the Association. This methodology employs an interpretative and critical approach to analyse the data to uncover layers of “truths” that are intended to help develop possible futures for the issue under study, as well as the action steps required to form that future. It allows in-depth insights into different ways of understanding underlying issues inherent in a phenomenon as well as proposing possible solutions, with adherence to methodological and scientific rigor. By taking the data through four intertwining layers of analysis, namely Litany, Systemic (Social Causes), Worldview and Myth or Metaphor, the research process promotes critical reflection and interpretation of data. Numerous underlying and concealed issues are revealed, in a way that cannot be accomplished using other mainstream research methods. 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Fwd: Interview Fora Do Eixo.
by Michel Bauwens 06 Aug '14

06 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Neal Gorenflo <neal(a)shareable.net> Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 2:54 AM Subject: Re: Interview Fora Do Eixo. To: Felipe Altenfelder <felipe(a)foradoeixo.org.br> Cc: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>, Lenissa Lenza < lenissalenza(a)foradoeixo.org.br>, Marielle Ramires < marielle(a)foradoeixo.org.br>, Carol Tokuyo <caroltokuyo(a)foradoeixo.org.br>, Dríade Aguiar <driadeaguiar(a)foradoeixo.org.br>, Pablo capile < cuboplanejamento(a)gmail.com> Hi everyone, Shareable has just published Michel's interview of Felipe here: http://www.shareable.net/blog/interviewed-felipe-altenfelder-of-fora-do-eix… Thank you Felipe and Michel for doing the interview! It's quite indepth. And I hope all of you will: -share the story on your social media channels -blog it, excerpt it, or republish it with a link back to the original story on Shareable.net. -- Neal Gorenflo, co-founder Shareable <http://www.shareable.net/> | @Shareable <https://twitter.com/@shareable> | 415.867.0429 Get Shareable's weekly e-news about sharing here <http://www.shareable.net/signup-for-shareables-weekly-sharing-economy-e-new…> . On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Felipe Altenfelder <felipe(a)foradoeixo.org.br > wrote: > Ok Michel, Tank you for the aware. > > Hello Neal, here it is with the interview attached on . ODT format. > And also the two Images with our Political and Estructural organization > for the end of question 9 > > Please Let me know if it works now. > > Keep In touch. > > Felipe > > > > > > > > > > > Em 03/06/2014, às 18:46, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> > escreveu: > > Dear Felipe, > > thanks for the replies, but actually, the text got clipped off, perhaps > you can resend with also a copy in odt ? I'm copying Neal of Shareable > where this will be published. > > Again, thanks for the effort! > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Felipe Altenfelder < > felipe(a)foradoeixo.org.br> wrote: > >> Hey Bawens. How are you ? >> >> Sending you above our interview. >> >> Any other question or content that you think its good to ilustrate let us >> know. >> >> Best Regards. >> >> >> Felipe >> >> >> 1. Can you tell us a bit about the prehistory of Fora do Eixo, what the >> name means and implies, and how you got involved in it? >> >> It's hard to summarize the prehistory of Fora do Eixo, since it involves >> a larger historical context that marked the turn of the twenty-first >> century: The impact of the internet, the World Social Forum and a growing >> belief that an alternative world is possible, the politics of inclusion and >> recognition of Brazil’s interior regions driven by the Lula government, and >> an understanding of the symbolic or “anthropologic” dimensions of culture >> that came from the Ministry of Culture (MinC) under Gilberto Gil's mandate. >> These factors generated reflections and accelerated the pace of >> communication and sharing of social technologies among a new generation of >> Brazilian cultural producers. >> >> With accelerated connection, and in a time where we watched the collapse >> of the music industry through the bankruptcy of the LP record and CD >> business model, independent festivals gained strength and began to create a >> network that connected the different independent music scenes across the >> country. In doing so, it also strengthening a new production chain, which >> set the grounds for a “middle market” for music driven by the logic of >> Chris Anderson’s concept of the "long tail"1. All this was forged in the >> context of a favorable environment created by the ideals of progressive and >> inclusive cultural policies such as Cultura Viva (Living Culture) and >> Cultura Digital (Digital Culture) promoted by the Ministry of Culture and, >> more generally, the popular government of President Lula in its entirety, >> which clarified the many ways that politics is culture and that culture is >> politics. >> >> In 2005, 15 producers of festivals throughout Brazil met in Goiania to >> found ABRAFIN (the Brazilian Association of Independent Festivals). ABRAFIN >> started as an association of festival producers, that still operated >> according to traditional class structures, beholden to statutes and ready >> to defend the interests of its members. Nevertheless it helped to put up >> for debate the field of Brazilian musical production and the need to >> establish collective thinking and collaborative project building. >> >> At that meeting there was a collective coming from Cuiabá, called Cube >> Space. Cubo, as it sounds in portuguese, was raise by an innovative >> management experience, bringing the logic of overcoming obstacles creating >> and sharing collaborative solutions. This logic, which had as its purpose >> the development of the cultural scene in general, made a clear >> counterpoint to the majority of "businessmen" who made up ABRAFIN and >> believed they could get rich in the process. >> >> At that time inspired and estimulated by the experience developed in >> Cuiaba, 3 other cities, Uberlândia, Rio Branco and São Carlos (all of them >> far away from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) started to bett on this other >> logic, it was when began the Off-Axis Circuit . The methodology was clear >> and based on the experience of young people seeking to recover damages for >> trying to do a festival, understood and began to put into spreadsheets some >> simple and ingenious thing: The systematization of camaraderie (Solidarity, >> Partnership). >> >> As we systematize the partnership it became clear how solidary enconmy >> works. Imagine you need a poster to comunicate something from your work and >> you also have a amplifier. If you have a friend who is a musician and a >> designer, he needs the amplier to play music with his band. So you two can >> trade a certain amount of hours of the amplifier for a new poster. Or even >> if you don't need anything righ now, you have "credit" with that person. >> The exchange happened without anyone taking anything from the wallet. >> >> While using the internet to systematize indicators of each territory >> across cities like Uberlândia, Rio Branco, São Carlos and many others that >> had similar challenges, you generate a secure environment to ensure minimal >> empowerment, autonomy and leadership for each partner, in each location >> that Fora do Eixo began to operate throughout Brazil. >> >> Organically and horizontally, we were beginning to build a network. We >> were getting organized right at the moment not only to propose alternatives >> to Brazilian music, but also for taking the first steps to create flows of >> circulation, distribution and the production of content in the periphery of >> Brazil. From this moment, Fora do Eixo was born. >> >> 2. What is de Fora do Eixo exactly and what does it want to achieve in >> Brazil or elsewhere? >> >> The truth is that since we emerged, it has always been difficult to >> define exactly what Fora do Eixo is; it’s a new, fast and dynamic movement >> that is constantly changing since it started eight years ago. >> >> Currently we are structured such as a platform of festivals, collectives >> and cultural venues as we are a social movement that debates social and >> cultural policies. It due to this multi-faceted orientation, we are capable >> of acting within multiple battlefields such as the Environment, Human >> rights, Education, New Drug Policy, Secular State, Urban Mobility, >> Communication and so on. >> >> I think what made us get here with such force, strength which will >> continue, is the notion that if your goal is to arrive at some specific >> place, when you do get there, you’ll forget your origins. We don’t want >> that. Thus, the goal becomes much more about collecting and systemmatizing >> new ways and solutions, which means we are interested in the HOW to act and >> make social interventions much more than WHERE we want to reach. >> >> In terms of numbers, the cultural circuit that we are part of today >> consists in a network of over 200 collectives, involving two thousand >> people, 130 festivals performed annually, upwards of 5000 shows, and the >> promotion and circulation of 30,000 artists per year. At least. >> >> 3. What is the history of Fora do Eixo after its founding. Are there >> distinct phases in its development. >> >> I think a good summary of the flow which we live as an organization >> begins with the centralization phase of the network from 2005 to 2010, when >> some collectives coordinated a first process of expansion and national >> management that culminated in the emergence of Fora do Eixo house in São >> Paulo. >> >> The second phase, the decentralized network one, came in 2011 with the >> expansion of the Fora do Eixo houses to different regions in Brazil, such >> as Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza and Belem. This stimulated the >> autonomy of micro-regional networks, enabling the phase we're in now—the >> distributed network— where centralized control gives way to each node >> acting with autonomy. >> >> This maturation occurred with a construction of the network that was >> performed by collective intelligence. That is to say, it was a form of >> education that included the everyday learning experience of those inside >> the network—gaining practical knowledge as they worked through solutions >> everyday—as well as the increasing number of analyses of scholars and >> researches approaching the technology, not to mention numerous public >> debates that ocurred about the FdE process itself that have always been >> taken up with intensity, and that serve as raw material from which FdE >> reflects and builds upon. >> >> In practice, much work was invested in developing organizational and flow >> charts that sought to faciliate the dynamics of people who chose to live as >> agents in the durable core, always in conjunction with partners and >> collaborators to manage the different thematic fronts in addition to the >> music front that we are taking on, such as audiovisual, theater, visual >> arts, literature and so on. >> >> Later, when at the 4th Annual Fora do Eixo Conference in Sao Paulo we >> realized through debate that we were participating in the construction of a >> social movement, we felt the need to broaden our capacity for dialogue with >> other networks and movements. >> >> At that moment, it was essential that we could map out common themes and >> visualize the intersection of these issues with our organizational >> practices and to clearly indicate the socio-political impact of the broad >> spectrum of fields of work that are involved in the cultural network. Thus, >> we come to what we conventionally call “Simulacrum”, that is to say, >> conceptual and practical fronts of managing new models in society, and we >> identified initially four major fields common to the network: >> >> - Policy and Advocacy, named the Party. >> - Sustainability and Resource Management, named the Bank. >> - Free and Continuing Education, name the University. >> - Communication, named Media that ultimately gave rise to Ninja Media. >> >> Every network, movement or collective, deals with these aspects defined >> above, which generated a rich environment of dialogue and density of >> reflections that gave rise to the Social Movement of Cultures. This >> includes “Cultural Points” (organizations, collectives and other entities >> that partake in the Cultural Points cultural policy program launched from >> the MinC under the leadership of Gilberto Gil); Music, Performing Arts, >> Visual Arts and Audiovisual collectives; the Hip Hop Movement; The Afro >> Religion Communities ; Indigenous peoples; the Landless Movement; Street >> Artists; Free Culture, Copy left, Free Media movement; the Urban Periphery >> Movement, and a whole range of cultural operators. All of these, and more, >> recognized these 4 “simulacrums” and began to jointly build new references >> for each of the fronts. >> >> Building Public Policy (Party), finding new ways of survival and >> sustainable management of resources (Bank), developing, training and >> passing on knowledge to new generations (University), and presenting a >> symbolic narrative that counters the dominant and hegemonic discourses of >> the establishment (Media), are guiding principles of a movement with great >> capacity for cohesion through a simple systematization of desires and >> intentions in these 4 simulacrums presented above. >> >> >> This way a set of social struggles finds in the cultural field an >> environment of connection and articulation, and a communication source that >> renews—even aesthetically—social movements and political debate. Agendas >> and goals of other movements gain notoriety from the systematization >> stimulated by Fora do Eixo. Examples like the Living Culture Law (Lei >> Cultura Viva) and Veta Dilma moviment?? demonstrate how this synergy >> occurred, and the potential of this new movement. >> >> Connect agents and collectives (Party), identify methodologies and >> technologies and create social environments of exchange and interchange >> (University), present these methodologies and social technologies to the >> whole society (Media), and finally to create the conditions for the >> existence and reproduction of such methodologies and technologies (Bank). >> These are the possible stages of development and organization of Fora do >> Eixo, and later the Social Movement of Cultures. >> >> However, this development and these phases should not be understood in a >> linear and continuous line (one phase at a time, in a different historical >> moment), but rather from a recursive and spiraling perspective, where we >> are constantly forced to return to each of these same points in order to >> advance, and they advance simultaneously. Like a whirlwind, like a >> hurricane .... >> >> >> >> >> 4. What is the current status of the movement and where does it want to >> be in the next few years? >> >> To view our current status, it’s worth taking a closer look at Fora do >> Eixo’s trajectory. If we take into consideration the emergence of the first >> collectives that formed the movement, we are talking about ten years of >> operation. >> >> We started with a job that was basically mobilization, to venture out >> into Brazil integrating points that shared the same logic and ways of doing >> things. We started with five and now we are over 200 collectives. This >> effort of agglutination was what later became known as the Culture Party. >> >> With the network mobilized and comprised of an incredible diversity of >> experiences in different territories, we began an interchange and flow of >> methodologies between collectives, understanding it as the formation of a >> great interface within the network itself. It was the environment that >> designed the architecture of our University. >> >> With the network mobilized and feeling increasingly more secure with the >> shared knowledge and learning, we began to develop an awareness of the >> power of the narrative and potential for inclusion in a field of symbolic >> struggle that permeates society. It was this thought that led to the Media >> Ninja. >> >> All along this path, by networking and guided by the principles of the >> solidarity economy we built an inexpensive way to make culture and >> democratize it's acess for the masses, directly confronting the dominant >> industry established. >> >> At the same time the development of our independent communication system >> has reached a very significant level of relevance and impact, opening >> cracks directly in the disputes involving the democratization of >> communication in Brazil. >> >> The explosion of visibility of Ninja Media and the exposure of FdE as the >> network that created the initiative configured a posture of fear among >> parts of the conservative sectors of Brazilian society, which through >> corporate media let fire its discursive machine guns to criminalize the >> network. >> >> In those moments, resentful testimonials from people who had participated >> or interacted with FdE, and who left for a variety of different reasons, >> flooded social networks with complaints. One way or another, the >> opportunistic timimg that were posted (Two days after the interview of >> Ninja Media on the national T.V. program Roda Viva) put the authors of >> those complaints in an ingenous if not exploited role of attack, which in >> reality had already been programmed by the Old Media. Anyway this >> combination was explosive and put the network smack in the hurricane eye of >> an intense debate that yielded several criticisms and compliments. >> >> We always had to be creative, developing the ability to do much with >> little. Dealing with the lack of tangible resources and understanding the >> value of symbolic capital as a source of protagonism. >> >> Although through this retrospective, it seems to me that we were already >> in the center of large debates about the construction of the Brazilian >> society, in areas that have been on the brink of paradigm shifts in >> overcoming crises of intermediaries or of representations. >> >> It was like that when we were doing festivals, touring and releasing new >> bands during the collapse of major recording labels. It was like that when >> parties and movements intensely debated our paradigms of activism from the >> provocations made during the Arab Spring and the global occupations of >> 2011. It was like that when the Academy was put off by our logic of free >> university education, and more recently it was like that with Ninja Media >> that began shaking the debate about communication in Brazil. . >> >> Beginning in 2014, healed after the attacks of last summer, and after >> mature reflection, we felt the force of the current moment in Brazil that >> boosts whoever has always been in the networks and on the streets and >> brings a very interesting environment for an entire perspective of global >> projection and an ecosystem of networks to which we belong. >> >> In this context that configures the possibility of developing a new >> prototype of potential capable of tackling challenges that confront the >> existence of a possible new world in the twenty-first century, she/he who >> is not afraid to be happy should progress without looking back, with no >> plan B and with no possiblilty of retreating. In the direction of the >> future is the only possible definition of where we think we may be from >> here. >> >> 5. How influential is it? Are there any similar or sister organisations >> you can relate to? >> >> With this trajectory understood, it may become easier to see our level of >> influence, the dynamics of our relationship with other organizations, and >> why Fora do Eixo is not afraid of the State. >> >> It is complex to speak of one’s own influence and to put yourself in the >> perspective of self-reference. Our influence is determined and measured by >> our actions and the impact of them in the debate on new forms of >> sociability. More than an institutional influence, it is interesting to >> understand the space-time connection between experience and its >> (contemporary) generation, which is what characterizes innovation and >> relevance of an action. >> >> We are part of the first generation of fully digital youth, that >> incorporates this digital culture within organizational and life models. >> More than an influence of FdE, we have a lab that tries to be logged in >> space / time with our contemporary generation and the possibilities of >> transformation brought about by this new historical context, and no doubt >> it enhances the projection and influence that FdE has today in Brazilian >> society. >> >> The fact that you supplemented that question about the influence >> inquiring about the relationship with sister organizations, places the >> innovative and pioneering character of our movement also in question, since >> to conceptually define the term "sisters" we have to reveal that we are >> virtually alone in Brazil , a new contemporary social arrangement: cultural >> and digital networks with global perspective. The way the debate on our >> experience is taken up also helps to think about it. As an unique >> experience without empirical comparison in our country, the judments are >> given from a logic of ideals. >> >> We are heaven and hell. We are loved and hated, leaving little room for >> balanced assessments for lack of the ability to compare with other >> organizations and due to an unawareness of the internal dynamics and >> network operation. The idealistic judgment, and the agenda behind much of >> what is written about the network, including establishing another sphere of >> influence, especially in the intellectual field, which is obliged to >> present definitive judgments for a process that began badly, playing the >> Manichean heaven/hell logic thereby polarizing a debate that is in fact >> much more complex, nuanced and full of contradictions. >> >> I believe that's why we were the most debated and commented movement in >> Brazil in the last three years. The absence of comparisons and the idealism >> transform FdE into something that everybody takes a stance upon. The >> virtual environment, used so well by the movement, further expands this, >> causing a broad debate to become consolidated and popularized, including >> shaking up the cultural environment from which the movement emerged, and >> reaching all of Brazilian society. >> >> I believe that's why we were the most debated and commented movement in >> Brazil in the last three years. The absence of comparisons and the idealism >> transform FdE into something that everybody takes a stance upon. The >> virtual environment, used so well by the movement, further expands this, >> causing a broad debate to become consolidated and popularized, including >> shaking up the cultural environment from which the movement emerged, and >> reaching all of Brazilian society. >> >> Above all we are mutants! Thus, judgments that seek to be definitive, >> both from intellectuals as from the media—or equally from other movements >> and organizations—lose consistency in the face of the everyday practice >> that shapes and guides our movement. It is this understanding that makes >> the value of "generosity" something fundamental that guides our >> relationship with other groups and individuals, and that defines our >> involvement with them, because we must always be prepared to be an >> Post-Rancor movement. I think it's important to underscore this, so we can >> understand the relationship we have with other movements and organizations. >> As we repeatedly state internally within the organization, it is essential >> to be a hostage of our own enlightenment. >> >> This whole environment of debate and influence is directly reflected in >> the relationship we have with hundreds and hundreds of organizations >> friends/sisters/partners, in relationships that we are building daily and >> with layers of well-differentiated and organic exchange. At the same time, >> there are another set of organizations that do not seek dialogue, and in >> these cases it is impossible to talk with those who already have >> preconceptions and established prejudices. >> >> The willingness and openness to debate and collective construction are >> fundamental in defining relationships established with FDE. We are a >> cultural movement that maintains dialogue across a very broad spectrum and >> in a 360 degree directioin. We involve a wide range of actors, from >> representatives of the Globo network to extreme anarchist groups. From >> organized fans of Football Clubs to indigenous communities. From Landless >> Worker movements to indie bands that hail from the middle class. >> >> This courage to deal with such different relationships without changing >> the framework of our values and collective practices, provokes a scenario >> that invariably establishes some kind of contact with organized groups of >> culture, communication, environmental rights, and human rights in our >> country. A privileged position in this historical moment, but at the same >> time it comes with a great responsibility for all who are involved. It is >> this awareness that which gives the commitment of each member within this >> process of change an importance in merging the relationships within our >> network. >> In our last survey we recorded the incredible number of more than 2,000 >> partner organizations that have direct relations with FDE. These include >> social movements, trade unions, cultural points, producers, indigenous >> communities, quilombolas (Afro-Brazilian Maroon communities) and riverside >> communities, free media collectives, independent media groups, university >> research centers, bands, samba schools, Startup's, urban and rural >> occupations, and a whole range of political, social, environmental and >> cultural organizations that dialogue frequently with us through some of our >> applications. There are thousands of daily exchanges established, which as >> I said above, have different layers. This can be as simple as an email >> exchange to solve to a specific question, to and complete symbiosis in the >> planning of annual activities. >> >> A key point to understand these relationships, is also in understanding >> the way we deal with resources and survival. We work with a Collective >> Bank, so that all individuals have access to the minimum necessary for >> their survival, and in this way they can dedicate themeselves to the >> activities of the movement. This option, while it enables us to have a >> group of militants with plenty of availability, is different from the >> choice made by the other organizations that follow are organization based >> on the capital/labor relation, from salary device that reproduces the >> dichotomy between owners the means of production and owners of the >> workforce. Some still use the so-called volunteer work. We can not lose >> sight of that, if we want to synergize relationships with partner >> organizations. >> >> This fact typically results in FDE having more availability and access to >> resources and tools when undertaking some collective processes, and this >> can construct a distortion in the relationship, which tends not to be >> balanced if the parameters used are the same as when dealing with market, >> or the state itself. Much of the criticism that arises about the >> “appropriating” character of the movement are born from this point. How to >> deal with a force that can employ more labor to a collective process, or a >> bilateral partnership, especially when it’s not guided by money? This is a >> challenge that we place back upon other movments, and that in our opinion >> only finds good answers if we invest in generosity and confidence as >> connecting elements and lights of our relations. >> >> But beyond relations with partner organizations of civil society, we have >> another great organization where our relationship is often questioned, and >> that I treat essential here: the relationship of FDE with the state >> (understood here as well with a diversity of layers: municipalities, state >> government, federal government, state enterprises, federal institutes, >> universities, etc ...) >> >> To understand this, I first raise a question: Why would any Brazilian >> collective have to remain "far from the state"? Instead, FDE has created a >> new culture and practice of direct participation, including using the power >> of social networks. It is a network that believes in governance, public >> policy and participatory co-management, which seeks to intervene, press the >> Brazilian state closely and participate in it, because the state is no >> authoritative or total entity, but rather it is a "network" that should be >> placed at the service of the common and for all. I consider this a >> breakthrough approach, very different from the "desk" policy and the old >> game of influences. It also moves away from the purists social moviments, >> that discuss ad theorize, but have little ability for action. >> >> If today the FDE ruffles some feathers, it is due to its high visibility >> and capacty for action. We do not ask permission and we do not kiss the >> hand of anyone, we just do it. And if at some point we dialogue with >> parliamentarians and managers, this is a political and not a personal >> matter, because we have enough distance and autonomy to point out problems >> with management or express criticism and dissatisfaction. This is new, this >> is what we mean when we say that we need to hack the State. Participate, >> intervene, and propose while simultaneously "inspecting" and observing with >> detachment and distance the very managers we support. This is the beginning >> of an experience of governance and co-management that need to be expanded, >> to democratize and to include hundreds of networks and groups with >> proposals that can influence public policy. Fora do Eixo vocalizes this >> moment of a new generation without fear of dialogue. >> >> 6. As I understand it, Fora do Eixo is now much more than just a >> musician's movement. What else does it do besides music festivals, and >> besides culture? >> >> The answer to this question lies in understanding culture in its >> anthropological aspect. >> Historically, from the twentieth century on two trends have shaped the >> form of viewing the production and management culture. >> >> On one side is an Anglo Saxon vision that sees the artist as the center >> of creation, and that founded and defends conservative visions of copyright >> and compensation. Their type of mode of production conditions the imaginary >> of a reduced vision of art, accessible only to a few and special creators, >> supposedly meriting an income that configures them as socially successful >> and that gives them an on-going position that upholds the cult of the >> author who in theory is revered by a public that consumes its creatioin. >> >> On the other side we have a more Latin American perspective that sees >> culture not as a set of artistic languages but rather as behavior and as >> a set of systematized social technologies that make possible the invention >> of new forms and lifestyles. >> >> It was in this sense that Fora do Eixo developed as a network: Stemming >> from music, and connecting initiatives act in areas scattered throughout >> Brazil. Through organizing with the purpose to carry out activities and >> cultural projects we mobilized a network and created new cognitive >> environments, that is to say, all at once enjoyment and learning platforms >> that enable the empowerment of citizens who quickly learn possibilities to >> optimize costs and dispute means of production. It is what enables the >> autonomy and emancipation from the logic of wages, where you want to earn >> money to consume free time. >> >> Besides being about music, culture, solidarity economy or independent >> communication, FDE is a availability network. As noted in the answer to the >> previous question , we created a common environment where direct >> participants , once freed the capital / labor ratio , gain a multitude of >> possibilities for involvement. In this sense , we usually say that it is >> possible to do everything from the FDE . If you have any specific interest >> , for example, in UFO research , you can use the territorialized points , >> applications and tools developed by network , to build bridges and >> establish a project that seeks to connect people interested in the same >> subject , and in that way develop a working collaborative on “UfO-ology”. >> Of course, for this you will have to employ your ability to construct and >> articulate , but the network is not closed to any possibility of action by >> its individuals . >> >> I think that's why a network that began working with music has unfolded >> in so many different fronts in a short time. Of course, this radical labor >> option ends up outlining a progressive territory and the major aggregate >> themes (Culture, Environment, Communication, Human Rights) tend to be >> oriented to the left of political debate since seeking to live collectively >> is the desire of those don’t view the liberal project or the capitalist >> system as a solution for a fair and righteous life on the planet. To make a >> difference, it’s necessary to have a disposition for change, to be able to >> leave one’s comfort zone, and for this reason conservatism hardly finds >> room to proliferate in an environment that seeks to constantly bring about >> change, both personal as well as social. >> >> 7. I hear Fora do Eixo have a university and are thinking of opening >> schools as well. How are these different from what exists? >> >> Understanding the Free University of Fora do Eixo and our educational >> prospects depends on understanding the whole history of our constitution. >> We came from a re-organization of the Brazilian cultural sector, and the >> issue of training has always been a major pillar of debate and is seen as a >> necessity. The logic of turning difficulties into opportunities has been >> the reference for the creation of our University, as well as for all of our >> applications. Due to the lack of training processes in the cultural area in >> Brazil, the debate around free training through experiences such as those >> of collectives, gained strength and deepened a discussion with various >> actors, both cultural producers and academics, who began seeing the >> existing potential in the systematic and methodological organization of all >> existing processes of free education and training in Brazilian culture. >> >> Faced with this opportunity comes the University , which quickly connects >> to various experiences in Brazil, Latin America and beyond, including >> winning the international seal of the Ministry of Culture of Cape Verde in >> Africa , now officially accepting the training through the University of >> the Free Culture . Undoubtedly , a new logic that inverts the relationship >> between knowledge and practice is now somehow able to justify the >> differentiation between our training process and those that are already in >> place. This empirical logic extends the spectrum of training , it dissolves >> the hierarchical structures of the educational model , and instead >> recognizes in affective nature involved in this process. The individual >> transfer of knowledge, and the extreme focus on competition between >> individuals (Tests, Class Rooms, Awards ) is replaced by an organic logic >> of learning through doing/living collectively. Here is the critical point >> to differentiate our university or our school , from the existing hegemonic >> model of education, since we can not fail to point out that there are also >> several innovative experiences in this field around the world , but >> unfortunately they are exceptions to the rule of education for the market. >> >> This is evident if we talk about the debate over a new school . Similarly >> , as for the University , the need was to find ways to consolidate training >> in the cultural field , recognizing the wealth of existing procedures, for >> the School , which is at issue is the involvement of new generations in the >> broader anthropological process of the network. Within a network of youth, >> it is only natural that children should be born within the network, and >> that these will be raised within our collective and in our group homes … >> this is something that we have had to face. Once again it is creating >> opportunities out of need. In this sense , the search for dialogue with >> other fronts and movements that discusses new educational methodologies is >> organic and necessary , and the theme is now taking shape within a new >> front that we call Gurizada FDE (FDE Kids) . The solutions are presented >> based on the needs that arise within the development process of the network >> itself . Our values and collective practices are the basis for all >> actions and thus , new structures need to be created to cope with these new >> challenges . It's a world being created to handle the challenge of social >> change in the twenty-first century . For its development , rather than >> presenting a revolutionary methodology that is "ready-made” what we seek is >> to join as many heads and hearts to live the construction of a new >> experience , and thus find solutions to the challenges . Thus do we create, >> and thus are we formed .... >> >> 8. What is the economic model of the Fora do Eixo? >> >> Our whole economic model is based on the idea of a Collaborative Economy >> that is gaining wegiht in Brazil and Latin America through multiple >> experiments. Beyond the discussion of a "universal basic income" within the >> horizon of the new struggles of the cognitive precariat , we highlight the >> experiences of complementary currencies or social currencies and the idea >> of the solidarity economy and cooperatives. Among other forms of >> empowerment and autonomy of the collectives and of the invention of new >> worlds. >> >> It is within this universe of social technologies where we locate the >> experience of the "Collective Bank". In practice there 2000 young people >> from all over Brazil in the inner cities and / or capital that revert their >> time and life for a common project with a Collective Bank that pays food, >> clothing and housing without individual salaries, but with the autonomy to >> withdraw money from the Bank according to the needs of each individual. >> >> It's a platform of sustainability that allowed many people to abandon >> their precarious or "slave jobs" in traditional media, in commercial >> production companies, advertising agencies, or any Fordist-style of >> employment. In this new reality, the individual has to invent their own >> profession. They have their life and time released, produced from another >> distinct and community logic. >> >> It about the production of new worlds. The experience of producing with >> your basics ensured changes logic of cultural management. In our network, >> it's "returned" to us the time that capital, the state and “normalcy” have >> stolen and which exist when we have to 'sell' our skills, communication and >> affection for "dead work". >> >> The economic experience of FDE points to a radicalization of the sharing >> model: >> A summary of the Collective Bank is in the act of each participant >> bringing all of their resources, tangible and intangible, and making them >> available for collective decisions. Dedication, encouragement, >> coordination, mobilization, expertise, patience, agility, cash, card, >> check, name, cell, clothes, goods, products, contacts, plans, work, >> conflicts and dreams under the full management of each individual, are seen >> as resources for the Collective Bank. All of these should be placed "in the >> pot" to be used in a shared manner, and as the driving force to sustain any >> elementary step decided by the group. >> >> It is this radical williningness and the free time and autonomy invested >> in the common which is the genesis of revolutions of cognitive precariat. >> Anyone who has "lost" all or who has relinquished the “normalcy” of family, >> a secure salary, or a university degree to invest her/his entire life in a >> collective project, can do anything. >> >> New challenges appear in this radical model of group and common sharing >> (security, management difficulties, horizontal relationships), but having >> free time (collectively paid), not having to "sell" your time for food, >> clothing and shelter is having a minimum basis of sustainable living (not >> to be confused with 'voluntary work’, nor is it a minimum 'income' or a >> minimum ‘wage’. This is about another economy and collective social >> contract on the horizon for the invention of new worlds. In our case, the >> Collective Bank is the basis for a new 'collaborative economy'.... >> >> In the last 7 years, we have moved a minimum amount in Reais to keep the >> activities of hundreds of collectives going, and to carry out thousands of >> cultural activities. In disqualifying the complementary currency created by >> Off-Axis, which enables cultural producers to exchange services and >> undertake projects with minimal resources, is an affront to the solidarity >> economy model, which in Brazil alone has more than 100 currencies in full >> operation. FDE’s actions in creating circuits for independent music, >> audiovisual production, and other forms of cultural production confront an >> industry that overprices its services, and in this sense we are obviously >> open and vulnerable to questions that try to de-legitimize us, both for >> tinkering with entrenched economic interests, as well as promoting a shift >> in values and concepts for the understanding of our way of life. >> >> 9. What is the internal governance model? >> >> Each collective basically organizes itself from a Group we call the >> durable core. These are the people who live in the collective houses and >> according to the Collective Bank. These members are distributed across >> multidisciplinary teams in Communication (Photo, Video, Audiovisual, >> Design, Network Management, etc.), event production, project design, >> accountability and resource management, policy coordination, and cultural >> residence (maintenance of homes). >> >> In each city, and always across integrated online platforms and face to >> face meetings, these groups work with collaboraters, artists, producers, >> journalists and activists from other movements, in the actions that the >> network develops and participates in. >> >> In practice the decisive space is the everyday, in constant flux, and >> from which each member builds their legitimacy to offer their opinion about >> the process. >> >> In the day to day, the collective bank is sustained through the >> production of values and through open cooperation, that is to say, all of >> those who partake in the network have access to the distributed capital (in >> cash or services). Our dynamic does not necessarily generate products that >> seek an exchange value for the market, but rather strengthen processes that >> can be used to broaden the very community of users. >> >> The distribution of resources is guided by a principle of universality, >> we established a joint ownership, which is distributed evenly among peers >> of the network. Someone who has been involved with FDE for ten years will, >> inside the house, have the same conditions as a resident who has just >> arrived. This is totally different from the logic of private property and >> even public or state ownership. >> >> The mediation or administration of this process happens through >> transparent and open meetings, broadcast on the Internet and in public >> proceedings. Within these, all who are involved in the network, and even >> observers, are welome to particiapte. The transparency and the deliberative >> mix of this environment and training yields a completely different dynamic >> than the existing environments that work in corporate hierarchies or that >> have the market as their objective. >> >> The awareness and practice of developing narratives, makes our >> communication logic an organic platform of governance. Our content is >> produced by alternative systems of information and communication that allow >> communication between autonomous agents that cooperate with the network. >> The outlets of this production are the Web platforms that enable the >> production, dissemination, and 'consumption' of written material, just as >> podcasting and webcasting create an alternative infrastructure for >> information and multimedia communication without the interference or the >> intermediary of the classic means of communication. >> >> I also think it’s important to briefly comment on how the network deals >> with the concept of " Leadership " , a theme that has been ardently raised >> within the current crisis of representation and the search for more >> horizontal processes . First , horizontality in our understanding is an >> end, a horizon for social relations . Given this horizon , we must have the >> clarity that we face enormous political challenges to overcome, not only >> within the hierarchical structure placed by our institutions , but mainly >> in cultural and human components involved in the processes of social >> transformation . In this sense , we do not deny nor debate the existence of >> Leadership , and recognize the role leadership plays in the political and >> social process . In a political process determined by economic power, the >> attack on behalf of the leaders of an uncompromising defense of >> horizontalism as a "means " to make political attack is also a possibility >> that the popular sectors to build viable alternatives to the process of >> policy impact and achievements social . >> >> However , by maintaining that horizontality as an end and a horizon, we >> can not simply legitimize hierarchical processes without seeking to build >> consistent and generous internal dynamics , and to enable the full >> inclusion of all individuals. So we try to understand the leadership not >> from an index of merticrocacy, charisma, sanguiness or any element other >> than every individual’s capacity for action and interaction with the group >> and its dynamics . It is in action, in living the values and principles >> of the network on a day to day basis that which will define an organic >> notion of leadership . The quest to break the sphere of economic oppression >> , not defining ownership and socializing the results of everyone’s work , >> is in our understanding a fundamental principle. In this sense , the >> concept of leadership has an important place for us because what we seek is >> to build a process able to release the full power of each individual, a >> fundamental element in the consolidation of leaders. >> >> Furthermore, by building a network architecture completely distributed, >> based on local creative arrangements, while simultaneously connected, we >> have created a process of distributed influence and power that seeks to >> constrain the centralization of powers. There are thousands and thousands >> of decisions being made daily, distributed and in constant flux, which >> enables each individual person a protagonism in the processes that are >> involved in. >> >> However, the most essential element to the notion of leadership for us is >> the understanding that it can not be dissociated from the notion of "Base". >> As important as leadership is whether to make yourself available and >> support others. You can't exclude in an political action an understanding >> of its cultural component, and the ability of the individual to trust and >> generously be willing to think and act for others is fundamental in the >> combat against the evils of verticality and the abuse of power in the >> political field, but mainly so that we can fight against the individualism >> that numbs people to the existece of social injustice. >> >> >> Estructural Organization >> >> >> <modo_org_estrtural.jpg> >> >> Political Organization >> <modo de organização politico .jpg> >> >> >> >> 10. What is the role of the Casas, i.e. the physical community houses? >> >> The houses are permanent Autonomous Zones, workplaces and simultaneous >> dwellings that brings together multiple characteristics in the same space. >> >> Distributed throughout the country, the homes occupy a role of regional >> coordination, in addition to being responsible for the production processes >> of actions and articulation with local partners in each city in which they >> are located. On the day to day, each house serves as the resident house for >> the staff, it is the production base for the fronts of the network, and a >> cultural and multimedia center, as well as being a flowing space of hosting >> people who are not part of the network but that rely on the accommodating >> space. >> >> The multi disciplinary dynamic and the constant flow of activities makes >> each house act in synergy with the simulacrum of the social movement of >> cultures, bringing together functions of the University Campus, the >> Collective Bank, the Party Directory and core-making narratives. >> >> Within this architecture the houses are in constant contact via online >> tools and also always promoting exchanges and meetings between its >> residents. Interestingly, as places where people live with full >> availability and dedication, the houses act as accelerators of flows and >> action, making the experience of the passage of time in these spaces very >> intense. One day seems like a week that looks like a month that looks like >> a year. >> >> 11. I heard that every contribution to the Fora is accounted for, >> recognized, and paid through some alternative currency. But I also heard >> that people in the casas have free access to the official currency, >> according to how they define their own needs? >> >> This currency is the Fora do Eixo Card and the word that describes it is >> not “alternative”, but rather “complementary”. >> >> The mathematics that governs its operation is very simple, it is nothing >> more than visualizing the resources obtained from the systematization of >> partnership, or the available workforce for the construction of common >> projects. >> >> The methodology and systemized worksheets make explicit the exchanges >> between agents and organizations involved, enhancing through services the >> budget available for the carrying out of projects and collaborations that >> would have been difficult in the past.. And we have to remember that in >> this case we are not talking about something new. The exchange between >> services, the famous barter, is an ancient practice and underpins the >> development of economic relations in society. In this sense, the proposed >> creation of complementary currencies for the mediation of economic >> relations in a sector of scarcity of resourses, such as the culture >> environment, is a very effective tool for building local creative >> arrangements, based on the stimulation of exchange and collaboration >> between cultural agents. This tool, which carries a subversive component to >> enhance not only the tangible exchange in a capitalist society, is already >> part of the reality of the cultural groups that always exchange and >> collaborate among themselves, but it was often seen as a voluntary act. The >> creation of money as a means to systematize this process, is also in this >> sense, in addition to being a practice that facilitates production, is a >> pedagogical artifice that allows the productive agents to recognize the >> economic component of their activity, often seen as a hobby or volunteer >> service, thereby beginning to to understand the importance of building >> collective and collaborative solutions in our lives. >> >> >> However, the term " complementary" is appropriate, because even with the >> systematization and organization of these trading systems, is very >> difficult in our society to completely abandon the relationship with the >> real world and its commitments. The radicalization of self-management >> processes are part of our horizon, but we have to also work to the current >> economic system, and its many commitments , including those related to >> public tariffs, such as water and electricity, and basic services such as >> rent , telephone and internet , not to mention power supply and >> transportation, all of which are paid with cash. In this case, each >> collective and its agents seek ways to survive and generate income for >> itself and to fill its own Collective Bank, based on its own projects, and >> often times an occupation of the market itself . In this sense , the same >> way we see the need to build interface with the state, it is also important >> to dispute the means of production so that the collective can develop >> strategies to maintain and expand its activities . >> >> What distinguishes the collective and the houses off-axis from the other >> organizations in this regard is how we treat the issue of capital, labor >> and access to resources. For this, we developed the concept of the >> “Collective Found" as a way to socialize and ensure adequate living >> conditions and to free the potential of individuals. All funds managed by >> collectives are socialized and each agent derives from the collective cash >> their basic needs. >> >> Since the emergence of collective houses, the math got easier because >> when linking to a house, as a resident, the person shall be guaranteed the >> basic conditions for survival, no longer needing to worry about that. From >> there, all of their availability and capicity is at the service of the >> collective process, responsible for the valuation and projection of her/his >> own uniqueness. The residents have no salary, and in the houses all >> activities are divided without the need for hierarchy or depreciation of >> one activity over another, and at the same time, there are no more owners >> and non-owners. >> >> The entire workforce is employed in activities and projects that are in >> accordance with the principles of the network. This creates a rupture in >> the differentiation between work and life, because the borders determined >> by a system that makes this separation based on the need to maintain its >> very own operation, cease to exist and another economic environment where >> profit and exploitation no longer make sense emerges. Amazingly, when this >> separation between captial/work, characteristic of the capitalist system >> model, is overthrown, what we see is a much greater engagement and >> productivity on the part of individuals who come to see their productive >> activity not a burden for their survival, but rather as the expression of >> their uniqueness, and more than that, the expression of their struggle for >> social transformation and construction of a project of society. >> >> By questioning money as the only component of economic exchange, valuing >> the intangible, and building a system of the collective management of >> resources, our intention is to develop a laboratory able to build >> self-managed micro-experiments, and in that way moving forward in the >> formulation of a new collective economy , a new economy of life, which may >> give birth to a new possible world. A statement that might be perceived as >> naive or pretentious, but that springs from a transparent way of living >> collectively, which makes it real and full of humanity. >> >> 12. How is the Fora do Eixo different from a traditional capitalist >> franchise system? How 'political' is the Fora do Eixo. How do you deal >> with the government and big corporations, and possible funding from these >> sources? >> >> The first basic difference is that we do not aim for profit, and this >> element alone already invariably locates us within the political left. Now >> this has to be analyzed from a more contemporary perspective, we are not >> working in a paradigm of income distribution, we are talking about time >> distribution. It is a matter of accelleration. >> >> The FDE house and the Collective Bank solved one of the main dilemmas of >> activism, which is availability. We have a lot of people very excited and >> passionate about the causes they believe in, which makes us work very fast >> and efficiently. What we do with this speed is that instead of acting as a >> self referent for our own projects we are all the time creating new >> interfaces for joint action, and distributing time and services with other >> movements, collectives and networks of people. >> >> With this potential, FDE has been decisive in detonating and >> participatory processes of mobilization and working as a laboratory and >> school of activism, mobilizing in the streets and across the networks and >> following complex political processes. >> >> We incidence, that is to say, we entered the scene in order to intervene >> and change the course. We are helping to build new forms of governance 2.0, >> using social networks and the streets. We function as social and cultural >> accelerators catalyzing actions that by their own collective building DNA >> created independent circuits of music, audiovisual production, and many >> other formats guided by economic logic that challenges the decadent, >> patrimonial and culturally conservative industry that is currently in place. >> >> We struggle for a new culture and practice of direct participation, >> governance and co-management. We dialogued with the state, which we >> understand as a social application that must be placed in the service of >> the Common. We have our causes, agendas and autonomy. We are not funded by >> any political party or group, but even when we participate in public grant >> competitions or we receive financial support from corporations, we have >> full political autonomy. >> >> We are part of a new economy, we live from our Colletiv Bank, which in >> turn raises funds from our own services (Event production, project design, >> log in photo, video and live broadcast, writing texts and so on). We >> transform the shortage into autonomy. >> >> We are not "authors" of works, nor do we assign individual names to our >> products, only collectively, we are the protagonists of a process and of a >> joint construction. We fight against copyright and all our services are >> free for partners. >> >> Even without a unified program, we have a clear political project: We >> struggle to democratize access to culture through a new regulatory >> framework for the sector, to include the interior of Brazil in the symbolic >> dispute of society, and create new ways of living and new relationships to >> work, moving towards a society characterized by less unequal, less >> prejudiced, more open to minorities and potential of differences. Defending >> nature, cultural diversity and human rights are central points of our >> network. >> >> >> I see the FDE network as a laboratory of political imagination that has >> not been seen for decades in Brazil. That is to say in practical terms FDE >> makes a difference wherever it goes through the constant search for a logic >> of relationship building guided by complementarity. >> >> >> Together with networks and partnering collectives, we work as a >> post-party, a collective that thinks about cities from the bottom up. In >> towns in the interior of Brazil this accelerated technology produces >> significant interventions in culture. For all these reasons, we consider >> ourselves extremely political and politicized. >> >> About the dispute for public grants (one of the ways to obtain financing >> in Brazil used by most organizations and cultural collectives), in our view >> that there is nothing wrong in participating in them. This is one of the >> most recurrent forms of financing cultural producers, networks and >> collectives. The attempt to criminalize this mechanism relies on fallacious >> arguments, conservative bias, attacking the construction of public policies >> and funding. >> >> At the same time, this criticism can not be detached from the historical >> perspective of consolidating public policy in our country. Until recently, >> not just cultural policies, but much of the public policy were made in >> palatial and cabinet agreements, made behind closed doors, where personal >> relationships were the main substrate for its implementation. We live in a >> patrimonial state, where the boundaries between public and private have >> always been closed to the underprivileged and open to the elite classes. >> >> Public policy built through the mechanism of public grants was a >> breakthrough in this direction, because it began to regulate the access of >> resources in a way that was more transparent and republican. It is in this >> historical context that we operate, and we compete, in full condition of >> equality with other Brazilian cultural agents, for public resource that >> help to carry out the development of our projects. >> >> All accounting of public funds used by FDE have been approved and are up >> to date. We have occasional delays with suppliers, miniscule amounts >> compared to the years of intense activity in the cultural scene throughout >> Brazil. Like all culture producers, we are stewards of debt, our currency >> is trust, without it there would be no credit. The public and private >> sectors do not meet the minimum needs of doing culture. Thus, there still >> exists in our relationship with the government a very strong component of >> resistance to an obsolete law that does not recognize the new working >> relationships. >> >> We create our own system to deal with all these gaps and lack of public >> policies for culture. This system includes festivals, circuits, currency >> and a unique way of life based on relations of exchange that are >> independent of large capital investments and which are essential for us to >> continue with our political autonomy. >> >> 13. Amongst the critiques I hear from some other movement activists in >> Brazil is that Fora do Eixo has a charismatic and hierarchical leadership, >> with a few leaders determining the actions of a group. Some people also >> feel that Fora do Eixo members are exclusively concerned with their own >> community i.e. that it suffers from some form of communitarian enclosure? >> >> This enclousure thing, or even Sect as we’ve been called, is very >> contradictory, and at times even ridiculous. What I understand is that most >> communities like ours close themselves off, just to not have to deal with >> the external review that is often fraught with value judgments and moral >> content. >> >> The central point is that the Off-Axis does exactly the opposite: We are >> radically transparent, we are exposing ourselves all the time, from the way >> we use social networks to the methodology of open code, having open >> meetings, live broadcasts, publishing spreadsheets and accounting all the >> time, and showing up to debate. >> >> The process of collective assessment has always been understood as an >> input and making self criticism is intrinsic feature to a process like this. >> >> Since the first collectives started to work in their cities, we have >> lived with the most diverse criticisms. The fact is that the kind of >> availability we generate and how we solve the challenge of time in activism >> and cultural management through the House and the Collective Bank is very >> innovative. >> >> These questions raised are also somewhat dated, and correspond to the >> opinion of people who lived in FDE houses or interacted with the network >> around 2011, in particular with the experience of the São Paulo house, >> which due to the fact of being in its initial and experimental phase, >> likely produced an environment of strong pressure. What is interesting is >> that the practice of self criticism as an organic process has corrected >> these aspects. For example, all 22 people who started 2013 living in the >> São Paulo house are still heavily involved in the network, but live in >> other spaces across the network. The management is now undertaken by an >> entirely new group while the space (the House) retains the same relevance >> as before. This is only possible in a very dynamic organization with >> capacity for a constant renewal of leadership. >> >> The extent to which this sum of practices translates into new political >> aesthetics has given rise to a very interesting phenomenon wherein the >> political right calls us leftist communists while the classical left points >> to us as the new capitalists of culture. Nowadays we have to look at the >> historical perspective of fundamental movements for the Brazilian culture >> such as the Week of Modern Art in 1922, or Tropicalia, both of which >> were also evaluated according to this duality. Therefore, when looking at >> these things, I think it’s safe to assume: Yup, we are on track. >> >> After all this talk about criticism, I think that if we had not created a >> network in a country of continental dimensions like Brazil , developed a >> system of complementary currencies that works in collective houses with >> collective banks, if this platform did not become the main protagonist in >> the construction of a new map of Brazilian music, if several new artists >> and events they had not emerged from the network , if we had not moved into >> Sao Paulo and provoked a series of interferences without belonging to the >> organic intellectuals of the city , if we had not engaged in the March for >> Freedom, worked hard on ousting then Cultural Minsister Ana de Holanda, >> articulated the first meeting between Marta Suplicy (de Holanda’s >> replacement) and the social movement of culture, if we had not done Love >> Exists in SP, if Haddad (the mayor of SP) had not mentioned the movement in >> his inaugural address and if we had not unleased Ninja Media being ready to >> cover the largest street demonstrations in recent Brazilian history,… if we >> had not done all of that, perhaps we might not be receiving any criticism . >> >> >> In our course we always seek to divert ourselves from a principled and >> amateur political stance, which is a major limitation of movements today. >> So as we were establishing ourselves in an ecosystem of networks and >> movements, some positions and groups that were allocated more on the left >> saw themselves as being overcome and overtaken in the ability to share and >> act with solidarity. Thus, what we perceive is that often, by detonating a >> crisis of leadership in sectors of the left that have trouble accelerating >> their agendas, eventually opt to project their own frustrations pointing to >> the defects of totally new experience and that is only eight years old. >> >> Since 2011, our ability to move collectively and en bloc has intesified, >> as has our strong potential for communication, commitment and availability >> for activism. This has placed us in a position to give support to and >> actively participate in marches and mobilizations with bikers, stoners, the >> student movement, movements struggling for land and housing, groups that >> combat homophobia, environmentalists and several other agendas and issues >> in joint work environments don’t characterize themselves without an >> extensive process of dialogue and interaction. >> >> In other words, a network doesn’t grow and becomes dynamic with this >> amount of potential and power if it’s not moved by a principle of autonomy >> and a very strong capacity for dialogue with all of its members and with >> people from outside the network. For the vast majority of people who >> generously observe, they soon see that this is manifested in daily advances >> and developments of all individuals who are part of the collective. >> >> We live in a time of great change. The “Journey of June” (of protest that >> happend in 2013) in Brazil aligned with various movements that run around >> the world today, and the recently experienced technological changes put us >> in the eye of the hurricane, this dramatic process of social change brought >> about by the digital. >> >> We are a unique laboratory of experience of digital networks in Brazil >> and perhaps unique in the world. We worked heavily in the last 10 years >> within the cultural circuit and at least 3 years we are in constant >> dialogue with various sectors of Brazilian society. We do all this in an >> open and transparent way that we understand as “Beta”, and we are constant >> process of updating. And to top it off we had a huge amount of visibility >> in recent days due to the success and the amount of questions that Ninja >> Media sparked. >> >> >> How movement strongly rooted in social networking, we also received the >> bonus and burden of everything that happens there. 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