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Fw: Fw: Info
by Natalie Golovin 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Mark: You and your compatriots on P2P view the world from revisionism. Go ahead and keep looking through your microscope-provided by your "teachers." Or take the time and read some very old documented evidence available at a library near you= but you may need to stay there awhile on microfiche. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Janssen Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 4:39 PM To: P2P Foundation mailing list Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Fw: Info On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Natalie Golovin <10natalie(a)cox.net> wrote: > The European Tribes treated the Natives no worse than they treated each > other. Whoa. You should really stop talking. You have NO idea what you're talking about. How about forced acculturation, not allowing them to speak their own language (which hold the record of their own history), confined them under threat of violent force into reservations, among other things. But, really, that's probably not even the worst of it -- the worst of it is that for reasons they couldn't ever understand is why you were doing all of these cruel things when they were willing to share it it all with you. Why, when they handed out their hand to be friends, you chopped it off. Remember, they're the ones who gave us Thanksgiving which is still "celebrated" in this nation today. Read the reports made of making first contact with the Native peoples here. You really should read up before propagating the attitudes of conquest. Sorry.... marcos _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation

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Fwd: [bgcon] SILENT WORKS – BG's 2020 annual project
by Michel Bauwens 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Krystian Woznicki <kw(a)berlinergazette.de> Date: Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 4:09 PM Subject: [bgcon] SILENT WORKS – BG's 2020 annual project To: <digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de> Hi, What Is the Hidden Human Labor In AI-Driven Capitalism? Looking for answers, the SILENT WORKS project launches an intervention encompassing an exhibition, a conference, and a text series. The Berliner Gazette's 2020 annual project will be launched with a transmediale-talk taking place on January 31, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at Roter Salon, Volksbühne Berlin. Speakers include the filmmaker/media artist Benjamin Heisenberg and philosopher Janina Loh. For more info on SILENT WORKS visit this website: https://silentworks.info And please read the introductory essay in English on Mediapart: https://blogs.mediapart.fr/krystian-woznicki/blog/270120/silent-works-what-… or in German on Berliner Gazette: https://berlinergazette.de/silent-works-verborgene-arbeit-im-ki-kapitalismu… Stay tuned, Krystian (for the BG team) -- -------------------------------------------------------------- BG – Berliner Gazette | since 1999 | http://berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- SILENT WORKS – The Hidden Human Labor in AI-Driven Capitalism BG Project 2020: Exhibition, Conference + Text Series https://silent-works.berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- MORE WORLD – How Can We Cooperate Across Borders to Tackle Climate Change? Results from BG’s 20th Anniversary Event: Videos, Audios, Projects + Texts https://more-world.berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de mailing list %(list_address)s https://ml-cgn05.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/digi-yards_berlinergazette.… -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Re: [P2P-F] Very important trend for cosmo-local production
by Michel Bauwens 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

wow, what synchronicity, I am very enthusiastic indeed about their vision, which you have yourself beautifully formulated! here a copy of their emails mentioned in the report, if you connect with them, thanks for mentioning my interest for getting in touch as well, see here for the emails: - Lorenza Victoria Salati <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Lorenza_Victoria_Salati> holds a masters degree in Political Sciences (with focus on economic history and visual anthropology) and a specialisation at the School of Cinema and New Media of Milan. She has developed methods derived using visual anthropology as a support to the self-perception of individuals as change makers. Lorenza was formerly a documentary ﬁlmmaker and explored agricultural and ethnic issues in Africa (Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Senegal). Since then she has been considering the new communication needs that have arisen from the opportunities oﬀered by the Web 3.0. She has also investigated new forms of expression and innovative methods of storytelling. She has made many documentaries and is the co-author of several books. Lorenza is the co-founder of the Italian ﬁrm Osun WES and is the co-owner of a German based company specialising in technological tools to support collaborative projects. She is one of the founders and vice-president of R84 Multifactory Mantova." Email: lorenza(a)osunwes.eu - Giulio Focardi <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Giulio_Focardi> holds a masters degree in Economic History and his main topics of professional and research interest are in the ﬁelds of Community Economy, Collaborative Economy and Social Economy. He promotes urban regeneration through the creation of value chains by developing local projects involving micro-enterprises, artisans, artists and cultural managers. He has worked as a consultant, mostly in the HR, strategic development, and multidimensional planning. He has developed various mathematical models of social systems and is the co-author of several books. His working method starts from the systemic analysis of situations, developing intervention models through a trace-back process, starting from the phenomena to reaching to the causes. Since 2009 he has been interested in researching organisational models that contribute to guaranteeing artists economic sustainability and, at the same time, freedom to research and experiment. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Osun WES, a consulting ﬁrm specialising in developing companies as collaborative systems, and is one of the founders and president of the board of R84Association in Mantova." Email: giulio(a)osunwes.eu On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 3:37 PM Evi Swinnen <evi(a)timelab.org> wrote: > Dear all > > I read the book this week. > It is very interesting. Very practical also, what I like. A lot of the > places they mention I visited or at least know what they do. Their movie is > also very well made and finally something else than talking about shared > machines and fablabs but about people, diversity, new economy and > innovation. > Their vision is resembling one of our conclusions going through different > iterations of the school of commons development. More specific on the > definition of resources in commons. > One of the conclusions we came up during our last sprint on commoning arts > with the group of artists/activists was that we misinterpret resources as > fixed and scarce. (that this is a market perspective). That the true > resources are emerging from relationships and interaction and that building > resources means, maintaining and caring. The researchers of multifactory > state that exactly that is the difference between community economy and > shared economy. That insight I can support from our practice and > experience. It will be incorporated in the school of commons module on > 'resources' . > I'm seriously thinking to build our Schuur as a multifactory or at least > get a lot of inspiration from the research in Italy. > > Thank you Michel for bringing it into my eyesight. > Trying to get in touch with the writers, so if you can help? > > All the best > Evi > > Op do 23 jan. 2020 09:05 schreef jose ramos <actionforesight(a)gmail.com>: > >> looks great Michel >> >> will have a look >> >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 6:48 PM Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> >>> *Very important, 'this is it' in terms of (one of the important) forms >>> taken by cosmo-local production; this report counts 120 initiatives in >>> Europe alone,* >>> >>> >>> *summarized at * >>> https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Economy >>> >>> >>> *Michel* >>> >>> >>> ** Article: The rise of community economy : from coworking spaces to the >>> multifactory model. By Lorenza Victoria Salati, Giulio Focardi. - >>> Sarajevo : Udruženje Akcija, 2018.* >>> >>> URL = >>> https://www.academia.edu/41043179/THE_RISE_OF_COMMUNITY_ECONOMY_From_Cowork… >>> >>> "We want to understand and to show this new idea of workplaces: local, >>> fast, easy, versatile, sustainable under a social and environmental point >>> of view. ... The result of this research is the Multifactory Model, a model >>> of intervention designed to be a guide for all those who want to create, >>> from scratch, a shared workspace based on concepts of collaboration, mutual >>> aid, social innovation, sustainability, and the free ﬂow of knowledge" >>> >>> >>> Contents [hide >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> ] >>> >>> - 1 The Context >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 2 Description >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 3 The Questionnaire >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 4 Contents >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 5 Excerpts >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 5.1 The Multifactory Model >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 5.2 The Invisible Factory >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 5.3 Community Economy >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 6 Case Study >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 6.1 R84 Multifactory Mantova >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 7 More information >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 7.1 Bibliography >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 7.2 Video >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> - 7.3 Author Bios >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> >>> >>> The Context[edit >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Multifactory_Models_for_the_…> >>> ] >>> >>> By Lorenza Victoria Salati and Giulio Focardi: >>> >>> "We reject the distracting pessimism of those who see a grey future >>> subjugated to global and sprawling multinationals, but also of those who >>> uncritically superimpose the concept of “enterprise”on the stereotyped >>> image of seventeenth-century steelworks and consider every entrepreneur as >>> a ruthless and predatory subject. The reality is very diﬀerent and is made >>> up of innovative and environmentally friendly business models, and new >>> sustainable companies led by a new social class that perceives itself as a >>> driving force for social change and takes up the traits of crafts-people, >>> artists, professionals and entrepreneurs, hybridizing and adapting them to >>> the times. These pioneers of a new way of doing business are among us and >>> successfully lead companies and projects based on concepts of community, >>> social inclusion, professional exchange,mutual help, and responsibility >>> towards the community.How did we come to these conclusions? By exploring, >>> touching, and traveling to discover innovative projects. Between 2012 and >>> 2018 we visited over 120 diﬀerent workspaces, travelling across 20 >>> countries and three continents in search of successful models, inspirations >>> and experiences.We made traveling the core of our research, adopting an >>> ethnographic approach and using many theoretical tools from visual >>> anthropology and participatory anthropology. To some places we went only >>> once, to others we went back regularly. At some we stayed half a day, at >>> others for months at a time. >>> >>> *The result of this research is the Multifactory Model, a model of >>> intervention designed to be a guide for all those who want to create, from >>> scratch, a shared workspace based on concepts of collaboration, mutual aid, >>> social innovation, sustainability, and the free ﬂow of knowledge*. >>> >>> >>> ... >>> >>> Since 2014 we have begun proposing the Multifactory Model to both >>> institutions and to private individuals as a tool for urban regeneration >>> and as a means of generating local job opportunities. Some of the resulting >>> negotiations have come to an end,while others are still ongoing. Between >>> 2014 and 2016 we spent several months working at FreiLand, Potsdam, to >>> continue reﬁning the model. In the meantime we have visited many other >>> spaces across Europe and we have begun to lay the foundations of the >>> Multifactory Network and for the development of the ‘Invisible Factory’, a >>> project designed to scale the Multifactory Model. The Multifactory Network >>> is a project aimed at fostering and enabling direct collaborations between >>> members of workspaces in diﬀerent countries. The Multifactory Network aims >>> to re-move obstacles in terms of design, sustainability and work-life >>> balance that usually makes it diﬃcult for artists, >>> craftspeople,professionals and small economic players to travel and develo >>> international projects. The idea of the Invisible Factory ﬁrst came to us >>> at MAGE in 2013. Currently our focus is to consolidate a transnational >>> structure of companies, artists and professionals linked by stable >>> relationships that is able to imagine, design, develop and produce complex >>> products and services, utilising horizontal coordination between small >>> local producers. Our research continues on other bases to the current day, >>> our aim being the implementation of the Multifactory Network and reﬁning >>> the development of the Invisible Factory. Between 2012 and 2018 we visited >>> a total of 120 spaces of all kinds in Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the >>> UK, the Czech Republic,Slovenia, Poland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Greece, >>> Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, the United States and Ecuador. " >>> >>> >>> Description[edit >>> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Multifactory_Models_for_the_…> >>> ] >>> >>> This book is an examination of a collaborative production space in >>> Milan, called Mage, and a quest to find similar places abroad: >>> >>> "MAGE in Sesto San Giovanni (Milan), also known in Italy as the “Town of >>> Factories”. MAGE is an industrial building of 1700 square meters, formerly >>> used as warehouses. At MAGE now you can ﬁnd 17 small companies and/or >>> associations: crafts makers, sewers, dressmakers, two bag factories, a >>> bikefactory, laser cutting, 3D printing, photographers, architects, >>> jewellers, ﬁlmmakers, and artists. We produce goods, ideas and culture >>> since 2010. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> What emerged from the interviews was that our interviewees viewed MAGE >>> as more than just a collaborative space. It was areal organisational >>> structure based on exchange, mutuality and sharing. To some extent, it >>> seemed as if these diﬀerent artists,companies and craftspeople, working >>> horizontally together,were part of a single, large “invisible factory”, in >>> which everyone could represent a company function.Perhaps MAGE was a unique >>> experience, an anomaly, a particular combination of factors that had led to >>> that result. Or perhaps, if that structure had taken place, there were >>> reasons linked to a more general change and it was the expression of >>> asocial change, related to people who began to have other values and other >>> priorities than in the past.In any case, if it had been possible to >>> identify the basic mechanisms underlying the relationships between the >>> diﬀerent components of the system, to understand which ones were functional >>> with respect to an increase in the overall level of competences, it might >>> have been possible to identify solutions to make these mechanisms >>> reproducible, so as to deﬁne a model that could be exported. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> FROM ROME WE TRAVELLED TO POLLINO, FROM POLLINO TO NAPLES,FROM NAPLES TO >>> SALERNO, FROM SALERNO WE JOURNEYED TO EBOLI, AND FINALLY, AFTER MANY HARD >>> MILES, WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION, LAURIA. Here, we would get to know the >>> farmers who were participating in the Micro Supply Chain project. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> To continue with the work, we decided to follow a double path. On one >>> side, we decided to propose the same interviews to a group of farmers from >>> the South of Italy, in Basilicata, who were all part of a project meant to >>> create a local supply chain, to see what the answers would be in a totally >>> diﬀerent place from Milan. From diﬀerent people, in a diﬀerent context, we >>> expected that we would receive diﬀerent answers.On the other hand, we >>> decided to look for a space outside Italy. That period was economically >>> very diﬃcult in Italy, so we speculated it might only be the lack of money >>> that was pushing people to get together and then, once they had started to >>> earn enough money again, all these experiences would be doomed to disappear. >>> >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> After Pollino, we anticipate results in London. We needed to understand >>> if, in a land of social experimentation, we would ﬁnd something similar to >>> what we had observed to date in Italy. Our departure was scheduled for >>> February 27th 2013. We had the ticket, but not destination. Yet! Our >>> journey into the world of shared workspaces has only just begun: we needed >>> to focus ourresearch and we decided to concentrate on spaces that had the >>> three characteristics that we considered important:First of all, they >>> should be places where something concrete is being produced: objects, >>> prototypes, small scale production. They could also be somewhere to >>> accommodate ‘workers of the intangible’, those who might only need a desk >>> and a computer,but a productive element would be mandatory. Then, they >>> should be places characterised by broad heterogeneity; young and old, >>> artists and craftspeople, start-ups and established companies, traditional >>> craftspeople and 3D printers,architects and cyclists, local companies and >>> companies with aglobal outlook.Finally, they should be community projects. >>> We are not prescriptive about which governance structure would be >>> acceptable. Be it privately owned, perhaps with an established management >>> structure or typically anarchic, our only concern is that the bodies or >>> individuals using the space should be an active part of the space’s >>> governance. The ethos of ‘from below’or ‘grassroots’is non negotiable. >>> >>> On 9 February we contacted Building BloQs, a new-born space in the >>> North-East suburbs of London" >>> >>> -- >>> P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> >>> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >>> >>> Discuss: >>> http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation >>> >>> Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >>> >>> Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: >>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Very important trend for cosmo-local production
by Michel Bauwens 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

<https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> *Very important, 'this is it' in terms of (one of the important) forms taken by cosmo-local production; this report counts 120 initiatives in Europe alone,* *summarized at * https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Economy *Michel* ** Article: The rise of community economy : from coworking spaces to the multifactory model. By Lorenza Victoria Salati, Giulio Focardi. - Sarajevo : Udruženje Akcija, 2018.* URL = https://www.academia.edu/41043179/THE_RISE_OF_COMMUNITY_ECONOMY_From_Cowork… "We want to understand and to show this new idea of workplaces: local, fast, easy, versatile, sustainable under a social and environmental point of view. ... The result of this research is the Multifactory Model, a model of intervention designed to be a guide for all those who want to create, from scratch, a shared workspace based on concepts of collaboration, mutual aid, social innovation, sustainability, and the free ﬂow of knowledge" Contents [hide <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> ] - 1 The Context <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 2 Description <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 3 The Questionnaire <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 4 Contents <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 5 Excerpts <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 5.1 The Multifactory Model <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 5.2 The Invisible Factory <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 5.3 Community Economy <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 6 Case Study <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 6.1 R84 Multifactory Mantova <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 7 More information <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 7.1 Bibliography <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 7.2 Video <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> - 7.3 Author Bios <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Multifactory_Models_for_the_Community_Econom…> The Context[edit <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Multifactory_Models_for_the_…> ] By Lorenza Victoria Salati and Giulio Focardi: "We reject the distracting pessimism of those who see a grey future subjugated to global and sprawling multinationals, but also of those who uncritically superimpose the concept of “enterprise”on the stereotyped image of seventeenth-century steelworks and consider every entrepreneur as a ruthless and predatory subject. The reality is very diﬀerent and is made up of innovative and environmentally friendly business models, and new sustainable companies led by a new social class that perceives itself as a driving force for social change and takes up the traits of crafts-people, artists, professionals and entrepreneurs, hybridizing and adapting them to the times. These pioneers of a new way of doing business are among us and successfully lead companies and projects based on concepts of community, social inclusion, professional exchange,mutual help, and responsibility towards the community.How did we come to these conclusions? By exploring, touching, and traveling to discover innovative projects. Between 2012 and 2018 we visited over 120 diﬀerent workspaces, travelling across 20 countries and three continents in search of successful models, inspirations and experiences.We made traveling the core of our research, adopting an ethnographic approach and using many theoretical tools from visual anthropology and participatory anthropology. To some places we went only once, to others we went back regularly. At some we stayed half a day, at others for months at a time. *The result of this research is the Multifactory Model, a model of intervention designed to be a guide for all those who want to create, from scratch, a shared workspace based on concepts of collaboration, mutual aid, social innovation, sustainability, and the free ﬂow of knowledge*. ... Since 2014 we have begun proposing the Multifactory Model to both institutions and to private individuals as a tool for urban regeneration and as a means of generating local job opportunities. Some of the resulting negotiations have come to an end,while others are still ongoing. Between 2014 and 2016 we spent several months working at FreiLand, Potsdam, to continue reﬁning the model. In the meantime we have visited many other spaces across Europe and we have begun to lay the foundations of the Multifactory Network and for the development of the ‘Invisible Factory’, a project designed to scale the Multifactory Model. The Multifactory Network is a project aimed at fostering and enabling direct collaborations between members of workspaces in diﬀerent countries. The Multifactory Network aims to re-move obstacles in terms of design, sustainability and work-life balance that usually makes it diﬃcult for artists, craftspeople,professionals and small economic players to travel and develo international projects. The idea of the Invisible Factory ﬁrst came to us at MAGE in 2013. Currently our focus is to consolidate a transnational structure of companies, artists and professionals linked by stable relationships that is able to imagine, design, develop and produce complex products and services, utilising horizontal coordination between small local producers. Our research continues on other bases to the current day, our aim being the implementation of the Multifactory Network and reﬁning the development of the Invisible Factory. Between 2012 and 2018 we visited a total of 120 spaces of all kinds in Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the UK, the Czech Republic,Slovenia, Poland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, the United States and Ecuador. " Description[edit <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Multifactory_Models_for_the_…> ] This book is an examination of a collaborative production space in Milan, called Mage, and a quest to find similar places abroad: "MAGE in Sesto San Giovanni (Milan), also known in Italy as the “Town of Factories”. MAGE is an industrial building of 1700 square meters, formerly used as warehouses. At MAGE now you can ﬁnd 17 small companies and/or associations: crafts makers, sewers, dressmakers, two bag factories, a bikefactory, laser cutting, 3D printing, photographers, architects, jewellers, ﬁlmmakers, and artists. We produce goods, ideas and culture since 2010. ... What emerged from the interviews was that our interviewees viewed MAGE as more than just a collaborative space. It was areal organisational structure based on exchange, mutuality and sharing. To some extent, it seemed as if these diﬀerent artists,companies and craftspeople, working horizontally together,were part of a single, large “invisible factory”, in which everyone could represent a company function.Perhaps MAGE was a unique experience, an anomaly, a particular combination of factors that had led to that result. Or perhaps, if that structure had taken place, there were reasons linked to a more general change and it was the expression of asocial change, related to people who began to have other values and other priorities than in the past.In any case, if it had been possible to identify the basic mechanisms underlying the relationships between the diﬀerent components of the system, to understand which ones were functional with respect to an increase in the overall level of competences, it might have been possible to identify solutions to make these mechanisms reproducible, so as to deﬁne a model that could be exported. ... FROM ROME WE TRAVELLED TO POLLINO, FROM POLLINO TO NAPLES,FROM NAPLES TO SALERNO, FROM SALERNO WE JOURNEYED TO EBOLI, AND FINALLY, AFTER MANY HARD MILES, WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION, LAURIA. Here, we would get to know the farmers who were participating in the Micro Supply Chain project. ... To continue with the work, we decided to follow a double path. On one side, we decided to propose the same interviews to a group of farmers from the South of Italy, in Basilicata, who were all part of a project meant to create a local supply chain, to see what the answers would be in a totally diﬀerent place from Milan. From diﬀerent people, in a diﬀerent context, we expected that we would receive diﬀerent answers.On the other hand, we decided to look for a space outside Italy. That period was economically very diﬃcult in Italy, so we speculated it might only be the lack of money that was pushing people to get together and then, once they had started to earn enough money again, all these experiences would be doomed to disappear. ... After Pollino, we anticipate results in London. We needed to understand if, in a land of social experimentation, we would ﬁnd something similar to what we had observed to date in Italy. Our departure was scheduled for February 27th 2013. We had the ticket, but not destination. Yet! Our journey into the world of shared workspaces has only just begun: we needed to focus ourresearch and we decided to concentrate on spaces that had the three characteristics that we considered important:First of all, they should be places where something concrete is being produced: objects, prototypes, small scale production. They could also be somewhere to accommodate ‘workers of the intangible’, those who might only need a desk and a computer,but a productive element would be mandatory. Then, they should be places characterised by broad heterogeneity; young and old, artists and craftspeople, start-ups and established companies, traditional craftspeople and 3D printers,architects and cyclists, local companies and companies with aglobal outlook.Finally, they should be community projects. We are not prescriptive about which governance structure would be acceptable. Be it privately owned, perhaps with an established management structure or typically anarchic, our only concern is that the bodies or individuals using the space should be an active part of the space’s governance. The ethos of ‘from below’or ‘grassroots’is non negotiable. On 9 February we contacted Building BloQs, a new-born space in the North-East suburbs of London" -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Communicative Socialism/Digital Socialism, ed. C. Fuchs
by Christian Fuchs 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Fuchs, Christian, ed. 2020. Communicative Socialism/Digital Socialism. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 18 (1): 1-285. https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/issue/view/41 The 15 contributions comprising this special issue analyse and theorise communicative socialism and the communication of socialism in the digital age. Table of Contents: Christian Fuchs: Communicative Socialism/Digital Socialism, pp. 1-31 Christopher C. Barnes: Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative Strategies, pp. 32-47 Dimitris Boucas: Theory, Reality, and Possibilities for a Digital/Communicative Socialist Society, pp. 48-66 Christopher M. Cox: Rising With the Robots: Towards a Human-Machine Autonomy for Digital Socialism, pp. 67-83 Emiliana De Blasio, Michele Sorice: Spaces of Struggle: So Nick Dyer-Witheford: Left Populism and Platform Capitalism, pp. 116-131cialism and Neoliberalism With a Human Face Among Digital Parties and Online Movements in Europe, pp. 84-100 Donatella Della Ratta: Digital Socialism Beyond the Digital Social: Confronting Communicative Capitalism with Ethics of Care, pp. 101-115 Sai Englert, Jamie Woodcock, Callum Cant: Digital Workerism: Technology, Platforms, and the Circulation of Workers’ Struggles, pp. 132-145 Christian Fuchs: The Utopian Internet, Computing, Communication, and Concrete Utopias: Reading William Morris, Peter Kropotkin, Ursula K. Le Guin, and P.M. in the Light of Digital Socialism, pp. 146-186 Hardy Hanappi: A Global Revolutionary Class Will Ride the Tiger of Alienation, pp. 187-203 Dmitry Kuznetsov, Milan Ismangil: YouTube as Praxis? On BreadTube and the Digital Propagation of Socialist Thought, pp. 204-218 Eleonora de Magalhães Carvalho, Afonso Albuquerque, Marcelo Alves Santos Júnior: Brazilian Blogosfera Progressista: Digital Vanguards in Dark Times, pp. 219-235 Joan Pedro-Carañana: Towards a Marxist Theory of Mediation: Contributions from Ibero-America to the Study of Digital Communication, pp. 236-253 Jamie Ranger: Slow Down! Digital Deceleration Towards A Socialist Social Media, pp. 254-267 S. Harikrishnan: Communicating Communism: Social Spaces and the Creation of a “Progressive” Public Sphere in Kerala, India, pp. 268-285

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Fwd: EXTENSION of DEADLINE of the CFP for a special issue of APCE on COMMONS until FEBRUARY 10, 2020
by Michel Bauwens 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ciriec - Christine Dussart <christine.dussart(a)uliege.be> Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:38 PM Subject: TR: EXTENSION of DEADLINE of the CFP for a special issue of APCE on COMMONS until FEBRUARY 10, 2020 To: [image: cid:[email protected]][image: cid:[email protected]] Dear Colleagues We are pleased to inform that the Call for Papers for a special issue of our international journal on the theme « The contribution of the Commons to open and shared access to productive ressources and essential goods and services » is open until FEBRUARY 10, 2020. Please do not hesitate to submit if these topics coincide with your current fields of interest/work. We would also be grateful if you could help us to disseminate this CFP among your circles. Sincerely Christine Dussart, Editorial assistant *Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics* <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8292> *CIRIEC **www.ciriec.ulg.ac.be* <http://www.ciriec.ulg.ac.be/> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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: Radical Pessimism plus Utopian Action Plan
by Michel Bauwens 12 Jan '20

12 Jan '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Daniel Pinchbeck <daniel(a)pinchbeck.io> Date: Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 9:44 PM Subject: Radical Pessimism plus Utopian Action Plan To: <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> What do we do now? What do we do now? Radical Pessimism Plus Utopian Action Plan In my new book, *2012 Revisited*, I try to face our situation honestly. To do this, I had to reconsider many of the esoteric ideas I wrote about in *2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl* <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…>(2006) These included ideas from Terence McKenna, Jose Arguelles, Graham Hancock, and so on. Back then, I fully acknowledged the threat of ecological catastrophe. Yet I hoped humanity would rally to embrace indigenous design principles. I thought we would see a global movement to prevent the worst outcomes and launch an antidote to hyper-consumerism. I held out hopes for the tech community — a younger echelon of wealth holders who made their fortunes connecting the world via virtual networks. Some of them explore their consciousness through ayahuasca and so on. I thought they might use their genius to re-organize society around a regenerative model. Instead, most of them embraced the Singularity ideology of Ray Kurzweil, along with self-serving Libertarian or Neoliberal political views. When I wrote *2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl* <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…>, I was already concerned about the evangelical desire to accelerate Apocalypse. Now things are far worse. It turns out a huge contingent of self-righteous maniacs believe that Trump was sent by God to accelerate the "end of the world." As Newsweek reports <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…>, "Evangelical Christians overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump because they believe he'll cause the world to end." That is a tough position to reason with. I still hold out faint hopes for a psychic transmutation that might change the world in some fundamental, quantum-leap kind of a way. For the documentary *2012: Time for Change* <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…>, we interviewed visionaries like the late Barbara Marx Hubbard who promoted "conscious evolution" and psychic researcher Dean Radin, who instigated the Global Consciousness Project at Princeton University. However in *2012 Revisited*, I also take seriously the counter-proposal of Julius Evola, who thought we are simply descending deeper into Kali Yuga, the dark age ending with total destruction. He sees this as an inevitable cylical process which all authentic esoteric traditions recognized. There will be a "Golden Age" again — but outside of historical time as we currently experience it. Evola is a complex figure who has been picked up by the Far Right, but that doesn't make him wrong. In my new book, I consider what happens to us if we think human extinction is possible, or even probable, soon. Once past the stages of bargaining and despair, it can be strangely liberating. It still leaves us with the question of how to use our time and resources now. Tenderness, gentleness, and love are probably great ideas. Also, perhaps the over-arching menace can inspire us to seek "enlightenment" or "realization" or "liberation," as the esoteric traditions define it, in an accelerated and disciplined way. That seems worth a shot in any case. Given the severity of the situation, we may as well explore the mystery of consciousness and existence to its ultimate depths. Of course I am still on board to be part of any legitimate, last-minute effort to "save the world." I have many plans, theories, and strategies ready for marshaling a counter-movement to transform our current system and salvage our planet from the destructive forces of imperialism, Capitalism, neo-Fascism, Fundamentalism, etcetera. My 2017 book, *How Soon Is Now <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…>*, put together an action plan. The Regenerative Societies Wiki <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…> offers a systemic approach. Here is one example of a potentially world-saving idea: As Newsweek notes: "Jerusalem has a central role as the city of prophecy and the place where the end of times plays out. According to the prophecy, a 1,000-year period of peace must be followed by seven years of tribulation, during which wars, disease, and natural disasters will lay waste to the earth. In the book of Revelation, Israel is described as a nation that exists during the time of tribulation, and Jerusalem's Jewish temple is resurrected during this period. The last temple was destroyed around 70 A.D, and today there is a mosque on the Temple Mount where the previous two temples are believed to have stood. Evangelicals believe that a unified Israel with control over Jerusalem will facilitate the construction of a new Jewish temple, and set the groundwork for the end of times." We could satisfy the prophecies and rebuild the Temple on the Mount in a peaceful way, by projecting a hologram of the Temple of Solomon on the current mosque, rather than having violent conflict around it. Perhaps I will propose some other ideas in future newsletters, in case anyone is listening. Get the new book <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…> The Occult Control System Are "aliens" interfering with us and perhaps manipulating our timelines?This short book considers ETs and UFOs from an occult and metaphysical viewpoint. Buy it here <https://danielpinchbeck.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca3862889fa9a480…> When Plants Dream This book is an overview of ayahuasca, considering all aspects of this amazing visionary medicine. I wrote it with Sophia Rokhlin, an anthropologist. 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Fwd: The Year in Platform Cooperatives
by Michel Bauwens 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Platform Cooperativism Consortium at The New School < info(a)platform.coop> Date: Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 1:09 AM Subject: The Year in Platform Cooperatives To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> A newsletter about the Cooperative Digital Economy [image: Cooperatives, Digitally: A Newsletter by the Platform Cooperativism Consortium] *January 06, 2020* *by Trebor Scholz* *The Year in Platform Cooperatives* With this Year in Review, we inaugurate a periodic newsletter updating you on the cooperative digital economy. We’ll share practical and theoretical insights situated in their political contexts -- from research papers, news articles, and podcasts, to emerging projects, events, and job opportunities. This has been a significant year for the cooperative digital economy. In this age of pessimism, we need bold near-term alternatives such as digital cooperatives that build a more democratic future with shared prosperity. Newcomers to this community might not know much about *“platform cooperatives <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>.”* They are businesses that use a website, mobile app, or protocol to sell goods or services. Platform co-ops rely on democratic decision-making and shared ownership of the platform by workers and users. The newsletter is published by the *Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC) <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>* at The New School in NYC. We are a hub that helps you research, start, grow, or convert to platform co-ops. The PCC works with hundreds of platform co-op businesses with tens of thousands of worker-owners around the world. Whether you are reading this in the Bay Area (US), Kerala (India), Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Catalonia (Spain), or elsewhere, write us with news and updates in your language at: *info(a)platform.coop <info(a)platform.coop>* All the best for the year ahead, Trebor Scholz & the PCC *Ecosystem Updates * Start.coop launched its inaugural cohort <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> of cooperatives in 2019 and is now accepting applications for its 2020 crew. Check out their work and consider applying <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ! Several new platform co-ops emerged in the past several months. Explore more about their work below: - SignCo.io <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> in the UK offers health interpreting services for Deaf people - Beceer <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> in Indonesia is a co-operative vegetable delivery service - FoodFairies <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> in Berlin offers cooperative food-delivery services - Kolymar-2 <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> is a new food delivery service also in Berlin - Mensakas <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> is a unionized platform co-op of delivery and messaging workers in Barcelona Also check out this blog on at KU Leuven <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> focused on the platform economy. Learn more about the YouTubers Union <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>, which gets support from Europe’s biggest industrial Union, IG Metall. Don’t miss Leo Sammallahti’s tweets on co-op facts at Co-op Exchange <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . At least two events deserve your attention, too. In October 2019 at Utrecht University, NL, Damion Bunders convened a "Young Scholars Workshop on Platformcoops ‘Governing the platform: Self-help, mutual aid, and cooperativism <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> " Smart, in partnership with Saw-B and Febecoop, convened "Platform COOP Brussels <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ," supported by the Brussels-Capital Region. Beyond these events, Ampled, an ethical web platform for music artists became a cooperative. Read more <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . New School professor and opera composer Stefania de Kenessey composed an anthem for the platform cooperativism movement. Listen to it here <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . Write to us with your new projects to be featured in our next newsletter! info(a)platform.coop *Updates from the PCC* In 2019, we launched the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy at The New School with an inaugural cohort of Research Fellows. Read about our Institute <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> and watch highlights from our April 2019 launch event <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>. Learn more about the research topics <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> of our Fellows. Their full-length reports will be published on our website in spring 2020. In addition to Research Fellows, we also formed a Council of Advisors <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> to guide our work. *Who Owns the World? PCC Conference* In November 2019, the PCC brought together 150 speakers from 30 countries, with more than 700 participants and thousands of viewers of the livestream! The event was supported by the PCC Circle of Cooperators, Open Society Foundations, and the Ford Foundation. You can find photo documentation and video archive of the event on our conference site <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>. We added links to the video documentation in the program <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>. You can also download most slideshows and presentations by clicking on the hyperlink to the File Swap folder within each session <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>. You can also watch a series of short video interviews with 39 participants here <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . You can also relive <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> our Friday night keynote conversation between Wilma Liebman and Anand Giridharadas. This really was our most extraordinary gathering, with video contributions from NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives, J. Phillip Thompson <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . Senator Gillibrand noted: “I was proud that my Main Street Employee Ownership Act was passed into law last year. It reforms the Small Business Administration to help retiring business owners transfer ownership to workers, consumers, and farmers. That includes co-ops, which have for too long struggled to access this very important federal assistance. I want to extend my gratitude to the Platform Cooperativism Consortium and the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy at The New School for all their efforts and pulling together today's event, and then leading the research that is driving new innovation in the cooperative sector.” *The Platform Co-op Development Kit* The Platform Co-op Development Kit continues to evolve and move forward as a collaboration with the Inclusive Design Research Centre. The Kit is supported by a grant from Google.org. The work ahead focuses on building an online resource library hosted on our revamped platform.coop <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> website, and developing first iterations of share infrastructure for platform co-ops. Check out the project’s Fluid Project Wiki page <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> online to read up on what’s next! And consider getting involved with our mapping project, to survey the global movement of digital co-ops! Reach out to Travis Higgins, Survey Project Lead, for how to take our short survey by writing to him at: platformcoop(a)newschool.edu. And check out the richly detailed blog post <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> from the coopathon we hosted on mapping, facilitated by Danny Spitzberg. Community Hangouts from this past year included talks with Namya Mahajan on the SEWA Model, Greg Brodsky and Stephen Gill on Financing Platform Co-ops, Jack Qiu and Gigi Lo on Platform Co-ops in Hong Kong, Jutta Treviranus and Colin Clark on the co-design approach for tech development, and several others! See highlights on our blog page <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . *PCC Out in the World* In 2019, additional meetings and travels by the PCC have bolstered platform co-ops globally. Meetings and collaborations from 2019 included: - A workshop at The New School with immigrant worker advocates <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . - Trebor Scholz met with the President of Sewa, Mirai Chatterjee, discussing future collaborations. Sewa Federation brings together some 300,000 working-class women in the informal economy in India. Sewa is also a union with 1.7 million members. - Interviews at the Brazil Congress of Cooperatives <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> in Brasilia, Brazil. - Trebor presented to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala, India. - A discussion of our research with Kerala’s Finance Minister Thomas Isaac. - Trebor met with the President of Japanese Trade Unions, Mr. Koga and with Prof. Mizukoshi at Tokyo University <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>, Akiko Taguchi, Director of the ILO in Japan, her colleagues, and Osamu Nakamo of Worker Co-ops Japan <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . - Trebor met with the leader of the Preston City Council Matthew Brown to integrate platform co-ops into the “Preston model” in the UK. - We continued exchanges with Dieter Janaschek, a Green Party member of the German Parliament and specifically, the Committee on the Digital Agenda. - In South Africa, Trebor met with leaders Omar Parker, of the National Union of Public Service & Allied Workers (NUPSAW); Myrtle Wittboi, General Secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union; Gloria Kente, of WC SADSAWU, and Professor Darcy Du Toit & his research team at University of Western Cape. *Ongoing Research on Platform Co-ops* The PCC has continued its on-going research projects exploring the potential for platform co-ops in India, funded through an Open Society Foundation grant, with additional explorations focused on the potential for platform co-ops in South Africa, Brazil. *Books* Writer Anand Giridharadas wrote about platform co-ops recently: “If it is so easy to build platforms these days … why couldn’t workers and customers create their own platforms? Scholz [has] embarked on a global adventure to locate and study various attempts to do just this. The idea lived already … Here was a rarity: a no-strings-attached idea for actually changing the world.” “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- Book by Anand Giridharadas Keith Spencer's recent book follows the history of people exploited by or made obsolete by the tech industry, from the colonization of the Bay Area to the present day. “A People’s History of Silicon Valley: How the Tech Industry Exploits Workers, Erodes Privacy and Undermines Democracy <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- Book by Keith A. Spencer *Articles & Blog Essays* The New York Times shockingly revealed that Big Tech “lost its way” in the past decade. Their report chronicles the growth of various tech companies and their effects on our elections, privacy, and health. "The Decade Tech Lost Its Way" <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> - The New York Times Ryan Hayes at Vice wrote this piece inspired by our Who Owns the World? conference. “Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy’s Exploitation” <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> -- Vice News Read Rafael A. F. Zanatta's reflections on the event in Portuguese here: "Nem todo Uber é capitalista - Outras Palavras <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> " -- Outras Palavras The Guardian recently reported that London’s transport regulator canceled Uber’s license, showing the need for a taxi app owned by drivers. "Uber’s London woes show the need for a taxi app owned by drivers" <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> -- The Guardian Our friends at Shareable published a piece showing us how the failures of Pacific Gas and Electric Company are spurring a movement toward electric cooperatives. “Power for the People: How PG&E’s failures are spurring a movement toward electric cooperatives” <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> -- Shareable Coop News’ Miles Hadfield <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> joined our conference in November. Here is his coverage of the 3-day event: “Fire the bosses: Platform co-ops set out their radical stall” <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> -- TheNews.coop After many years of hard work, the Fairbnb.coop website launched!! "Fairbnbcoop holiday rental website launches <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ." -- The Guardian Writing about apps-based drivers, legal scholar Hiba Hafiz explores the links between innovative unions, and worker co-ops. "How Drivers Can Beat Uber at Its Own Game <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>" --The New York Times Nathan Schneider and Sandeep Vaheesan demonstrate how workers and small businesses need to join forces against corporate power. “There’s More Than One Way to Fight a Monopoly <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- from The Atlantic As we are working with cooperatives in India, we are deeply concerned about our brothers and sisters in that country where Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies. "Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India" <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> -- The New Yorker Equally heartbreaking is the news from Hong Kong. The very campus where we convened our 2018 global conference was turned into a battleground between protesters and police. "How Universities Became the New Battlegrounds in the Hong Kong Protests" <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> -- The New York Times *Reports & Manifestos* PCC friend Francesca Bria, former CTO of Barcelona, published a widely celebrated report <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> about her work as Barcelona City Council Commissioner for Digital Technology and Innovation. Her report develops a vision for cities worldwide to adopt “ethical, open, and responsible innovation, moving towards technological sovereignty.” In Paris (France), Coop des Communs convened a "Forum of plateformes cooperatives. <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>" The group issued a declaration <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>. In Spain, Stacco Trancoso published the DisCO Manifesto <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>, a deep dive into the worlds of blockchain, commons, cooperatives, AI, feminism, and economics. Co-operatives UK and the Nesta Foundation published “Platform Co-operatives – Solving the Capital Conundrum.” <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> Authored by Simon Borkin, the report is a concise introduction to platform co-ops and the British Community Shares Model of capitalization. Platform co-ops struggle to attract much-needed funding but this report outlines pathways for solving the problem. *Papers* Anna Burnicka and Jan J. Zygmuntowski are exploring the potential of platform co-ops in Europe and specifically in Poland. They write that "The investment potential of platform cooperatives in Europe is significant, as can be seen from the estimation model. There is nearly €1.3 billion of financial resources that could be allocated to such entities annually. In Poland, this potential amounts to 47.7 million PLN." “#CoopTech: Platform Cooperativism as the Engine of Solidarity Growth” <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> -- from Instrat and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Marisol Sandoval explores the platform co-op movement, arguing that it is shaped “by tensions and contradictions between politics and enterprise, democracy and the market, commons and commercialisation, activism and entrepreneurship.” “Entrepreneurial Activism? Platform Cooperativism Between Subversion and Co-optation <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- from the Journal of Critical Sociology Massimiliano Nicoli and Luca Paltrinieri rethink ownership of the firm using “the philosophy of the commons.” “Platform Cooperativism: Some Notes on the Becoming “Common” of the Firm <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- from South Atlantic Quarterly An international group of researchers authored this paper bringing together researchers from different Human-Computer Interaction sub-communities to “identify future research directions in HCI around cooperativism and platforms.” “Cooperativism and Human-Computer Interaction <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- from the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems PCC friend Ricard Espelt studied numerous case studies in Barcelona to build a framework for assessing the pro-democratic qualities of platform economy initiatives, taking into account governance, economic models, technological and knowledge policies, and social responsibility and impact. “A Framework to Assess the Sustainability and the ProDemocratization of Platform Economy: The Case of Barcelona <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- from UNTFSSE Haifa-based researcher Yifat Solel recently wrote that “Platforms create opportunities to enhance users’ democratic involvement in different aspects of their economic and social life. The technology allows direct and long distant participation and thus can help develop — perhaps for the first time in such magnitude and scale — a democratic economy.” “If Uber were a Cooperative: A Democratically Biased Analysis of Platform Economy <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> ” -- from The Law & Ethics of Human Rights Ronja Puranen from the Aalto University School of Business compares the business models of platform cooperatives versus investor-owned sharing economy platforms. “Comparing the business models of platform cooperatives and investor-owned sharing economy platforms <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…>” -- from the Aalto University School of Business *Scholars, take note: *The Brazilian Conference on Digital Labor is making a call for papers. The deadline is February 3, 2020. More info here: https://digilabour.com.br/brazilian-conference-on-digital-labor/ <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> *What's Next in 2020?* *Global Conference in Berlin* Mark your calendar for our 2020 global platform co-op conference to be held in Berlin in November. An informal organizing committee is already taking shape -- do let us know if you would like to be involved! So far, several Berlin groups have taken the lead in putting together the conference, in collaboration with the Platform Cooperativism Consortium here in New York City. These Berlin-based groups are: - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> (Berlin Social Science Center) - Weizenbaum Institute <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> - Institute for Ecological Economy Research <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> *A Course on the Cooperative Digital Economy* In Spring 2020, Prof. Trebor Scholz will teach the first university course on Platform Cooperativism <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> at The New School. Guest speakers from across disciplines will join Prof. Scholz. Course materials will be eventually organized into an online course available on platform.coop <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> as part of the Platform Co-op Development Kit. Write to us if you’d like to form a local learning group. info(a)platform.coop *Writing for the PCC* Throughout 2020, we will be publishing short, public-facing articles on Public Seminar <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> focused on the themes of a democratic internet and the cooperative digital economy. Let us know if you are interested in contributing a short article, written for the general public on these issues. Public Seminar is a great venue to promote emerging ideas in support of platform cooperativism. *Summer Course in Italy* This July 2020, Trebor will teach at the Summer School in Global Studies and Critical Theory focused on “Theory, Technology and the Political Imagination” at The University of Bologna, Italy. Consider applying for participation <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . *Jobs at the PCC* We are building an online resource library of texts, books, articles, and other media that address issues in the cooperative digital economy. We need someone with experience and interest in archiving and libraries to help us catalog and organize resources. Please get in touch if you would like to work with us at the PCC for a few months on this project. *Support Our Work* The Platform Co-op Consortium is a grassroots organization, dependent on the contributions of individuals and organizations who believe in fighting for a democratic, cooperative Internet. Consider supporting our work by joining our Circle of Cooperators <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> . Your contributions make our work possible. Email us at info(a)platform.coop. Register <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> [image: Join the Discussion on Facebook] <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> [image: Twitter] <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> [image: Website] <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> Brought to you by <https://platform.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f638bbafd5bc768b7aa06be…> You are reading Co-ops Digitally, a periodic digest of news, events, opportunities, and analysis in the world of the cooperative digital economy brought to you by the Platform Cooperativism Consortium at The New School. The cooperative digital economy in one email. 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If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: ICAPE Conference Program, Final Version
by Michel Bauwens 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: r kanth <involutegandhian(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 11:16 AM Subject: ICAPE Conference Program, Final Version To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Geoff Schneider <gschnedr(a)bucknell.edu> Date: Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 6:48 PM Subject: ICAPE Conference Program, Final Version To: Geoff.Schneider(a)Bucknell.edu <Geoff.Schneider(a)bucknell.edu> Dear ICAPE conference participants, Attached, please find the final version of the ICAPE conference program, including room assignments. I look forward to seeing you in San Diego! Happy new year, Geoff Geoff Schneider <Geoff.Schneider(a)bucknell.edu> Presidential Professor and Co-Chair of Economics at Bucknell University Executive Director, ICAPE <http://www.icape.org/> Office: 128 Academic West Phone: 570-577-1666 Mailing Address: 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837 Microeconomic Principles and Problems (2019) <https://www.routledge.com/Microeconomic-Principles-and-Problems-A-Pluralist…> Evolution of Economic Ideas and Systems (2018) <https://www.routledge.com/The-Evolution-of-Economic-Ideas-and-Systems-A-Plu…> -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: EPOG+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree - Happy new year!
by Michel Bauwens 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: EPOG - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree <news(a)epog.eu> Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 1:39 AM Subject: EPOG+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree - Happy new year! To: <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> View in browser <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/4qOJQ0bKN2L-cyDQrnHFsywO7GP4CFWRvUuSP…> [image: Université de Technologie de Compiègne] <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/WCnp_E9qsO7NHMpJzRD4YZDG93xzxaT-Ewy…> *EPOG+ - Economic POlicies for the Global transition* Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree *Happy new year!* *The EPOG <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/mfFpkLQ43sH8Rtfwtq9uGdvlEnCA_N39KZL…> team wishes you a happy new year!* The year 2020 will be the year of the *first intake for the EPOG+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/-ZAQqIFE1caJASW0ET61bRSpGmmsR3e-fid…>*. The new period of funding by the European Commission, with *around 20 scholarships each year* will be a great chance to develop further the programme and create several partnerships in different countries of the world. Various projects are on the way and you will be informed in the next months about the work in progress! The year 2020 will also be the opportunity to *develop our cooperation with EPOG 2 <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/pir4fEImwuY8QfAs_iIT3P2jrSpd-9R6bC0…>* (an international Master's programme launched in 2018) with the aim of promoting pluralism in economics. This cooperation will start with a joint selection process (see reminder below). Both EPOG+ and EPOG 2 are renewed versions of the well-known EPOG (Economic POlicies in the age of Globalisation) Master's programme, created in 2013. *A summary of the differences between EPOG+ and EPOG 2 is available here <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/nb_yz-k12xw395s3Yls-lyv9zXCz6xpz-rA…>.* *Reminder - Call for applications* *Economic POlicies for the Global transition (EPOG+) <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/OpIRs5y05HLYc4a8Xax_QLA9rr5VSSx_Dib…>* is an *Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree* in economics, supported by the European Union. It offers a world-class integrated Master's programme *on the (digital, socioeconomic, ecological) transition processes* with a pluralist approach and interdisciplinary perspectives. The main objective of the programme is to give birth to a new generation of international experts, able to define and assess economic policies and evolve within different political, social and regional contexts. Towards this objective the EPOG+ Master’s programme goes beyond the reach of standard economic theory to include various heterodox/institutionnalist approaches. The full partners (degree awarding institutions) include *a wide set of prestigous institutions*: - University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), - Sorbonne University, - University of Paris, - University of Turin, - Berlin School of Economics and Law, - University of Roma 3, - Vienna University of Economics and Business, - University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). It also involves *more than 30 (academic and non-academic) associated partners in Europe and the world*. *Scholarships* The very best students from all over the world will be eligible for *scholarships awarded for 2 years* by the European Commission, based on our selection: - The *« Programme countries » scholarships* for students from Member States of the European Union (EU) as well as former Yugoslav, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey; - The *« Partner countries » scholarships* for students from all the other countries. More details here <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/R8oF390XIUWhMfDi4mcvZfwZDqPy6wux_4B…> . *When to apply?* *Application deadline: January 30, 2020 - 14:00 (Paris time).* Note that two recommendation letters are needed to apply and have to be provided by the deadline. The course will start in September 2020. *More information* www.epog.eu <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/EmbAL4qcqVRd9nyEQ2SUyTmIgtmIhbawzYb…> *The selection will be organised jointly with the EPOG 2.0 <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/4wNZubf87_85zP2OOEkmoMce5GUMtr0xtH4…> programme.* *APPLY* <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/D-b3t2LE0CxFl6fdfMFO91FtUXQ9-t29WPr…> *Save the date* *Friends of EPOG - LAUNCHING EVENT - PARIS* The “Friends of EPOG / Amis d’EPOG” is a non-profit organisation which aims to support the EPOG programme. It includes individuals and organisations from the academic and non-academic worlds. An event for launching the association will be organised in Paris at the *historical building of La Sorbonne on March 10, 2020 (from 18:00 to 22:00)*. Even though the number of places is limited, the alumni are particularly welcomed. Please save the date! *EPOG Master's conference - BERLIN* The 2020 EPOG Master's conference, gathering both EPOG+ and EPOG 2 partners, the EPOG 2 students, the EPOG alumni and invited speakers will be held *in Berlin on June 18-21* with a possible spillover on June 17 and/or 22 in order to organise visits and/or enjoy the "fête de la musique in Berlin"... The details have still to be set but already save the dates! *Policy brief - Call for proposals* The *Policy brief* <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/QVrGZ8LF3ePw0lMZAfPBtwhYHBMIGWekrIY…> series aims to enrich the public debate with reflections developed in the field of research and in the non-academic world. They are short (4 pages) and rigorous (an editorial board is in charge of reviewing the proposals). They benefit from a large dissemination (academic and non-academic worlds, including journalists, policy makers...). They are primarily written by *EPOG <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Q3pJ_EABKgVQLAuozwbrkbF4NK5Pb5e-lhU…> graduates* but may also be *"invited policy briefs" wittren by guests*. *All EPOG students and graduates are invited *to propose a "Policy brief" or suggest guests for "invited Policy briefs", by sending a message to proposal.policybriefs (at) epog.eu <proposal.policybriefs(a)epog.eu?subject=EPOG%20Policy%20brief%20proposal>. *List of the previous Policy briefs* <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/78NxYP7vhfjECTJqoHS8jFdulpoWCq6_Wfu…> *Policy brief #6* *The last PB was on Brexit. More topical than ever...* *No-Deal Brexit: Trick or Treat(y) Uncertainty and the Future of the UK Economy* by Louis Daumas (EPOG 2019) Despite the recently struck agreement between the UK and the EU, the prospect of a No-Deal Brexit remains tangible due to the demand for an unkempth postponement on the part of the British Parliament. Although the question of the consequences of such a shock has given birth to a lengthy literature, little attention has been paid to its financial aspects. This policy brief aims at clarifying the debate by tackling these considerations, while drawing some policy recommendations. *View the Policy brief* <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/FTTm2FRRJojsFaoLW8Kc5QUPkie-9Bdn71t…> *Call for papers - Workshop - International capital flows (OECD, Paris, April 22, 2020)* Alessandra Celani de Macedo (EPOG 2016) is sharing this call for proposal which may offer an interesting space for discussing topics related to: - Going beyond traditional statistics for mapping of capital flows; - The changing composition of flows: the shift away from banks to non-banks; - Surges, stops and “normals” for capital flows. The workshop is organised jointly by the Bank of England, the Banque de France, the IMF and the OECD. It will be held at the OECD headquarters in Paris on 22 April 2020. *Full papers should be sent* by February 1 2020 (email <internationalcapitalflows_workshop(a)oecd.org>). *Call for proposal* <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/gUg2Ra7lbE9uyYtxGPomMxHtlcggig5_iPA…> *EMA (Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association)* The EMA (Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association) <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/hzi0cu3KBjfC7wqMikQCDsg_TUsZozBF_md…> is a volunteer organization founded in 2006 by the initiative of the Directorate General for Culture and Education of the European Commission. EMA reaches out to over 14,000 students and alumni members from 170+ countries. EPOG+ will become a Member of the EMA and all the EPOG students and EPOG graduates who were part of the 2-year programme are invited to register (freely). *We are looking for an EPOG graduate who would accept to be a representative of the EPOG programme within the EMA*. If you are a volunteer, please let us know! *More details on EMA* <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/uvqNVkNvnYduWqpio-m4FrHEDwz8AebtmKJ…> *Postdoctoral position for 12 months* *Title*: *Analysis of productivity’s evolution and technological diffusion of digital manufacturing* *Postdoctoral position for 12 months *(with possibility of renewal for 2 more years depending on funding) within the RENIR project <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/mgWjgbO22Jok4K3B-U8gmzA9KsiicvD5CK-…> coordinated by Professor Aldo Geuna. <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/ickyvGe9UrwwtXaxhtqoatGPYnTijNN7lWj…> *Short description:* The Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis with the collaboration of the Collegio Carlo Alberto <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/VLhrWCjBG5Yj9d7vbAEeC1Vcp0IoXuECGuG…> is opening a 12 months postdoc position within the RENIR project. Depending on ongoing application for future funding, the position can be renewed for up to 2 more years. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Professor Aldo Geuna on the analysis of the impact of digital manufacturing on company productivity. Particular attention will be devoted to the analysis of technological diffusion and to the role of international, national and regional policies in supporting ongoing economic transformation. Candidates should have completed a Phd in economics, innovation studies, economic geography, political science, sociology (or being near to completion with a defence date set) and be fluent in English (Italian not required).For information: contact Professor Aldo Geuna <aldo.geuna(a)unito.it?subject=Post-doctoral%20position>.Interested applicants should send to Prof. Aldo Geuna a recent CV and a statement of Research Interest. *Les Festives de Sorbonne Université* Sorbonne University launches the festival called "Les Festives". The festival is an invitation for all audiences to meet the communities of the Sorbonne University Alliance and its partners in the 4EU+ European Alliance. For its first edition, the festival has chosen as its guiding principle: "Imagine the future". He proposes to explore the consequences of the multiple societal upheavals that we are currently experiencing and to imagine together the future. *More details* <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/zl6Pm6CTDn5heHbg5Axk_hRT67kSA_znkdR…> <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Kt_O5fLjFzJZSQpWGDL8wjbv_Ms34OLYrA9…> www.epog.eu <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/F8qSIowWqggTQxlZUBmfhgYm6DR98rH8jfO…> [image: Facebook] <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/xMPdOz34AFBicf1ApPn-IgGRnUa3FgTFY7h…> [image: Twitter] <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/X5xqsxUIV5aUfEaCx4PzFD_AIbBn5Mx-dTg…> [image: YouTube] <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/8G5lOnIF0bJWSDvYIcrKUyaf0NFLM7zpnIx…> This email was sent to michel(a)p2pfoundation.net You received this email because you are registered in the EPOG newsletter Update your subscription <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/up/BuFXiDwx5VnBJ0Dzj_t41tFqqDOuk_yh56Sx2…> | Unsubscribe <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/un/ORUxuu5kr0u2rW36OMAdGfyk0lhUONJek_8_l…> [image: SendinBlue] <http://4751f.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/jpoDeUwK6xA400AkmdAEkMAM-4VPhDdJu1B…> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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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