I've added reference to Anishinaabe Council of Three Fires, which is a confederacy of tribes that was founded here in Michigan during the 6th century, will add more resources about it, details of governance structure, etc (was and is similar to Iriquois 5 nations) On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear friends, and Vasilis in particular,
see http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Peergovernance#For_Historical_Inspiration and in particular the historical experiences in democracy it leads to:
Athenian Democracy ; Foundations of Athenian Democracy Iroquois Confederacy European Medieval Democracy Viking Democracy Pirate Governance Paris Commune
I would really love to make this a collective research and study project for the P2P Foundation ..
This would involve making a bibliography, finding where the material can be found online, and then organizing some process to read and discuss together, eventually with the aim of publishing a book. We could take one year to brush up on the history; another year to study actual peergovernance and contemporary proposals (6 months each);
I feel that finding a renewal of democracy is really one of the crucial issues of our time.
However, I'd like someone to take the lead on this .. Vasilis, I was particularly thinking about you ...
Michel
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