[JoPP-Public] News and Issues

Wed Nov 19 12:14:36 CET 2014

Hi Paz, all

Thanks for your suggestion. My 2.5 cents: my understanding of the journal is that anything that relates to the commons / peer production, understood as a social relation, mode of production, etc where people control what they do, is relevant. Now, one of our stated themes of interest is industry/ecology, and sustainability could certainly be related to that. At the same time the issue you raise - exploitation of resources, toxicity of e-waste - goes far beyond our control, to the heart of the industrial/capitalist system. This issue has been reported on - though not enough - by organisations such as the Basel Action Group. That is important but we would also need to figure out whether people somewhere are extracting their own resources to build stuff/electronics in a safe and sustainable way, in order not just to focus on the negative, but also to highlight alternatives. I am planning to propose an issue on the limits of self-governance, so not ready to take on additional work, but if others want to I would support them.

cheers,

Mathieu

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Subject: Re: [JoPP-Public] News and Issues

Great! Thank you very much!

What about the markets of raw materials and electronic components used in projects of open source hardware?. There is a big gap in this area, usually they only show the final product. Is it interesting enough for a new number?

Regards,
pz

2014-11-18 10:55 GMT-06:00 maxigas <maxigas at anargeek.net<mailto:maxigas at anargeek.net>>:
From: Paz Sastre <pz.sastre at gmail.com<mailto:pz.sastre at gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: [JoPP-Public] News and Issues
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:02:23 -0600

> Hi Mathieu,
>
> I don't know exactly what should I do to propose a new topic for the journal,
> but after reading your mail I would like to send you an idea: a new number
> about money, that is to say, about alternative currencies, crytocurrencies,
> digital currencies... and the communities that grow around them. I am very
> interested in this topic and although Geert Lovink and the Institute of
> Network Cultures are working on it, I think is worthy enough to deserve more
> different approaches and researches.

Your wish has been granted. The issue Shared Machine Shops was #4: Value and
Currency. It is still quite fresh and up-to-date with developments and contains
some super articles. You can read them here:

http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-4-value-and-currency/

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