[JoPP-Public] Yochai Benkler talk from Barcelona - 25 Feb: Can we gain an economy, politics and society of the commons?

Mayo Fuster Morell mayo.fuster at eui.eu
Fri Feb 20 02:04:19 CET 2015


(ENGLISH, CATALAN, SPANISH VERSIONS)

Yochai Benkler from Barcelona: Can we gain an economy, politics and society of the commons?

Emerging model of producation, political innovation and the geopolitics of Internet from the Spanish context of change of era

Idea of the Commons and the Future of Capitalism. The political importance of CBPP and its very strong continued relevance.


#Commons #p2pvalue

(Streaming and Spanish translation will be provided though this page http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php)

Talk by Yochai Benkler @CCCB Feb 25 18:30-20:30

Presented by Mayo Fuster Morell

Moderator: Joan Subirats

Row 0: Floren Cabello (Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>), Nuria Alabao (La Hidra<http://lahidra.net/>), Lorena Fuster (Tramod UB: Trajectories of modernity<http://www.ub.edu/tramod/>), Liliana Arroyo (Eticas<http://www.eticasconsulting.com/>), Anna Monjo (ICARIA Editorial<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/>), Josep Lladós Masllorens (Director IN3<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/jlladosm/EN/curriculum/index.html>),  Ismael Peña-López (UOC), Rubén Martínez and Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc<http://www.igopnet.cc>), Samer Hassan (P2Pvalue<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>), Leandro Navarro (CONFINE<http://confine-project.eu/> and Pangea.org<https://pangea.org/>),  David Laniado (Dcent), Eduard Aibar (UOC<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/eaibar/EN/curriculum/index.html>), David Gomez (Amical Wikmedia<https://www.wikimedia.cat/>), Javier Creus (Pentagrowth<http://ideasforchange.com/en/>), Ignasi Alcalde (OKFN Spain<http://okfn.es/>), Guillermo Rojo (XES<http://www.xes.cat> - Solidarian Economy Network), Maria Garcia Perulero (Goteo<http://goteo.org>), Juanlu Sanchez (eldiario.es<http://www.eldiario.es/>), Quim Guitart (communia.org<http://communia.org>), Peter Matjasic (Open Society Foundations<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/>), Leda Guidi (Iperbole<http://www.comune.bologna.it/> - civic network and digital agenda of Bologna City Council), Valentina Bazzarin, Alejandro Perez and Jordi Bonet (Podem Cat), Sir Jaron Rowan (BAU<http://www.demasiadosuperavit.net/?page_id=7>), Francisco Jurado (Democracia 4.0<http://demo4punto0.net/>), Tomas Diez (BCN Fab Lab<http://www.fablabbcn.org/>), Sol Polo (FAD / Design Beats<http://designbeats.net/>), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons<http://es.creativecommons.org/blog/>), Arnau Monterde (Tecnopolítica<http://tecnopolitica.net> de l'IN3), among others.

Madrid streammed connection: Marcos Garcia (Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun (Media Lab Prado), Victor Sampedro (Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/>).

Conference on occasion of the publication of the work in Spanish  "The Wealth of Networks" (published  in Spanish by Icaria Editorial<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1>).

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◾ When? 25 February 2015 From 18:30 to 20:30 talk. The event will continue in a networking meet up.

◾ Where?

Barcelona:

CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona

Classroom 1 (Limited capacity)

Afterword (20:30 onward) there will be a networking meet up at CCCBar.

Madrid: There will be an streaming of the event organized by Media Lab Prado <http://medialab-prado.es> (Plaza de las Letras. Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid). Participants in Madrid will be able to send questions for the debate.

Online: Streaming will be provided from this same website: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php

Expanded debate on Identica/Twitter: #Commons

◾ Organization: Organized by IGOP.net.cc, P2Pvalue.eu European projec<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>t, CCCB Lab<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>.

Collaboration: Ed. Icaria<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1>, Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun and Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/> (Media Lab Prado), Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>, Communia <http://www.communia.org/>

Support: Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation<http://okfn.es/>, Open Society Foundation  Initiative for Europe <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-society-initiative-europe>

◾ Resources on Benkler work:

Benkler's website <http://benkler.org>

Review of Benkler's work in occasion of the publication of "La Riqueza de las reded" by Mayo Fuster Morell English<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Castellano<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/es/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> -  Catala <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>

Index of "La riqueza de las redes" (Spanish version of The wealth of networks), and introduction by Floren Cabello and Andoni Alonso, and foreword by Mayo Fuster Morell <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/pdf_libros/La%20riqueza%20de%20las%20redes.pdf> (Castellano)

Yochai Benkler is a professor at theFaculty of Law and co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He is the author of the book - recently published by Icaria in Spanish - "The Wealth of Networks" benchmark studies Internet and society. His work examines the ways in which information technologies allow extensive forms of collaboration can have transformative consequences for the economy and society

The research Benkler is developed in three areas connected. On the one hand, "peer production based on the common good" as collaborative initiatives of free software that Wikipedia is becoming the emerging production model and reference. On the other hand, introduced the concept of public space network, and analyzes to what extent is the process of transforming public policy and political mobilization. Finally, an expert on Internet policy and architecture to new technologies. Through these lines of work explores the hypothesis of the emergence of a third organizational model commons, which would break the pairing state - market, and would favor greater centrality and empowerment of civil society as an agent.



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