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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Dear all,<br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>I am sharing two open calls about a workshop and a conference that will be taking place in <a href="https://www.travelstyle.gr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tzoumerka-800x600.jpg" target="_blank">Tzoumerka, Epirus</a> in May 2020.<br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>The mountainous Epirus</span></span></span><span> is</span><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>
a previously unspoiled region in Greece that is gearing up for engaging
in fossil fuel extraction. Epirus is home to several Natura areas.
However, it is also part of a baffling nation-wide search for oil
deposits across multiple aquatic and forest ecosystems. The shady
proceedings endorsed by all governments of the past years have
understandably outraged local communities across the country, which see
not only their livelihoods threatened but the well-being of future
generations.</span></span></span><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><br>So, the<b> </b></span></span></span>
aim of the workshop is to confront oil drilling activities in Epirus by
manufacturing small-scale renewables based on digital commons with
local communities. The workshop is titled "Transforming Energy Systems
in the Commons Era" and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>for the open call see </span></span><a href="http://www.p2plab.gr/en/archives/1873" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>.</span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>The second open call</span></span><span> concerns the annual </span><i><span>ephemera</span></i><span> conference that will also be taking place in Tzoumerka. </span><i><span>ephemera</span></i><span> is an independent open access journal which has been active for almost
two decades with extensive dedicated readership. This year's conference
is an attempt to connect with communities, initiatives and activists
working on social change and focus on empirical research working towards
postcapitalist imaginaries. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>For more details see</span></span><span> </span><a href="http://www.ephemerajournal.org/events/materialities-and-socialities-postcapitalism-commons-peer-peer-sharing-and-solidarity" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a><span>. </span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span> Please consider joining us and share the calls accordingly!<br></span></span></font></div><div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font></div></div></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>All the best,</span><span><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Vasilis</span><font color="#888888"><span><br></span></font></span></font></div>
</div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><font size="2">Vasilis Kostakis<br><br></font></span></div><div><span><font size="2">Professor of P2P Governance, TalTech<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Faculty Associate, Harvard University</span><span><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Founder, P2P Lab</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>