[P2P-F] P2P and Landscape of Change

Thu Dec 29 10:18:43 CET 2011

Dear Pam,

thank you so much for sharing, this is a fantastic and really necessary
initiative .. why not write it out for the p2p blog?

what you do there is what I have been callend 'personal p2p resilience',
based on the two motto's of the p2p foundation, 'together we know
everything, together we have everything'; we discussed teaching workshops
to show people what is available, but it is now on the backburner given the
necessity to re-orient towards paid private work

are you familiar with the 'new work' movement but especially with the,
http://p2pfoundation.net/Common_Security_Clubs, who are quite active in the
U.S. and ressemble quite a bit your ideas?

also perhaps related could be the mutmacherei project of my very good
austrian friend Ira, she's in cc,

Michel

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean at dadamac.net>wrote:

> (was Re: [P2P-F] 3 days to go ... important announcement on bauwens
> participation in mailing list and p2p curation)
>
> Thanks Michel
>
> I'll forward your email to Filipe and also send you his email address. I'm
> surprised you're getting negative feedback (I confess there is too much on
> P2P for me to read all of it, so I just dip in when titles catch my eye).
> I'd have expected strong positive feedback for you as it seems to me that
> P2P stuff is so much "of this time".
>
> *Your work and Landscape of Change*
>
> As well as your influence on my thinking, I'm enormously grateful to be
> able to refer to your clear explanations of various changes and trends as
> backup to the ideas I'm sharing in a project I'm calling Landscape of
> Change. I started work on it last year in response to a Panorama programme
> called "Finished at Fifity" - but although that was the catalyst the
> Landscape of Change project has much wider vision and relevance than a
> single target group of people over fifty who are looking for work.
>
> Landscape of Change is about reflecting on (and responding to) change as
> it is impacting on people's lives, making sense of those changes in the
> wider context, and then applying those insights in a practical way. From
> our changed perceptions and insights in the workshop group we look at an
> approach of "stronger together" - and what that means in practice. The
> ideas I'm sharing make a lot more sense - and carry more weight - if I can
> refer to background information such as your P2P work (including the recent
> talks).  Your work does a lot to give me more confidence - the way I see
> things is not just me being crazy.
> *
> Background to Landscape of Change*
>
> I started Landscape of Change because I was outraged by advice that was
> given in The Finished at Fifty programme to four people who had been made
> redundant and were trying to reposition themselves in the world of work. I
> thought they were being very wrongly advised (unhelpfully and potentially
> destructively), and so I decided to develop something more "realistic".
> (NB I do have credentials on the topic of being out of work and what it
> does to people.)
>
> As I see it, for some people (who are losing their jobs now or not able to
> get a first one), it is as if a tsunami has hit their "usual world of work"
> situation and they find themselves suddenly washed up on an island
> somewhere. These people get into "writing CVs mode" - they send off a
> succession of letters in bottles in the hope of reconnecting with their old
> "world of work" - not understanding the way that world more or less
> vanished in the waves that washed them to the island. However some of the
> other people washed up on the island take a different approach and decide
> to forget the old "world of work" place, explore the new land, and make
> what they can of it. How this story ends of course depends on who is on the
> island, what resources they can lay their hands on, and how well they
> collaborate. I want to encourage people to explore the new land rather than
> keep on putting letters in bottles. I get angry with "powers that be" who
> keep pushing people to try harder to make their way back to the traditional
> world of work as if no real deep changes are happening.
> *
> Landscape and overlaps
> *
>
>  Obviously I can't explain all the Landscape of Change details here. I
> just want you to know enough about it so it can be included in your P2P
> thinking as appropriate. It may even overlap in some way what you are
> planning do soon or in the future (I have no idea what that is). At the
> moment I'm in pre-launch mode. I've developed some materials for workshops,
> and tried them out with various people - although not with my real target
> groups yet. The basic workshop is designed to shift people from old ideas
> about work etc and get them to see some of the key patterns of change - so
> they are more ready to live with uncertainty. and react in new ways, in
> what you might describe as a P2P world - and what I describe with words
> like "collaboration".
>
> *Need for follow up
>
> *I decided that my preparations couldn't just stop at creating workshops
> - there needs to be something to follow on - and that could take a lot of
> time and effort to nurture properly. Having sowed the seeds related to new
> approaches and collaboration during the workshops - and knowing how
> important it is that people are not left in isolation looking for jobs that
> don't exist - I want make it easy for people to join "collaboration groups"
> after the workshops (or create their own new ones).  I've now got ideas for
> how these groups might develop and what they might do. Even if I can't
> offer local groups I need to at least offer some kind of online group for
> people to connect with - I'd like to offer more if I have some resources.
>
> *More about collaboration groups*
>
> Another reason I want people to be able to take part in collaboration
> groups is because others will benefit as a result of what the collaboration
> groups achieve. People who are not spending all their time as wage slaves
> are a great resource, and there is much to be done in building our shared
> future. We can't afford to waste people. However I want people to take part
> in collaboration groups because they want to. The last thing I'd want is
> for collaboration groups to become some kind of compulsory government
> scheme for anyone who is claiming any kind of unemployment benefit. I would
> want to avoid that kind of image and compulsion. (If necessary I'd rather
> promote a collaboration group model at the opposite extreme - quite elitist
> - something people might even try to join in during their spare time
> despite still having a traditional regular job.) These are purposeful
> collaboration groups.
>
> Obviously I don't want to impose any ideas, and it's best for people to
> come up with their own, but it's a kind of "safely blanket" feeling for me
> to know that if people did want some ideas - even if just as a starting
> point for discussion - I'd have something to hand. Also if there are not
> enough people at the end of a workshop to make a collaboration group happen
> without support then I need to have at least something to point people to.
>
> *First steps*
>
> The Dadamac meetup group that I started recently could now serve as a
> first contact point for anyone who's been to a workshop and wants to
> connect with some kind of collaboration group. The people in that group are
> mostly people who helped me with feedback on the workshop materials - so
> they are familiar with the Landscape of Change basics.
>
> Given there is at least that starting point for anyone who wants to
> connect with a collaboration group after a workshop I could start to run
> workshops properly in the New Year - and hope to get other people running
> them too.
>
> I'm not sure if I'll look for funding to help launch the Landscape of
> Change (workshops and collaboration groups). External resources could
> accelerate its uptake and development. Or maybe I'll just let it emerge.
> I've got various thoughts and am meeting with some of my collaborators on
> Friday to explore some options.
>
> *Rewards*
>
> The "rewards" for people investing time and effort in collaboration groups
> seem fairly obvious to me - but that's because I'm thinking from a P2P kind
> of viewpoint. I also look at many kinds of reward that people get, other
> than money, through being part of collaboration groups - build up of new
> networks of trust, evidence of collaboration with others, skill
> continuation and development, social and intellectual benefits, possibility
> of making things happen locally that you've not had the time or team to
> make happen previously, etc.
>
> This may be done while working on projects purely for social good and for
> no financial reward, or on projects that are being paid for at a commercial
> rate, or some kind of hybrid.
>
> Despite recognising all kinds of rewards and value benefits beside money
> it remains true that  we all do need to cover our material needs, and that
> is a challenge given the way things are at present. It's okay to look
> forward to how things may play out in a P2P world, but for now getting
> access to all we need for our material needs tends to require "a mix of new
> and traditional approaches" - which is one reason why I really appreciated
> the way you explained new approaches to work in London recently -
> especially the relationship with people/organisations who would be expected
> to contribute financially.
>
> *Sharing*
>
> As time goes by I hope to make all the Landscape of Change workshop
> resources available online for others to use (but ideally some benefit
> should come back if the resources are used commercially). I'd want to put
> up explanatory notes as well for people running workshops, not just give
> the diagrams that we have.
>
>  I'm not sure how it will work out, but I feel I need to share as much as
> I possibly can, and yet there are financiaI hurdles to overcome. Just
> creating the resources and setting up the meetup group has involved
> financial costs - and of course lots of time invested as well. I guess it
> is all part of the practical experiment of building the kind of
> collaborative future we believe in - as usual I'm learning by doing.
>
> *Progress reports*
>
> I don't know how much time I'll find to share how things are progressing -
> so if anyone is interested it might be a good idea to join the Dadamac
> meetup group - http://www.meetup.com/Dadamac/ - even if it is just to
> lurk there. That is where workshop follow-up collaboration groups news
> should gather as things start to happen.
>
> Pam
>
> On 28 December 2011 14:23, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>wrote:
>
>> thanks Pam, much appreciated ... I must say one of the additional
>> motivating factors was the negative feedback I have been receiving lately,
>> so it is always pleasant to get some kudo's as well. In any case, I have to
>> focus more for a while on making an income for the family.  I'm very
>> interested in learning about Felipe's experience!!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean at dadamac.net
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Michel
>>>
>>> Whatever you are doing in 2012 I wish you well with it all.
>>>
>>> Now is probably a good time to express appreciation for all I have
>>> learned thanks to you -  both through the p2p foudation and also directly
>>> from you - so - Thank you Michel.
>>>
>>> BTW I note you may be in Brazil later. In the spirit of open-ness I
>>> share the fact that one of the members of Dadamac meetup
>>> http://www.meetup.com/Dadamac/ - Felipe - spent a year in South America
>>> visiting local grass roots initiatives of various kinds and thinking how
>>> best to share information more widely about things that work well. When I
>>> met him he was recently back and in London trying to share what he had
>>> learned. I could put you in contact if his interests seem to overlap your
>>> own.
>>>
>>> Pam
>>>
>>> On 28 December 2011 12:11, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear friends,
>>>>
>>>> an important announcement, in 3 days, I will provisionally retire from
>>>> the p2p-f mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> Material conditions make it impossible for me to continue 'curation as
>>>> usual', as well as efforts in broader community building and dialogue. From
>>>> January to April, I will be working intensively on a very demanding
>>>> privately-funded research project, then I have a late spring lecture tour,
>>>> and will likely spend 6 weeks in brazil, mid-may to the end of June.
>>>>
>>>> Curation will be sharply curtailed but I will continue tagging as a
>>>> normal activity, undertaken for the research project. Depending on
>>>> available time, I will continue, on a much lighter regime, Facebook and
>>>> Scoop.it. Twitter will continue to alert new blog and wiki items, as an
>>>> automatic feature.
>>>>
>>>> The blog will continue and I have devised a system with Franco, see
>>>> http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Blog_Planning_Resources, but I will at
>>>> most be able to spend half a day a week on it, so input from the community
>>>> will be essential. I will aim for one personal editorial a week.
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to suggest items for the following permanent rubrics:
>>>>
>>>> (bear in mind we may not be able to publish as intensely as the plan
>>>> below suggests)
>>>>
>>>> Published on alternative days
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>    2. P2P Blog Person of the Day<http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Blog_Person_of_the_Day>‎‎
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. P2P Blog Essay of the Day<http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Blog_Essay_of_the_Day>
>>>>    2. P2P Blog Book of the Day<http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Blog_Book_of_the_Day>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Published every day:
>>>>
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>>>>    2. P2P Blog News of the Day<http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Blog_News_of_the_Day>
>>>>
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>>>> starting January 1, so if you want me to see something, it's important to
>>>> cc.*
>>>>
>>>>
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