[P2P-F] The Spanish Revolution & the Internet: From free culture to meta-politics by Mayo Fuster Morell, Berkman Center Fellow

Tue Nov 22 02:18:05 CET 2011

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From: Fuster, Mayo <Mayo.Fuster at eui.eu>
Date: Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:20 AM
Subject: [Commoning] Tuesday, November 22, 12:30 pm: The Spanish Revolution
& the Internet: From free culture to meta-politics by Mayo Fuster Morell,
Berkman Center Fellow
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Hello!

I was suggested to send this info to this e-list in case it is of interest
of people in the e-list, it refers to a webcast talk I am giving tomorrow
November 22 at the Berkman center. I will make reference to Wikipedia and
other digital commons organizational forms part of the Free Culture and
Digital Commons Movement and how it influenced (plus also presenting the
organizational commonalities and difference) with the current wave of
willingness to rebuild "society commons" of the Indignate movement in Spain.

Further info below! Cheers! Mayo

Berkman Luncheon Series

The Spanish Revolution & the Internet: From free culture to meta-politics
Mayo Fuster Morell, Berkman Center Fellow

Tuesday, November 22, 12:30 pm (Boston Time Zone - 18:30 Spanish State time
zone)
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2011/11/morell

In the context of multiple crises – ecological, political, financial and
geopolitical restructuring – there are emerging forms of social cooperation.

In the Spanish case, we have seen some of the largest demonstrations since
the country made its transition to democracy in the 70s with massive
occupations of public squares, attempts to prevent parliaments’ functioning
and citizen assemblies of thousands of people taking place in spring and
autumn 2011. Large mobilizations are also taking place in other countries
(such as Arab countries, Iceland, Greece, and more recently the United
States). In the Spanish case, the Free Culture and Digital Commons Movement
played an important role in the rising and shaping of the mobilization. The
campaign against "Sinde Law" (on restrictive Internet regulation) in
December 2010 and its afterworld meta-political derivation into "Don't vote
them" campaign (meaning do not vote for the parties which approved Sinde
law) are considered a starting point and one of the trajectories that most
contributed to the generation of the "Indignate"/15th of May mobilization
cycle for a "True Democracy Now". Additionally, the Free Culture and
Digital Commons Movement has influenced the organizational logic of the
"Indignate" mobilization (particularly in terms of new technologies usage
for the collective achievement of common goals); however, in turn, the
"Indignate" mobilization has also stressed a split between two sectors in
the Free Culture and Digital Commons Movement itself (the performative one
focusing on building commons keeping a political ambivalence and the
campaigning sector aiming to mobilize citizens and intervene in the
institutional politics arena).

In sum, Mayo Fuster Morell will first present the role of the Free Culture
and Digital Commons Movement in the genealogy of the "Indignate" Movement
in Spanish State. Then, she will analyze the commonalities and differences
between both emerging forms of social cooperation (contrasting "digital
commons" initiatives such as Wikipedia and "society commons" initiatives
such as Square Occupations) that together suggest a shift to a more active
role of civic society in managing and producing public goods and services.
However, this shift to a more active role of civic society is taking place
at a time in which the State adopts more authoritarian modes and is
controlled by private interests of an each time more concentrated market
agents.

The presentation will be based on the results of previous/ongoing
qualitative and quantitative research on the Free Culture and Digital
Commons Movement and the "Indignate" Movement, and develop a political
analysis.

Webcast: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast
Identica & Twitter: #occupyresearch
IRC http://webchat.freenode.net/ Channel: #Berkman

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«·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·»
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Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info

Fellow Berkman center for Internet and Society. Harvard University.
Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute of Govern and Public Policies.
Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Visiting scholar. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute. Open University of
Catalonia (UOC).
Member Research Committee. Wikimedia Foundation
Ph.D European University Institute
Visiting researcher (2008). School of information. University of
California, Berkeley.

E-mail: mayo.fuster at eui.eu
E-mail: mayofm at cyber.law.harvard.edu
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