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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Dear
all,</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">I think that the
following call might be of interest to some members of the
list. Please, feel free to disseminate it (thanks!):</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Call
for Papers: <span>Decentralizing</span> the <span>Commons</span></span></p>
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">
<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">We
are witnessing today a steady growth in the impact of
user-generated content and peer-production on the so-called
sharing or collaborative economy. These emergent practices
are an indicator of radical changes in the mode of
production in an age of ‘prosumerism’, characterized by two
main trends. On the one hand, corporations such as Google,
Uber or Facebook are capturing the value created by the
actors contributing to the collaborative economy, in a way
that has been described by some scholars as an exploitation
of free labour. On the other hand, projects such as
Wikipedia or GNU/Linux are emblematic of a new model of
production that relies on the contribution of many
individuals collaborating to a collective project that is
not owned by any given entity but rather by the community as
a whole (<span>Commons</span>-Based Peer Production
or CBPP). These individuals organise themselves without
relying on traditional hierarchical and mercantile
organisational structures, to produce a set of <span>commons</span> resources which are made freely
available to the public for use and reuse. In the last few
years, CBPP has expanded beyond the field of software and
encyclopedias to also cover the realms of information
(OpenStreetMap, Wikihow), hardware (FabLabs, Open Source
Ecology), accommodation (Couchsurfing, BeWelcome) and
currency (Bitcoin, Altcoins).</span></p>
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">
<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The
concept of <span>decentralisation</span> is a key
requisite for the protection of these<span>commons</span> —
from their governance system, including the allocation of
power and functions in the organisation of labour; to the
characteristics of the socio-technical means of
collaboration, in terms of both the underlying technical
infrastructure and the ownership structure of such
infrastructure. Despite the original design of the Internet
as a <span>decentralized</span> network, with the
advent of the Web 2.0, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">centralized
(and often proprietary) platforms — typically driven by
corporate interests — have progressively taken over the web</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.
These centralized choke-points can be used by governments to
increase surveillance (as disclosed by the Snowden
revelations), to blackout the Internet (e.g. Egypt, Syria,
or San Francisco’s BART), or to restrict the activities of
activist organizations (such as Wikileaks). It has now
become clear that it is not enough to develop
free/libre/open source (FLOSS)</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">alternatives</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">,
if we do not as well endeavor to</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> re-<span>decentralize</span> the Internet</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.
New<span>decentralized</span> software tools may
ultimately be useful to support the operation and the
long-term sustainability of CBPP communities.</span></p>
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">
<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">In
view of this, we organised the second</span><a href="http://www.p2pvalue.eu/2nd-floss4p2p-workshop" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> FLOSS4P2P
workshop</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> (@Fablab
London, supported by </span><a href="http://p2pvalue.eu/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">P2Pvalue</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">),
gathering a wide spectrum of people working on</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><span>decentralized</span> FLOSS projects that could
help or support the activities of peer production
communities</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.
Given the </span><a href="http://p2pvalue.eu/floss4p2p-workshop-agenda" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">success
of the workshop</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">,
we would like to prepare a book in collaboration with the </span><a href="http://networkcultures.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Institute
of Network Cultures</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> (on
the model of the former </span><a href="http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/moneylab-reader-an-intervention-in-digital-economy/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MoneyLab
Reader</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">)
to explore the topic of <span>decentralisation</span> in
the<span>commons</span> sector.</span></p>
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">
<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">We
welcome proposals from academics, activists, researchers and
practitioners interested in exploring the topic from a wide
set of perspectives, ranging from computer science,
engineering, sociology, philosophy, organisational theory,
cultural studies, digital studies, etc. Contributions can
cover a variety of topics, including tools for grassroots
communities, <span>commons</span>-based peer
production, both online and offline wikis, maker culture,
activism, hacktivism, free culture, citizen science and
hospitality exchange. Contributions can take a variety of
formats, e.g. a story, a sci-fi tale, a comicstrip, a
manifesto, a critical essay, an interview, a study, a poem,
a conversation, a debate, a combination of the former… </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">we
would like you to experiment and surprise us</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">We
invite you to </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">submit
an initial abstract </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">(max.
750w; count each image as 200w, if any) explaining your idea
by </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">January
30, 2016</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.
Examples of possible topics are:</span></p>
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<ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Dynamics
of (<span>de</span>)centralization in CBPP
communities</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><span>Decentralized</span> software applications
for online/offline communities</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><span>Decentralized</span> solutions to tackle
specific communities concerns</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Guidelines
for developers and/or researchers</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Comparison
of centralized/<span>decentralized</span> processes
in CBPP (e.g. decision-making, infrastructure
ownership, value generation, value distribution)</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Practical
experiences around centralized/<span>decentralized</span> structures
(in the form of stories, research, interview, etc.)</span></p>
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more compelling ideas will be selected to be included in the
book.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Please </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">upload
your contribution using the following Easychair link</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">:</span></p>
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you have further questions about the expected content,
format, etc. do not hesitate to let us know. We look forward
to hearing about your ideas!</span></p>
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Hassan</span></p>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">David
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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