<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Wouter Tebbens</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wouter@freeknowledge.eu">wouter@freeknowledge.eu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:55 PM<br>Subject: [commoning] Digital Commons panel @ IASC European Regional Conference (Bern, 10-13 May)<br>To: "<a href="mailto:commoning@lists.commons-institut.org">commoning@lists.commons-institut.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:commoning@lists.commons-institut.org">commoning@lists.commons-institut.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:p2p-foundation@lists.ourproject.org">p2p-foundation@lists.ourproject.org</a>, The Open Source Hardware Association Discussion List <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org">okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org</a><br><br><br>[sorry for x-posting]<br>
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Dear commoners,<br>
<br>
you'll probably know the IASC: International Association for the Study<br>
on the Commons, in particular for their global conferences on this<br>
topic. Together with the IASC conference organisers we have defined a<br>
panel on Digital Commons. We invite you to submit a paper.<br>
<br>
*Digital commons in a ‚glocal’ world*<br>
Panel Convenors: Wouter Tebbens (Free Knowledge Institute) Massimo<br>
Canevacci (University of Rome "La Sapienza" University do Sao Paulo<br>
(IEA-USP)<br>
<br>
See in the Call for Papers,<br>
<a href="http://conferences.iasc-commons.org/index.php/iasc/IASC_Europe_Bern2016/schedConf/cfp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://conferences.iasc-commons.org/index.php/iasc/IASC_Europe_Bern2016/schedConf/cfp</a><br>
<br>
We think the digital commons perspective should not miss from the very<br>
interesting conference agenda. Therefore we urge you to submit a paper.<br>
<br>
Some topics that could relate to the IASC conference in general and to<br>
this panel in particular could for example be the following:<br>
- the effects of current intellectual property regulations (mostly in<br>
the interest of multinational companies and large capitals) on the<br>
digital commons<br>
- the alternative commons-based approaches for sharing digital forms of<br>
knowledge, as pioneeered by the Free Software Movement and nowadays<br>
known in a variety of fields, from Open Standards, to Open Educational<br>
Resources, from Open Design to Open Source Hardware and Free Culture.<br>
- the local resilience based on commons based networks of peers sharing<br>
knowledge, building telecom networks, food cooperatives, etc<br>
- the return of artesanal practices enriched with digital tools<br>
- the combination of global sharing of (industrial) knowledge and<br>
designs with a growing local production<br>
- sustainability by needing less and producing less: the motivations of<br>
peers producing and sharing knowledge as commons generating an abundance<br>
economy, much more satisfying than the consumption society; planned<br>
obsolescence and mass production in general manufacture more than humans<br>
need; bottum up, pull instead of push channeling of human needs with<br>
manufacturing of really needed products<br>
- sustainability by repairing and extending product's lifetime: what<br>
legal challenges do we need to overcome?<br>
<br>
These and other topcis would be very welcome for this panel. If in doubt<br>
don't hesitate to contact us.<br>
<br>
Below follow further details of the CfP.<br>
<br>
- All paper proposals (abstract of 500 words and 5 keywords) have to be<br>
uploaded with indication of the panel they want to participate in until<br>
February 5th via the IASC-conference website<br>
<a href="http://conferences.iasc-commons.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://conferences.iasc-commons.org</a>.<br>
- The panel should contain max. 5 paper contributions (All panels will<br>
last two hours and will include a maximum of 5 paper contributions. This<br>
implies 15 minutes for each paper contribution and 5 minutes discussion<br>
at the end of each contribution. This structure allows for a discussion<br>
of 20 minutes at the end of each panel).<br>
<br>
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<br>
Commons in a “Glocal” World: Global Connections and Local Responses<br>
<br>
Venue: University of Bern, Main Building<br>
<br>
Date: 10-13 May 2016<br>
<br>
Contact: Tobias Haller<br>
<br>
Main theme: Global Connections and Local Responses.<br>
<br>
Research on the commons deals either with the development of<br>
institutions for the management of the commons, or with issues related<br>
to global change. While the latter mainly focusses on drivers and<br>
effects of global expansion of capitalist modes of production,<br>
consumption, and societal reproduction, research on institutions for the<br>
management of the commons deals with collective action and the effects<br>
and reactions within local action arenas. However, the entangled<br>
institutional processes through which global and local arenas – referred<br>
to as “glocal” – interlock are not yet addressed in a systematic way.<br>
<br>
Europe has been a major driver of “glocal” processes. Therefore, the 4th<br>
Regional European Meeting of the IASC is devoted to global connections<br>
and local responses. It provides a space to advance our understanding of<br>
ongoing “glocal” processes and to analyse historically how commons in<br>
Europe have evolved and adapted to “glocal” changes. By integrating<br>
political ecology with approaches of New Institutionalism and Critical<br>
Theory in Anthropology, Human Geography, Political Science and History,<br>
we propose to investigate the impacts of external changes on the<br>
perception and evaluation of resources by actors related to the commons.<br>
This raises the question of local bargaining power, ideologies and<br>
discourses, and of the selection and crafting of institutional designs,<br>
which in turn affect the access to common-pool resources, as well as the<br>
distribution of benefits related to the management of these resources.<br>
<br>
This conference therefore aims to look at the interfaces between local<br>
and global processes in order to bring together research arenas that<br>
have often been kept quite separate until now. We therefore call for<br>
contributions focussing on:<br>
<br>
how global players such as multinational companies and organizations<br>
affect local governance of the commons worldwide<br>
the role of international law and global trade in shaping the<br>
interface between global actors and institutional processes of local<br>
commons governance<br>
the impacts of external economic and political changes on the<br>
perception and evaluation of resources and areas by actors related to<br>
the commons<br>
local resistance and the development of political strategies<br>
countering the transformation of collective into private or state-based<br>
property rights as a consequence of economic and political changes<br>
the local crafting of institutional designs in global and local<br>
arenas, and how these affect access to and distribution of natural<br>
resources and related benefits among local to global actors using the<br>
commons<br>
how the encounter of global and local processes affect bargaining<br>
power, ideologies and discourses of global and local actors in governing<br>
sustainability trade-offs.<br>
<br>
We especially welcome contributions that aim to address the above<br>
mentioned themes through novel forms of integrating theoretical<br>
approaches. In addition, the focus of the conference will be on a<br>
dialogue among representatives of different academic disciplines (e.g.<br>
geography, social anthropology, history, development studies, economics,<br>
political science, and law) and between academics and non-academic<br>
actors (e.g. practitioners, business representatives, policy makers, or<br>
NGOs).<br>
Accepted panels<br>
<br>
We are looking for papers, which refer to the following topics (for a<br>
more extensive description of each panel, click here or download the<br>
call for papers):<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
A) Features and effects of global (e.g. European) investments on commons<br>
in the world<br>
<br>
#01 - Food system impacts on commons from a North–South Perspective<br>
<br>
#02 - Extractive and bio-political frontiers: (dense) tropical rain<br>
forests and the transformation of the commons<br>
<br>
#03 - Undermining the commons: Transnational Corporations, mining and<br>
impact on commons governance<br>
<br>
#04 - Energy and the commons<br>
<br>
#05 - The climate change dilemma: Global and local scales in climate science<br>
#06 - Transforming the commons: Business models of large-scale land<br>
Investments<br>
<br>
#07 - Land Grabbing – a phenomenon in Europe?<br>
#08 - The impacts of common enclosures on local power relations<br>
<br>
#09 - Are Large Scale Land Acquisitions leading to „commons“ and<br>
“resilience-grabbing“? New perspectives on land and water governance<br>
#10 - Large scale investments in land and Infrastructure in Africa, Asia<br>
and Latin America: what are the consequences for the commons - what is<br>
the maneuvering space for collective action?<br>
<br>
#11 - European Zoological Gardens, Conservation discourse and the<br>
Commons in the South<br>
#12 - African Farmer-led Irrigation: reframing agricultural investment<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
B) Collective action, the commons, and sustainability: What is the<br>
role of bottom-up participatory resource governance<br>
(‘constitutionality’) in Switzerland and in other European political<br>
systems in common-resource governance<br>
<br>
#13 - All commoners are equal? The impact of different distributions of<br>
power and social inequalities within common pool institutions on<br>
sustainability and resilience within the premodern era<br>
#14 - Managing Commons: Premodern Perspecitves<br>
<br>
#15 - Switzerland as a laboratory for governance innovations in the<br>
management of common pool resources – historical approaches)<br>
<br>
#16 - Constitutionality and bottom-up institution building processes:<br>
lessons from Europe<br>
#17 - Common pool resource institutions in the shadow of the State<br>
<br>
#18 - Analysis of Collective action in Payment for Ecosystem Services<br>
Contexts<br>
<br>
#19 - Networking, Comparing, and Integrating Urban Commons Initiatives<br>
in Research and Action<br>
#20 - Emergence of Smart cities – a confluence of common and private<br>
resources towards a new definition of urban commons<br>
<br>
#21 - Urban commons in a ‚glocal’ world<br>
<br>
#22 - Collective action regimes, co-management and the commons<br>
<br>
#23 - Collective Action for the Survival of Forest Commons in Europe<br>
#24 - The influence of European and international forest policies,<br>
investments and discourses on local contexts and the counter-responses<br>
<br>
#25 - The spiritual dimensions of commons – missing link in scientific<br>
and policy debates?<br>
#26 - Geographical Indications as a tool for providing public goods<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
C) Prospects of the commons ‐ Responses to triple crisis (financial,<br>
environmental, and socio-economic)<br>
<br>
#27 - Law, Commons and Sustainable Development Goals - Exploring Law’s<br>
Role in Promoting Sustainability of the Commons<br>
<br>
#28 - Trade and Commons: an Ambivalent Relationship?<br>
<br>
#29 - Environmental justice and the prospect of commons for sustainable<br>
development<br>
#30 - Music and the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Debate<br>
<br>
#31 - Commons, conservation, conflict and co-management in Europe<br>
#32 - Blue Communities, a collective action for self-declared principles<br>
of resource governance – potentials and limitations<br>
<br>
#33 - Coherence of international laws and trade treaties in respecting<br>
the rights to water and sanitation<br>
#34 - Multinational Corporations and the commons: The Role of Criminal Law<br>
<br>
#35 - "Local Knowledge" in Climate Politics: Negotiating Climate<br>
Responsibility<br>
#36 - Dissolving the Commons: Pastoral land rights, state intervention<br>
and international actors in Central Eurasia<br>
<br>
#37 - The Commons in (Post-) Conflict Zones<br>
#38 - Digital commons in a ‚glocal’ world<br>
<br>
#39 - Theoretical debates on Institutions for the management of the commons<br>
<br>
#40 - The world of finance and the commons<br>
<br>
#41 - Using evidence from the Land Matrix and other data repositories to<br>
investigate impacts of large-scale land investments on common pool resources<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
For a more extensive description of each panel, click here or download<br>
the call for papers<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Deadline for submitting paper abstracts is February 5, 2016<br>
Please submit your paper abstract (500 words) via the IASC<br>
Conference Registration Module: <a href="http://conferences.iasc-commons.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://conferences.iasc-commons.org</a><br>
Please contact us if you have questions: <a href="mailto:iasc-europe-2016@cde.unibe.ch">iasc-europe-2016@cde.unibe.ch</a><br>
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--<br>
best regards,<br>
<br>
Wouter Tebbens<br>
--<br>
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