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Patterns of Commoning
What accounts for the persistence and spread of "commoning," the irrepressible desire of people to collaborate and share to meet everyday needs? How are the more successful projects governed? And why are so many people embracing the commons as a powerful strategy for building a fair, humane and Earth-respecting social order? In more than fifty original essays, Patterns of Commoning addresses these questions and probes the inner complexities of this timeless social paradigm. The book surveys some of the most notable, inspiring commons around the world, from alternative currencies and open design and manufacturing, to centuries-old community forests and co-learning commons - and dozens of othe...
The Science of Citizen Science
This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists to citizens and from policy makers to environmental organisations have been involved in its practice. In addition, many scientists also study citizen science as a research approach and as a way for science and society to interact and collaborate. This book provides a representation of the practices as well as scientific and societal outcomes in different disciplines. It reflects the contribution of citizen science to societal development, education, or innovation and provides and overview of the field of actors as well as on tools and guidelines. It serves as an introduction for anyone who wants to get involved in and learn more about the science of citizen science.
Wikipatterns
This book provides practical, proven advice for encouraging adoption of your wiki project and growing it into a useful collaboration tool or vibrant online community Gives wiki users a toolbox of thriving wiki patterns, which enable newcomers to avoid making common mistakes or fumbling around for the solutions to the same problems as their predecessors Explains the major stages of wiki adoption and explores patterns that apply to each stage Presents concrete, proven examples of techniques that have helped people grow vibrant collaborative communities and change the way they work for the better Reviews the overall process, including setting up initial content, encouraging people to contribute, dealing with disruptive elements, fixing typos and broken links, making sure pages are in their correct categories, and more
Crowdasset: Crowdfunding For Policymakers
Crowdfunding is already transforming the way many entrepreneurs and enterprises around the globe think about community engagement and fundraising for various causes. This book puts forth the belief that policymakers, public servants and various governments, municipalities and regions can significantly benefit from crowdfunding through employing crowd-related mechanisms within their frameworks and using their crowd as an asset — a crowdasset. Using real-world examples, this book explores the opportunities presented by crowdfunding and crowdfunded innovation, and how major policymakers are already using crowdfunding and crowd mechanisms to accelerate innovation, engagement and community transformation. A guide for those involved in crowdfunding, CrowdAsset brings readers through the journey of maximising crowd impact.
Translating the Crisis
Translating the Crisis discusses the multiple translation practices that shaped the 15M movement, also known as the indignados (‘outraged’), a series of mass demonstrations and occupations of squares that took place across Spain in 2011 and which played a central role in the recent global wave of popular protest. Through a study of the movement's cultural and intellectual impact, as well as some of its main political evolutions (namely Podemos and Barcelona en Comú), Fernández shows how translation has contributed to the dissemination of ideas and the expansion of political debates, produced new intellectual and political figures, and provided support to political projects. Drawing on ...
Handbook Transdisciplinary Learning
What is transdisciplinarity - and what are its methods? How does a living lab work? What is the purpose of citizen science, student-organized teaching and cooperative education? This handbook unpacks key terms and concepts to describe the range of transdisciplinary learning in the context of academic education. Transdisciplinary learning turns out to be a comprehensive innovation process in response to the major global challenges such as climate change, urbanization or migration. A reference work for students, lecturers, scientists, and anyone wanting to understand the profound changes in higher education.
Acción comunitaria en la red
La rápida adopción de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, en todos los entornos sociales, ha comportado que las interacciones entre grupos dejen de circunscribirse en un espacio y tiempo determinados para tener lugar en cualquier parte y a cualquier hora. Presenta, pues, este libro una selección de casos que ilustran el uso de la red en contextos de interacción grupal. Veremos en ellos, por ejemplo, cómo la red permite poner en contacto a familiares de niños y niñas con enfermedades crónicas; veremos compartir experiencias y formación en una administración pública; o a una madre de un bebé en lactancia participando cómodamente desde su casa en un pleno del ayuntamiento junto con otros ciudadanos. Se trata de un libro que invita a trasponer a nuestro propio caso la experiencia de quienes nos precedieron en el arte de la acción comunitaria.
TELOS 88
El Dossier de este número está dedicado a la Cultura Digital y especialmente orientado a las artes clásicas (escénicas, plásticas, cinematográficas). Los soportes y redes digitales están transformando la cultura en todos sus parámetros, desde la creación, edición y distribución hasta las demandas y usos sociales. Por una parte, las actividades de la cultura clásica se transforman en auténticas industrias culturales, al sustituir el original único por la distribución masiva de copias múltiples inmateriales. Por otro lado, las industrias culturales (disco, cine, libro…) se transforman profundamente en sus estructuras, en sus modelos de negocio y en la relación entre creadore...
Die Welt der Commons
Die Logik des Kapitalismus heißt teilen. Nur teilen darin nicht die Menschen, sondern sie werden geteilt. Es ist daher problematisch, Commons in kapitalistischen Kategorien zu erklären. Wer die Welt der Commons betritt, begegnet einer anderen Logik, einer anderen Sprache und anderen Kategorien. Nach »Commons. Für eine neue Politik jenseits von Markt und Staat« (2012) erkunden in diesem Band Autorinnen und Autoren aller Kontinente die anthropologischen Grundlagen der Commons und stellen sie zugleich als konkrete Utopien vor. Sie machen nachvollziehbar, dass alles Commons sein oder werden kann: durch Prozesse geteilter Verantwortung, in Laboratorien für Selbstorganisation und durch Freiheit in Verbundenheit. Commoners realisieren, was schon heute machbar ist und morgen selbstverständlich sein wird. Das zeigen über 40 Beispiele aus aller Welt. Dieses Buch erweitert unseren Möglichkeitssinn für die Gestaltung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Mit Beiträgen u.a. von Nigel C. Gibson, Marianne Gronemeyer, Helmut Leitner, Étienne Le Roy, Andreas Weber, Rosa Luxemburg, Anne Salmond und David Sloan Wilson.
Le pouvoir subversif des communs
Alors que le monde d’aujourd’hui est confronté aux risques de rupture climatique et de pénuries énergétiques, ce livre ose imaginer comment d’innombrables actes de partage, libres, justes, et vivants, peuvent construire une nouvelle culture et une économie politique révolutionnaire. Il se donne un objectif ambitieux : celui de conceptualiser les communs en tant que système social. S’inspirant des travaux de Christopher Alexander, les auteurs s’attachent à décrire les communs comme une forme sociale intemporelle qui échappe à l’ontologie de l’individualisme et de l’économie de marché moderne. En s’appuyant sur des exemples concrets de pratiques des communs à tr...
