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2015/02/212015/02/20

Michel Bauwens: Professor Christian Iaione on the City as Commons

Interviewed: Professor Christian Iaione on the City as Commons A commons-based economy cannot thrive without appropriate institutions, especially those that represent a “partner state” approach. Professor Christian Iaione of LUISS University in Rome is a pioneer of such institutional innovation in Italian cities. I believe his work with the city of Bologna on Bologna’s Regulation for the Care and Regeneration …

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2014/12/022014/12/02

Dev Balkind: Greg Bloom on Community Data Commons

Towards a Community Data Commons Greg Bloom This all points to a question that the civic technology movement must consider: whose responsibility is it to produce and share knowledge about a community?

2014/11/192014/11/19

Creative Commons: Open Definition 2.0

Open Definition 2.0 released Today Open Knowledge and the Open Definition Advisory Council announced the release of version 2.0 of the Open Definition. The Definition “sets out principles that define openness in relation to data and content,” and is the baseline from which various public licenses are measured. Any content released under an Open Definition-conformant license …

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2014/11/01

Sepp Hasslberger: Rebuilding the Internet as a Commons — Local Mesh First

The internet needs to be re-built from the bottom up. Network locally first and only then connect to the world “out there”. A local wireless network might be coming to your neighbourhood soon. The Rise of the Network Commons, Chapter 1 (draft) Armin Medosch

2014/06/192014/06/27

David Bollier: The Former CIA Spy Who Discovered the Commons

The Former CIA Spy Who Discovered the Commons Thu, 06/19/2014 – 20:34 The Guardian today ran a profile of Robert David Steele, a former CIA spy who discovered the commons more than two decades ago and never looked back. Steele, a former U.S. Marine and CIA case officer who spent 18 years in US intelligence, …

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2014/05/282014/05/28

Review: Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

Elinor Ostrom 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Star Collective Common Sense Relevant to CYBER-Commons Not Just Earth Commons, May 27, 2014 I read this book shortly after I had read Stop, Thief!: The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance (Spectre) and my first impression is that the book should be re-issued in 2015, a quarter-century after …

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2014/05/192014/05/19

Michel Bauwens: Transitioning to a Commons-Based Society

Transitioning to a Commons-Based Society Background on the FLOK Project Michel Bauwens: The National Plan of Ecuador recognizes and stresses that the global transformation towards knowledge-based societies and economies requires a new form for the creation and distribution of value in society. The National Plan’s central concept is the achievement of ‘Buen Vivir’ (Sumak Kawsay) …

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