Michel Bauwens's Page

Via Stevphen Shukaitis, Autonomedia Editorial Collective, http://www.autonomedia.org

Beneath the University, the Commons
A conference at the University of Minnesota
April 8-11, 2010

// Antioch 05.08 // Rome 10.08 // Athens 12.08 // New York City
12.08 // Helsinki 03.09 // Zagreb 05.09 // Heidelberg 06.09 // London
06.09 //Santa Cruz 09.09//

Seemingly discrete struggles over the conditions of university life
have erupted around the world within t… Continue

Via dan mcquillan, [www.internetartizans.co.uk | twitter: @danmcquillan]


interesting event in london on friday.

http://openhardware.eventbrite.com/

"This is an event to bring key projects, their participants and
stakeholders together in the emerging field of Open Hardware
development, organized by 40Fires in partnership with Nesta.

The 40Fires Foundation is a forum to develop energy-efficient c… Continue

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From: Oliver Ressler


WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?

A film by Oliver Ressler
118 min., 2009


“What is democracy?” is not one question, but is actually two questions.
On the one hand, the question relates to conditions of the current,
parliamentary representative democracies that are scrutinized critically
in this project. On the other hand, the question traces different
approaches to what a more democratic system might look like and which
organizational forms it c… Continue

La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link:
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-a-missed-opportunity-for-citizens-rights


Telecoms Package: A Missed Opportunity for Citizen's Rights



*** Paris, November 24th, 2009 - There is no reason to celebrate the
general outcome of the Telecoms Package. The final text voted today is
far from satisfactory: while it includes… Continue

Via Robin :

A loose network of nomads, skillsurfers, hackers, open space fanatics and hospitality exchange addicts is hosting a conference on (postmodern/neo)nomadic culture, with a strong focus on setting up spaces/bases/places that are open for nomads. The conference takes place in Berlin from the 20th to the 30th of November, or maybe even longer. And in New York from the 5th to the 6th of December See http://sharewiki.org/en/she

With this initiativ… Continue