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Knowledge Commons conf, Sept. 12-14, 2012, Belgium



Dear Colleague



It is my pleasure to announce that the call for papers for the 1st

Global Thematic IASC Conference on the Knowledge Commons is now

launched: deadline 15th January. More information is…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on December 6, 2011 at 21:57 — No Comments

Crisis, or "Crecer"

It´s time to take a new attitude VS "Crisis", that means "crecer", so let´s go work.

Added by Marco Suarez on November 30, 2011 at 14:09 — No Comments

P2P Talk at Occupy London's Tent city, December 10

Introduction to P2P and the Commons as the new paradigm of change



When: Sat, December 10, 10am – 11am…


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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 26, 2011 at 4:30 — 4 Comments

Call for Case Studies on Commons-based Rural Water Management and Governanc

Via Daniel Moss danielmoss9@gmail.com

 

*Call for Case Studies on Commons-based Rural Water Management and

Governance*



Outline due December 15, 2011, Paper due February 15, 2012







We are seeking to compile a number of case studies about innovative rural

water management work with two objectives in mind? 1) to fortify Reclaiming

Public Water?s rural water work ? contribute…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 23, 2011 at 9:13 — No Comments

Manifesto for a socialist alternative - Introduction

Manifesto for a socialist alternative - Introduction

The following text is a rough draft of the first chapter of a manifesto to be discussed in the labour movement. Feedback, criticism, suggestions… are more than welcome  

The ongoing financial crisis since 2007 and the Great Recession stroke a big blow to the legitimacy of capitalism. The system has lost its self-evidence amongst a growing layer of the population, resulting in the worldwide ‘Occupy Movement’,…

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Added by Jean Lievens on November 18, 2011 at 15:00 — No Comments

Occupy Our Commons – an invitation for dialogue

Occupy Our Commons – an invitation



4 November 2011



“In considering the essential problem of how to produce and distribute material wealth, virtually all of the great economists in Western history have ignored the significance of the commons — the shared resources of nature and society that people inherit, create and utilize.”

James Quilligan, commons thinker and activist, in:



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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 13, 2011 at 9:55 — No Comments

"Wisdom, a conversational tango" book-launch LONDON December 14,

"Wisdom, a conversational tango" book-launch LONDON



Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

 



David Pinto and Wendy Lobatto have written a book called, "Wisdom, a conversational tango". The strap line is, "Can you…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 12, 2011 at 4:10 — No Comments

Announcing Villages.cc : a social barter network with Ripple as the accounting system

Ryan Fugger a href="mailto:arv@ryanfugger.com" target="_blank">arv@ryanfugger.com>





Hi everyone.  I recently launched Villages.cc as a Ripple system that has a marketplace and discoverable user profiles:



http://villages.cc



It's basically a social barter network with Ripple as the accounting system.  To simplify things, since Ripple is…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 10, 2011 at 8:46 — No Comments

Pixelache is turning 10 in 2012 already!

 

Via andrew paterson

Pixelache is turning 10 in 2012 already!

Every year since 2002, Pixelache Helsinki has shown a different face, continually searching…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 10, 2011 at 7:33 — No Comments

Over 1 Million Views for "NO to ACTA!" Video! Now, take Action!

La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release



Permanent link: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/over-1-million-views-for-no-to-acta-video-now-take-action





Over 1 Million Views for "NO to ACTA!" Video! Now, take Action!







*** Paris, 04 November 2011 — “NO to ACTA!”, the video published by La Quadrature du Net last week, has been…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 6, 2011 at 5:00 — No Comments

The World Is Revolting Against the US Economic and Business Model: Call to Action

Via Kamran Mofid:



Dear friends and colleagues,


The world is riveting toward a possible turning point and we hope that you are able to stand with us in this call to action.…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 6, 2011 at 4:49 — No Comments

Three spiritual initiatives related to #ows: Medmob and Occupy the Ne

More info via Anthony Finno

at: anthonyfinno@gmail.com

 …

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 5, 2011 at 17:30 — No Comments

Crowdfunding Project: Mathematics of Direct Democracy

Via Lee Worden:

 

Hello friends!



My current research project is now part of a forward-looking experiment in public research funding.



 Mathematics of Direct Democracy



 Using mathematical models to study the possibilities of democratic

 consensus decision making processes.



Consider contributing, offering suggestions, or becoming a collaborator:…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on November 5, 2011 at 17:18 — No Comments

BarCamp Vientiane 2011: November 19th, 2011

BarCamp Vientiane 2011 coming next month!.



Date: (Sat) November 19th, 2011



Venue: Faculty of Engineering, Department of Science and Technology, National University of Laos.



Register here: http://barcampvientiane.org/?page_id=40



Guide for overseas visitors:…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on October 29, 2011 at 2:06 — No Comments

Support the new "We, the Movie" documentary!

Via ulrike reinhard :

 

http://www.we-the-movie.com/about/





Occupy Wall Street. The Arab Spring.



The pitfalls of capitalism. Mistrust of governments. Unrests all over the world.

There are glimpses of a vision of a new way of being in the world.



It will take a lot of people – people like YOU and me, people like…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on October 26, 2011 at 20:01 — No Comments

Oxcars and FreeCultureForum 2011: Networks for a R-evolution

Via Simona Levi:

 

27 to 29 of October 2011 - Barcelona

Oxcars and FreeCultureForum 2011

Networks for a R-evolution

 

Three days to think about what the Internet has done for us, and what we can now do for it ;-).…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on October 24, 2011 at 22:37 — No Comments

The three ContactCon Bazaar Awards

 Via Douglas rushkoff:



The projects each received $10,000 from Pepsi, deposited as the seed money for free campaigns on IndieGogo. Winners were chosen by a team of judges selected from among the participants.



 

The three winners were:



Fayetteville Free Library Fab Lab



The Fayetteville Free Library aims to be the first library in the United States to build a free, public access Fab Lab. At the foundation of…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on October 24, 2011 at 19:45 — No Comments

ContactCon supported projects for a truly free p2p infrastructure

Via Douglas Rushkoff:

 

"Here are the four projects we committed to seeing happen, and how to take part:



Upgrading Democracy -

 

Representation is a fundamental concept of our governance, but is encoded in the technology of the 18th century. The modern networked world enables a truer form of representation known variously under the names Dynamic Democracy, Liquid Democracy, and Delegable Proxy…

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Added by Michel Bauwens on October 24, 2011 at 19:41 — No Comments

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