[p2p-research] Fwd: australian thesis about commons

[Alex Rollin]

Hello Jose,

I have a 15 year background in integral theory, a la Ken Wilber.  I've been
doing various action research projects for the last 10 years, each with a
different angle on the commons.

At the moment I am working on tools that facilitate individual governance of
community/common/common pool assets and resources.

You can see some of the recent progress on the P2P Foundation wiki at
http://p2pfoundation.net/P2PCC

That is an evolving worker's cooperative, specifically geared to supporting
individuals consulting in complex systems where assets are moving to a
commons.  The coop is like a temporary hom for folks doing this flavor of
work.

I am writing back to you to let you know that I'd like to read your these
and perhaps compare some notes.  As  I look through your publications I am
certain that my current efforts and research could benefit from your
scrutiny, or at least I could be better informed of your work.

Thank you for enduring my email.  I hope you are having a great day!

Alex Rollin



On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> via the author jose ramos:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: jose ramos <jose at actionforesight.net>
> Date: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM
> Subject: about commons
> To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi Michel
>
> So lovely talking to you today.
>
> Here is some info on my thesis work, in particular respect to commons.
>
> They can also see my list of publications here:
>
> http://actionforesight.net/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=34&Itemid=53
>
> -------
> I have spent the last decade exploring how communities can respond to
> the planetary challenges they face. I have been a lead organiser for
> the Melbourne Social Forum, networker for the LA Social Forum, and G20
> protest organiser, and have helped establish a community media
> collective called Plug in TV http://www.plugintv.net/, as well as
> supported the development of community education initiatives such as
> Oases http://www.oases.edu.au/.
>
> My work in the alter-globalisation movement has led to deep
> exploration of the nature of what people describe as the commons. In
> my recently submitted phd thesis, entitled  "Alternative Futures of
> Globalisation"   I  argue that the movement of movements is
> fundamentally about the democratic control of the commons. I identify
> various movements toward this.
>
> I drawn from Wallerstein’s normative direction to understand how
> activity in the movement fits within a broader and emerging strategic
> landscape. The analytic thread that brings together the diverse work
> and  futures trajectory of the movement is the exploration,
> articulation and creation of the commons. ‘The commons’ is a complex
> and contested term, and therefore, I rely on a plural and open
> conception of it, which includes: 1) The meta-formation of new
> common-ness through opening debates, 2) the short term defence of
> contextually specific commons, 3) the short to middle range extension
> of the legal and moral commons through the enfranchisment of the
> marginalised, 4) a more middle range building of the commons through
> de-commodifying social alternatives, and  5) utopian articulations of
> possible futures – dialogic weaving of foundational discourses,
> emerging issues and imaginaries that inspire transformational change
> toward ‘Another Possible World’.
>
> I argue that, to make the above movements possible and efficacious, we
> need organisational differentiations  of new structures - platforms
> that allow diverse actors to build and develop projects for change.
> The new strategic orientation will require linking some Old Left
> thinking, New Left thinking, with some peer to peer strategies. The
> shift will be culturally, strategically and practically challenging.
> Building diverse commons will require new ways of weaving a social
> ecology of alternatives on a planetary scale.
>
> Jose Ramos
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