[p2p-research] [Commoning] Typology: Am I missing any commons?

Wed Feb 24 11:59:48 CET 2010

of course you are right, but I do still believe info gathering exercises are
a first empirical basis ...

have you seen my open infrastructure map?

(click 4-5 times into the embedded prezi version here at
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/open-everything-p2p-presentation-for-tedx-brussels/2009/11/23
)

in that map there is a section on 'enablers of openness' which assembles the
social charters that are used by commoners to define their commons, setting
minimal standards so that enclosure can be avoided.

Just as we have the GPL for free software, other commons need similar base
conditions to distinguish 'real' commons from their 'commons-washing'
counterparts,

Michel

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Massimo De Angelis <
m.deangelis at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> searching for typology of commons is indeed a useful exercise. However, let
> us not be carried away. The list you provided can be generated as a small
> subset of a far larger one (indeed, potentially infinite) with a simple
> grammar rule: add an adjective to the noun, where the latter is fixed as
> "commons" and the former span over the entire available list of possible
> adjectives.
>
> When you apply this rule you'll find a potentially infinite list of
>  commons, ordered by type of resource shared, size, location and even
> "colour" (red commons, black commons, green commons, purple commons), useful
> if you want to give it colour coding in terms of political background. After
> all, the Fascist in Italy also had their "black shirts" commons. As a simple
> illustration, take the adjectival table below (
> http://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/grammar/rules.htm), and play with the
> 9 categories (the 9th one, "substance", refer in our case to the shared
> resource).
>
> This to say that in typologies of human cooperation we are approaching the
> "bad infinity" criticised by Hegel, which implies that the analysis of
> commons -- although in need for typologies in concrete settings-- certainly
> must rely on something else. The "missing pieces of the puzzle" are not
> particular types of commons to be added to a list, but a political practice
> that constitute and reproduce commons vis-a'-vis the forces of their
> enclosures and cooptation.
>
> Best to all
>
> Massimo
>
>
>
>
> On 24 Feb 2010, at 04:48, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
> thanks for suggesting the missing pieces of the puzzle, and to eventually
> include links to where I can find documentation:
>
>
> see: http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Commons
>
> Sam Rose and Paul Hartzog offer the following typology for Commons based on
> different distributed infrastructures:
>
>   1. Energy Commons
>   2. Food Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Food_Commons>
>   3. Thing Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Thing_Commons>
>   4. Cultural Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Cultural_Commons>
>
>   5. Access Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Access_Commons>
>
> See also: Commons - Typology <http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_-_Typology>
>
>
>  Examples
>
> Physical Commons:
>
>    1. Atmosphere Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Atmosphere_Commons> ; Atmospheric
>    Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Atmospheric_Commons>
>    2. Food Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Food_Commons> ; Food as
>    Common and Community<http://p2pfoundation.net/Food_as_Common_and_Community>
>    3. Infrastructure Commons<http://p2pfoundation.net/Infrastructure_Commons>
>    4. Land as Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Land_as_Commons>
>
> Knowledge/Culture Commons:
>
>    1. Book Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Book_Commons>
>    2. Cultural Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Cultural_Commons>
>    3. Educational Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Educational_Commons>
>    4. Genome Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Genome_Commons>
>    5. Global Innovation Commons<http://p2pfoundation.net/Global_Innovation_Commons>
>    6. Global Integral-Spiritual Commons<http://p2pfoundation.net/Global_Integral-Spiritual_Commons>
>    7. History Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/History_Commons>
>    8. Information Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Information_Commons> ;
>    Information as a Common-Pool Resource<http://p2pfoundation.net/Information_as_a_Common-Pool_Resource>
>    9. Knowledge Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Knowledge_Commons> ; Knowledge
>    as a Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Knowledge_as_a_Commons>
>    10. Learning Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Learning_Commons>
>    11. Music Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Music_Commons>
>    12. Open Education Commons<http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Education_Commons>
>    13. Open Scientific Software Commons<http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Scientific_Software_Commons> ;
>    Open Source Science Commons<http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Source_Science_Commons>
>    14. Patent Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Patent_Commons> ;
>    [[[Eco-Patent Commons]]
>    15. Petroleum Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Petroleum_Commons>
>    16. Solar Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Solar_Commons>
>    17. Water Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Water_Commons>
>
>
> Institutional Commons:
>
>    1. Financial Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Financial_Commons>
>    2. Global Legal Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Global_Legal_Commons>
>    3. Household as Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Household_as_Commons>
>    4. Internet Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Internet_Commons>
>    5. NonProfit Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/NonProfit_Commons>
>    6. Taxes as Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Taxes_as_Commons>
>    7. Thing Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Thing_Commons>
>    8. Urban Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Urban_Commons>
>    9. Wireless Commons <http://p2pfoundation.net/Wireless_Commons>
>
>
>
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