[p2p-research] [Commoning] Information sector: a qualitative different mode of production?

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Martin,

this is also the position of marvin brown, though your solutions and
approach may be different,

marvin's book does not really address how to change society in the direction
that he indicates, but at least gives an interesting language for the
alternatives

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:03 AM, j.martin.pedersen <
m.pedersen at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On 31/12/10 13:06, Michel Bauwens wrote:
> > I'd like to add to Martin's point by referring to the best and likely
> most
> > important book I have read this year, i.e.
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/Civilizing_the_Economy by Marvin T. Brown,
> >
> > it's a critique  of the property focus of current economics since adam
> > smith, and it's replacement by a economics of provisioning in which
> labour,
> > land and money are de-commodified,
>
> This is also seemingly very close to the central argument in this essay:
> http://commoning.wordpress.com/essay/
>
> I don't think, however, the problem is property generally, but rather
> the conflation of property generally (which could take almost any form,
> collective, communal, personal) with property in particular, namely
> capitalist democracy's exclusive private property form.
>
> As such, I think the task at hand is to reanimate the language of
> property so as to widen it conceptually in order to be able to organise
> commons and commoning. See this call for contributions about that:
>
>
> http://commoning.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/special-issue-the-commoner-stand-alone-call.pdf
>
> Two Volume Special Issue of The Commoner:
>  Property, Commoning and Commons
>
>
> ~~ Call for Contributions to Volume 2 ~~
>
> Introduction.
>
> In legal and philosophical terms the organisation of a commons is
> encoded into property protocols, which structure its use, access and
> decision-making rights and responsibilities. Property, then, is central
> to debates about commons and commoning: how do commoners relate to each
> other with regard to a given resource and how is a commons defined
> vis-a-vis the rest of the world?
>
> As discussed in Volume 1, property relations are not only exclusive,
> private property rights as instantiated within capitalist democracy (a
> particular conception of property). As a jurisprudential concept,
> property can be used to understand, analyse, reflect upon and organise
> social relations with regard to things in any context (the general
> conception of property). The conflation of the general with the
> particular conceals the historical and anthropological fact that
> property can be and is understood (very) differently and hence
> consolidates existing property regimes.
>
> The purpose of this two volume Special Issue is to instigate further
> debate about property, commoning and commons. The call for contributions
> to the second volume continues on page two, following details about the
> first volume.
>
> Volume 1: Property, Commoning and the Politics of Free Software, Issue
> 14, Winter 2010.
>
> The first volume features a three chapter essay derived from a PhD
> thesis titled “Property, Commoning and the Politics of Free Software”
> and was published in The Commoner as Issue 14, Winter 2010. In three
> closely connected chapters - (i) 'Free Culture in Context: Property and
> the Politics of Free Software' (ii)  'Properties of Property: A
> Jurisprudential Analysis', (iii) 'Free Software as Property' – this
> volume contextualises the political economy of Free Software (and Free
> Culture) within a wider analysis of property relations through a
> philosophical and political inquiry into the materiality of
> immateriality from a commoners perspective within a framework of
> intergenerational struggles for self-determination, autonomy and
> community-led development.
>
> See http://www.commoner.org.uk and http://commoning.wordpress.com for
> further details.
>
>
> Two Volume Special Issue of The Commoner:
>  Property, Commoning and Commons
>
>
> ~~ Call for Contributions to Volume 2 ~~
>
> For Volume 2 we are inviting two kinds of contributions.
>
> On the one hand we are calling for stories about existing or emerging
> commons. Are you involved in a community-supported agriculture project,
> a Free Software project, a permaculture eco-village, a housing co-op or
> any other form of commoning and would you like to share a max. 5-10
> pages story about how your group came together and how your commons is
> structured? We are looking here for practical insights into how social
> relations with regard to things can be configured in ways that are not
> dictated by capital. We are particularly interested in accounts that
> illuminate how communities share, develop and use resources and land in
> common. This will be helpful for other commoners by providing
> inspiration – a form of skill-share. It offers a platform to publicise
> your commoning project (of course anonymous stories are welcome for
> obvious reasons) and maps the territory of social relations with regard
> to things that are not defined by the measure of capital.
>
> On the other hand, we are calling for academic pieces, theoretical
> musings and also responses and critiques to Volume 1, which aims to come
> to terms with property, commoning and commons in the context of Free
> Software.
>
> The central purpose of this two volume Special Issue is to enrich and
> reanimate the language of property and explore the extent to which it is
> useful for projects of commoning, however we also welcome arguments for
> why property should not be applied to commons, in order to diversify the
> debate and open up for all critical questions concerning property,
> commoning and commons.
>
> The deadline is – loosely as always - May First, 2011. Feel free to get
> in touch if you have suggestions for contributions: m.pedersen -at-
> lancaster.ac.uk
>



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