Free, fair, and alive : the insurgent power of the commons / / David Bollier, Silke Helfrich

• Autore: Bollier David
• Pubblicazione: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : , : New Society Publishers, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (455 pages)
• Disciplina: 333.2
• Soggetto topico: Commons
• Classificazione: cci1icc
• Persona (resp. second.): HelfrichSilke
• Nota di contenuto: Part one. The commons as a transformative perspective. Commons and commoning -- (Commoning is everywhere, but widely misunderstood -- What island is not a commons -- Commons in real life: Zaatari Refugee Camp ; Buurtzorg Nederland ; WikiHouse ; Community Supported Agriculture ; Guifi.net -- Understanding commons holistically in the wild) -- The OntoShift to the commons -- (The window through which we see the world -- The OntoStory of the modern West -- OntoStories as a hidden deep dimension of politics -- The Nested-I and Ubuntu rationality: the relational ontology of the commons -- Complexity science and commoning -- Making an OntoShift to the commons) -- Language and the creation of the commons -- (Words, terms, and categories -- The tenacity of systems of opinion: the harmony of illusions -- Language and world-making -- Frames, metaphors, and the terms of our cognition -- Language evokes and sustains a worldview -- Keywords from a fading era -- Misleading binaries -- How commoning moves beyond the open/closed binary -- Glossary of commons-friendly terms). ; Part two. The triad of commoning: Principles and patterns -- A word of methodology. The social life of commoning -- (Cultivate shared purpose & values -- Ritualize togetherness -- Contribute freely -- Practice gently reciprocity -- Trust situated knowing -- Deepen communion with nature -- Preserve relationships in addressing conflicts -- Reflect on your peer governance) -- Peer governance through commoning -- (A few words about governance -- Patterns of peer governance -- Bring diversity into shared purpose -- On the origins of peer governance -- Create semi-permeable membranes -- Honor transparency in a sphere of trust -- Share knowledge generously -- Assure consent in decision making -- Sociocracy and consent-based decision making -- Rely on heterarchy -- Peer monitor & apply graduated sanctions -- Relationalize property --- Keep commons & commerce distinct -- Enclosures as a threat to commons -- Finance commons provisioning) -- Provisioning through commons -- (Make & use together -- Support care & decommodified work -- Share the risks of provisioning -- Contribute & share -- Varieties of allocation in a commons -- Pool, cap & divide up -- Pool, cap & mutualize -- Trade with price sovereignty -- Cecosesola, or how to ignore the market -- Use convivial tools -- Rely on distributed structures -- Creatively adapt & renew). ; Part three. Growing the commonsverse. Rethinking property -- (Me, my freedom, and my property -- Property is relational -- Collective property as a counterpoint to individual property? -- Possession is distinct from property -- Custom as vernacular law -- Inalienability: a crucial concept for commoning -- Rediscovering the power of res nullius -- Property and the objectification of social relations) -- Relationalize property -- (Decommodifying a supermarket -- Why relationalize property? -- A platform designed for collaboration: federated wiki -- Neutralizing capital in the housing market: the Mietshäuser Syndikat story -- Hacking property to help build commons -- Platform cooperatives -- Open source seeds -- Commoning mushrooms: the Iriaiken philosophy -- Building stronger commons through relationalized property -- Re-introducing meaning making into modern law) -- State power and commoning -- ("The state" and "the people" -- Equal under law, unequal in reality -- Some working notes on state power -- Beyond reform or revolution -- The power of commoning -- Revamping state power to support commoning: Catalyze & propagate ; Establish commons at the macroscale ; Provide infrastructures for commoning ; Create new types of finance for the commons -- Commons and subsidiarity -- What about fundamental rights guaranteed by the state?) -- Take commoning to scale -- (Charters for commoning -- Distributed ledgers as a platform for commoning -- A brief explanation of hash and hashchain, blockchain, and holochain -- Commons-public partnerships -- Commoning at scale). ; Appendices. Notes on the methodology used for identifying patterns of commoning -- Visual grammar for the pattern illustrations -- Commons and commoning tools mentioned in this book -- Elinor Ostrom's eight design principles for successful commons and commoning tools.
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents a foundational re-thinking of the commons--the self-organized social system that humans have used for millennia to meet their needs. Bollier and Helfrich offer a vision of a future beyond the dead-end binary of capitalism versus socialism. The authors cover the internal dynamics of commoning, how the commoning worldview opens up new possibilities for change, the role of language in reorienting our perceptions and political strategies, and seeing the potential for commoning everywhere. They provide a non-academic synthesis of contemporary commons and present a narrative: that we can be free and creative people, govern ourselves through fair and accountable institutions, and experience the aliveness of authentic human presence. --Adapted from publisher description.
• Titolo autorizzato: Free, fair, and alive
• ISBN: 1-55092-714-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815659403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II