[Open Design + Hardware] Infrastructuring the Commons

Thu Nov 21 16:26:30 UTC 2013

(Late reply, but no less enthusiastic)

Thanks for this, Cindy! Looks like the discussions were fruitful indeed -
and they sound quite similar to ones we're having here in the UK with
cultural institutions looking to digitise and share their works.

On a related note, on 11th December in London there is a one-day summit
hosted by Commons Machinery http://bit.ly/17tuhvC aimed at exploring
effective ways to build metadata and attribution infrastructures. Could be
another nice moment to continue these discussions.

Kat

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On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Attila Bujdosó <bujatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Cindy,
>
> thanks for your notes! Was good to read them,
>
> Attila in Budapest
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Kohtala Cindy <cindy.kohtala at aalto.fi>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I attended such an interesting seminar yesterday in our university:
>> Infrastructuring the Commons, organized by ARKI research group in
>> MediaLab (Aalto Uni).
>>
>> See
>> co-p2p.mlog.taik.fi/2013/10/07/charlotte-hess-on-crafting-new-commons/
>> and
>> www.facebook.com/events/169643733237618
>>
>> It was livestreamed so presumably the webcast should be available -
>> though I can't find the link now on Bambuser. (If you're interested, remind
>> me later and I'll check it.)
>> If I had thought of it earlier I could have posted the livestream link.
>> Next time!
>>
>> I finally met Anna Seravalli there too after all these email exchanges!
>> Hope you had a pleasant trip back to Mälmö, Anna!
>>
>> There were a few things that I found important to remember - things I
>> think we all know but sometimes they seem to get lost in the discussion -
>> in our need to promote certain values that are marginalized in the dominant
>> paradigm.
>> In our workshop session on Cultural Commons, for example, we were
>> discussing the keywords OPEN and COMMONS - and I was reminded that 'open'
>> is more complex and nuanced than just always open for everyone all the
>> time. Open for whom and when? P2P communities are still opt-in communities,
>> members make a conscious choice to join, and we don't ALWAYS need to lower
>> the threshold for entry.
>> Tied in with that was the point a friend keeps emphasizing to me - that
>> participatory processes do not need to mean that professional judgment,
>> robust evaluation and quality need to go out the window.
>>
>> Finally, also in our workshop session, we were talking about the
>> differences between two significant types of commons as described by
>> Charlotte Hess in her presentation:
>> Global Commons (natural resources) Knowledge Commons
>> -depletable -generative, regenerative
>> --> scarcity --> abundance
>>
>> … and because we were especially talking about material culture related
>> issues, Erling asked if we can actually consider a practice as contributing
>> to a 'cultural commons' or knowledge commons if it clearly threatens
>> environmental sustainability and the 'global commons'.
>>
>> Food for thought for the weekend.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Cindy in Helsinki
>>
>>
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