(Deutsch) “Danke, das hatten wir schon!”

Lea | 17. April 2012 | Filed under: ActorsGender RelationsLiterature/BooksPractical StrugglesPressPrivatizationDistribution of Wealth | Leave a comment

 

Conference Report: “The Public Domain and Digital Natives”

Markus Euskirchen | 3. February 2011 | Filed under: Education/KnowledgeLiterature/Books | Leave a comment

Communia, a thematic network, aims at becoming a European point of reference for theoretical analysis and strategic policy discussion of existing and emerging issues concerning the public domain in the digital environment. Read a subjective report about the Communia conference “University and Cyberspace. Reshaping Knowledge Institutions for the Networked Age”.

Film Series: “Another World is Plantable!”

Markus Euskirchen | 22. October 2010 | Filed under: Biodiversity/gen.RessourcesLiterature/BooksPractical Struggles | Leave a comment

In the film series, “Another World is Plantable!”, community gardens in different parts of the world are presented. At the core of the film series are the activists from the community gardens, the gardens themselves, and the visions the activists have of them. They recount how and why their gardens are not just green oases Continue reading →

New Book: Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons

Markus Euskirchen | 28. May 2010 | Filed under: Debates: Theories/AlternativesLiterature/BooksPublic Goods | Leave a comment

After a decade of digital fetishism, the spectres of the financial and energy crisis have also affected new media culture and brought into question the autonomy of networks. Yet activism and the art world still celebrate Creative Commons and the ‘creative cities’ as the new ideals for the Internet generation. Unmasking the animal spirits of Continue reading →

New Book: Commonwealth by Negri/Hardt

Markus Euskirchen | 26. April 2010 | Filed under: Literature/BooksPublic Goods | Leave a comment

Commonwealth is the latest collaboration between Michael Hardt, a Duke University professor who specializes in Italian literature, and Toni Negri, an original member of the radical Autonomia group in Italy. Negri is the more colorful of the two, having at one time been accused of being the intellectual leader of the Red Brigades terrorists who Continue reading →

Who Owns the World? A new book

Ann St | 2. March 2010 | Filed under: GeneralEducation/KnowledgeLiterature/BooksPublic GoodsPolitical AlternativesPrivatization | Leave a comment

A new book on the commons has been published in Germany. An anthology of essays with the title “Who Owns the World? The Rediscovery of the Commons”, has now been published by oekom Verlag in Berlin. (German title: “Wem gehört die Welt – Zur Wiederentdeckung der Gemeingüter”.) The list of authors includes Elinor Ostrom, Richard Continue reading →

PRESOM: Project is over

Markus Euskirchen | 11. February 2010 | Filed under: Debates: Theories/AlternativesLiterature/BooksPrivatization | Leave a comment

There are no more conferences. The final product of the CA PRESOM is the book: Privatisation against the European Social Model – A critique of European policies and proposals for alternatives, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK, November 2009.

Book: China’s new place in a world in crisis

Markus Euskirchen | 1. October 2009 | Filed under: Debates: Theories/AlternativesLiterature/Books | 1 Comment

Summary: The world and China’s place in it have been transformed over the past year. The pressures for change have come from the most severe global financial crisis ever. The crisis has accelerated China’s emergence as a great power. But China and its global partners have yet to think or work through the consequences of Continue reading →

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