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This Twine has been started at the conference 'Economies of the Commons:
Strategies for Sustainable Access and Creative Reuse of Images and Sounds Online' (http://www.ecommons.eu) and addresses the remarkable cultural, educational and societal significance of the new types of audiovisual commons resources that are currenntly being created on the internet. Sustainable public access and enhanced opportunities for creative reuse of these resources are the particular focus.
Strategies for Sustainable Access and Creative Reuse of Images and Sounds Online' (http://www.ecommons.eu) and addresses the remarkable cultural, educational and societal significance of the new types of audiovisual commons resources that are currenntly being created on the internet. Sustainable public access and enhanced opportunities for creative reuse of these resources are the particular focus.
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The economic icebergThe iceberg is an economic representation we use in our action research projects to stimulate conversations about ‘the economy.’ This image is one way of illustrating that what is usually regarded as ‘the economy’—wage labor, market exchange of commodities and capitalist enterprise—comprises but ...
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Porto Alegre's Participatory Budget Of, By, and For the PeopleHow would you like to distribute 200 million dollars to your fellow citizens? That’s the amount of money the city of Porto Alegre spends in an average year for construction and services—money not committed to fixed expenses like debt service and pensions.
Giorgio Bertini
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Karl Polanyi's Concept of EmbeddednessThe logical starting point for explaining Polanyi's thinking is his concept of embeddedness. Perhaps his most famous contribution to social thought, it has also been a source of enormous confusion in understanding his argument. Polanyi starts by emphasizing that the entire tradition of modern ...
Giorgio Bertini
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OnTheCommons.org » The Fight Against PrivatizationHere are two resources that will be helpful to anyone tracking the latest trends in privatization. The first is a news-digest blog, PrivatizationWatch.org, a joint project of the Center for Study of Responsive Law and Essential Information in Washington, D.C. Five times a week, the site has ...
Todd Suomela
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Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » The Future of CopyrightHow relevant is it to declare oneself to be “for” or “against” copyright? Neither the stabilization nor the abolition of the copyright system seems within reach. All we see is a seemingly endless assembly line of new extensions to the law being proposed and enacted. The most recent is the ...
Todd Suomela
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18The economic icebergGiorgio Bertini added 12 months ago
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18Karl Polanyi's Concept of EmbeddednessMore about Karl Polanyi at: Karl Polanyi .Giorgio Bertini added 12 months ago
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Creative Archive Licence GroupTalked about it at the economies of the commons conferenceleolovestwine added 23 months ago
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