Economies of the Commons 2008
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De Balie in Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum, in collaboration with Knowledgeland, Images for the Future, and Virtual Platform, organise a two-day international public working conference on the economies, sustainability, and opportunities for creative reuse of these public audiovisual resources and archives.
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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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Food for Everyone :: Resource GuidePeople across the country and throughout the world are realizing that to confront the climate crisis and create secure and healthy communities, we’ll need vibrant regional food systems. Interested in growing a local food revolution in your kitchen or community? Here are some helpful resources ...
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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.
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The City that Ended Hunger :: Belo Horizonte, BrazilA city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: end hunger. In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy. But that realization was only the beginning, for then I ...
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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 ...
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The economic icebergGiorgio Bertini added 9 months ago
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Karl Polanyi's Concept of EmbeddednessMore about Karl Polanyi at: Karl Polanyi .Giorgio Bertini added 9 months ago
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Prospects for the United States and the World: a Crisis that Conventional Remedies cannot ResolveA brief and excellent analysys, by a very serious research institution. A must read paper.Giorgio Bertini added 9 months ago
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