From Commons to Commonism?
Transcript of From Commons to Commonism?
From Commons to Commonism?
Stefan Meretzkeimform.de
July 5th, 2015, Makamik, Helsinki, Finland
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Structure
1. Commons – what is it?
2. Logics of Commodity and Commons
3. Capitalist Societal Mediation
4. Commonist Societal Mediation
5. Societal Transformation
1. Commons – what is it?
The Commons Triangle
Resources Products
Commons
Commoning
Natural Goods
Communityand Rules
Networking
The Commons Triangle
Resources Products
Commons
Commoning
Natural Goods
Communityand Rules
Networking
New Commons = Peer Commons
● Hackerspaces & FabLabs● Community Gardens● Community Supported Agriculture● Tenement Syndicate● Free Local Wireless Networks● Free Cargo Bikes● Open Architecture● Open Furniture● Open Wear / Open Fashion● Open Prothetics● Open Hardware● Open Manufacturing● Open Everything
Understanding Society
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Creating SocietalMediation
ElementaryForm
Understanding Society
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Creating SocietalMediation
ElementaryForm
SocialMicroLogics
Understanding Society
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Creating SocietalMediation
ElementaryForm
SocialMicroLogics
Social Macro Logics
2. Logics of Commodity and Commons
Commodity and Commons Cycles
Exploitation
Commodity
Exchange
Value
Money
Capital
Networking
Resources
Commoning
Commons
+
=
value driven need driven
The Commoditybreaks into two
A Commonsis a Commons
Product
Commodity
Value
Mediation
Commons
Commons
Commons
ProductionUsage
Commons
Commons
Se
lf-Me
dia
ti ng
logics of exclusion logics of inclusion
demands needs
externalization internalization
alien purposes own purposes
time savingas coercion
time spendingas quality of life
negative reciprocity positive reciprocity
logics of competition logics of cooperation
homooeconomicus
humanbeing
abstract equality concrete speciality
structural separation structural communality
formal justice experienced fairness
CommonsCommodity
logics of exclusion logics of inclusion
demands needs
externalization internalization
alien purposes own purposes
time savingas coercion
time spendingas quality of life
negative reciprocity positive reciprocity
logics of competition logics of cooperation
homooeconomicus
humanbeing
abstract equality concrete speciality
structural separation structural communality
formal justice experienced fairness
CommonsCommodity
»Individual developmenton the expense of the
development of others«
»Free development of eachbeing the condition of thefree development of all«
3. Capitalist Societal Mediation
First Back to Society in General
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Creating SocietalMediation
ElementaryForm
Understanding Society
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Creating SocietalMediation
ElementaryForm
ImMaterial Production
Personal Reproduction
Means of ReProduction
Relationship between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«
Understanding Society
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Creating SocietalMediation
ElementaryForm
SocialMicroLogics
Social Macro Logics
ImMaterial Production
Personal Reproduction
Means of ReProduction
Relationship between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«
Understanding Capitalism
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Labor, Capital, MarketState, Family
Commodity
SocialMicroLogics
Capitalist Commodity Production
ImMaterial Production
Personal Reproduction
Means of ReProduction
Separation between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«
4. Commonist Societal Mediation
What's new in Commonism?
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization
PeerCommons
Understanding Commonism
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization
PeerCommons
SocialMicroLogics
Commonist Peer Production
ImMaterial Production
Personal Reproduction
Means of ReProduction
Relationship between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«
Understanding Commonism
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization
PeerCommons
Coordinationin Huge
DecentralizedSystems
through LocalInformations
Hint-basedTask
Distributionthrough
Self-Selection
Stigmergy: Self-Selection
Hierarchical Systems
Consensus-Hierarchy
Stigmergy
Understanding Commonism
Individual Soci
ety
Producing Livelihoods
Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization
PeerCommons
Self-StructuredNetworks
with MultipleFunctional
Centers
Termfrom the
Commons-Research
(by Ostrom)
Polycentric Self-Organization
Infrastructure
Institutions
Projects
Meta
S t i g m e r g i c M e d i a t i o n
ForImagination
only!
5. Societal Transformation
Five Step Model After Klaus Holzkamp (1983)
1. Appearing of an embryonic form determining the future development
2. Rising crisis which can no longer be coped with by the dominant system
3. Function shift of the embryonic form towards an important mode of development within the dominant system
4. Dominance shift of the new mode of development becoming the prevalent mode
5. Restructuring of whole systems processes towards the new mode of development
Five Steps Graphically
Embryonic Form
Crisis
Function shift
Dominance shift
Restructuring
What Does „Function Shift“ Mean?
● Peer commons become relevant for capitalism● Capitalism supports the commons● Logic of money and markets penetrate the commons● Contradictions between own logic of the commons and
alien logic of money and markets evolve
► Double-faced contradictions go right through individuals
Thank you!
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