Commonsbased peer production is presented as an alternative to the profitdriven peertopeer production models of the digital economy. Issues such as ecological impact, entropy in the field of information, destruction of collective institutions, need to be considered in a renewed concept of locality stiegler and commons bauwens. Peer to peer as the premise of a new mode of civilization, an extensive essay by michel bauwens. Join facebook to connect with michelle bauwens and others you may know. Michel bauwens in 2007 michel bauwens born 21 march 1958 is a belgian peertopeer theorist and an active writer, researcher and conference speaker on the. Michel bauwens, the political economy of peer production. Smart welcomes michel bauwens for a 3 year research and. On the politics and economics of the peertopeer phenomenon, connections between life in art and the work of digital creatives today, and forms of urbanism that may emerge from these circumstances. The political economy of peer production michel bauwens. Michel bauwens is the founder of the p2p foundation and works in. In the book michel, with his collaborator jean lievens, argues that a new distributed and decentralised economic model is necessary to shake up the world and drive us towards a postcapitalist society. Bauwens was research director with the flok free libre open knowledge society at iaen, the.
Network society and future scenarios for a collaborative economy. The ecosystem of commonsbased peer production and its. For more information, go to the books website, patterns of commoning. P2p foundation cofounder michel bauwens talks about his personal background, the ongoing development of the p2p foundation and how p2p could save the world. The interview presented here is an effort to expose critical geographers to the work of michel bauwens and the p2p foundation he cofounded in 2006. Peer to peer and human evolution on the p2p relational dynamic as the premise of the next civilizational stage author. Bauwens travels extensively giving workshops and lectures on p2p and the commons as emergent paradigms and the opportunities they present to move towards.
A manifesto for commons transition social science computing. In an unprecedented way michel bauwens hijacks the commons. Summary of p2p production, governance, and property as 3rd modality of value creation. Smart welcomes michel bauwens, joining us for a research and development residency for the next 3 years. Interview with michel bauwens at the university of oslo. Commonsbased peer production cbpp is a term coined by harvard law school professor yochai benkler. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. Gnulinux, apache web server exemplify a new mode of information pro. From the communism of capital to capital for the commons. Michel bauwens is the founder and director of the p2p foundation and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. Michel bauwens born 21 march 1958 is a belgian peertopeer theorist and an active writer, researcher and conference speaker on the subject of technology, culture and business innovation. Download a pdf copy of kevin carsons full c4ss study.
A double is haunting the worldthe double of abstraction, the virtual reality of information, programming or poetry, math or music, curves or colorings upon which the fortunes of states and armies, companies and communities now depend. Andy kent managing editor, antipode introduction and context. The commons manifesto michel bauwens, vasilis kostakis, alex pazaitis download bok. Interviews with leaders and key thinkers in the various open and free movements. Topics include p2p, cpbb and free and open source software. Michel bauwens born 21 march 1958 is a belgian peertopeer theorist and an active writer. The atmosphere as a global commons, by ottmar edenhofer, christian flachsland and bernhard lorentz. It includes a basic account of why the invention of the blockchain has been important, but stresses that the needed distributed ledgers may take other.
Capitalist technoutopianism from daniel bell on ii. The commons manifesto find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. This essay discusses peertopeer social dynamics and the relevant technological infrastructures that enable new modes of production. On the one side, we have a reemergence of the cooperative movement and workedowned enterprises which suffer from. Class and capital in peer production michel bauwens, 2009. Peer to peer as the premise of a new mode of civilization author. Explains how the demands of companies for protection of their patents and s and the culture of file sharing has given rise to a class conflict in which creators of the information are lined up against a possessing class who monopolize what the hackers produce. May 03, 2005 the cult of ken wilber by michel bauwens what has gone wrong with ken wilber. Pdf on jan 1, 2005, michel bauwens and others published the political. Other noncapitalist technoutopianisms john holloway michel bauwens. Michel bauwens is a theorist in the emerging field of p2p theory and director and founder of the p2p foundation, a global organization of researchers working in collaboration in the exploration of peer. Bauwens and his associates have long been promoting the idea of an emerging commonsbased peer production economy cbpp, which is posited as a.
Initiatives such as the free encyclopedia wikipedia and a myriad of free opensource software projects e. Changemaker profile michel bauwens, founder of the. While the commons practiced deliberative and participative democracy in the high middle ages, that weakened from the 16th century, we do not find any defense of alternatives for our faltering representative democracy in peer to peer. The authors main thesis describes the value crisis affecting our current world as a sign of an underlying transformation in our value system. In the first semester of 2014, michel bauwens was the research director of the transition project towards the social knowledge economy, an official project in ecuador see. While this new system of value creation and distribution still operates within the mainstream value orthodoxy today, the value in the commons economy report emphasizes how pioneering communities are working on expanding the new system from within, and building the potential to eventually break free of those confines. Michel bauwens is a cofounder and leading activist of the p2p foundation foundation for peertopeer alternatives, which works in collaboration with a global group of researchers exploring peer productiongovernanceproperty and the open free, participatory, and commonsoriented modes of human cooperation. The triune peer governance of the digital commons, by michel bauwens. However, he argues, since the free and open movements are all components of a more generalised revolution, advocates of these movements should combine forces with the larger p2p movement if they want to ensure the success of their individual objectives. The triarchical structure of the postwestphalian global order michel bauwens in the emerging institutional model of peer production,1 most visibly in the already mature free software industry, we can distinguish an interplay between three partners, i. Michel bauwens is the founder of the foundation for peertopeer. Commonsbased projects generally have less rigid hierarchical structures than those under more traditional business models.
Multilevel governance and crossscale coordination for natural resource management. I used to be a great fan of ken wilber and his integral theory. There are different ways of organizing economies, based on the idea of common goods, says michel bauwens, founder of the p2p foundation. The triarchical structure of the postwestphalian global order. Pdf the political economy of peer production researchgate. Aug 30, 2015 from the communism of capital to capital for the commons. The aim of this paper is to make the case that peer production offers a unique chance to transcend capitalism. Pdf on jan 1, 2005, michel bauwens and others published the political economy of peer production find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. What is at stake peerintopeer p2p is an attempt to recreate a believable and emancipatory potential. Michel bauwens bio p2pfoundation what is an interesting life in the p2p era. Collaborative economy theorist, coauthor of network society and future scenarios for a collaborative economy and founder of the p2p foundation, michel bauwens works in collaboration with an international group of researchers on the application of peertopeer in governance, production and. Michel bauwens, peertopeer activist and founder of the peertopeer foundation, has a new book out, in french, entitled saving the world.
On 26 may, 2019, michel bauwens was a candidate mep for the flemish green party groen, as an independent candidate from civil society, in order to promote publiccommons processes and institutions. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The proposal of this paper is to present a summary of ten years of research at the p2p foundation, including by our own p2p lab but also by our partners in common research programs, of what we know today about the emerging commons economy. Join facebook to connect with michel bauwens and others you may know. Other noncapitalist technoutopianisms john holloway michel bauwens accelerationism. Michel bauwens academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. This report was written by michel bauwens and vasilis niaros and copublished by the p2p foundation and heinrich boll foundation. Changing societies through urban commons transitions.
Jul 27, 2019 in an unprecedented way michel bauwens hijacks the commons. Center for a stateless society michel bauwens other non. Lessons from current research, by helen markelova and esther mwangi. Michel bauwens pontifical academy of social sciences. Michel bauwens archives page 2 of 3 commons transition. Pdf an interview with michel bauwens lawrence bird. These interviews are published under a creative commons licence, so people are free to copy and distribute them as they wish, so long as they credit me as the author, do not alter or transform the text, and do not use them for any commercial purpose.
While the commons practiced deliberative and participative democracy in the high middle ages, that weakened from the 16 th century, we do not find any defense of alternatives for our faltering representative democracy in peer to peer. The foundation for peer to peer alternatives is an organization with the aim of studying the impact of peer to peer technology and thought on society. It describes a model of socioeconomic production in which large numbers of people work cooperatively. The cult of ken wilber by michel bauwens what has gone wrong with ken wilber. Oct 07, 2015 big industry is a choice, not a necessity. As i was searching for a more integrated and inclusive understanding of personal and world processes in my twenties, and confused by all the different competing theories and techniques, the first book i read by ken, spectrum of consciousness, was truly. To save the world preface by bernard stiegler for michel. My feeling is that the current system is nearing the end of its useful life.
Michel bauwens on peertopeer economics and its role in reshaping our world. View the profiles of people named michelle bauwens. A changemaker profile of michel bauwens by sharon ede michel bauwens is a cofounder and leading activist of the p2p foundation foundation for peertopeer alternatives, which works in collaboration with a global group of researchers exploring peer productiongovernanceproperty and the open free, participatory, and commonsoriented modes of. Two prominent social progressive movements are faced with a few contradictions and a paradox. Request pdf on mar 20, 2019, michel bauwens and others published peer to peer. Towards an open cooperativism michel bauwens and vasilis kostakis. Commonsbased peer production occurs wherever and whenever people can freely associate and create commons together, which we define as shared resources that are maintained by a community or a group of stakeholders, managed through their own rules and norms.
Here, in the first of a twopart interview, bauwens talks to richard poynder. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Some notes on social antagonism in netarchical capitalism, republic special issue on the social. With michel bauwens, bollier and helfrich are cofounders of the common strategies group. On the one side, we have a reemergence of the cooperative movement and workedowned enterprises which suffer from certain structural. Michel bauwens payap university and chiang mai university, thailand. A commonsbased peer to peer path to postcapitalism. Commonsbased peer production is presented as an alternative to. This project produced a first integrated commons transition plan for the government of ecuador, in order to create a social knowledge economy, with.
Interview with michel bauwens at the university of oslo spring 2008. Business models for peer production, open source business resource, january. This oneday workshop is intended to readdress the issues related to the blockchain in the current context of the anthropocene. Jan 18, 2018 smart welcomes michel bauwens, joining us for a research and development residency for the next 3 years. Michel bauwens is the founder of the foundation for peertopeer alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. Michel bauwens born 1958, belgian peertopeer theorist, writer, researcher and conference speaker.
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