[presentations/common-goods] Proposal as sent in to FSCONS

The proposal is updated to its format it is sent in

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diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/bibliography.mdwn b/presentations/common-goods/bibliography.mdwn
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+Books
 
  * Ugo Mattei 2011, *Gemensam Nytta*, (original *Beni Comuni*), Balders förlag, Riga 2016.
 
+Articles
+
  * Catharina Thörn 2017, (*Kolla upp titel*), Editorial note (*Ledare?*) in *Dagens ETC*, July 3, 2017.
+
+ Talks
+
+ * Dougald Hine 2014, *What do you mean, "Full Commonism"?*, FSCONS 2014, 2014-11-01, https://frab.fscons.org/en/fscons14/public/events/181
+
+ * Dougald Hine and Lars Noväng 2014, *The Friendly Commoner*, FSCONS 2014, 2014-11-01, https://frab.fscons.org/en/fscons14/public/events/209
diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn b/presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn
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-title: Demokratisk kommuicationsinfrastruktur som motståndsform
-subtitle: Technology infrastructure as a common googd
+title: Communication infrastructure – a form of resistance
+subtitle: Fripost: digital technology as a common good for user freedom and control
 author: Gustav Eek <gustav@fripost.org>
 date: tor 13 jul 2017 20:18:26 CEST
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@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ Proposal to FSCONS 2017
 
 # Abstract
 
-In this lecture I will present the democratic principles of Fripost
-and demonstrate how also complicated resources, such as infrastructure
-for electronic communication can (and must) (*underställas folkligt
-demokratiska pricesser?*) (I argue that central communication
-infrastructure should be viewed as a resource).
-
-I will start in a (well known) critique of Garret Hardin's (*Vem
-talade om detta FSCONS 2015?*) classical tragedy of the commons
-(*referens*) (one that has been presented many times before).
+In this lecture the democratic principles of Fripost, the free email
+association (founded in 2010) will be presented. Infrastructure for
+electronic communication will be resembled with a common good (a
+resource). That using a critique of the *public--private* dichotomy,
+and the tragedy of the commons. I will then demonstrate how also
+complicated resources can (and must) be made subject to democratic
+control.
 
 # Description
 
@@ -29,40 +27,46 @@ today.
 
 In this lecture I will present the democratic principles of Fripost,
 the free email association which was founded as a reaction to that
-development. I will demonstrate how also complicated resources, such
-as infrastructure for electronic communication can (and must)
-(*underställas folkligt demokratiska pricesser?*).
+development. I will resemble infrastructure for electronic
+communication with a common good (a resource), and I will demonstrate
+how also complicated resources can (and must) be made subject to
+democratic control.
 
-Fripost and its foundataion and principals has been presented several
-times since its constitution in 2010, also at FSCONS. This
-presentation, however, takes a different and broader stand.
+Fripost and its foundation and democratic principals has been
+presented several times since its constitution in 2010, also at
+FSCONS. This is why the lecture also will take a different and broader
+stand, inspired by some recent readings. The Fripost initative will
+also be put in context of local struggles with global implication.
 
-I will start in a (common) critique of Garret Hardin's (*Vem talade om
-detta FSCONS 2015?*) classical tragedy of the commons (*referens*)
-(one that has been presented many times before). The fault lies in the
-dikotonomy *public-private* and in the idea that every resource needs
-an owning (*huvudmann?*). What is not managed can not yield profit. In
-the case of the (*inhängdad?*) of the commons, management in it self
-causes the scarcity, it is not the scarcity that requires management.
+In short, the idea that every resource needs an single responsible and
+managing owner is unsatisfactory as well as the dichotomy
+*public--private*. What is not managed can not yield profit. But some
+things are to important even to be managed. Naturally this touches on
+a critique (which has been presented many times before) of Hardin's
+classical tragedy of the commons. Regarding the enclosure of the
+commons, management in it self causes the scarcity, The commons are
+not scarce resources that requires management.
 
 It is not obvious, however, how digital technology and technology
 based on Internet can be recognised as a resource and common
-good. Though "friendly" in its usage, it is intrinsically intricate
-and complicated in its internals, and the distance is far between the
-providing and consuming ends.
+good. Though "friendly" in its usage, digital technology is
+intrinsically intricate and complicated in its internals, and the
+distance is far between the providing and consuming ends. What is the
+interpretation of democratic influence and control in the case of
+digital technology? And what is user freedom for Internet services?
 
 Here Fripost becomes an example of central communication
 infrastructure that implements democratic "ownership", maintenance,
-and development. And democracy is equal influence: it does not stop at
-gathering of opinion.
+and development. And democracy is *equal influence*: it does not stop
+at the gathering of opinion.
 
 Equal influence is ambitious, and how it is interpreted in Fripost
 will be discussed in its details, but in short the key is that
-Fripost's commitment (*åtagande?*) is equally much social as it is
-technical: all decisions originates from the members, short term as
-well as strategical; activities are balanced between the association's
-three legs: (a) technology, (b) adult education, and (c) propaganda;
-and sustainability is the leading word.
+Fripost's commitment is equally much social as it is technical: all
+decisions originates from the members, short term as well as
+strategical; activities are balanced between the association's three
+legs: (a) technology, (b) adult education, and (c) propaganda; and
+sustainability is the leading word.
 
 I humbly recognise that what we do is small in scale and ambition. But
 I still want to put it in the context of important local struggles
diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/script.mdwn b/presentations/common-goods/script.mdwn
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@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@ for electronic communication can (and must) (*underställas folkligt
 demokratiska pricesser?*) (I argue that central communication
 infrastructure should be viewed as a resource).
 
-I will start in a (well known) critique of Garret Hardin's (*Vem
-talade om detta FSCONS 2015?*) classical tragedy of the commons
-(*referens*) (one that has been presented many times before).
+I will start in a (well known) critique of Garret Hardin's classical
+tragedy of the commons (*referens*) (one that has been presented many
+times before). One example is Duoglad Hine, *What do you mean, "Full
+Commonism"?* and *The Friendly Commoner*, FSCONS 2014.
+
+(*Read more on Duoglad Hine's talks*)
+
 
 Of course we recognise that this process of privatisation and
 enclosure (*att hägna in?*) is not isolated to Internet