From 2a0e99bfd6b73e33843780aaa54ad4a8db4c44dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gustav Eek Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:09:14 +0200 Subject: [prsnts/common-goods] Proposal separated by language The common proposal *proposal.mdwn* containing two languages is separated into *proposal-sv.mdwn* and *proposal-en.mdwn*. *Makefile* for PDF production etc. is ofcourse updated. Also the *README*. --- presentations/common-goods/Makefile | 8 +- presentations/common-goods/README | 8 +- presentations/common-goods/latex.sed | 7 ++ presentations/common-goods/proposal-en.mdwn | 84 +++++++++++++++++++ presentations/common-goods/proposal-sv.mdwn | 31 +++++++ presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn | 120 ---------------------------- 6 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-) create mode 100644 presentations/common-goods/latex.sed create mode 100644 presentations/common-goods/proposal-en.mdwn create mode 100644 presentations/common-goods/proposal-sv.mdwn delete mode 100644 presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/Makefile b/presentations/common-goods/Makefile index 71d92d0..68df7fe 100644 --- a/presentations/common-goods/Makefile +++ b/presentations/common-goods/Makefile @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ notes = \ eek-2017-09-common-goods-notes-sv.pdf other = \ - proposal.pdf \ + proposal-en.pdf \ + proposal-sv.pdf \ script.pdf all: $(notes) $(other) @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ script-sv_.tex: script-sv.mdwn latex.sed $(other): %.pdf: %.mdwn pandoc -s -S -f markdown -t latex \ -V "classoption=a4paper,12pt" \ - -V "geometry=hmargin=20mm,top=20mm,bottom=15mm,includefoot" \ + -V "geometry=hmargin=35mm,top=20mm,bottom=15mm,includefoot" \ -o $(basename $<).pdf $< clean: @@ -50,8 +51,7 @@ clean: rm -f *.aux *.log rm -f *.tex rm -f *.pdf - rm -f *~ - + rm -f *~ *_.* *_ SHELL = /bin/bash diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/README b/presentations/common-goods/README index 3c90f74..399b3bc 100644 --- a/presentations/common-goods/README +++ b/presentations/common-goods/README @@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ nytta. Inspirationen kommer från Mattei's *Gemensam Nytta*. **Dokument** - * *application.mdwn* -- Ansökan till FSCONS 2017 - * *script.mdwn* -- Manuskriptet + * *proposal-sv.mdwn* -- Ansökan till Bokmassan 2017 + * *proposal-en.mdwn* -- Ansökan till FSCONS 2017 + * *script-sv.mdwn* -- Manuskriptet Bokmassan 2017 + * *script.mdwn* -- Manuskriptet (master) * *presentation.mdwn* -- Presentationsorginal * *bibliography.mdwn* -- Vad det låter som * *Makefile* -- Kör *make* för att bygga + + diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/latex.sed b/presentations/common-goods/latex.sed new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d1e532 --- /dev/null +++ b/presentations/common-goods/latex.sed @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +/\\title/ { + s/Kommunikationsinfrastruktur/Kommunikations\\-infra\\-struk\\-tur/g +} + +/begin.*document/,/end.*document/ { +# s/demokratisk/demo\\-kra\\-tisk/g +} diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/proposal-en.mdwn b/presentations/common-goods/proposal-en.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3bb63c --- /dev/null +++ b/presentations/common-goods/proposal-en.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +--- +title: 'Communication infrastructure – a form of resistance?' +subtitle: 'Fripost: digital technology as a common good for user freedom and control' +author: 'Gustav Eek ' +date: tor 13 jul 2017 20:18:26 CEST +... + + +Proposal to FSCONS 2017 + +# Abstract + +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 + +The importance of Internet as communication medium can not be +questioned. For those who take user freedom seriously it is saddening +to see how the Internet has changed from being a common and highly +distributed network to the increasingly privatised web we encounter +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 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 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 initiative will +also be put in context of local struggles with global implication. + +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, 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 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 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 +that with global implication. In the world, farmers fight for land, +urban folks for water, and students for independent universities. We +fight for the right and free access to Internet and the means for +communication. Internet is designed to be distributed and for equal +unlimited access for everyone. That sounds quite much like a common +good, and commons require equal influence. + +The moral of the presentation is of course that we should fight back +against the privatisation process, particularly that of the +web. Fripost illustrates that it is possible and also suggest how it +can be done. diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/proposal-sv.mdwn b/presentations/common-goods/proposal-sv.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f96f622 --- /dev/null +++ b/presentations/common-goods/proposal-sv.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: 'Kommunikationsinfrastruktur – en motståndsform?' +subtitle: Fripost: digital teknik som gemensam nyttighet för användarfrihet och -kontroll' +author: 'Gustav Eek ' +date: tor 13 jul 2017 20:18:26 CEST +... + + +Förslag Bokmassan 2017 + +# Sammanfattning + +I seminariet kommer vi presentera de demokratiska principerna som +ligger till grund för föreningen Fripost, den demokratiska +e-postföreningen (som grundades 2010). Vi kommer dra relevanta +paralleller mellan elektronisk kommunikationsinfrastruktur och +gemensamma nyttigheter (de är t.ex. båda resurser). Det bland annat +genom att kritisera dikotomin *offentlig--privat* och vanliga idéer +kring Allmänningarnas tragedi. Vi kommer också i detalj beskriva hur +en komplex och komplicerad resurs kan (och måste) underställas +demokratisk kontroll. + +# Description *en*)(*sv* Beskrivnign *sv*) + +Likainflytande är ett ambitiöst anspråk, och hur det tolkas i Fripost +kommer diskuteras i dess detaljer. I korthet ligger det centrala i att +Friposts åtagande lika mycket är socialt som tekniskt: alla beslut har +sitt ursprung i medlemmarna, kortsiktiga så väl som +strategiska. Därför baseras föreningens verksamhet på tre grundpelare: +(a) teknik, (b) folkbildning och (c) informationsspridning; och +hållbarhet är ledordet. diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn b/presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index b0519a5..0000000 --- a/presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,120 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: '(*en* Communication infrastructure – a form of resistance? *en*)(*sv* Kommunikationsinfrastruktur – en motståndsform? *sv*)' -subtitle: '(*en* Fripost: digital technology as a common good for user freedom and control *en*)(*sv* Fripost: digital teknik som gemensam nyttighet för användarfrihet och -kontroll *sv*)' -author: 'Gustav Eek ' -date: tor 13 jul 2017 20:18:26 CEST -... - - -(*en* Proposal to FSCONS 2017 *en*)(*sv* Förslag Bokmassan 2017 *sv*) - -# (*en* Abstract *en*)(*sv* Sammanfattning *sv*) - -(*en* - -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. - -*en*) -(*sv* - -I seminariet kommer vi presentera de demokratiska principerna som -ligger till grund för föreningen Fripost, den demokratiska -e-postföreningen (som grundades 2010). Vi kommer dra relevanta -paralleller mellan elektronisk kommunikationsinfrastruktur och -gemensamma nyttigheter (de är t.ex. båda resurser). Det bland annat -genom att kritisera dikotomin *offentlig--privat* och vanliga idéer -kring Allmänningarnas tragedi. Vi kommer också i detalj beskriva hur -en komplex och komplicerad resurs kan (och måste) underställas -demokratisk kontroll. - -*sv*) - - -# (*en* Description *en*)(*sv* Beskrivnign *sv*) - -(*en* - -The importance of Internet as communication medium can not be -questioned. For those who take user freedom seriously it is saddening -to see how the Internet has changed from being a common and highly -distributed network to the increasingly privatised web we encounter -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 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 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 initiative will -also be put in context of local struggles with global implication. - -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, 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 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 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. - -*en*) -(*sv* - -Likainflytande är ett ambitiöst anspråk, och hur det tolkas i Fripost -kommer diskuteras i dess detaljer. I korthet ligger det centrala i att -Friposts åtagande lika mycket är socialt som tekniskt: alla beslut har -sitt ursprung i medlemmarna, kortsiktiga så väl som -strategiska. Därför baseras föreningens verksamhet på tre grundpelare: -(a) teknik, (b) folkbildning och (c) informationsspridning; och -hållbarhet är ledordet. - -*sv*) -(*en* - -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 -that with global implication. In the world, farmers fight for land, -urban folks for water, and students for independent universities. We -fight for the right and free access to Internet and the means for -communication. Internet is designed to be distributed and for equal -unlimited access for everyone. That sounds quite much like a common -good, and commons require equal influence. - -The moral of the presentation is of course that we should fight back -against the privatisation process, particularly that of the -web. Fripost illustrates that it is possible and also suggest how it -can be done. - -*en*) -- cgit v1.2.3