From 8a2dc7946bc13f02fc7b9ba5ff02c08d99b8ceb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gustav Eek Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 11:16:50 +0200 Subject: [presentations/common-goods] Proposal as sent in to FSCONS The proposal is updated to its format it is sent in --- presentations/common-goods/bibliography.mdwn | 9 ++++ presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn | 72 +++++++++++++++------------- presentations/common-goods/script.mdwn | 10 ++-- 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/presentations/common-goods/bibliography.mdwn b/presentations/common-goods/bibliography.mdwn index 2effa0f..ddcdcca 100644 --- a/presentations/common-goods/bibliography.mdwn +++ b/presentations/common-goods/bibliography.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,13 @@ +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 index 601de6a..9d2d859 100644 --- a/presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn +++ b/presentations/common-goods/proposal.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- -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 date: tor 13 jul 2017 20:18:26 CEST ... @@ -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 index b7c3d3e..9fe1011 100644 --- a/presentations/common-goods/script.mdwn +++ b/presentations/common-goods/script.mdwn @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3