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Commons Philosophy
Andrew Rens · Cape Town (South Africa) · Jun 15th, 2007 11:05 pm
To discuss, debate, argue and wrangle over the philosophy of the commons, and philosophical, theoretical and scholarly issues affecting the commons.
To host on-line discussions on commons philosophy, theory and research, and to help organise scholarly work around the commons. [more]
Category: Other
Project end date: 6/6/2010 (600 days to go)
Creation date: Jun 15th, 2007 11:05 pm
Development stage: planning
city: Cape Town
country: South Africa
Other countries:
Main Language: English
Number of people involved: 7
recent posts
iSummit session on Philosophy of the Commons
Jun 29th, 2007 9:24 pm – 0 comment
Tom Chance organised a session on the Philosophy of the Commons which was one the liveliest and most interesting session of the conference in my not especially humble opinion.
One of the panelists; Benjamin Mako Hill argued that its necessary for iCommons to define Free Culture, as he has done in A Definition of Free Cultural Works.
The session prompted a number of articles... [more]
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Lack of a comprehensive philosophic vision for the Commons has been one of the major aspects of the critique to the CC project,...
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recent forum entries
What is your vision of freedom?
Does iCommons require a single definition of freedom or many?
Must freedom include the ability for everyone to make...
Jun 17th, 2007 3:31 am
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A key change at iCommons
If you're not part of the iCommons mailing list, take a look at the letter that Heather Ford, Executive Director of iCommons, sent to the list yesterday:
Dear friends,
At the 2 August iCommons Board Meeting, the board decided to make some difficult but necessary changes at iCommons. It has become clear over the past months that our vision for iCommons is different from the... more
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