Freie Bilder und die Verantwortung von Museen
Was bedeutet die Forderung nach freien Bildern für Museen? Welche Schwierigkeiten und neuen Ansätze gibt es im Bereich von #OpenSource und #CreativeCommons? Wie wirken sich diese auf die Verantwortung…
Tag: commons
“Work together, eat bread together”: Stardew Valley and the Dream of the Commons
Farming Fantasies “There will come a day,” proclaims the player character’s grandfather in the popular video game Stardew Valley, “when you feel crushed by the burden of modern…
Salvaging what is good
Photomicrograph of various seeds. By Alexander Klepnev: Own work, CC BY 4.0.* This post is more practical than nostalgic. Yes, sometimes I like to look back and think…
Neither Markets Nor Militaries: On the critical importance of restoring the commons
In Southern Africa – where South Africa and Botswana account for two of the most economically unequal countries in the world according to the GINI index – the…
Atmospheric Commons
ATMOSPHERIC COMMONS This text was jointly composed by the AIR group: Hanna Husberg, Agata Marzecova, Liu Xin, Taru Elfving, Nerea Calvillo, Adam Fish & Nicolas Maigret as part…
Mehr als Gemüse. Urban Gardening als Intervention in den Stadtraum.
Ein Essay von Laura Esser 1. Dein Essay in einem Satz: In meinem Essay zeige ich am Beispiel der Kölner Urban Gardening-Initiative “NeuLand” auf, wie über städtische Gartenprojekte…
David Hamou and Ida Susser: Where to Catalonia?: Is this commoning? What for independence?
As we sit here in Barcelona, a historic center of anarchism and left resistance, the questions debated in the most recent Focaal special section “Exploring the urban commons” confront us.…
Focaal Volume 2017, Issue 79: Exploring the urban commons
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Focaal – Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology has recently published and is available online at its new home, www.berghahnjournals.com/foc…
Don’t bomb Syria
Tonight’s vote in the Commons about Cameron’s plans to bomb Syria has a relevance well beyond the UK borders. Things are heading towards a full military invasion with…
The Tallest Ruin in the World
In Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord argued that capitalism neutralizes critical dispositions through the hypnotic power of its spectacle of commodities, mass advertising, light, films, color, and…
The Tallest Ruin in the World
In Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord argued that capitalism neutralizes critical dispositions through the hypnotic power of its spectacle of commodities, mass advertising, light, films, color, and…