[cc-community] On commons Graz

andrew garton ag at apc.org.au
Sat Dec 13 07:57:03 EST 2008


(Notes from Elevate, Nov 2008)

It was a brisk, crisp walk to the Schloss Berg in Graz where the last in
a series of public discussions on the commons was being held. The venue,
Dom in Berg, a theatre carved out of a mountain (the Schloss Berg
itself), actually in the mountain, provided an inspired setting for what
turned out to be a pivotal, necessary and invaluable exchange of ideas
and debate.

The focus of these discussions were towards Reclaiming the Commons -
struggles, strategies, visions. David Bollier wrote about the first
session, which I had regrettably missed, but captured the tone of it
through David’s article. The panel was comprised of farmer and winner of
the Right Livelihood Award 2007 Percy Schmeiser (CA); leader of Creative
Commons Brazil, author and professor of law, Ronaldo Lemo (BR); author
and Commons expert, David Bollier (US); founder of the Free Knowledge
Network, Petra Buhr (DE); Commons activist and blogger Silke Helfrich
(DE); political scientist and economist Massimo De Angelis (UK); and,
Stefan Meretz (DE), who studies the political economy of the free
software movement.

The following is based on notes I had taken during the discussions and
as such, are not indicative of the depth and extent of the forum that
took place. At the outset of the discussion, the moderator Silke
Helfrich and David Bollier, keynote presenter, it set out two primary
objectives, 1) Reclaiming the commons, 2) Building the commons.

http://blog.apc.org.au/2008/11/10/commons-graz/


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andrew garton

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