From Commons to Commonism?

Stefan Meretzkeimform.de

July 5th, 2015, Makamik, Helsinki, Finland

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Structure

1. Commons – what is it?

2. Logics of Commodity and Commons

3. Capitalist Societal Mediation

4. Commonist Societal Mediation

5. Societal Transformation

1. Commons – what is it?

The Commons Triangle

Resources Products

Commons

Commoning

Natural Goods

Communityand Rules

Networking

The Commons Triangle

Resources Products

Commons

Commoning

Natural Goods

Communityand Rules

Networking

New Commons = Peer Commons

● Hackerspaces & FabLabs● Community Gardens● Community Supported Agriculture● Tenement Syndicate● Free Local Wireless Networks● Free Cargo Bikes● Open Architecture● Open Furniture● Open Wear / Open Fashion● Open Prothetics● Open Hardware● Open Manufacturing● Open Everything

Understanding Society

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Creating SocietalMediation

ElementaryForm

Understanding Society

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Creating SocietalMediation

ElementaryForm

SocialMicroLogics

Understanding Society

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Creating SocietalMediation

ElementaryForm

SocialMicroLogics

Social Macro Logics

2. Logics of Commodity and Commons

Commodity and Commons Cycles

Exploitation

Commodity

Exchange

Value

Money

Capital

Networking

Resources

Commoning

Commons

+

=

value driven need driven

The Commoditybreaks into two

A Commonsis a Commons

Product

Commodity

Value

Mediation

Commons

Commons

Commons

ProductionUsage

Commons

Commons

Se

lf-Me

dia

ti ng

logics of exclusion logics of inclusion

demands needs

externalization internalization

alien purposes own purposes

time savingas coercion

time spendingas quality of life

negative reciprocity positive reciprocity

logics of competition logics of cooperation

homooeconomicus

humanbeing

abstract equality concrete speciality

structural separation structural communality

formal justice experienced fairness

CommonsCommodity

logics of exclusion logics of inclusion

demands needs

externalization internalization

alien purposes own purposes

time savingas coercion

time spendingas quality of life

negative reciprocity positive reciprocity

logics of competition logics of cooperation

homooeconomicus

humanbeing

abstract equality concrete speciality

structural separation structural communality

formal justice experienced fairness

CommonsCommodity

»Individual developmenton the expense of the

development of others«

»Free development of eachbeing the condition of thefree development of all«

3. Capitalist Societal Mediation

First Back to Society in General

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Creating SocietalMediation

ElementaryForm

Understanding Society

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Creating SocietalMediation

ElementaryForm

ImMaterial Production

Personal Reproduction

Means of ReProduction

Relationship between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«

Understanding Society

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Creating SocietalMediation

ElementaryForm

SocialMicroLogics

Social Macro Logics

ImMaterial Production

Personal Reproduction

Means of ReProduction

Relationship between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«

Understanding Capitalism

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Labor, Capital, MarketState, Family

Commodity

SocialMicroLogics

Capitalist Commodity Production

ImMaterial Production

Personal Reproduction

Means of ReProduction

Separation between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«

4. Commonist Societal Mediation

What's new in Commonism?

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization

PeerCommons

Understanding Commonism

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization

PeerCommons

SocialMicroLogics

Commonist Peer Production

ImMaterial Production

Personal Reproduction

Means of ReProduction

Relationship between»Production for Others«and »own reproduction«

Understanding Commonism

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization

PeerCommons

Coordinationin Huge

DecentralizedSystems

through LocalInformations

Hint-basedTask

Distributionthrough

Self-Selection

Stigmergy: Self-Selection

Hierarchical Systems

Consensus-Hierarchy

Stigmergy

Understanding Commonism

Individual Soci

ety

Producing Livelihoods

Stigmergy & PolycentricSelf-Organization

PeerCommons

Self-StructuredNetworks

with MultipleFunctional

Centers

Termfrom the

Commons-Research

(by Ostrom)

Polycentric Self-Organization

Infrastructure

Institutions

Projects

Meta

S t i g m e r g i c M e d i a t i o n

ForImagination

only!

5. Societal Transformation

Five Step Model After Klaus Holzkamp (1983)

1. Appearing of an embryonic form determining the future development

2. Rising crisis which can no longer be coped with by the dominant system

3. Function shift of the embryonic form towards an important mode of development within the dominant system

4. Dominance shift of the new mode of development becoming the prevalent mode

5. Restructuring of whole systems processes towards the new mode of development

Five Steps Graphically

Embryonic Form

Crisis

Function shift

Dominance shift

Restructuring

What Does „Function Shift“ Mean?

● Peer commons become relevant for capitalism● Capitalism supports the commons● Logic of money and markets penetrate the commons● Contradictions between own logic of the commons and

alien logic of money and markets evolve

► Double-faced contradictions go right through individuals

Thank you!

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