The Future of the *Global* Commons

global challenges

global challenges

global warming

global challenges

global warming

drug trafficking

global challenges

global warmingdigital divide

drug trafficking

global challenges

global warmingdigital divide

poverty

drug trafficking

global challenges

global warmingdigital divide

poverty

deforestation

drug trafficking

global challenges

global warmingdigital divide

poverty

deforestation

water deficitsdrug trafficking

global challenges

global warmingdigital divide

poverty

deforestation

water deficits

infectious diseases

drug trafficking

global challenges

global warmingdigital divide

poverty

deforestation

water deficits

intellectual property

infectious diseases

drug trafficking

“Inherently Global”

traditional approaches to solving global problems

• Treaties and conventions (Kyoto)

• Intergovernmental conferences (World Summit on the Information Society)

• Global multilateral institutions (World Bank)

traditional approaches are incapable of solving

complex global problems

new

translating what we’ve learned from the

commons holds the key

What is the commons?

"A commons arises whenever a given community decides that it wishes to manage a resource in a collective manner, with a special regard for equitable access, use and sustainability. It is a social form that has long lived in the shadows of our market culture, but which is now on the rise."

David Bollier

histories of the commons

English open fields before enclosure

Pic by skipnclick CC BY NC http://flickr.com/photos/13888282@N02/2643125653/

‘Banjar khadim’ in Punjab before British rule

and the decline in institutions for communal ownershipPic by leetucker CC BY NC http://flickr.com/photos/leetucker/86610293/in/photostream/

Forest management in Kumaon

Pic by jzakariya CC BY NC-SA http://flickr.com/photos/jzakariya/191481917/

‘How does an Asian Commons Mean?’ Liang, Iyengar, Nichani

‘Ubuntu’ before colonisation

today

If property can enclose a commons, then property can also create a commons

features

• self organising;

• decisions by rough consensus;

• willing participants;

• open architecture makes wide-scale participation easy.

who?

Input

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open infrastructure

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peer production

open infrastructure

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open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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Output

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licenses

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

neutral networks

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networksopen hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

participatory maintenance

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

participatory maintenanceself governance

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

interdependence

participatory maintenanceself governance

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open educational resources

open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

interdependence

participatory maintenanceself governance

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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open educational resourcesopen maps

open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

interdependence

participatory maintenanceself governance

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

Input

Process

Output

open educational resourcesopen maps

open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

open architecture

interdependence

participatory maintenanceself governance

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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Process

Output

open educational resourcesopen maps

open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

open architecture

open science

interdependence

participatory maintenanceself governance

rules

open hardware

open access

peer production

open infrastructure

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Process

Output

open educational resourcesopen maps

open licensesopen standards

open spectrum

neutral networks

open architecture

open science

interdependence

participatory maintenanceself governance

rules

open music

open hardware

Problems

1. Are we really developing global solutions to global problems?

2. Is focusing on access rather than participation really the best outreach for the commons?

Are we really trying to develop *global*

solutions?

(1)

The world

http://www.worldmapper.org © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

http://www.worldmapper.org © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Internet users (2002)

Cellular subscribers (2002)

Royalty fees (2002)

What problems are we trying to solve?

in the digital world: every use =“copy”

Creative Commons country projects

www.creativecommons.org http://www.slideshare.net/joi/creative-commons-talk-at-keio-sfc-july-7-2008/

global challenge = to regulate intellectual property globally in a way that enables development

locally

Is focusing on access rather than participation really the best outreach

for the commons?

(2)

Wikipedia chapters

Existing chapters (dark blue), planned chapters (green), and chapters in discussion (light blue) as of May 25, 2008.http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimedia_chapters.svg

Pic by Brionv CC BY SA http://flickr.com/photos/brionv/159702966/

Open education resource flows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:World-map-2004-cia-factbook-large-1.7m-whitespace-removed.jpg

solutions?

What should iCommons do?

We need a global network of actors with a shared vision to come together from different

sectors to address global challenges together

We need a global network of actors with a shared vision to come together from different

sectors to address global challenges together

Pic by creative commons on Flickr, CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsummit/60871323/in/photostreamPic by Fred Benenson on Flickr, CC BY SA http://flickr.com/photos/fcb

2006

2007

the visionOur vision is of a world where there is widespread participation in global innovation, digital culture and knowledge-building initiatives, based on equitable access to technology, education, science and culture – a world where people are using the organizing power of technologies and the spirit of the commons to work together to solve crucial global challenges.

iSummit tribes

1. education

2. business

3. publishing

4. video

5. research

outcomes

• what problem/s in the world we are addressing and how the commons addresses these;

• standards for what constitutes ‘open’ in our community (in the form of a checklist);

• how these standards can be taken forward in ways that are:

• self organising;

• decisions by rough consensus;

• willing participants;

• open architecture makes wide-scale participation easy.

bioregional.com

How to’s on openness

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How to’s on openness

organising team

sponsors

media partners

exhibitions

Live drawing Global Lives ccChina photo exhibition

friends

blogger team

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gchicco/2551175344/

videographer team

http://flickr.com/photos/fumi/2596606273/

http://flickr.com/photos/andrew-garton/105185343/

http://flickr.com/photos/magdalenarahn/1264405650/

http://flickr.com/photos/joi/2372748278/

Second LifeMedia

http://flickr.com/photos/joi/549438652/

Facilitation

you.