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Language and the Creation of Commons
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In this chapter, the authors begin with illustrating how language shapes our views of the world, and then argue that we need new language to begin the ontological shift necessary to appreciate and recognize the examples of the commons around us. They identify keywords and misleading binaries from our current worldview that we may need to let go of. They explain why binaries are less relevant in a worldview that supports commons. Then they present a glossary of commons-friendly terms.
Contributors
David Bollier
David Bollier is the Director of Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, co-founder of the Commons Strategies Group, and author of Think Like a Commoner. He blogs at Bollier.org and lives in Amherst, MA.
