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Many Galaxies of Commons
From: Think Like a Commoner
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Indigenous peoples were there first. They refined the art of commoning long before hackers began to share software code and social scientists developed complicated theories about the commons. And let’s not forget the long history of medieval English and European commons; of subsistence commons in rural settings around the world; and of urban spaces and community projects managed as commons. Human societies have produced a glorious cavalcade of commons throughout the ages. In this chapter, I’d like to explore some salient classes of commons more deeply. The point is to help us develop a richer mental map of commons “in the field,” and not just as an abstraction.
Contributors
David Bollier
David Bollier is an author, activist, blogger and independent scholar who has studied the commons as a transformative paradigm for fifteen years. He is co-founder of the Commons Strategies Group, co-director of the Commons Law Project, and a frequent speaker and strategy advisor. Bollier is an author and editor of six books on different aspects of the commons, including Green Governance, The Wealth of the Commons and Viral Spiral. He blogs at www.Bollier.org and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
