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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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P2P Lab's Plans for 2016 | P2P Foundation

P2P Lab's Plans for 2016 | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Our 2015 research has mostly been theory-driven, focused on transitional scenarios and visions for a commons-oriented society and economy. In 2016, P2P lab collaborators will try to ground these arguments and the, currently, tentative policy proposals on strong empirical evidence towards a more rigorous scientific treatment of the topic. Our first and foremost goal is …
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From consumers to communards | P2P Foundation

From consumers to communards | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The disappearance of the “consumer” in the new productive models drives a growing social space of productive networks and egalitarian oriented to abundance.
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Women in P2P: Interview with Alison Powell (Part 1) | P2P Foundation

Women in P2P: Interview with Alison Powell (Part 1) | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
I interviewed Alison Powell last month during IAMCR in Montreal, Canada. We spoke about the Community Wireless Network Île Sans Fil in Montreal, the changing role of Community Wireless Networks (CWNs) in reclaiming the city and why creating a P2P society needs much more than the right technical infrastructure.
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Pluriarchy, confederalism and abundance | P2P Foundation

Pluriarchy, confederalism and abundance | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Pluriarchy and community confederalism are simultaneously the result of, and a guide to, the path towards abundance.
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Abundance in the history of Art | P2P Foundation

Abundance in the history of Art | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
For many centuries, the most important thing in an artistic work wasn’t beauty but its message and functionality.
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P2P: an introduction to Peer to Peer by Michel Bauwens - The Bumble Bee

P2P: an introduction to Peer to Peer by Michel Bauwens - The Bumble Bee | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

In distributed networks, participants may freely link with each other, they are fully autonomous agents. Hence the importance to clearly distinguish between our usage of the concepts 'decentralized' vs. 'distributed'. Peer to peer is specifically the relational dynamic that arises in distributed networks.

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