Collaboration, co-operation, commons, and connected communities seem to be the main, intermeshed themes of what I have reading and thinking.
This is partly because I've been preparing my notes fo the connected communities symposium,
- connected communities symposium - http://www.dadamac.net/event/connected-communities-symposium
It is also because of discussions about:
Research Development Workshop - Design and Communities: Research Challenges, Opportunities and Innovation
"As a part of the cross-Council Connected Communities Programme, the AHRC, working with RCUK partners (EPSRC, ESRC, NERC and MRC) and the Design Council, is organising a workshop to explore potential research agendas on Design, Cultures and Communities. "
Which will be attended by
- Andrew Dearden http://www.dadamac.net/network/andrew-dearden
- Ann Light http://www.dadamac.net/network/ann-light
Realated links I have read and listened to include
Seth Godin's blog on "Collaboration"
"Our economy is almost entirely based on a Darwinian competition--many products and services fighting for shelf space and market share and profits. It's a wasteful process, because success is unpredictable and unevenly distributed.
The internet has largely mirrored (and amplified) this competition. eBay, for example, not only pits sellers against one another, it also pits buyers. Craigslist makes it easy for buyers to see the range of products and services on offer, making the marketplace more competitive. Google, most of all, encourages an ecosystem where producers can evolve, improve and compete.
I think the next frontier of the net is going to use the datastream to do precisely the opposite--to create value by making coordination easier."
More at https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#label/lists+and+groups%2FSeth+Godin...
Michel Bauens on Peer-to-Peer as Ethics, Intersubjectivity, Spirituality and Social Change Project
"About the talk
The internet has re-introduced and faciliated the re-emergence of peer to peer social relationships which is having a profound transformative effect on existing society. In this discussion, we will focus on what ethics and spirituality underly p2p trends, how open practices and infrastructures are changing society, and what image of a future civilisation is implicit in it."
More at http://soundcloud.com/orion-mitchell/peer-to-peer-as-ethics
I have started to sketch out an essay on - "A nice cup of tea" - a pattern for collaboration in a crisis. This relates to the need for a shared vision and then people just getting on to self-select their tasks and work in parallel. I believe that is how we have to go about our collaboration in the post-web world.