# Introduction to Digital Commons <!-- Put the link to this slide here so people can follow --> slides: https://hackmd.io/@raphodn/BkyI9MDXS --- ## What is a (digital) common ? ---- ### A common is... Always 3 things: 1) **People** that share the common (community / society) 2) A **resource** that is being produced (shared / consumed / maintained) 3) A **framework** to establish how the common is produced (governance) Example: Nature (:droplet:, :dash:, :herb:), Infrastructure (city), Knowledge (:books:) ---- ### Digital Commons {%youtube 2ka1Fmnjvkk %} <!-- start: 0:03 end: 1:07 --> ---- ### Digital Commons recap  - creation / distribution / governance / ownership of knowledge and technology - for the public interest - Efficient model of production (crowdsourcing) - Highly democratic <!-- Public ? government, cities, academia --> ---- ### Examples !  <!-- creative commons CC wikis, open-source software, GNU, Linux Wikimedia, Wikipedia, ... LibreOffice govtech, civic tech, open data (NASA) activism, social movements cooperatives academia Ouishare --> --- ## Examples deep-dive ---- ### Knowledge Wikipedia, Wikidata <hr> Encyclopedia, Search engines, Metadata, NLP, Education, ... ---- ### Cartography OpenStreetMap <hr> Maps.Me, Mapillary, Mapbox, OpenVegeMap, Pokémon GO, [Humanitarian OSM Team](https://www.hotosm.org/), ... ---- ### Travel [Wikivoyage](https://www.wikivoyage.org/) ---- ### Food OpenFoodFacts <hr> Yuka, HalalOrNot, Nutri-score, ... --- ## Evolution of the commons ---- ### Long ago :fire:  ---- ### A few centuries ago :european_castle:  ---- ### Today :rocket:  ---- ### Today - liberalism: private slowly replaces public sector - capitalism adoption of the commons: sharing economy (Airbnb, Uber), but without the governance --- ## Social / Political aspects ---- ### Goals & issues Commons vs Private - Counterbalance the privatization of knowledge & resources - Hard to fight big digital monopolies (more regulations needed) - Not enough support from the public sector :money_with_wings: Internally - Lack of diversity (male dominated space, usually tech / educated profiles) - Requires collaborative skills :open_hands: ---- ### Future prospects Closer ties with the public sector :school: - Reduce dependency of public with private sector - Develop local economy and communities, political/governance skills - Co-creation of public policies (increase democracy participation) Don't forget that technology is a tool and not a solution ---- ### What about the private sector ? Balancing 'for the customer' and 'for good' - current framing: “customer is king” and the government (often an industry regulator) is what stands in the way of a corporation’s ability to serve her - dedicate some time or the product/service for public interest - find bigger problem to solve, rather than protect the business model that has delivered in the past - innovation vs human progress --- ## Takeaway If there is no commons, there is no market Change of mindset: consume less, share more :smiley: --- ## Thank you :innocent: --- ## Additional links Follow - Mayo Fuster Morell: Spanish social researcher focused on the sharing economy and digital commons ([twitter](https://twitter.com/lilaroja)) - Matti Schneider ([twitter](https://twitter.com/matti_sg)) Read - Creative Commons free book 'Made with Creative Commons' ([link](https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/made-with-cc/)) - Shareable.com '15 books to check out this summer' ([link](https://www.shareable.net/15-books-to-check-out-this-summer/)) Listen - 99% Invisible Podcast Episode: Palaces for the people ([link](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/palaces-for-the-people/)) --- ## Sources - Wikipedia: ['Commons'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons#Knowledge_commons) & ['Digital commons'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_commons_(economics)) - Slideshare: ['Made With Creative Commons' by Paul Stacey](https://www.slideshare.net/Paul_Stacey/made-with-creative-commons) - Medium: ['Unsquandering Of The Digital Commons'](https://medium.com/swlh/unsquandering-of-the-digital-commons-5b1c87385361), ['Dessine-moi un commun numérique'](https://medium.com/@matti_sg_fr/dessine-moi-un-commun-num%C3%A9rique-8d921451be31)