Re: Fwd: [ox-en] Talk on "Social economy or peer production? - On the relationship of
- From: Stefan Merten <smerten oekonux.de>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:15:41 +0200
Hi list, Andreas, all!
4 days ago Stefan Merten wrote:
I'll work on my talk during the next weeks and will send a version to
you.
Please find below a half-cooked version of the first half of the
slides.
Grüße
Stefan
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Definitions
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Definition: Peer production
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* Focussed on production of useful goods
* Based on openness
* Everyone may participate (internal openness)
* Everyone may use the product (external openness)
* Based on Selbstentfaltung
* Selbstentfaltung == enjoying task and project
* Result: volunteers do useful things for "fun"
* Results in production of use value
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Peer production == production + openness + Selbstentfaltung
Examples of peer production
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* Free Software
* Oldest example
* Very visible
* Wikipedia
* More recent
* Extremely visible
* Open Access
* I.e. Free Science
* Very interesting movement
* Others...
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A growing movement
Definition: Solidarity economy
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* Hard to find a good definition
* Common topics: Orientation in political goals
* Fairness, solidarity, social values
* Democracy and ecology
* Criticism of neo-liberal concepts
.. highlights::
Addresses political values missing in capitalist economies
Definition: Social economy
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* Somewhat easier to find a good definition
* Common topics
* Non-profit
* Support for disadvantaged groups
* May include volunteers
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Addresses poverty and unprofitable goals
Forms of social / solidarity economy
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* Cooperatives
* As cooperative companies
* As consumer cooperatives
* State companies under democratic control
* Self-governed companies
* Local Exchange Trade Systems (LETS)
* Gratis shops
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Multiple forms
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Reasons, objectives, means
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...for social / solidarity economy
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* Reason: Capitalism has shortcomings
* Such as: social injustice, rule of money, destruction of nature
* Results in political will to overcome the shortcomings
* Objective: Repair shortcomings of capitalism
* In this case: By economic activities
* Today: Retreat of the (social) state creates new gaps every day
* Means: Cast political will on capitalist economy
* In this case: Mostly by private but non-profit activities
* Sometimes supported by the state
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Supplement to capitalism based on political will
Social / solidarity economy and capitalism
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* Actors and goals somewhere between
* supplement to capitalism
* opposed to capitalism
* Third sector between
* private sector / business
* public sector / government
...for peer production
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* Reason: Useful goods are missing though they could be available
* Commodities have only relative quality
* Commodities are not available freely
* Objective: Make available useful goods while having fun
* "Make available" mainly means producing them
* Production *is* Selbstentfaltung / fun
* Means: Produce using openness and Selbstentfaltung
* Openness as the result *and* the precondition to peer production
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New mode of production beyond political will
Peer production and capitalism
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* Valorization is opposed to openness
* Commodities must be scarce == no external openness
* Business secrets are to be kept == no internal openness
* Market is opposed to Selbstentfaltung
* Abstract money logic is opposed to Selbstentfaltung
* Relative quality is "good enough"
* Economic approach fundamentally different from capitalism
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A new mode of production
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