Interview Joan Subirats(1) by Alain Ambrosi May 2018 AA : In your recent article in La Vanguardia(2), you set out a framework for a cultural policy, you refer to putting into practice the key community values that should underpin that…
Catalunya en Comú: To Built A Country As Commons
Interview with Joan Subirats – Barcelona, April 20, 2017 Alain Ambrosi and Nancy Thede The pro-independence government of Catalonia recently sparked a political crisis in Spain by proposing to call a referendum on independence by the end of 2017 with…
Commons Enter City Hall (1)
Spain’s recent municipal and regional elections have transformed the entire political scene. New citizen coalitions with roots in community groups allied with small progressive political parties won unexpected victories in several large cities. This, plus the fact that two new…
Atlas Of Charters Of Urban Commons
To help reclaiming, protecting and creating commons in our neighborhoods and cities, we offer to co-create an interactive Atlas of the charters of urban commons. The collaborative creation process will develop on an intercultural and interdisciplinary fashion, production and sharing…
Hosting the Commons
By Samantha Slade “From where I stand today, one of the challenges of advancing an emerging movement such as the commons lies in how we build the community and how we meet in ways that embody the values of commoning.…