An der Uni Gothenburg in Schweden wird es vom 10.-11. Oktober eine Internationale Commonskonferenz geben. Hier die Ausschreibung (call for papers), noch bis 05. September einzureichen. Zwei große Themen stehen auf der Agenda: Commons und Ökonomie sowie das Philosophische Verständnis der Debatte. (Wir sollten das Buch dort vorstellen…)

Aus der Ankündigung:

1. The Common and the Economy

Which are the specific emerging forms of the common today and what defines its relation to the material conditions of production of values in contemporary capitalism? Under this axis, both theoretical discussions and case-specific investigations in areas such as autonomous popular organisations, regional movements or global changes in one specific economic sector are welcome.

2. The Philosophical Understanding of what the Common Is

The common has since Plato’s Republic been a central question for the philosophical thinking. What is the relation or non-relation between the common and the totality of social relations? In which form and based upon what ontological or existential categories does it emerge? What is the difference between the common as the name of a real movement and the nostalgies of the return to a simple life?