The new Game of the Economy of the Commons
We introduce to you the new Game of the Economy of the Commons, a card game that allows to understand, in a playful way, the dynamics of this economy which puts the focus on the “sharing” instead of in the … Continued
The making of the CommonsCloud – technical choices
We discuss how we formed the CommonsCloud project and what key technical decisions we have made so far to set in motion this cooperative cloud platform. We’ve recently started a crowdfunding campaign at the Goteo platform, many people are asking … Continued
CommonsCloud in action!
It is a long time that we have wanted to start an alternative to the dominant proprietary web platforms, and today FemProcomuns (of which FKI is a founding member) is opening a campaign at the Goteo crowdfunding platform to put … Continued
Roll up your sleeves to build smart cities bottom-up
At FKI for long we have been asking ourselves how can we construct smart cities connecting sensors and actuators to the net in such a way that we advance towards technological sovereignty and social autonomy. We are aware that the … Continued
First platform cooperativism course in Barcelona
(this is the announcement of a course held in November 2017 in Barcelona, now translated to English in order to stimulate collaborative development, at an international level, of such courses elsewhere). In November 2017 the First Course on Platform Cooperativism … Continued
Swatantra ’17: software freedom, and awareness of larger picture
(originally published here) A couple of weeks ago I attended the Swatantra’17 conference in Trivandrum, Kerala, and came back with a lot of food for thought. First of all, a great conference Many important topics, by a well balanced mix … Continued
FKI to present in India “Open, Digital DIY manufacturing across countries and cultures”
Swatantra’17 is an international conference on Free Software and Free Knowledge that will take place on 20-21 December 2017 in Trivandrum, India. The Free Knowledge Institute (FKI) is happy to contribute to this important event by presenting the main findings … Continued
Comunificadora second edition, here are the chosen projects
(Pictures of La Comunificadora meeting, 24 October 2017 are available on Wikimedia Commons) La Comunificadora is the Commons and Collaborative Economy projects support programme by Barcelona Activa, developed by Free Knowledge Institute and others, which launched its second edition a … Continued
After the DiDIY Project: future FKI work on Digital DIY
DiDIY (Digital Do-It-Yourself) is a complex sociocultural phenomenon, still at its beginnings and rapidly evolving. FKI and the other members of the DiDIY Consortium studied DiDIY in depth from 2015 to 2017, in the context of the Horizon2020 DiDIY Project. … Continued
La Comunificadora (second edition) takes off in Barcelona
(subtitle: if you want a Comunificadora in your own town, ask FKI and its partners) Last week, following the success of the first edition, the second edition of La Comunificadora took off in Barcelona. Comunificadora is the “Barcelona Activa” impulse … Continued