Ecologies of co-production in the Anthropocene

 The urgency, uncertainty and unevenness of the Anthropocene has foregrounded the spatial and temporal multiplicity of co-production between science and society. In this article, we draw together work in geography, science and technology studies and cognate disciplines concerned with ‘co-producing’ knowledge for environmental governance, and with the ‘co-production’ of science and politics. Yet these existing studies and approaches have tended to focus on discrete moments of co-production within bounded time-spaces. Building on work associated with ecologies of participation and geographies of science, we introduce the notion of ‘ecologies of co-production’ as a way to more faithfully attend to multiple co-existing co-productions and the interrelations between them. We define this as diverse interrelating practices and spaces of co-production which intermingle and are co-produced with(in) wider systems and political cultures in which they are situated. We set out how this opens up new ways of thinking about and attending to the spaces and interrelations, diversities and exclusions, histories and constitutions, and responsibilities and affects of co-productions between science and society in the Anthropocene. We suggest that this approach can make a difference in how we do co-production, how we analyse co-production and how we live, act and figure in an Anthropocene world.

https://t.co/njRnaiMJeo

Urban commons in practice: housing cooperativism and city-making. Lorenzo Vidal.

"Urban commons encompass a series of collective social practices as well as a political principle that has re-emerged out of the struggles against neoliberal capitalism (Dardot & Laval 2019). They have become a lens through which to conceptualise social processes of collective (re)appropriation of urban resources. Engaging with the commons from an urban sociological perspective implies being attentive to the social groups that are involved in these processes and how they transform and are transformed by their urban context. Housing cooperativism can be understood as a form of urban commoning and has received renewed attention as one of the responses to the ‘return of the housing question’ (Hodkinson 2012). This chapter explores the potential, limits and contradictions of the cooperative route to urban housing commons in light of the experiences of three cities: Barcelona, Copenhagen and Montevideo"  

whoah, what a link-length: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mariana-Fix/publication/379819285_The_global_city_and_other_fetishes_financial_foundations_of_a_mirage2024_In_Research_Handbook_In_Urban_Sociology_edited_by_Miguel_A_Martinez/links/661c1703f7d3fc287460b160/The-global-city-and-other-fetishes-financial-foundations-of-a-mirage2024-In-Research-Handbook-In-Urban-Sociology-edited-by-Miguel-A-Martinez.pdf#page=499

New Beginnings - The Library of Thought

My first impulse to start my blog began in 2011-12. 

I was 17. 

Those were the days where I frequented Orkut on a daily basis to share everyday updates on life, and writing testimonials for people you knew or not. Mind you, these were the good ol' days, before Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIN; days before they had taken over our private and professional lives. Back then, these were exciting spaces, because that's where you could find all the 'coolest' folks from your school and college. You created an account, because your friend, her boyfriend, her exes, her crush, here friends were all using these platforms websites. You wanted to see; you wanted to be seen. You wanted to have it all, and feared missing out on what's happening in people's lives.

By 2015, after an incremental ascent, things just blew up. Digital selves became a quasi-representation of of truest selves. Waking life was raging with constant rush of endorphins where digital lives became more exciting and fulfulling than your actual, everyday existence. 

Fast forward, 2023. Digital is a new normal. A digital nomad draws more suspicion than ever. Could he be a sociopath? Or some 'sleeper agent' laying low until the opportune moment arrive? Those are a few thoughts people could have. Digital footprints bring you credilibity, and contributes greatly to you social networks, status, and self-worth. If you not digital, you might be as good as dead. 

But how can we leverage the power of digital media to read widely? to publish more than ever? or to be known for our intellectual prowess? Those are few of the questions I've been considering for the past few years. While get off the social media bandwagon has reined in my impulsive self, there is much more to explore and understand how I can effective live a life where I ensure a principled distance from all things digital, and yet unlock its potential for better my understanding of myself, and the larger world around me. 

This blog is that one-last attempt. I'll try to write as much as possible, share as much information (readings, videos) as possible, and introduce ideas, ideological moorings around commons, platforms and markets. With that I also intend to share about music, movies, and art and literature and what not. 

As I start this experiment, I hope it serves as a thought machine (the one which progresses forward) and a repository of all things that I read.