Here we outline what we understand commons, and a politics of commoning, to be about. Commoning is at the heart of the Federation's approach to democratic digital infrastructure. > This is a stub xxx
Commoning - The elements
xxx Three moments that constitute practices of commoning - - provisioning/curating - mobilising/enjoying - stewarding/defending
# Commoning is economic practice xxx Concerned with the material means of subsistence and wellbeing, commoning is fundamentally economic - in the sense of 'the real economy' of everyday existence.
xxx Solidarity economy
xxx Wild nature, domesticated nature, the Golemic (digital) sphere
# Commoning is democratic practice xxx Stewarding is at the centre
xxx Democracy - Commoning is how democracy looks, in a material world of direct action and practice in the collective, in aware relationship with the planet and the grandchildren.
xxx Goernance is directly in the hands of all members - beyond the state. Commons-of-commons.
# Commoning is legacy xxx Legacy is at the centre - the grandchildren's grandchildren.
xx The planet
# The collective is first
xxx Privileges and obligations; protocols. Membership is not open, beyond the market.
xxx Eldership. Pattern language.
xxx Beyond cooperation - Not ownership and property, but stewardship and contribution.