creating the everyday commons Eleni Katrini ∙ PhD Candidate ∙ Carnegie Mellon University ∙ School of Architecture [The City as a Commons | Bologna Italy | 2015]

1. creating the everyday commons
Eleni Katr ini ∙ PhD C andidate ∙ C ar negie Mellon U niver s ity ∙ Sc hool of Ar c hitec ture
[The City as a Commons | Bologna Italy | 2015]

2. Why should we form a basis for a commons-based urban economy?
r e v i t a l i z a t i o n
INCLUSION
RIGHT TO THE
CITY
direct democracy
COLLABORATION
sustainability
how to best manage shared
common resources
individualism + consumption
s o c i a l
c a p i t a l

3. [HOW DO COMMONS TRANSLATE IN OUR CITIES?]
spaces
assets
services

4. [TYPES OF STAKEHOLDERS]
STAKEHOLDERS
Who owns, uses + manages
corporation
non-profit
state
peers
state
non-profit
= renting
= public goods
= economies of scale
= ‘sharing economy’peers

5. [HOW IS ‘THE SHARING ECONOMY’ CURRENTLY DEFINED?]
A word cloud was generated based on the text of the top 20 Google search results of “Sharing Economy” in September 2015. The word cloud was generated in Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/). The repetition of
terms is as follows: “people” 180 times, “platforms” 151 times, “business(es)” 114 times, “services” 108 times, “governments” 65 times, “time” 71 times “work 64 times, “AirBnb” 58 times and “Uber” 50 times.
sharing economy
collaborative consumption
circular economy
peer economy
solidarity economy

6. sharing economy
collaborative consumption
circular economy
peer economy
solidarity economy
[HOW IS ‘THE SHARING ECONOMY’ CURRENTLY DEFINED?]
“Sharing Economy is an economic system in which assets or services are shared between private
individuals, either for free or for a fee, typically by means of the Internet”
Oxford Dictionary
renting
sharing
commoning
solidarity
collaboration
business

7. “Sharing Economy is an economic system in which assets or services are shared between private
individuals, either for free or for a fee, typically by means of the Internet”
Oxford Dictionary
External
management
[ l a c k o f t r u s t ]
intentions?
[STAKEHOLDERS; WHO MANAGES SHARING?]

8. [STAKEHOLDERS; WHO MANAGES SHARING?]
Temporary
lodging
couchsurfing craigslist AirBnB
Owned + used by peers
Managed by the platform
No monetary exchange

9. Temporary
lodging
couchsurfing craigslist AirBnB
Owned + used by peers
Managed by the platform
No monetary exchange
Owned + used by peers
Managed peers
Monetary exchange
Owned + used by peers
Managed by the platform
No monetary exchange
“Sharing
economy”
billionaires
[STAKEHOLDERS; WHO MANAGES SHARING?]

10. [STAKEHOLDERS’ INTENTIONS]
INTENTIONS
Money + trust
reformist approaches
integration with the
current economic system
monetary values

11. INTENTIONS
Money + trust
reformist approaches
integration with the
current economic system
monetary values
radical approaches
avoidance of the
current economic system
social + environmental values
[STAKEHOLDERS’ INTENTIONS]

12. reformist approaches radical approaches
alternatives of capitalism alternatives to capitalism
SHARING
ECONOMY
[ALTERNATIVES TO versus OF CAPITALISM]

13. [ALTERNATIVES TO versus OF CAPITALISM]
reformist approaches radical approaches
alternatives of capitalism alternatives to capitalism
cost-benefit approach
casualization of workers
lack of legislation
economic investment flying out
global monopoly
exclusivity
SHARING
ECONOMY

14. cost-benefit approach
casualization of workers
lack of legislation
economic investment flying out
global monopoly
exclusivity
[ALTERNATIVES TO versus OF CAPITALISM]
reformist approaches radical approaches
alternatives of capitalism alternatives to capitalism
SHARING
ECONOMY

15. [SHARING CULTURE]
Sharing Culture relates to social networks that grow informally within a region between
diverse stakeholders who have as their main aspiration to co-produce, manage and share
resources, time, knowledge, information and support based on solidarity and reciprocity
rather than economic profit.

16. [SHARING CULTURE]
alternative pathway for citizens to serve their daily needs in a more sustainable, less resourceful and
socially engaging manner by managing shared resources within their region

17. [BUILDING SHARING CULTURE]
[importance of scale] [social capital]
neighborhoods and cities should become the main focus
we need to focus on the co-governance of urban commons, rather than the global commons

18. thank you
[ques tions ?]
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