Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Orion Mitchell - Peer-to-Peer as Ethics, Intersubjectivity, Spirituality and Social Change Project

This is an interesting audio clip posted by Own Mitchell at Soundcloud (I've not seen this tool before, looks useful) - it's a talk by P2P thought-leader Michel Bauwens from the Sydney Evolver event.


Peer-to-Peer as Ethics, Intersubjectivity, Spirituality and Social Change Project

Sydney Evolver is delighted to present a talk by the dean of the Peer-To-Peer movement, Michel Bauwens.

About the talk

The internet has re-introduced and facilitated the re-emergence of peer to peer social relationships which is having a profound transformative effect on existing society. In this discussion, we will focus on what ethics and spirituality underlie p2p trends, how open practices and infrastructures are changing society, and what image of a future civilization is implicit in it.

About Michel

Michel Bauwens is an active writer, researcher and conference speaker on the subject of technology, culture and business innovation. He is the founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. He has been an analyst for the United States Information Agency, knowledge manager for British Petroleum, eBusiness Strategy Manager for Belgacom, as well as an internet entrepreneur in his home country of Belgium. He has co-produced the 3-hour TV documentary Technocalyps with Frank Theys, and co-edited the two-volume book on anthropology of digital society with Salvino Salvaggio. Michel is currently Primavera Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam and external expert at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2008). Michel currently lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, assisting Richard Hames with the development of the Asian Foresight Institute. In Thailand, he has taught at Payap University, CMU, and Dhurakij Pandit University's International College. He is a founding member of the Commons Strategies Group.

About Evolver

Evolver Sydney organises events which bring together inspiring people working on world-changing projects. The idea is to connect those who want to help with those already working on helping, healing and evolving our planetary culture. We'll have a sign-up sheet available at the event for people who'd like to be invited to future events.


3 comments:

Luke said...

I'm glad our Sydney Evolver Spore has made your radar Bill!

Orion said...

Mad, my techno skills are spreading the goodness throughout the world.

Orion said...

Mad, my techno skills are spreading goodness throughout the e-connected world.