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CULTURAL COMMONS

Cultural commons emerged as a topic within the cultural policy field during the wave of academic and activist writing related to the resurrection of the commons in the mid-2000s. It has been gaining prominence ever since, especially among institutional cultural actors.

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Bertacchini, Bravo, Marrelli, & Santagata - Cultural Commons

Bertacchini, E., Bravo,G., Marrelli, M., & Santagata, W. (eds.) (2012). Cultural Commons: A New Perspective on the Production and Evolution of Cultures. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 78100 005 2

Gonzalez - From a given to a construct

Gonzalez, P. A. (2014). From a given to a construct: Heritage as a commons. Cultural Studies, 28(3): 359–390.

Hyde - Common as Air

Hyde, L. (2010) Common as air: Revolution, art, and ownership. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374532796

Bollier - Silent theft

Bollier, D. (2002). Silent theft: The private plunder of our common wealth. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415944823

Dolšak & Ostrom - The commons in the new millennium

Dolšak, N. & Ostrom, E. (eds) (2003). The commons in the new millennium: challenges and adaptation. Mit Press. ISBN 9780262541428

Mansbridge - Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons

Mansbridge, J. (2010). Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons: A Discussion of Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Perspectives on Politics, 8(2): 590-593.

Nick Stevenson talks about 'The Commons'

Nick Stevenson talks about 'The Commons'

Barbieri, Fina & Subirats - Culture and Urban Policies

Barbieri, N., Fina, X. & Subirats, J. (2012). Culture and Urban Policies: Dynamics and Effects of Cultural Third Sector Interventions in Barcelona. Metropoles 11.

Cvetičanin, Petrić & Koludrović - Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook

Cvetičanin, P.,  M. Petrić & I. Tomić Koludrović (2023). Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook. INVENT publication.

» NEW! » Carolina Botero - Treating Knowledge, Culture and Science as Commons

Carolina Botero – Treating Knowledge, Culture and Science as Commons. 2013

» NEW! » Guy Standing - Plunder of the Commons

Guy Standing - Plunder of the Commons: a manifesto for sharing public wealth. 2019

» NEW! » Open Culture Voices

Open Culture Voices — Special Episode Parts 1 & 2.2023

» NEW! » Virtual Workshop: Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage

Virtual Workshop: Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage. 2022

» NEW! » Silke Helfrich - Economics and the Commons?! Towards a Commons Creating Peer Economy

Silke Helfrich - Economics and the Commons?! Towards a Commons Creating Peer Economy. 2013

» NEW! » Eizaguirre Anglada - Cultural commons as a key for bottom-linked policies

Eizaguirre Anglada, Santiago “Cultural commons as a key for bottom-linked policies. An exploration of the support for public and community partnerships in Barcelona”. on the w@terfront. Barcelona. Universitat de Barcelona vol. 64, nr. 12, p. 3-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1344/waterfront2021.63.12.01

» NEW! » Macrì, Morea & Trimarchi - Cultural Commons and Urban Dynamics

Emanuela Macrì, Valeria Morea, Michele Trimarchi (eds.) (2021). Cultural Commons and Urban Dynamics: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Springer.

» NEW! » Marttila & Botero - Infrastructuring for Cultural Commons

Marttila, S., Botero, A. Infrastructuring for Cultural Commons. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Article 26, 97–133 (2017).

» NEW! » Lekakis - Cultural heritage in the realm of the commons

Lekakis, S. (ed.), 2020. Cultural heritage in the realm of the commons: Conversations on the Case of Greece. London: Ubiquity

» NEW! » Dameri & Moggi - Emerging business models for the cultural commons

Renata Paola Dameri & Sara Moggi (2021) Emerging business models for the cultural commons. Empirical evidence from creative cultural firms, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 19:3, 341-354, DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2019.1664945

» NEW! » Borchi - Culture as commons

Alice Borchi (2018) Culture as commons: theoretical challenges and empirical evidence from occupied cultural spaces in Italy, Cultural Trends, 27:1, 33-45, DOI: 10.1080/09548963.2018.1415410

» NEW! » Durrer et al. (eds.) - Cultural Policy is Local

  Victoria Durrer, Abigail Gilmore, Leila Jancovich & David Stevenson (eds.) (2023). Cultural Policy is Local: Understanding Cultural Policy as Situated Practice. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-32311-9