this is a really great and unique series of short commons talks by representatives of marginalized communities, and what the commons means for them, made in brazil by the Institut Procomun, STRONGLY RECOMMENDED:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fay4LtN9ksk&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=2 On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 12:05 AM Georgia Nicolau <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 4:05 AM Georgia Nicolau < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> *"The commons is what gives meaning to our existence" Kum'tum >>> Akroá-Gamella, from the Akroá-Gamella people, state of Maranhão, northeast >>> of Brazil.* >>> >>> >>> >>> We believe that the commons, in its multiple perspectives, is an >>> essential kaleidoscope concept for facing this historic moment of >>> hopelessness, in Brazil and in the world. >>> >>> >>> The Optics of the Commons series brings together sixteen short episodes >>> featuring voices and ideas from young experts and activists. In the videos, >>> they address different perspectives on living and making communities based >>> on a diversity of studies, practices and experiences. Seen together, the >>> approaches produce inspiring resonances. >>> Taking inspiration from these words, the Procomum Institute >>> <https://www.procomum.org/the-institute-procomum/?lang=en> invites >>> everyone to reflect and question our ways of existing, living and building >>> relationships. >>> >>> Watch and share! Let's talk about how together we can dream - and build- >>> other possible futures. *All videos have english subtitles*. >>> >>> "I look at the commons from the perspective of the black people, who >>> have always been separated from the State and capital” Bianca Santana, >>> writer, journalist and researcher defines the Commons as the goods shared >>> by certain communities, their experiences and resistances. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7emZKVF4w&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=1> >>> >>> The occupation of public spaces, conflicts and the construction of >>> public policies that prioritize cities for people are themes and strategies >>> raised by Marcio Black, cultural producer, political scientist and member >>> of the Black System Collective, to interpret the Commons. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fay4LtN9ksk&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=2> >>> >>> “The commons is what gives meaning to our existence,” shares Kum'tum >>> Akroá-Gamella, a member of the Akroá-Gamella people, indigenous from >>> Northeast of Brazil. For him, we are living a crisis that endangers the >>> very existence of the planet because of practices that are part of a >>> certain ideology of progress. Ancestral knowledge and a new way of seeing >>> and understanding nature defines the commons for Kum'tum. >>> >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgUDk-cELTM&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=3> >>> >>> It is through the exchange, encounter and strengthening of autonomous >>> experiences of traditional communities and spaces of resistance throughout >>> Brazil and Latin America that the Collective Etinerâncias believes that the >>> commons moves and is present. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEl1XEafyao> >>> >>> “The commons means a production focused on sharing and a permanent cycle >>> of learning and distribution,” says João Brant, associate at the Procomum >>> Institute and consultant in the areas of communication and cultural >>> policies. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqH6DvAKgF4&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=5> >>> >>> Abundance of water, soil and fresh air are common natural goods, but >>> there are limitations placed by private property, for example. These >>> reflections accompany and define the commons for Cinthia Mendonça, artist, >>> researcher and director of Silo - Arte e Latitude Rural. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5cpQYzAEU&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=6> >>> >>> What struggles, conflicts and constructions fit the definition of >>> commons? Does natural goods define it in its complexity? The value of the >>> commons to Jean Tible, professor of political science at USP- University of >>> São Paulo. >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPxrIKgkMog&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=7> >>> >>> "The commons has to do with practices, relationships, territories and >>> has to do with people, collective subjects," says Tica Moreno, a member of >>> SOF (Sempreviva Feminist Organization), Master in Humanities and Social >>> Sciences at the Federal University of ABC and PhD in Sociology by USP. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PsLmCCFn58&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=8> >>> >>> The commons, for those who come from the peripheries, is in the daily >>> encounter and the plurality of actions. It surpasses the limits, the >>> margins and defies the walls that prevent the construction of a more >>> democratic and fair city. This is one of the commons perspectives for >>> Mariana Belmont, journalist and member of the Imargem collective. >>> >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDe7LvrVCxs&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=9> >>> >>> “You can't have the commons where there is inequality. You can't have >>> the commons where there is oppression,” says Juliana Gonçalves, journalist >>> and human rights activist. For her, it is from the micro to the macro, from >>> the margins to the center that practices and knowledges that make up the >>> commons are constructed and replicated. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1WeSs5ETc&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=10> >>> >>> What values do we exchange daily? How do they affect us? What connects >>> us and what makes us divide spaces? How do we create cultures for the >>> commons? Thiago Carrapatoso is a journalist and master of the Center for >>> Curatorial Studies (CCS) at Bard College, and presents commons from other >>> perspectives on the bodies, values and cultural impositions. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7JyuLjdGv8&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=11> >>> >>> How is the commons presented in contemporary struggles? In resistances, >>> existences - in the countryside and in the city. In cooperative relations >>> and the confrontation with capitalism. Alana Moraes, an anthropologist and >>> doctoral student at the Museu Nacional-UFRJ, presents perspectives that >>> define and confront the commons. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjyK3IyXCEc&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=12> >>> >>> “The commons is what endures, that is perpetuated for centuries. It is >>> in the transversality between art, science, technology and ancestry”. >>> Ricardo Brazileiro, computer scientist, master in Media, Interaction and >>> Creative Systems for the Internet of Things, defends living in networks, >>> occupying territories, spaces, free technologies and the sacred as >>> opportunities for the commons. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDE-0OWM8k&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=13> >>> >>> Knowledge, culture and science belong to everyone and belong to no one >>> at the same time. Henrique Parra, sociologist and activist, professor of >>> social sciences at the Federal University of São Paulo, explains the set of >>> distinct political principles, practices and meanings that define the >>> commons. >>> >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC-T-OvQ5CM&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=14> >>> >>> Constantly learning and unlearning, being with people and building with >>> them, finding commonality in differences is what motivates Georgia Nicolau, >>> director of the Procomum Institute. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u6FNlCO2Xs&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=15> >>> >>> The commons is the place of the in between, it is the crossroads, the >>> dialogue and the convergence. A political device of social transformation. >>> Rodrigo Savazoni, from the Procomum Institute, sees the commons as >>> construction, possibility and practice. >>> >>> Click here to watch the full video >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5_dTVh11c&list=PLz53SY9iZdF55YaAXY2S-kVlpIBi4623a&index=16> >>> [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/institutoprocomum> >>> [image: Instagram] <http://instagram.com/procomum> >>> [image: Website] <http://procomum.org> >>> *Copyright © 2019 Instituto Procomum, All rights reserved.* >>> You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. >>> >>> *Our mailing address is:* >>> Instituto Procomum >>> R. 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