CROWD-MAPPING ALTERNATIVES ECONOMIES

THE CASE OF TRANSFORMAP

Adrien LabaeyeJon richter

-Humboldt Universität zu Berlin / TransforMap

OUTLINE

1. Action research for sustainability 2. Many many maps of alternative economies3. Action-researching TransforMap4. Social dilemmas5. The IAD applied to TransforMap6. Discussion7. Conclusions

ACTION RESEARCH FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Calls for solutions-based research (Miller et al. 2013) Calls for knowledge systems that are more agile and

participative (Cornell et al. 2013) Process-oriented research (Transition management)Creating and maintaining spaces for societal learning

(Wittmayer & Schaepke 2014)

The web 2.0 as new arena: citizen scienceA science to answer the needs concerns of citizens (Irwin

1995)

From web of documents towards web of open data (Tim Berners-Lee 2010)

Many many maps

ACTION RESEARCHING TRANSFORMAP

Collective started in 2014: Austria & Germany… Vizualizing alternative economies Commons approach: open data, FOSS

Building a digital knowledge commons about alternative economies by connecting and enriching maps

SOCIAL DILEMMAS

FreeridingResearchers are freeriding: extractive science

Enclosure5-Star of open data

Austist dilemmaOntologies & vocabularies

Goldfish & fossilsNo versionning or no updating

TRANSFORMAP FROM THE IAD PERSPECTIVE

ResourceData / mapping infrastructure / deep

infrastructure

CommunityForged not given: boundaries, money…

Governance“Regulation is in the code” (Lessig): forum

DISCUSSION

Using the IAD for digital commons (Fuster Morell 2013)– Infrastructure is vital: need more attention– Nested infrastructure: where to focus?– Difficulty to delineate the community in practice and

research

Action research vs extractive science– Transferring agency of research process to the citizens– knowledge commons as a conceptual frame

CONCLUSIONS

Self-organized commons = collective action + self-governing mechanisms + social capital

(Hess & Ostrom 2010)

Boundary rules are difficult to enact

Openness conflicts with culture of

money/management…

What about social capital of researchers on urban commons ? Are they ready for the trip?

Thank you!

adrienlabaeye@gmail.com

transformap.cotransitionlab.de

@alabaeye@transformap

Credits imagesTwitter logo by Twitter Inc.Icons from Noun Project:

Map icon by Anusha NarvekarStormtrooper icon by Bram_van_Rijen

Hobbit icon by Rodrigo Vidinich

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