Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and Policies
The article seeks to understand how the digital commons movement addresses ecological issues, how its actors incorporate them into their ethics and praxis, and the challenges they face in scaling up to become a viable ecological alternative to digital capitalism. Building on three case studies, we s...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2024-04-01
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| author | Sébastien Shulz Mathieu O’Neil Sébastien Broca Angela Daly |
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| description | The article seeks to understand how the digital commons movement addresses ecological issues, how its actors incorporate them into their ethics and praxis, and the challenges they face in scaling up to become a viable ecological alternative to digital capitalism. Building on three case studies, we show that the digital commons currently face three major limitations: reliance on unsustainable Big Tech products, inability or unwillingness to scale up, and negligible political support. Based on two Policy Labs we conducted with actors of the digital commons movement, we conclude by outlining proposals to overcome these limits by adopting E.O. Wright’s anti-capitalist strategies framework.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c95733975454b64bfabcdd92b325ae22025-08-20T03:46:33ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X2024-04-0122110.31269/triplec.v22i1.14561456Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and PoliciesSébastien ShulzMathieu O’NeilSébastien BrocaAngela DalyThe article seeks to understand how the digital commons movement addresses ecological issues, how its actors incorporate them into their ethics and praxis, and the challenges they face in scaling up to become a viable ecological alternative to digital capitalism. Building on three case studies, we show that the digital commons currently face three major limitations: reliance on unsustainable Big Tech products, inability or unwillingness to scale up, and negligible political support. Based on two Policy Labs we conducted with actors of the digital commons movement, we conclude by outlining proposals to overcome these limits by adopting E.O. Wright’s anti-capitalist strategies framework. https://triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1456digital commonsecological transitiontechnological sobrietyanticapitalist strategies |
| spellingShingle | Sébastien Shulz Mathieu O’Neil Sébastien Broca Angela Daly Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and Policies tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique digital commons ecological transition technological sobriety anticapitalist strategies |
| title | Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and Policies |
| title_full | Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and Policies |
| title_fullStr | Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and Policies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and Policies |
| title_short | Digital Commons for the Ecological Transition: Ethics, Praxis and Policies |
| title_sort | digital commons for the ecological transition ethics praxis and policies |
| topic | digital commons ecological transition technological sobriety anticapitalist strategies |
| url | https://triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1456 |
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