Name: Flowers of May by Wall2Wall Music
Duration: 2 min 58 s
Description: From Wall2Wall Music's event as part of North 55's Illuminate project in Malin Head, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Local community explored the story of Inishtrahull Island off the coast of Malin. The Flowers of May was a popular song by the island musician John Donovan and the community ensemble sang it as part of the final performance

From Wall2Wall Music's event as part of North 55's Illuminate project in Malin Head, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Local community explored the story of Inishtrahull Island off the coast of Malin. The Flowers of May was a popular song by the island musician John Donovan and the community ensemble sang it as part of the final performance

Flowers of May

This is a recording of the presentation 'Commoning our Democracy' by Michel Bauwens of the http://p2pfoundation.net/ at the Imagine Festival in Belfast 1/03/208.

https://imaginebelfast.com/events/commoning-our-democracy/

Slides below description.

"Democratic nation-states are in crisis and hardly able to contain the forces of disruption that are trans-national in scale. We are living in an era of crises when the consequences of the currently dominant economic, social and political paradigms are pressing upon people, fomenting feelings of frustration, helplessness and despair and damaging democracy. Such feelings are all too familiar for those of us living in Northern Ireland.

In recent years, we have seen a re-emergence and fast growth of ‘the commons’ and ‘commoning’, with ‘citizen commoners’ cooperating in the interests of an ecologically sustainable, kinder society. This has been particularly evident in the fields of the field of shared knowledge, and in the mutualisation of provisioning systems through urban commons. There are many who believe that the innovative ways of thinking and doing associated with commoning are vital strands of the ecological and societal transformations that are needed for humanity to survive and thrive in the challenging times ahead.

Can the forms of co-governance and mutualised property that are characteristic of commoning help with renewal of our democratic institutions? Drawing from his experience of working in various parts of the world, Michel Bauwens, co-founder of the trans-national P2P Foundation, will offer answers to this question. It is envisaged that Michel’s presentation will inform and inspire some co-creative, civic conversation among participants about the prospects for ‘commoning our democracy’."

Presentation Slides -

PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lrwpGsti-J01Kluxy-0SNoK2bbaz2Fx2/view?usp=sharing

ODP - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z0jAwouASITcOUVXvnGEuGXrxFk8BitK

PPTX - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iKa_DmTIYsosOkb1osRENCp1RvhaJqed

Flowers of May

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