Framework for Augmenting the Collective Intelligence of the Ecosystem of Commons Initiatives
George Pór, from Commons Knowledge Alliance, CommunityIntelligence Ltd. (UK), University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), presents the following article at the commons conference in Hyderabad, on Wednesday.
Abstract : Commons are sustained by “communities working together in self-governing ways in order to protect resources from enclosure or to build new openly-shared resources.” (Hess, Ch. ….) Successful self-governance in any large-scale commons needs shared knowledge and collective intelligence. Only then will it be capable to meet the combined challenges of complexity and the urgency of making wise decisions.
The larger and more complex the commons population, the more emphasized is the need for the commoners to build capacity for cultivating such faculties of their collective intelligence as collective sensing, meaning-making, planning, shared memory, and collaborative foresight.
In response to humankind’s global crises, there’s a multitude of commons-strengthening citizen initiatives at every scale, from local to global, and in every area of social life. They form an emergent ecosystem, in which they can interact, share information and grow collective capabilities.
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