‘…consider how the arts and contemporary theory structure “the commons” anew: how the commons becomes both a goal and a trope in post-millennial art and cultural theory.’ (Amy J. Elias) 1/ There is a common saying in China that hard circumstances produce bad folk. When we are unable to recognise the art, our minds feel […]

One way of addressing the question of how to live together is through what we may or may not have in common. Thinking about the common and the in-common, hence, becomes a way of asking how we might find ways of building and sustaining social relations, not through economic transactions, but by establishing relationships to […]

Further reading part: The commons: Infrastructures for troubling times In this article, the author explores the connection and disconnection between elements of movement, institutions, infrastructure, commons, rights, and more. He thought infrastructure was not the same as a system or structure, because infrastructure was defined by movements or patterns of social forms. It is the […]

Assigned reading part: From reading What is Commoning, Anyway?: This reflects a broader shift in thinking from the prevailing YO-YO ethic (“you’re on your own”) to WITT (“we’re in this together”). By reading this online passage, I learnt that a majority of English people, known as “commoners,” derived at least part of their livelihoods from the […]