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Why the collaborative economy is not like social media
Will the collaborative economy end up with only a few powerful players, just like with social media? It doesn't need to be that way.
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Global justice, sustainability and the sharing economy
If the sharing economy movement is to play a role in shifting society away from the dominant paradigm, it will have to get political.
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Ouishare joins EODF in Milan: Exploring the boundaries of institutions in the 21st century
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Collaborative Diaries (a Journey of the Americas)
The Sharing Bros tell us the story of their journey through Americas, from north to south, using only collaborative services.
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Sustaining hierarchy – Uber isn’t sharing
Today’s most known representatives of the sharing economy discussed in global media are online platforms built on top of venture capital backed, hierarchically structured organizations. Francesca Pick and Julia Dreher argue that there is a fundamental misunderstanding today in the discussion of the subject: the sharing economy is built on rhizomatic network structures holding the potential for deeper societal transformation.
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POC21: A Look Into 5 Weeks of Co-Making For Sustainability
For a few months, Ouishare and OpenState have been preparing for POC21: a 5-week innovation camp where 100+ makers, designers, engineers and more, will join forces this summer to prototype the best open source products for a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy, ahead of the COP21 climate summit. One week before our Call For Projects ends (have you applied yet?) we wanted to take some time to give your more details about what exactly is awaiting participants.
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High time to reenchant Europe
Despite all the reasons to lose hope, a growing number of voices is calling to say that Europe, our Europe, has everything to succeed.
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ShaRevolution is now available in English!
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OUISHARE FEST 15: SPEAKERS’ CORNER- Pia Mancini
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Out with the old and in with the new, but don’t get lost in transition
Out of a lack of foresight, flexibility, and confidence in their employees, traditional businesses no longer know how to recruit and retain the top talent – people who think and work outside the box. Ironically, this is exactly the kind of worker that businesses need to adapt to 21st century challenges.
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Smartsourcing our future, now
Some events hold sway over our collective awareness of belonging to a single community, for better and for worse. The latest digital social innovations allow us to harness this powerful feeling to collective policymaking.
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We have already paid for science: we should enjoy it for free
Most scientific research is publicly funded, and yet we have to pay to access it. This absurd situation should not be allowed to continue.
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