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Hi Nate,

it can be useful for a journal to have both, i.e. to have an active team
that actually really participates, but also to have some kind of 'wisdom
council', with prestigious names that give it added credibility ... I do
believe it's better to split them however,

Michel

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil anu.edu.au>wrote:

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On 08/20/11, nathaniel tkacz  <nathanieltkacz gmail.com> wrote:
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Apart from the question of how one enters the committee, there's also the
question of what is expected once someone becomes a member. There's been
a
bit of a discussion about this in relation to being active on the list.
For
a different journal that I participate in, editorial board members have
to
agree to review two essays per year and are strongly encouraged to
propose
special issues. In short, the committee isn't just a list of celebrity
academics, or a way to position the journal as cool. I'm not necessarily
against having some high profile people who don't actually do anything,
but
it's worth thinking about how a p2p journal sits in relation to these
questions and what that means about the selection of new members.

Nate

On Saturday, August 20, 2011, Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil anu.edu.au>
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Jakob,

I can see you will fit right in with some people on this list. ;-)

I
really like your slogan "productive negation" but as for whether this
will play a significant role in bolstering p2p production against
capitalism, or whether peer production stands a chance against
capitalism for that matter, I'm not as sanguine, though it does of
course constitute an interesting alternative.

I can see how
you can practically grow commons : just make more commons and encourage
others to do it. So the islands are getting bigger, they may become
huge, look at FLOSS and WP, new islands might be created. But if there
is to be "spreading [of a] new communist consciousness which aims at
generalization of p2p production to all branches of production" then it
will have to cease being an essentially elite form which, unless
connected to a mass of people, will have limited impact.

So
I agree 100% with you when you say that what would be necessary is to
"make a broad alliance with other movements and convince them that p2p
production offers solutions to many problems that are created by
capitalism." A possibly related question may be, what difference would
it make if state bodies started to actively support peer production?
There are things happening in India, I think, but I don't know much
about it. It is certainly something that seems worth exploring.
StefanMn may know more as there was talk of organising an Oekonux
conference in India.

cheers,

Mathieu

On 08/20/11, Jakob Rigi  <rigij ceu.hu> wrote:
Hi Mathieu and all,

First I do not know about the procedures, I am just new. But I can
tell
you about my emprical and theoretical interests. I became interested in
p2p
production via studying intangible commodities. I tried to theorize
knowledge-sign capitalism. Then, I came across p2p production which is a
decommoditization of knowledge.  I came to the conclusion (which some
other
people had reached before me)that p2p is a new communist mode of
production.
This mode of production consists of small Islands within the capitalist
mode
of production. Its relation to capitalism includes a dialectic of
articulation and negation.Capitalism also  had this  relation of
articulation/negation with  pre-capitalist modes of production. The major
difference is that in the communist-capitalist articulation the communist
mode of production is the negating force, while capitalism was the main
negating force in the precapitalist-capitalist articulation. Theory of
articulation is well known among Maxists. The neg
 ation of the capitalist mode of production by the emerging communist
mode of production includes p2p productive activity, but cannot be
limited
to it. It requires, spreading a new communist consciuosness which aims at
generalization of p2p production to all branches of production. Moreover,
the political activists of p2p production need to make a broad alliance
with
other movements and convince them that p2p production offers sollutions
to
many problems that are created by capitalism. In brief we need a new
social
revolution that replaces capitalism with p2p production. Although the p2p
productive activity is the core driving force of this revolution,
political
activity, and theoretical work is also essential.

I have submitted a long article on these issues to NEw Left Review,
waiting for their reply.
 I think you are  doing  a pioneering work which is not only
intellectually exciting but will play a significant role in bolstering
p2p
production against capitalism. You are a force of productive negation. So
I
am  excited to join you.
all the best
Jakob



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Hi Jakob, all

Pleasure to meet you!

Your arrival raises an interesting question : how does one become a
member of our SC? The criteria for inclusion are along the lines of "must
be
a member of a scientific institute, and have expertise in issues around
peer
production".

So, you seem to fit the criteria, but what makes you a member of our
SC?

Until now, people were invited informally. But now that this SC has
been
in place for a while and that a smaller number of people have taken on
extra
responsibilities, such as editing special issues, I think it would be
good
to clarify this point which - I think, could be wrong - someone once
grumbled about anyway.

So, do we want to have the editor inviting people pretty much as
before,
based on personal assessment that the person would be a worthwhile
addition
as a reviewer and participant?

Or do we say that anyone who is editing an issue can make that
decision,
still based on the criteria mentioned above?

Or do we want to use a more collective method, through this list for
example?

I have not completely worked out my own position yet, so I'm curious
as
to what people think about this?

cheers,

Mathieu


On 08/19/11, Jakob Rigi  <rigij ceu.hu> wrote:
Thank you very much Johan and Mathieu,

It is really exciting to be part of the group and learn from you, I
will also do my best to contribute to the debates.
cheers
Jakob

Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil anu.edu.au> 08/19/11 03:49 AM >>>
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Journal report - 19 AUGUST 2011

Hi everyone, a number of issues for the journal project.
If you want to address a specific issue it might be best to start a
new
thread to avoid confusion - thanks.


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The University of Melbourne
Site: http://www.digital-light.net.au/

PhD Candidate
School of Culture and Communication
The University of Melbourne

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