Practicing the Commons 10-14 July 2017 Utrecht, the Netherlands
Practicing the commons 10-14 July 2017 Utrecht, the Netherlands IASC and Utrecht University cordially invite you to the XVIth Biannual Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) More info: www.iasc-commons.org and www.iasc2017.org 6 programme 3 Preface Dear IASC2017-participant, It is with great pleasure that our Local Organizing Committee welcomes you to the XVI Biennial IASC-Conference. Our intention with this conference is not only to facilitate the exchange of scholarship between researchers working on commons (working and living across the globe), but also to bring to the fore the interaction with the practice of commons, hence the title of our conference, Practicing the commons, in the Netherlands, but also elsewhere in Europe, there is a renewed interest in commons among citizens. A booming number of new citizens’ collectivities in a wide variety of sectors is being set up around the country, from energy, to care, infrastructure, and nature conservation: citizens are building new institutions through self-governance and cooperation. An excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience about the current societal developments in the Netherlands is to join one of the excursions, all over the country. Enthusiastic representatives of new and old citizens’ collectivities will be welcoming you and showing you around. We will showcase the Netherlands’ long history in commons during the conference. During the conference you will find various ways to engage in the academic and societal debates on commons: through the pre-conference workshops, over 120 academic sessions, 14 practitioners’ labs, 5 round tables, 3 clinics – all taking place around the wonderful Dom Square in Utrecht at the Academiegebouw (Utrecht University Hall) and UCK-Domplein (the Utrecht Center for the Arts).
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