The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks
This article reflects on experiences of political advocacy which have been led by Community Networks activists in Germany, France and Spain to support the sustainability of bottom-up initiatives aiming at building community-owned telecom infrastructures, or “telecommons”. While pointing to the diver...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2020-07-01
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| description | This article reflects on experiences of political advocacy which have been led by Community Networks activists in Germany, France and Spain to support the sustainability of bottom-up initiatives aiming at building community-owned telecom infrastructures, or “telecommons”. While pointing to the diversity of action repertoires used by various Community Networks across Europe, the article points to the potential of these instances of political advocacy to democratise both telecommunications and policy-making in the telecom sector, an area that is prone to both eviction of small actors and regulatory capture by special economic interests. It also suggests that their repertoires offer a set of reproducible tactics available to very small actors without dedicated advocacy staff or budget. Speaking to the inventiveness of grassroots initiatives, the article concludes by analysing the potential and pitfalls of political advocacy for small-scale social movements working for the political defence of the commons, and communities which are under risk of enclosure and capitalist co-optation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f475eb931a054b23a3e35d3beeb1a6eb2023-08-02T02:16:14ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2020-07-0156057410.31269/triplec.v18i2.11081108The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community NetworksFélix TréguerMelanie Dulong de RosnayThis article reflects on experiences of political advocacy which have been led by Community Networks activists in Germany, France and Spain to support the sustainability of bottom-up initiatives aiming at building community-owned telecom infrastructures, or “telecommons”. While pointing to the diversity of action repertoires used by various Community Networks across Europe, the article points to the potential of these instances of political advocacy to democratise both telecommunications and policy-making in the telecom sector, an area that is prone to both eviction of small actors and regulatory capture by special economic interests. It also suggests that their repertoires offer a set of reproducible tactics available to very small actors without dedicated advocacy staff or budget. Speaking to the inventiveness of grassroots initiatives, the article concludes by analysing the potential and pitfalls of political advocacy for small-scale social movements working for the political defence of the commons, and communities which are under risk of enclosure and capitalist co-optation.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1108commonspolitical advocacytelecommunicationsregulationsocial movements |
| spellingShingle | Félix Tréguer Melanie Dulong de Rosnay The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique commons political advocacy telecommunications regulation social movements |
| title | The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks |
| title_full | The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks |
| title_fullStr | The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks |
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| title_short | The Political Defence of the Commons: The Case of Community Networks |
| title_sort | political defence of the commons the case of community networks |
| topic | commons political advocacy telecommunications regulation social movements |
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