Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Artificial Scarcity, De Beers, Hip Hop
13 Apr 2013
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In terms of property, belonging to an entire community. Public commons: literally, shared, used, enjoyed by all, basic right, ex. Ocean, water itself, sky, air: language, need to be protected so that they can continue to be used by everyone. Private commons: doesn"t mean its commodified, not corporately owned, something that is somewhat privatized, but its for the good of everyone, non-excludable, people aren"t excluded, education, health care things that are there for the public good. Don"t have money, therefore no monetary value, no system that operates on currency. Enclosure and the material world: enclosure accumulation by dispossession, enclosure acts 18th-19th century. State policy to enclose land and begin to assign value to it. State became involved in dispossessing people: colonialism. Certain countries go to another continent and do the same thing, but on a larger scale. Enclosure and colonialism destroy the natural economy: confiscating land, economies always turned into export only economies.
