Sadler Seminar Series: What we talk about when we talk about the commons

The final date of the Sadler Seminar Seris is full day event packed with presentations on legal and political dimensions of the commons, creative responses to the concept and human involvement developing alternative economies and systems of government. Participants presenting are both from different levels of study and multiple disciplines.

The seminars convened interdisciplinary perspectives that have emerged from Elinor Ostrom’s (1990) Governing the Commons. While the original work speaks to the ownership and governance of natural resources, the debates extend to the questions of accessibility of knowledge, culture, space and digital resources.

Schedule

10.00 - 10.30 Registration (with tea and coffee)

10.30 - 10.45 Introduction by Dr. Alice Borchi

10.45 - 11.45 'The Political and Legal Dimension of the Commons' with Francesca Sabatini, Omar Al Kindi and Noleen Chikowore

11.45 - 12.15 Workshop/Demonstration of Kathak classical Indian Dance by Shivani Jatar

12.15 - 13.15 Lunch

13.15 - 14.15 'Creativity and Democracy' with John Wright, Nina White and Michael Sutton

14.15 - 14.30 Break

14.30 - 15.15 'The Human Factor' with Lilla Gurtner, Sabrina Pedrazzini and Diana Ivanova

15.15 - 16.15 Workshop: Interdisciplanary challenges in the study of the commons

16.15 - 16.30 conclusions