European Commons Assembly Madrid
Madrid
A European Commons Assembly was held at MediaLab Prado, Madrid on October 25-27, 2017
In Madrid, we continued to build the ECA as a trans-local European coalition for solidarity in commoning. We focused on themes relating to the urban commons through visits, workshops, activities with local groups in Madrid and joint sessions with the Transeuropa Festival. Scroll through the sections below for a full overview of our output or read this essay about ECA.
The Workshops
Participatory Tools for Democracy
Civic participation and ways to foster citizens’ involvement in the production of their cities through engagement with public bodies and direct forms of political action.
Law for the Commons
Legal opportunities and tool to protect and develop commoning practices in relation with pre-existing and potential urban commons projects.
Currencies and financing of commons
Alternative currencies and digital tools and platforms at work, and the infrastructures and material environments supporting them for the Commons and Social Solidarity Economies.
Right to the City: Public Space and Urbanism
Public Spaces & Urbanism, Housing, Tourism, Water & Energy and Culture for understanding the Right to the City as a collective and bottom-up and commons-oriented process.
Data commons and the collaborative city
Exploring alternatives that respect data and promote its civic control as well as the emergent collaborative economic models that depend on online platforms.
Solidarity as a commons: Migrants and Refugees
Local citizen-developed initiatives to help migrants and refugees across Europe to meet basic needs and human rights while facilitating their inclusion in cities and neighbourhoods.
Embodied Commons: Food, Health, and Leisure
Health creation, food production and distribution as well as sport and leisure activities as determinants of our physical and mental condition and with a focus on social justice, solidarity and respecting biophysical limits.
ECA Madrid Workshops: a visual narrative
Compiling Josune Urritía’s narrative illustrations, depicting the dialogues, scenes and commoners present at the workshops.
ECA Madrid: The Workshops Video
Five minute video produced by MediaLab Prado featuring interviews, discussions and scenes filmed at the European Commons Assembly Madrid.
Stories from ECA Madrid
Video
Gallery
Images by Elvira Megías, Alvaro Minguito and more. See here for full credits.
