Moreira Sara, Fuster Morell Mayo
Dimmons, IN3, Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Spain.
Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto, Portugal.
Ecol Econ. 2020 Nov;177:106777. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106777. Epub 2020 Jul 25.
In many parts of the world, people are coming together to experiment with ways to collectively take care of their livelihoods and create practical solutions to their needs. Guided by principles of solidarity, these grassroots initiatives represent rich contexts for research on the urban commons: what qualifies them as commons, and how do they emerge, develop, sustain and dissolve - or transform over time? This research dissects the commons character of a food network which emerged from Porto's solidarity economy movement in a post-crisis context. Following an action-research approach and methodological triangulation, we develop a qualitative analysis of a "prosumers" group, where both production and distribution were performed weekly by consumers themselves. We first analyze how the initiative emerged and then look at how its principles and democratic qualities relate to commons theories and frameworks. We then delve into the main dilemmas of its commoning practices and reflect about its transformative character and liminal role as a temporary urban commons. Despite ceasing its activities, there was a lived-experience and a knowledge commons which allowed it to be appropriated in new terms, and thus food networks as urban commons persist.
在世界许多地方，人们正团结起来，尝试共同维护生计的方式，并针对自身需求创造切实可行的解决方案。在团结原则的指引下，这些基层倡议为城市公地研究提供了丰富的背景：是什么使它们成为公地，它们如何出现、发展、维持和解体——或者随着时间推移而转变？本研究剖析了一个食品网络的公地特征，该网络产生于危机后波尔图的团结经济运动。遵循行动研究方法和方法三角测量法，我们对一个“产消者”群体进行了定性分析，在这个群体中，生产和分销每周都由消费者自己完成。我们首先分析该倡议是如何出现的，然后考察其原则和民主特质与公地理论及框架的关系。接着，我们深入探讨其共同实践的主要困境，并思考其作为临时城市公地的变革性特征和过渡性作用。尽管该活动已停止，但仍有一种生活体验和知识公地，使其能够以新的方式被利用，因此作为城市公地的食品网络得以存续。
