In what ways and why might the practice of ‘reclaiming the commons’ be a central feature of a de-growth development paradigm?
What will be an ideal response?
The proliferation of alternative conceptions and practices reflects contemporary trends, as people rediscover values other than market values in individual and collective attempts to redefine the meaning of development. One key value concept is the “commons,” the source of shared popular livelihoods and cultural meaning enclosed by private property relations during the rise of capitalism; it is currently the target of much of the global land grab primarily in the global South. J. K. Gibson-Graham claims there is today “a revival of interest in reclaiming and enlarging the commons in the industrialized countries and protecting the yet-to-be completely destroyed or expropriated commons in the ‘developing’ world.” Such a revival is at the same time a rejection of the modern ontology of development and the rediscovery of local possibility — exemplified in the Transition Town movement.
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