Reclaiming the Commons with Creative Collectives

Panel proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference: “Reclaiming the Commons”
July 9-12, 2023 in Portland, Oregon

Organized by The Hazel Collective

Contemporary theorists of the common argue that the common is not a physical space or resource, but rather an activity: to common. Thus, the commons do not exist a priori, but are a process by which selves, collectives, and society might be remade. Yet few of us have been raised with such commoning practices. As we work to reclaim the commons, can the …