Panel proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference: “Reclaiming the Commons”

July 9-12, 2023 in Portland, Oregon

Co-organised by Dr Ida Marie Olsen (Ghent University) and Dr Reuben Martens (University of Waterloo)

If we are to reclaim the commons—setting aside the difficulties of defining commons and who they actually belong to, especially in any North American or postcolonial state—where do we begin? Many commons, whether they be terrestrial, aquatic, atmospheric or sociocultural, have been and are still in the process of being actively destroyed in …