Renegotiations in Self-Determination
Choreographies of Labo(u)r
Something of Substance
The Wittgenstein Project
Mashed Potato
In-Commons
Choreographies of Labo(u)r
Something of Substance
The Wittgenstein Project
Mashed Potato
In-Commons: Planting Vines (2021)
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Competition Proposal for the International Building Exhibition IBA’27 StuttgartHumanity has become a geologically decisive factor that is transforming our planet. The rapid change of ecosystems caused by human impact is branding a transnational collective memory: climate threats, global exploitation of resources and the global network, shortening the transmission routes and thus dramatically accelerating the spread of diseases, testing social solidarity and our democratic model of civilization, also in connection with the current COVID-19 pandemic to the test. The shift towards a climate-friendly society requires an ecology of community that proves ways of cultural restoration and the development of new structures and models for the distribution of resources.
In-Transit:
Who owns water, soil and air?
How are natural resources distributed and who can dispose of them? This process of transformation raises questions about solidarity and responsibility for the common use and management of common property, which hasn’t been clarified legally even in democratic constitutional states.
With her research on commons, the economist and Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom has shown a way beyond private-sectors or state organizations and has proved that local communities can manage resources sustainably on their own.
Q. How can natural resources be managed to remain for everyone so that distribution does not automatically lead to overexploitation?


