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May 14, 2022

Trebor Scholz on Platform Cooperativism

from Future Histories International Hosted by Jan Groos

Over the last decade platform-cooperativism has grown from an idea into a movement. How far can it take us? Collaborative Podcast Transcription If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: [email protected] (German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkription FAQ: shorturl.at/eL578 Shownotes Trebor Scholz (New School University): https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/faculty/trebor-scholz/ Trebor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TreborS Platform Cooperativism Consortium: https://platform.coop/ Institute for Cooperative Digital Economy: https://platform.coop/who-we-are/icde/ Fellowship Program at The New School’s Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy: https://platform.coop/blog/apply-for-the-new-schools-institute-for-the-cooperative-digital-economys-2022-2023-fellowship-program/ Ted Talk by Trebor Scholz from January 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OXhOXULEbA Scholz, Trebor and Schneider, Nathan. 2016. "Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of Platform Cooperatives.", New York/London: OR Books.: (PDF available) https://worldpece.org/sites/default/files/artifacts/media/pdf/ourstohackandown.pdf Scholz, Trebor. 2016. “Platform Cooperativism: Challenging the cooperate sharing economy”. Published by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New York Office. (Available as PDF): https://rosalux.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RLS-NYC_platformcoop.pdf Further Material International Cooperative Alliance: https://www.ica.coop/ Smart Coop: https://www.smart-at.org/?lang=en Fairbnb: https://fairbnb.coop/ America’s Electric Cooperatives: https://www.electric.coop/ The Drivers Cooperative: https://drivers.coop/ Department of Cooperation, Government of Kerala, India: https://cooperation.kerala.gov.in/about-us/ Self Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA): https://www.sewa.org/ Platform Cooperatives Germany: https://platformcoop.de/ CoopCycle: https://coopcycle.org/en/ Stocksy: https://www.stocksy.com/ Web 3 (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3 Blockchain (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain Decentralized Autonomy Organizations (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organization “They Love Crypto. They’re Trying to Buy the Constitution.”: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/business/crypto-constitution-sothebys.html Mondragon Cooperative: https://www.mondragon-corporation.com/ Parecon (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_economics Hahnel, R. 2021. Democratic Economic Planning. New York: Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Democratic-Economic-Planning/Hahnel/p/book/9781032003320 Albert, M. 2003: Parecon. Life After Capitalism. London/New York: Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/books/85-parecon Muldoon, James. 2022. Platform Socialism. London: Pluto Press: http://www.plutobooks.com/9780745346953/platform-socialism/ Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics S02E11 | James Muldoon on Platform Socialism: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e11-james-muldoon-on-platform-socialism/ S02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/ (German) S01E55/56 | Michael Seemann zur Macht der Plattformen (pt.1 & 2): https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e55-michael-seemann-zur-macht-der-plattformen-teil-1/ https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e56-michael-seemann-zur-macht-der-plattformen-teil-2/ S01E44/45 | Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (pt.1 & 2): https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e44-benjamin-bratton-on-synthetic-catallaxies-platforms-of-platforms-red-futurism-part-1-2/ https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e45-benjamin-bratton-on-synthetic-catallaxies-platforms-of-platforms-red-futurism-part-2-2/ S01E31/32 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (pt. 1 & 2): https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/ https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Write me at [email protected] and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast or on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/ or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6ywwww.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords: #TreborScholz, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Podcast, #Interview, #PlatformCooperativism, #Cooperatives, #Genossenschaften, #Blockchain, #Decentralization, #Socialism, #Sozialismus, #Capitalism, #DigitalSocialism, #Platforms, #DigitalEconomy, #SharingEconomy, #ParticipatoryEconomics, #DigitalPlatforms, #DigitalFuture, #DigitalInfrastructure, #GlobalCommunities, #TechnologyDebate, #Plattformen, #DigitalerSozialismus, #Democracy, #Demokratie, #SocialDemocracy, #Networks,

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