News and Research articles on Commons

Beyond platform capitalism: Digital solidarity economy and free culture networks in Argentina and Brazil

Leonardo Foletto, University of São Paulo
Daniel Santini, University of São Paulo
PUBLISHED ON: 6 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2061

This article shows how Latin American experience is an essential reference for why free culture principles are essential to the idea and the concept of the digital solidarity economy.

Digital commons

Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Felix Stalder, Zurich University of the Arts
PUBLISHED ON: 17 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1530

Digital commons, understood as shared information, culture and knowledge resources created and maintained online, are a crucial concept to think about the development of the digital sphere beyond surveillance capitalism and steer it toward a more socially inclusive and sustainable economy and a renewal of democracy.