Governance for the Commons
I ran across this article on Resilience.org and thought that OC.M members might find it interesting, if not useful.
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Fashion Commons
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A powerful look inside garment factory life
I really enjoyed this piece and I think it'd fit well on OCM. Should we ask Tansy about reposting?
It is "available for syndication by progressive labour or media partners - please contact Tansy for details via my website."
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Sandra Niessen
Jan 03
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I am shocked by this article. I expanded the notion of 'sacrifice zones' of Fashion to include culture and non-Fashion clothing traditions because I felt there had to be so much more awareness of and emphasis on the loss of the pluriverse of clothing, spectacular trditions around the world that have been hard pressed to survive in the global economic climate and with competition from Fashion. In this article: " Flowers have become a target and a way to blame garment workers for their poverty while sidelining the systemic inequities that characterise the garment industry." How drastic does it have to get? These women are even begrudged their sense of beauty. But the author's insights say so much about the moral depths of expllitation.
Exciting News: We're launching our New Report Today!
As 2024 comes to a close, we are excited to be releasing our new report that explores how the time-tested practice of creating commons, or “commoning,” can revitalise the clothing and textile communities that have been erased and eroded by the fashion industry.
The report encapsulates key insights and learnings from OC.M’s first year in action working toward clothing commons that prioritise wellbeing and sufficiency. These insights were gathered through community assemblies, conversations, surveys, and interviews with grassroots clothing communities and practitioners in Europe and beyond. We have many here, in our Common Room and our OC.M Members to thank for their valuable input. This work has been supported by the European Cultural Foundation and Naturesave Trust.
Our report provides insight on how to support and encourage commoning in clothing systems. It is based on the premise that expanding the existing pluriverse of clothing communities can meet…
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