'The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation'
Bertrand Russell
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The struggle for the commons in the late medieval Campine Area
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Start project |
2009-09-01 |
End project |
2014-09-01 |
Main topic |
Commons, late medieval, Campine area |
Description of project |
Common pool resources studies tend to limit themselves to economical or political turning points that led to the disappearance of these resources. Conflicts on the commons however, were not limited to these great economic and political turning points. Even in regions and periods where no structural changes in the rural economy and no straightforward ‘assault’ on the commons was launched, such as the late medieval Campine area, the use and regulation of the common pool resources was permanently debated.
In this project, actors, arguments and outcomes of these late medieval conflicts are analysed, not only to reveal changing use of and expectations on the commonly managed natural resources by different stakeholders, but also to reveal changes in the local balance of power and in the physical, natural environment within and beyond the rural villages.
Through an investigation of litigation processes on the Campine commons this project questions how control over the vital commons was used by different groups to gain influence in the village society and how these power struggles affected the use and management of the commons. By doing so, it aims to offer an innovative view of the hidden dynamics of the late medieval Campine society and its use and management of the natural environment. |
Activities |
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Participants |
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Funding body |
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Co-ordinator |
Prof. dr. Tim Soens (University of Antwerp) |
Contact details |
Tim Soens (0032) 326 543 49
Maïka De Keyzer (0032) 326 544 85 |
Links to project |
AgendA
24-26 February 2021
online
Workshop
7th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy
25 March 2021
online
Webinar
Commons and the power of food communities
by Stadslandbouw Nederland
1 April 2021
online
Seminar
Brussel Solvay
by Coline Serres
More info to follow
25-26 April 2017
Utrecht
Conference
SOSCO
International
Conference
'Sovereignty, Contestation
and "the Economy"'