Introduction by the Editors
José Ramos, Sharon Ede, Michel Bauwens and Gien Wong
Essays
Section 1: Cosmolocal Framings
A Genealogy of Cosmolocalism
Alexandros Schismenos, Vasilis Niaros and Lucas Lemos
“Do-It-Together”: Towards the Factories of the Future
Laurent Dupont, Fedoua Kasmi, Joshua M. Pearce, Roland J. Ortt
Evolving Systems for Generative Justice: Decolonial Approaches to the Cosmolocal
Ron Eglash, Audrey Bennett, Michael Lachney, and William Babbitt
The Pulsation of the Commons: The Temporal Context for the Cosmolocal Transition
Michel Bauwens and José Ramos
Section 2: Building Cosmolocal Ecosystems
Making Room for the Community-Based Circular Economy
Sharon Ede
Cosmolocal Questions: From Tech Trend to Protocol Commons
José Ramos
Fab Cities and the Urban Transformations of the 21st Century
Tomas Diez
Financing Cosmolocalism
Andrew Ward
Cosmolocalism, a Tool for the Social Appropriation of Knowledge and Rural Development
Willmar Ricardo Rugeles Joya
Section 3: Challenging Cosmolocalism
Repositioning Cosmolocal In A ‘Beyond’ Space-Place
Michael McAllum
Cosmolocalization & Localization: Towards a Critical Convergence
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Alex Jensen, Steven Gorelick and Henry Coleman
An Interview with Paul Wildman: the Australian Bush Mechanic and her Potential in Helping to Save the Planet
Paul Wildman with Michel Bauwens
Cases and Examples
Section 4: Cosmolocal Stories
Let there be light: IIT Bombay’s SoUL Project to Energize
Rural India
Raji Ajwani Ramchandani and Snehal Awate
Rural Dynamism in the Digital Age
David Li
An Open Source Preemptive Strike in the Coming War Over The Freedom to Make Your Own Products
Joshua M. Pearce
Utopia Maker
Chrystèle Bazin
AgOpenGPS and DIY Open Farm Innovation: An Overview
Chris Bennett
Chang’an: 3D Printing Cyberpunk Town on Pearl River Delta
Vicky Xie, David Li, and Kangkang Zhang
Section 5: Cosmolocal Explorations
Wind Empowerment, Pico-hydro and Nea Guinea
Vasilis Kostakis, Kostas Latoufis, Minas Liarokapis, Michel Bauwens
Farm Hack: A Farmer-Driven Platform for Knowledge Exchange
Chris Giotitsas
L’atelier Paysan: Peasants Building Their Own Tools
Chris Giotitsas
Open Bionics
Vasilis Kostakis, Kostas Latoufis, Minas Liarokapis, Michel Bauwens
Sensorica
Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Niaros
Tzoumakers
Alekos Pantazis and Morgan Meyer
MuSIASEM: Accounting for material/energy flows and their limits
Michel Bauwens and Alex Pazaitis, with additions from Gien Wong
FabChain: Linking advanced research to urban metabolisms and mainstream production
and manufacturing
Michel Bauwens and Alex Pazaitis
FairCoin and FairCoop: Tools for a cosmo-local, open cooperative
ecosystem
Michel Bauwens and Alex Pazaitis
Envienta
Gabor Kiss
Holochain: An alternative to a global distributed ledger, based on biomimicry
Michel Bauwens and Alex Pazaitis
AbilityMade
Jose Ramos and Melissa Fuller
Section 6: Cosmolocal Q&A
bHive Cooperative
Ian McBurney, in response to questions by Jose Ramos
Open Motors
Yuki Liu, in response to questions by Jose Ramos
Wikifactory
Carolina Portugal in response to questions by Jose Ramos
Section 7: Cosmolocal Snapshots
Appropedia
Sharon Ede
Cosmolocalism
Vasilis Kostakis
FarmBot
Michel Bauwens and Jose Ramos
Field Ready
Sharon Ede
GLIA
Jose Ramos
Hexayurt
Christina Priavolou
LEKA Restaurant
Sharon Ede
Multifactory
Michel Bauwens
Open Source COVID-19 Medical Supplies
Sharon Ede
Open Source Ecology
Jose Ramos
OSE Microhouse
Christina Priavolou
Open Desk
Sharon Ede
Open Food Network
Sharon Ede
Open Insulin
Jose Ramos
Precious Plastic
Abril Chimal
RepRap
Jose Ramos
Wikihouse
Christina Priavolou