A Women's 'Commons'? An Exploratory Dialogue on the Potential of the Knowledge Commons for Women

The idea of the 'commons' has been contestedly understood as being both a principle of understanding content and creative products, and a community that supports the sharing of information and creative content. It is also directly linked with subverting current Intellectual Property Rights paradigms, where ownership and control of information, knowledge, and content has been commodified. So what exactly is so 'new' about the 'commons'? Looking at the four paradigms where ideas about the 'commons' are supposed to operate, perhaps it is possible to see if developments towards a Knowledge Commons resonates with feminist tactics/agendas/isms.