Persisting commons are sustained more by identity and wellbeing than by economic yield.
Evidence
Rather commons of today in Ängersjö, are shaped by discussions on how they are related to preferred ways of life, wellbeing, attachments to place, historical narratives and village identity, that are justified and constructed through various processes of reinvention and bricolage. They have co-evolved in relation to broader changes in society and they have contributed to the continuity and social sustainability in the village. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 89
Categorization
- DEFINE: Concrete demonstration that commons persist through reinvention and bricolage even when transaction costs exceed economic returns, extending Ostrom.
- corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 89
- XREF: connects to: Commons persist through symbolic meaning even after losing economic purpose. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 75; Collective action sustains commons for symbolic as much as material ends. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 76; Economically marginal commons persist by carrying symbolic and memorial weight. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 93 (+3 more)
Related
- Surviving commons shift from economic to social and symbolic resources over time. (similarity 0.89)
- Commons persist through symbolic meaning even after losing economic purpose. (similarity 0.88)
- Economically marginal commons persist by carrying symbolic and memorial weight. (similarity 0.87)
- Collective action sustains commons for symbolic as much as material ends. (similarity 0.85)
- Enduring commons persist through flexible adaptation, not frozen tradition. (similarity 0.85)
- Local commons adapt and persist through contestation and shifting state relations (similarity 0.85)
- Commons function as social resources binding communities together, not just property rights. (similarity 0.85)
- Commons are reinvented historical practices that villagers legitimize through analogies to past traditions. (similarity 0.83)
- Commons are best understood as dynamic processes of commoning, not static resources. (similarity 0.79)
- People still sustain cultural commons daily despite hyper-consumer society (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Economically marginal commons persist by carrying symbolic and memorial weight.
#corroborates(0.88) — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 93 - Surviving commons shift from economic to social and symbolic resources over time.
#expands(0.86) — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 13 - Commons function as social resources binding communities together, not just property rights.
#corroborates(0.78) — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 10