The cultural commons are shared practices and goods never requiring monetary exchange

Evidence

Chapter 7, Learning About Globalization, pushes the analysis of racism into the current context of globalization and enclosure of the cultural and environmental commons across so-called “undeveloped” or “devel - oping” cultures. The commons are those aspects of the natural world—the land, the air, the water, the diverse species of living plants and animals —as well as the practices, beliefs, traditions, and skills once shared freely without the need for monetary exchange. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 131

Categorization

• DEFINE: Classroom-definition of ‘cultural and environmental commons’ in one gloss, bridging natural resources to shared practices and skills.
• XREF: Central term connecting to settler-colonial land enclosure threads in the polyad and to Bowers’ commons analysis. — connects to: People still sustain cultural commons daily despite hyper-consumer society — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 133; New commons govern shared resources without pre-existing rules or formal institutional arrangements. — Laura Albareda and Alejo Jose G. Sison, Commons Organizing: Embedding Common…, 65

Broader Connections

• New commons govern shared resources without pre-existing rules or formal institutional arrangements. #expands (0.85) — Laura Albareda and Alejo Jose G. Sison, Commons Organizing, 65