Essai

Dialogues of digital commons and equitable resilience

Danai Toursoglou-Papalexandridou

During the first wave of 2020 pandemic, a rise in numbers and popularity of commons-based initiatives was observed worldwide, either in digital or cyber-physical form. From the open-source distribution and production of healthcare equipment to the installation of community fridges, such initiatives have influenced the resilience potential of communities. This research analyses disasters as an outcome of vulnerability and risk and seeks links between resilience and commons-based initiatives. It places the emergent digital and cyber-physical commons-based initiatives within metropolitan ecosystems and proposes the measurement of their reflections on the resilience...