# Peer Governance Part of the [[Triad of Commoning]]. ## Patterns As include in [[Free, Fair and Alive]]. - Bring Diversity into Shared Purpose - Create Semi-Permeable Membranes - Honor Transparency in a Sphere of Trust - Share Knowledge Generously - Assure Consent in Decision Making - [[Rely on Heterarchy]] - Peer Monitor & Apply Graduated Sanctions - Relationize Property - [[Keep Commons & Commerce Distinct]] - [[Finance Commons Provisioning]] / [[Choose Commons-Friendly Financing]] ## What is it? > As we thought about how coordination works in a commons, we hesitated to use the term “governance” because it is so closely associated with the idea of collective interests overriding individual freedom. > > – [[Free, Fair and Alive]] > peer governance rather than just governance. It points to an ongoing process of dialogue, coordination, and self-organization. > > – [[Free, Fair and Alive]] ^ sounds quite similar to ideas in [[Anarchist Cybernetics]]. > Our analysis of Peer Governance therefore moves beyond Ostrom’s landmark design principles in several ways. First, we look at all sorts of contemporary commons — social, digital, and urban, among others — not just at natural resource-based commons. We also attempt to go beyond resource management and allocation as primarily economic matters, and instead emphasize commoning as a social system. Any assessment of governance in commons must deal squarely with the systemic threats posed by markets and state power, so we look to Peer Governance as a form of moral and political sovereignty that works in counterpoint to the market/state. > > – [[Free, Fair and Alive]] > by Elinor Ostrom is helpful, but ultimately not enough. The principles do not provide sufficient guidance for people to respond flexibly to feedback > > – [[Free, Fair and Alive]] > we cannot depend upon structures to do the work of culture. > > – [[Free, Fair and Alive]] [[Money-lite commoning]]. > how can I organize my life in such a way that I become less dependent on money? How do I decommodify daily life? Similar questions should be asked at the level of a project, initiative, infrastructure, or platform. > > – [[Free, Fair and Alive]] > Commoning provided what we would now call a [[basic income]] — access to resources that ensure one’s basic survival. > > – [[Free, Fair and Alive]]