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Appropriate – der Podcast

APPROPRIATE explores different dimensions of ownership, its political dynamics and social impact, and ventures into thinking about alternatives to ownership. APPROPRIATE brings together researchers from different disciplines, activists and policy makers to discuss their perspectives on a wide range of topics, including the sharing economy, urban commons, housing, natural resources, reproductive medicine and bioeconomy. APPROPRIATE is the podcast of the Collaborative Research Centre "Structural Change of Property" of the Universities of Jena and Erfurt (SFB TRR 294).   
Music: CC BY-SA, Song Paper Tiger's Grip by Mid-Air Machine   

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Appropriate

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From Contested Ownership to (In)Voluntary Returns

This episode documents the workshop about interdisciplinary perspectives on the postcolonial fight for restitution and reparation. In the beginning, the organizers of the workshop, Silvan Niedermeier (University of Erfurt) and Sahra Rausch (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), will present the event. Afterwords, there is an interview with Flower Manase (National Museum of Tanzania) conducted by Aari Hönning (University of Erfurt). The interdisciplinary workshop aimed to reassess the fight for repatriation and restitution by bringing together questions of ownership and voluntariness that are addressed in the Collaborative Research Center “Structural Change of Property” (Universities Erfurt and Jena) and the DFG-Research Unit on “Voluntariness” (Universities of Erfurt, Jena and Oldenburg). As part of the workshop, Flower Manase spoke about Restitution and the Question of “Cultural Belongings/Properties Ownership” in Tanzania. In the interview, she talks about her motivation, experiences and challenges during her work as one of the curators of the National Museum of Tanzania. Links:
Flower Manase’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flower-manase-4b432426/
Aari Hönning‘s Podcast: https://podcasts.social/@Vergangenes_in_Wort_und_Bild

Guests: Flower Manase, Silvan Niedermeier, Sahra Rausch

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Schulden in der neuen Kapitalismusgeschichte

Guests: Felix Krämer, Jule Govrin, Matthias Ruoss, Friedrich Lenger

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Private property and public commons – narrowing the gap mit Klaus Bosselmann

Klaus Bosselmann von der University of Auckland (Neuseeland) versucht in dieser Folge Privateigentum mit dem Schutz von öffentlichen Gütern zu vereinen. Global Commons, also die Atmosphäre, das Wasser, Land, Luft und die Biosphäre sind auch durch die Ausweitung des Privateigentums stark bedroht. Wie kann der Eigentumsbegriff juristisch neugedacht werden, damit das Recht effektiv zum Umweltschutz beiträgt und was kann dabei aus indigenen Ansätzen gelernt werden? Diesen Fragen wird im Vortrag von und Interview mit Rechtswissenschaftler Klaus Bosselmann nachgegangen.

Guest: Klaus Bosselmann

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In Conversation with Clara Salazar (The Urban Lives of Property Series IV)

In this inaugural Spanish-language episode of the Urban Lives of Property Series, Clara Salazar delves into the history and concept of the ejidos—collective forms of land ownership introduced by the Mexican Revolution in 1917. Following this, the state began redistributing land to impoverished farmers under the condition that they organize themselves into collectives. Ejidal land, which was typically rural land, could not be sold. The significance of the ejidos persists to this day, although this form of collective ownerships has been the subject of numerous struggles and controversies. In 1992, the rights to ejidal lands were liberalized to permit their sale. Concurrently, the rights associated with private property were strengthened, providing powerful private owners with nearly unmatched opportunities to manage and profit from their lands, leveraging surplus value through public infrastructure provision while offering minimal compensation in return. Meanwhile, self-managed settlements by poor urbanites dwelling informally on the outskirts of metropolises have increasingly encroached upon ejidal land, leading to a parceling of the land and a profound transformation of Mexican cities. Against this backdrop, Clara Salazar makes a compelling case for enhancing public capacities to regulate urban land and to capture surplus value—a challenge that many Latin American countries face, alongside the ongoing evolution of property forms that separate land and housing ownership. An English translation of the transcript is available for download.

This episode is a collaboration with the Urban Political Podcast.

Click here for the original transcript in Spanish.

Click here for the transcript in English.

Guest: Clara Salazar

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In Conversation with Jean-David Gerber (The Urban Lives of Property Series III) - Property, Planning and Institutional Power: A view from Switzerland

This episode of the Urban Lives of Property Series expands discussions geographically and conceptually: Our guest in this episode, Jean-David Gerber, helps us think property from Switzerland and other places. He speaks with the hosts Hanna Hilbrandt and Markus Kip. Starting off with the observation that there is no single understanding of property, Jean-David argues that it is important for any consideration to be context-specific and to realize that property is not the same as propriété or Eigentum. Jean-David elaborates on his approach to property on the basis of the Institutional Resource Regime framework that he has been working on with colleagues for many years. Based on his fieldwork in Ghana, Senegal and Switzerland, he discusses the application of the framework aimed to consider the combined effects of public policies and property rights on the use of resources and the users themselves. Focusing on the case of Switzerland, he talks us through the legacy and ongoing relevance of old forms of collective property in forests and shared pastures in the mountains. Moving to the debate around new (urban) commons, the episode also covers current struggles and conflicts around the land policy paradigm in Switzerland, as well as new ideas in planning to exercise greater influence in urban development in the public interest.

The episode is a collaboration with the Urban Political Podcast.

Guests: Markus Kip, Jean-David Gerber, Hanna Hilbrandt

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Property rights versus tenants: Beata Siemieniako on the restitution of housing in Poland

Unregulated restitution of property to prewar owners (or rather their legal successors) remains a major source of conflict over housing in Poland, most notably in Warsaw. This episode features Beata Siemieniako, a Warsaw lawyer and urban activist who has been supporting tenants in their struggle against ruthless developers for years. In her book „Re-privatising Poland. The History of a Great Scam“ (Reprywatyzując Polskę. Historia wielkiego przekrętu, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej 2017), she tells the story of conflicting claims to urban property and reflects on the pitfalls of restituting past property orders while neglecting present-day social rights. Florian Peters has talked to her about law, grassroots activism, and the impossibility to achieve justice by trying to turn back time. This podcast is a co-production with the Urban Political Podcast.

Guests: Florian Peters, Beata Siemieniako

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