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SUMMARY:From the Commune to Communalism? The Paris Commune and its meaning for democratic theory and practice
DESCRIPTION:In March 1871\, women\, workers\, and members of the National Guard of Paris erected barricades and occupied government buildings across the capital. During its 72 days of existence\, the Paris Commune achieved some major reforms: the abolishment of the death penalty\, conscription and child labour\, postponement of debts\, and the establishment of a women’s union\, producer-owned cooperatives and a secular school system. The democratically elected rulers took a worker’s wage and were actively building what communard Paschal Grousset later called ‘the republic of our dreams… democratic and social… a precision instrument of economic transformation’. These achievements are even more impressive given the experimental character of political organisation of the Commune. The Communards established new\, federated forms of democratic representation. Elected representatives were subject to imperative mandate and could be immediately recalled. Their experiments with self-rule and expression were not limited to the highest\, most formal political institutions\, but in fact ran through local neighbourhoods\, clubs and workplaces. \nBy 28 May\, after a ‘bloody week’\, this experiment with self-organisation and communal democracy had been violently repressed by the armed forces of the national government. Yet the experience of Paris has inspired many different political movements. Many radical theorists and traditions have claimed ‘the Commune’ as their own: from the well-known account of Karl Marx and Lenin’s State and Revolution\, to the anarchist account of Mikhail Bakunin\, and from the council communists in Germany to soixante-huitards in France. A more recent radical tendency that is inspired by the work of Murray Bookchin has even explicitly referred to itself as ‘communalism’. \nHow can we explain that the commune inspired so many different movements and tendencies\, and how could this idea be transferred between so many different social\, political\, cultural and economic contexts? How has the meaning of ‘the Commune’ changed throughout the past 150 years\, and how can we understand and theorise communalism as a distinctive democratic ‘repertoire?’ How did\, and does\, this repertoire relate to other political projects – democratic or otherwise? What movements\, practices\, or traditions may be considered part of a broader ‘communalist’ repertoire or tendency\, and on what basis? What image of ‘the Commune’ did they invoke\, and how does this image correspond with the deeds and experiences of the communards in 1871? \nThe aim of the conference is to explore these questions on the history of the Paris Commune and its enduring relevance for democratic thought at an international conference. We have convened a group of leading experts from different fields and disciplines to contemplate and discuss the history\, theory and practice of (past\, present and future) communalism. \nEvent Programme\nDay 1 (19 May) \n09:30-10:45. Welcome and Introduction: Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire?  \n\nGaard Kets (Radboud University)\nLaura Roth (Universitat Jaume I)\nMathijs van de Sande (Radboud University)\n\n11:00-12:30. Session 1: Commemorating the Paris Commune: Why does the Commune Matter Today?  \n\nQuentin Deluermoz (Université Paris Cité): “The Astonishing Persistence of the Commune.”\nCarolyn Eichner (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): “Many Paths to Justice\, Many Types of Justice to be Pursued: The Commune as Multidimensional Map to Egalitarianism.” \n\n12:30-14:00. Lunch break  \n14:00-15:30. Session 2. Communalism and the State I: between Anarchy and Confederalism?  \n\nRuth Kinna (Loughborough University): Anarchists and the Commune: Memoralisation and Constitutionalisation.\nJoost Jongerden (Wageningen University & Research): “The Commune Beyond the Commune: Abdullah Öcalan\, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)\, and Democratic Confederalism.” \n\n16:00-17:30. Session 3. Whose Commune? The Dèmos in Communalism.  \n\nMartin Breaugh (York University): “A Democracy Without Titles? 1871 Against the Politics of the Few.”\nSonja Lavaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussels): “Horizontality of a Spatial Event: The Commune from the Perspective of the Multitude.” \n\nDay 2 (20 May)  \n09:00-11:00. Session 4. Communalism and the State II: Institutions\, Legitimacy and Political Representation.  \n\nPaul Raekstad & Enzo Rossi (University of Amsterdam): “Political Naturalism: Legitimacy Without Sovereignty.”\nSixtine van Outryve d’Ydewalle (UCL Louvain): “Rethinking Representation as Delegation in the Framework of Communalist Direct Democracy.”\nArtemy Magun (European University at St. Petersburg): “The Institutional Design of Communal Democracy: Problems and Inventions.” \n\n11:30 – 13:00. Session 5. Communalism as Mobilization and Political Pedagogy.  \n\nMatthias Flatscher (University of Vienna): “Revolutionary Clubs. Reflections on Political Mobilization in the Run-Up to the Paris Commune.”\nFemke Kaulingfreks (Inholland University of Applied Sciences): “The Revolution Will be Live: Towards a Pedagogy of Radical Imaginaries beyond the Paris Commune.” \n\n13:00-14:15 Lunch break  \n14:15-15:45 Session 8. Communalism\, Municipalism and the Commons.  \n\nSophie Bloemen (Commons Network): Title T.B.A.\nCristina Flesher Fominaya (Aarhus University): “Commons Thinking and Practice in the 15-M Movement and Spanish Municipalism.” \n\n16:15-17:15. Closing discussion: What is Communalism?  \nOnline and in-person participation\nThe event will be streamed and there will be space for questions from participants attending remotely. Registration is mandatory.\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR ONLINE PARTICIPATION\n\nBecause of limited capacities at the conference venue\, there are only limited possibilities for non-speakers to attend in-person. Please contact mathijs.vandesande@ru.nl if you are interested in this possibility\, before April 30. \nThis conference is the first event in a series of international workshops and expert meetings\, and is organised in light of the research project\, ‘Vive la Commune! Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire’ (sept. 2021- 2024) which is funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. \nOrganisers:\n\nRamón Feenstra (Universitat Jaume I)\nGaard Kets (Radboud University)\nCarolien van Ham (Radboud University)\nLaura Roth (Universitat Jaume I)\nMathijs van de Sande (Radboud University)\nEvert van der Zweerde (Radboud University)\n\nDownload the full programme here. \nDownload the abstracts here (this is the latest version\, but we might need to update it before the event).
URL:https://vivelacommune.org/event/from-the-commune-to-communalism-the-paris-commune-and-its-meaning-for-democratic-theory-and-practice/
LOCATION:De Lindenberg Nijmegen\, Ridderstraat 23\, Nijmegen\, 6511 TM\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:International Conference,Online
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