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Presentation for the defence of my PhD thesis in the Individualized program in Social Science at Concordia University. Read the thesis abstract preprint.

Systemic transformations are needed to prevent the consequences of human-led damage to Earth’s ecosystems. In contrast to the state-led approach to global health security, a planetary health solidarity initiative takes a cross-border and transdisciplinary approach led by citizens across the globe. It emphasises a sovereign, cosmo-local valuation of our well-being and health (promotion, prevention and regeneration), and relies on building trust and confidence to foster collective and individual resilience. This should, by design, increase embodied solidarity across humans, and foster the cohabitation of plural perspectives and practices. A coalition of diverse people from around the world are committed to promoting planetary health, developing a bottom-up proposal: The Planetary Health Solidarity Initiative. Rather than relying solely on government or institutional actors to lead the way, this initiative seeks to leverage the commons, collective knowledge, creativity, and energy of converging glocal communities networks. En français, Event postponed to June 22, 2023.

To pool health knowledge and technologies ensures better care, divides costs and creates local employment. 20 testimonials, festival 'Taking care together'. Content: Vision; Free/libre technologies in health; Health commons; Listening medicine; Preserving our mental health; Our planet, our health; Walkshops; "Legislative Theatre"; Arts for healing; Sharing Circles; Impact. 中文 — हिंदी — Español — Français — العربية – বাংলা — Pусский — Português — Deutsch Videos: www.openvillage.ch – Edition 2020: Health technology as commons: trustable, affordable, adaptable, File available in print (300 dpi, 61 MB) and digital (72 dpi, 12 MB) quality.

Between March and May 2022,IASC Europe & CISin collaboration with the Institute of Social Anthropology hosted a colloquium series featuring presentations by international speakers. Thematically, the presentations within the series were dedicated topolicy issues related to the commonsandbringing on the one hand, the commons knowledge and on the other hand, policy and practice closerin Europe & CIS and beyond. Seven themes were used to be presented in relation to policies: urban commons, European agrarian commons, implementation of commons policies, health commons, digital commons and the SDGs and the commons. Background for the colloquium was the fact that at the moment many policies related to agrarian subsidies, sustainable development goals, biodiversity protection,energy strategies,land use planning etc.are being discussed in Europe and CISon national oron EU and other respective supranational levels. Europe and CIS is also closely linked to development policies in other regions through its active role in bilateral and global processes. Some of these policies are already onthe way to be implemented bygovernments. Many of these issues are closely related to the commons but this is often notmentioned. Despite Ostrom's work, the commons are not an issue in these policies although highly relevant, especially when it comes to the issue of commonproperty and commoners’ interests.The presentation addressed these issues and discussions were focused on how this could be changed: Commons and Polycentric Governance within and across cities by Chagas Cavalcanti AR (and Roggero M) The European commons: The “great absent” in the EU agri-food and agri-environmental policy making by Manzoni A, Diaz-Maroto IJ, Bogataj N Water as commons in undemocratic postcolonial South by Putri P Success and failures in policy implementation – Methodological questions and sharing goals with commoners by Micciarelli G (and Mendez P) Health and law-making: re-creating collective narratives by Balli F, Carpentier P Is the digital economy market-driven or commons-based? Lessons for EU digital strategy by Pazaitis A, Kostakis V SDGs and the commons: from a central missing topic towards recognition via national implementations? by Haller T, Soliev I

Today, six humans in ten have no access to medical care or do not adhere to it. Achieving collective health requires a mindset shift from competitive models creating dependency (medtech business) to solidarity-driven models building communal capacity (health commons). Here, we present 15 initiatives created by open networks of interdisciplinary contributors (peer production); who iteratively co-create and document projects (agile development) that can be freely used, repaired, studied, reproduced and adapted by communities (libre and open-source licences) at fair prices or no cost. As resources are mutualized to avoid redundancies, costs can be cut by ten to hundred times in comparison to IP-driven models. Such commons also foster local capacity building, as various communities can take responsibility to validate, produce and distribute the projects (crowd/peer production). Disease management: valve for mask (Isinnova Charlotte), oxygen concentrator (M19 O2), ventilation machine (OpenVent), ventilator co-design platform (Polyvent), genetic material development (OpenPCR), repurposing vaccines (OSPF OpenVax), repurposing treatments (DNDi AntiCov). Disease prevention: hand rub (Geneva Hand Hygiene Model), Pulmonary Toolkit – 3D lung modeling (Pulmonary Toolkit), transparent mask (BEclear), air quality sensor (LogAir), digital health ecosystem (GNU Health). Health promotion: fun respiratory care (Breathing Games), traditional medicine (CEMI), social support network (Art Hives). Editable version

Without air pollution, our life expectancy would increase by 34 months. With a commons-based economy, each and every human could afford medical care (vs one in two today). How not to produce risks? How to foster mutual care? We, people across regions and disciplines, get engaged to value pluralism and collective wisdom. We embrace play as a natural way to experiment, socialize, learn. We document and share our work so that everyone can freely use, study, improve, adapt it. In traditional medtech, corporate experts build a technical tool to manage a disease. Sealed in a black box, its price make it unaffordable to some. At Breathing Games, volunteer, diverse contributors co-create an evolving, rewarding, immersive story to promote holistic health. Free to use, study, improve, its gratuity helps develop solidarity. We present here our games (Asthma Heroes, Asthmonautes, Rise); controllers (Spirotroller enhanced, Spirotroller gaming, Breathing gamepad); creation as research (game testing, controller testing, games co-creation, translations); our next steps (international study, game accessibility via Raspberry Pi, link to air pollution sensor); and our advocacy activities for health as commons. Poster as video – Editable version – Previous posters at GARD : 2019 – Mutual care taking: collectively creating our respiratory wellbeing with open sciences 2018 – Next-gen advocacy for respiratory health: fun, empowering, participatory, freely adaptable 2017 – When populations care about their respiratory health: a scalable bottom-up model to foster self-care for all

Resources that fulfill fundamental needs must have a participatory governance, regardless of who owns them (Rodotà Commission and Italian Supreme Court building on Nobel Prize Dr Elinor Ostrom). Examples: open-source hand rub saves 8 million lives yearly; open-source MRI scanners could spare 60-140 million € yearly in Germany alone; open-source prostheses mobilize 30000 volunteers with a 0 € business model; Open Source Drug Discovery gathers 110 projects on neglected diseases; open-source games for health showcase a ludic model to mutually take care. It is vital because: 1) being healthy requires commoning; 2) it can double access to care; 3) it helps fight corruption; 4) costs can be cut by 10 or 100. Additional resources: reminder of definitions (free/libre and open-source vs gratis); three steps to start (Goals, design principles, validation); self-assessment (health, people, process, licences, resource allocation, physical availability, impact); links to guide for makers, poster with further examples, report on open source in Switzerland. Version en français, Extended version on open-source respiratory health commons: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5515632 – Editable version on NextCloud/OnlyOffice: https://cloud.houseofcommons.ch/index.php/s/4tK94nbQMYQBJNo

The emergence of collaborative models of production and distribution are shifting healthcare from short term, top-down disease management to community-driven health prevention and design of care by users. Collaborative design of fun learning tools by interdisciplinary communities extends beyond patient care, as it empowers everyone to manage their own health and that of their communities, while building collective intelligence. As social initiatives, knowledge commons such as Breathing Games provide alternatives to competitive and propri- etary systems that limit access to innovation; challenge dominant legal frameworks through the free/libre produc- tion and distribution of designs, software and hardware; incorporate a whole-systems approach with shared respon- sibilities and innovative design processes that encourage citizens to value health throughout their life. By inviting everyone to contribute to freely accessible knowledge and technologies, we are drafting a solution to meet the United Nations goal of Healthy Lives for All by 2030.