Conversing on the commons: an interview with Gustavo Esteva - part 1.

The article presents an edited transcript of an interview with Gustavo Esteva, a Mexican activist, "deprofessionalized intellectual" and founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, that took place during a Thinkery on the Commons held in Dublin, Ireland, in June 2014. Esteva advocates an understanding of the commons as first and foremost an activity and says that certain kinds of contemporary "commoning" are the beginnings of a new post-capitalist society.