“Patterns of Commoning” & “Dancing With The Devil In The City of God”
David Bollier talks about the ancient social formation called the Commons and the radically new versions it s taking ‘and spreading’ around the world. His new book, co-edited with Silke Helfrich, is Patterns of Commoning.
Then, the Rio Olympics are happening now, in a Brazil plagued by corruption, conflict and a de facto coup against president Dilma Roussef. We re-air our October 2015 interview with Juliana Barbassa about her book, Dancing With The Devil In The City of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink. It’s about how the preparations for the Olympic Games revealed the cracks in the Brazilian miracle.
The Writer’s Voice airs Tuesday afternoons from 5 to 6 p.m.