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-=== Control of the Commons Overview ===+==== Control of the Commons Overview ====
  
 By Tim Boykett By Tim Boykett
  
-Control of the Commons is a Time's Up project that was organised and implemented by Pippa Buchanan and Tim Boykett with help, assistance and encouragement from a many people. When we write “we,” we might mean anyone from the two of us to any (or all) of the collaborators warmly acknowledged below. +[[Control of the Commons]] is a Time's Up project that was organised and implemented by Pippa Buchanan and Tim Boykett with help, assistance and encouragement from a many people. When we write “we,” we might mean anyone from the two of us to any (or all) of the collaborators warmly acknowledged below. 
  
-The object was to investigate people's attitudes, hopes and fears about the waterways that surround us everywhere. We travelled in small vessels built from scrap, leftovers and sustainable bits and pieces. These peculiar vessels were designed to be temporary -- passed on at the end of the project.+The object of the project was to investigate people's attitudes, hopes and fears about the waterways that surround us everywhere. We travelled in small vessels built from scrap, leftovers and sustainable bits and pieces. These peculiar vessels were designed to be temporary: passed on at the end of the project into other hands or processes.
  
 We did not attempt to be overly scientific in the collection of our data. We are not anthropologists, journalists or environmental scientists. We are simple people concerned about water and its use -- the way that we, as a society, deal with water as one of the most conspicuous resources of the commons. We did not attempt to be overly scientific in the collection of our data. We are not anthropologists, journalists or environmental scientists. We are simple people concerned about water and its use -- the way that we, as a society, deal with water as one of the most conspicuous resources of the commons.
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 Waterways have been part of the surface of the planet for longer than we have been here and will flow on in our absence. They are grand, but still accessible, less intimidating than the ocean or a mountain range. They are a commons that is accessible and seems to offer an avenue for control. Waterways have been part of the surface of the planet for longer than we have been here and will flow on in our absence. They are grand, but still accessible, less intimidating than the ocean or a mountain range. They are a commons that is accessible and seems to offer an avenue for control.
  
-CoC was presented in a small exhibition at the 2012 Burning Ice Festival at the Kaai Theatre in Brussels in June 2012.+CoC was presented in a small exhibition at the 2012 Burning Ice Festival, at the Kaai Theatre in Brussels on June 2012.
  
 === (Almost) complete list of contributors and supporters === === (Almost) complete list of contributors and supporters ===
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