Abstract
This research discusses how urban cultural commons might interact with civil ecology to contribute to pursuing Sustainable Development Goals in a digitalized world. While many studies point out the potential of digital tools in improving human welfare, literature has also accumulated to discuss their threats to civil freedom or democratic governance by, for example, self-discipline or imbalanced power between information controllers and the governed. By examining the cases of community-based development in Taiwan, this research examines how the above challenges can be managed. It specifies the mutual influence among digitalized governance, civil ecology, democratic participation, cultural heritage conservation, and pursuance of multiple sustainable development goals. By adopting a complex system perspective, this paper argues that the solidarity created by digital means has served as the leverage factor that triggers chain effects in improving many goals simultaneously.
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KEYWORDS
Commoning, Participatory Governance, Solidarity Economy, Identity, Recognition
