Abstract
What are the motives of people that are behind the various forms of common sharing and consumption of goods? What happens with the brain while people are sharing? Are the spreading phenomenon of sharing as " car sharing", " food sharing" or " co - housing" and ""community-gardens"" only a new cultural trends or these are the new forms of capitalism? In western countries property and ownership seem to be less and less important - participation is crucial. However, how are these changes apply also to the countries of Central Europe? To countries, which have survived socialism and the stormy years of capitalism and privatization of the 90s? How has this history reflected on people and their current relationships to trading goods and services with other people? People from different Central-Eastern European countries will seek answers to such questions: Slovenian author, film director and anthropologist Miha Mazzini will talk about neurophysiological process of brain while people are sharing goods and services with others. ""We are made for groups and sharing"" (Miha Mazzini).
PhD-researcher at the Charles University of Prag Esther Martos will present the differences between sharing economy and the capitalist businesses on real examples of both economies and the impact of global financial crisis on new sharing practices. Local activist, art-manager and founder of internet portal EVERFUND Ondřej Kašpárek will talk about local sharing in the context of culture and community of active people from Pilsen.
Latvian scientist Ivars Ijabs explains the way how people shared and exchanged music and films during the socialist era and what was the impact on creating informal communities with their own internal discussions, divisions and organized events.""Nowadays, however, there are different forms of sharing"" (Ivars Ijabs)