Supply Chain Commons

Mellick Lopes, A; Healy, S; Cohen, A

Supply Chain Commons

Mellick Lopes, A

Healy, S Cohen, A

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons, 2026, pp. 341-360
Issue Date:: 2026-07-31

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dc.contributor.author	Mellick Lopes, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2157-421X
dc.contributor.author	Healy, S
dc.contributor.author	Cohen, A
dc.contributor.editor	Gindis, D
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-24T21:43:58Z
dc.date.available	2026-06-24T21:43:58Z
dc.date.issued	2026-07-31
dc.identifier.citation	Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons, 2026, pp. 341-360
dc.identifier.isbn	1009431900
dc.identifier.isbn	9781009431903
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/195471
dc.description.abstract	This chapter proposes to recast the supply chain as a commons via an extended description of the shared social, intellectual, and regulatory resources currently producing an experiment in a circular economy for organic waste in Sydney, Australia. Organic waste, once composted, finds its way into high-value-added crops like heirloom garlic, which are then sold back to consumers in Sydney. By foregrounding the practices of social learning and information sharing that is making this “circularity” possible, the chapter illustrates how creating a material commons often depends upon creating a knowledge commons to make it cohere, as well as upon creating commoner-subjects who will do the work of caring for both.
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartof	Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Supply Chain Commons
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design and Society
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design and Society/School of Design
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design and Society/School of Design/Design Studies Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre (C-SERC)
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dc.date.updated	2026-06-24T21:43:54Z
pubs.place-of-publication	Cambridge, England
pubs.publication-status	Published
dc.location	Cambridge, England

Abstract:

This chapter proposes to recast the supply chain as a commons via an extended description of the shared social, intellectual, and regulatory resources currently producing an experiment in a circular economy for organic waste in Sydney, Australia. Organic waste, once composted, finds its way into high-value-added crops like heirloom garlic, which are then sold back to consumers in Sydney. By foregrounding the practices of social learning and information sharing that is making this “circularity” possible, the chapter illustrates how creating a material commons often depends upon creating a knowledge commons to make it cohere, as well as upon creating commoner-subjects who will do the work of caring for both.

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