A good mapping tool is www.debategraph.org

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> Am 28.12.2013 um 12:06 schrieb Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]>:
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>> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Wolfgang,
>> 
>> Thank you for sharing your article - it overlaps with approaches I like to 
>> take.
>> 
>> I see a number of potentially overlapping and emergent "layers".
>> I like to hear from other people's dreams or personal experiences.
>> 
>> I see the potential for an understanding of distribution / aggregation 
>> layers, mutually empowering each other in an emergent way, building up 
>> critical diversity for further emergence, resilience, and ( ideally ? ) 
>> viable systems.
>> 
>> I ll be happy to map out our non linear understanding. ( a mapping tool 
>> where we can export our data ? )
>> 
>> 
>> // in advance, apologies to Silke - this will be a long post with a lot of 
>> links //
>> 
>> 
>> Some layers I experiment(ed) with , followed by a few projects.
>> 
>> I want to talk about Nomadism, as it embodies imho an understanding of 
>> distributed systems - understanding I wish to use even when not moving ( 
>> geographically ).
>> 
>> I see layers of distribution and aggregation mutually empowering each other 
>> in an emergent way.
>> 
>> Short, medium and long term approaches , and resilience through their 
>> overlap, can also be taken into account.
>> 
>> I want to bring forward potentials for synergies and emergence ( based on 
>> "critical diversity" ? ), and using Integral City and some research ( if one 
>> can call this research ? ) I did or am doing, to compare or apply it to.
>> 
>> ///
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> - Nomadism :
>> 
>> - it can imho be translated into the experience many more have, for example 
>> at a city scale , or also via "seminar hopping" lifestyles , movie 
>> production lifestyles, etc  -
>> 
>> talking from personal experience
>> of a type of nomadism based on a low ( monetary ) threshold ( hitch hiking ).
>> 
>> I would aim at experiencing a flow of temporary autonomous zones ( often 
>> events ), hitch hiking from the one to another, taking into consideration a 
>> "logistics of options" to direct myself across europe. ( moving east or 
>> west, north or south, depending on how events may seem to empower more 
>> options for intentional convergence and supporting needs at later stages )
>> 
>> I am glad Wolfgang mentioned "non places".  Much of the time was spent 
>> crossing "non places", moving towards aggregators where, for a moment, some 
>> shared "warmth" could be experienced.
>> 
>> Nomadism ( especially moneyless , or almost moneyless )  , in my view, 
>> embodies an experienced understanding of a distributed system of distributed 
>> systems : hitch hiking as intentional distributed system - used as a layer 
>> to facilitate access to - ... hospitality as a distributed system - being 
>> hosted for a limited amount of time - ... which can empower meeting people, 
>> which itself can lead to events , to shared learning, distributed 
>> information networks, etc ...  each of these potentially empowering 
>> distributed intentional "tribes".  
>> 
>> Such social capital constantly being worked on - if not, the energy imho 
>> dissipates over time.
>> 
>> Such understanding of nomadism ( / of distributed approaches ) can be 
>> applied within more specific geographical environments, such as a particular 
>> city itself.
>> I guess others wrote about this ... ( Negri, Hardt, ... )
>> 
>> I personally like the contents of this site : 
>> http://nomadology.com/
>> 
>> It is important , imho, to reduce "empty places" and time ... as to make it 
>> viable.    Focusing on places where there is a higher density and diversity 
>> of mutually empowering potentials, that can , even if one uses a temporary 
>> autonomous approach, further feed other processes and enable a continuity of 
>> flow.
>> 
>> This is some of my shared experience of too much "spreading out" :
>> 
>> http://sharewiki.org/en/Beyond_Road_Burn_Out
>> 
>> http://hitchwiki.org/en/Aimless_trajectory
>> 
>> 
>> Convergence may be possible in cities - yet the cost of space , in monetary 
>> terms, or of securing access to space ( if one squats ) is often very high, 
>> itself leading people to allocate their time to service such monetary cost, 
>> reducing availability, and increasing the potential for "empty places" ... 
>> or "empty social places", as people are "too busy" ...
>> 
>> Finding distributed approaches to use such spaces and generate spaces on top 
>> of existing infrastructure , as to converge social networks / aggregate, may 
>> be one approach.    Narratives imho also play a central role in such flows 
>> of aggregation.   Time, too, plays a role.   High turnovers in certain 
>> cities may not enable long term continuity or development of projects, 
>> unless a combination between longer term residents and short term residents 
>> can be found.
>> 
>> Planning is not always possible when there is such constant reshuffling - 
>> hence the potential for stigmergic information tools to manage logistics of 
>> options and generate flow and emergent collective intelligence.
>> 
>> 
>> ///
>> 
>> 
>> As it requires constant work on social networks,
>> but also as I sense there is a need to create reference points for oneself 
>> to return to,
>> aggregators which can overlap as to enable continuity , rather then leaving 
>> empty spaces of nothingness,
>> 
>> after 5 years on the road I needed to find solutions for places of 
>> unconditional return.
>> 
>> A tribe , even if it morphs, yet enables shared intention, can be such 
>> "home" - even if and when it moves in space.   Sometimes families can 
>> represent such form of tribe, yet in western societies , imho, families end 
>> up being instrumentalized in favor of dominant socio-cultural narratives.  
>> In some cases, people like me who wish to generate alternative / less 
>> coercive narratives may end up marginalized from both society and family. 
>> 
>> Underlying logic that I notice from people in mainstream narratives being : 
>> "if I "have" to do this, why would s/he not , hence I can not support him, 
>> as it would furthermore requestion my own sacrifices over time to survive in 
>> this system".      Not all adopt such stance - and it is interesting to 
>> understand what processes or contexts opens people up ... 
>> 
>> //
>> 
>> I see a need for overlap in terms of time frameworks.
>> 
>> At casarobino ( a nomadbase.org which hosted over 1000 people in a small 
>> flat over a 3 year time framework ), I noticed how overlap between short 
>> term ( a night or two ), medium term ( a few days to a week ), and longer 
>> term ( a few weeks ? ) residents enabled transfer of self organized cultures 
>> and information needed for such self organization, and how it enabled some 
>> form of fluidity in terms of internal social dynamics. Furthermore, the casa 
>> seemed to serve an aggregation role, enabling a place of return on a longer 
>> time framework, leading to individuals coming back to the space, feeding and 
>> at the same time maintaining what imho looked like intentional subcultures 
>> enabling its self organization.  ( may be interesting to study this further 
>> in depth : the role of such aggregators, and intentions that may serve as 
>> shared engagment and underlying social contracts )
>> 
>> ///
>> 
>> 
>> For the moment, debt seems to be one of the powerful forces leading people 
>> to be prepared to share engagement / generate social contracts. ( often 
>> generating more centralized control and artificial scarcity ? )
>> 
>> To free ourselves from ( monopolistic and hierarchical ) debt information 
>> systems of control, I sense we need to generate alternative distributed 
>> engagement tools.   
>> 
>> Reification is imho risky business ( in terms of control - see this article 
>> ) , yet worth experimenting in a distributed form - to facilitate temporary 
>> aggregation ,  as stigmergic tools ?   ( hence mentioning the netention 
>> research, which also includes understanding regarding Linked Data, ... )
>> 
>> Yet, indeed, "places" can be aggregators.
>> I see the risk of "institutionalization" of places ( and centralized control 
>> )
>> 
>> Potentially, such institutionalization of spaces can be ok as long as 
>> networkes are not enclosed within it, and that such networks can access 
>> sufficient diversity, as to never depend on any one source ... yet be able 
>> to build on top of institutionalized infrastructure, although I do not see 
>> this as a solution.   Ideally, one would aim at enabling distributed forms 
>> of ( temporary ) infrastructure away from institutional influence and 
>> conditions.
>> 
>> In some cases, there may be potential to support a distributed commons 
>> through institutional support, playing on the strategic interests of 
>> specific institutions in doing so - yet rarely does this seem to come, imho, 
>> without a cost / conditions.   Mapping externalities can be a potential of 
>> tools such as suggested by netention research - including practices 
>> visualizing open value networks ? 
>> 
>> ///
>> 
>> Here is some research ( draft ) I did as to attempt such approach in Leipzig.
>> 
>> http://sharewiki.org/en/Leipzig_project
>> 
>> The idea being to benefit from existing infrastructure, at a lower cost ( in 
>> terms of debt ), and creating a sufficiently great diversity and amount of 
>> individual projects, as to build distributed systems on top of the proposal 
>> of the usership of a living space
>> 
>> Prices in Leipzig now seem to have increased - so I needed to change 
>> approach.
>> 
>> ///
>> 
>> Using the potential for FabLabs / local small scale manufacturing based on 
>> open source research and development,
>> 
>> I imagine using vacant spaces ( in urban or countryside environments )
>> to build up temporary housing.
>> 
>> Eric H. used the terms "pop up villages" and "furnitecture" ( portemanteau 
>> for furniture and architecture )
>> 
>> see : http://sharewiki.org/en/Spime_Housing
>> 
>> It can include approaches such as wikihouse ( http://www.wikihouse.cc/ ) , 
>> ...
>> Ideally, I imagine modular and parametric approaches ( I noticed some 
>> designer and architect active on Edgeryder forums think so too )
>> 
>> Some cities, such as Brussels, see imho high turnovers ( 15 to 20 percent of 
>> its population annually ? ).   There is a lack of housing, prices are rising 
>> as population increases, etc
>> 
>> In such kind of context, I also see the potential for some of the approaches 
>> expressed earlier on ,
>> 
>> using the potential of massive amounts of vacant space ( for example : over 
>> 2 million square meters of empty office space ) 
>> 
>> to generate temporary contracts where temporary structures ( furnitecture / 
>> urban pop up villages ) can be set up, as some form of temporary living.
>> 
>> For example in Brussels : 
>> http://www.annedoloresmarcelis.com/index.php?/camping-town/
>> 
>> Various subcultures can / are converging and overlapping, with each having 
>> high turnovers, or people keeping a base while living nomadic lifestyles - 
>> for example dancer networks, theatre networks, but also all kinds of 
>> students, people doing internships, people on short term contracts for 
>> international institutions or businesses, etc
>> 
>> The environment itself can generate new layers and opportunities.
>> 
>> Beyond reducing costs / increasing quality of life with limited monetary 
>> income via a sharing economy approach,
>> 
>> it can be about generating conviviality , liberating time by reducing costs, 
>> and increasing potential for interactions around shared intentions or 
>> interests.
>> 
>> Freed time opens up potential for participatory action research and learning.
>> 
>> Approaches that combine subcultures and generations can also be adopted.
>> It can be an evolution from the "co-living" approaches which have permeated 
>> into many urban living / social practices.
>> 
>> In effect, such types of temporary spaces generating defacto "free schools",
>> some of them leading to "project incubation"
>> 
>> Also see : 
>> 
>> http://opendoor.io/  --> projects
>> 
>> ///
>> 
>> I wanted to generate such spaces for a number of years,
>> 
>> yet I realize that a more specific and easily understood narrative is needed 
>> to enable shared intentional engagement.
>> 
>> A narrative for a "school" can be an example of a way to bootstrap such 
>> engagement.   Incubators , coworking spaces , or even, in the countryside, 
>> permaculture or construction / renovation projects can all be narratives 
>> attracting people for a certain period of time.
>> 
>> Yet often there needs to be a "spark", and the threshold for such spark 
>> often requires a minimum of resources ... which itself already requires 
>> engagement.
>> 
>> Although I shared this link earlier on , also see :
>> 
>> http://emergentbydesign.com/2012/01/08/93-superhero-schools-collaboratories-incubators-accelerators-hubs-for-social-tech-innovation/
>> 
>> ///
>> 
>> Convergences such as
>> http://bwcd.vdcn.org/doku.php
>> 
>> seem to already be a filter for those ready to engage in setting such 
>> prototypes...   hopefully building on the experience of past "communes", but 
>> hopefully also enabling neo nomadic / distributed overlap, as explained in 
>> this mail.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Hoeschele, Wolfgang <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Thank you for your thoughts, Anna, Dante, Wouter!
>>> 
>>> Something that I wrote that resonates with what you are saying, Dante, is 
>>> here:
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/49712621/Making-Place-for-Abundance
>>> 
>>> And of course, at the Commons Abundance Network, we are seeking to provide 
>>> links to any initiatives of the types that you mentioned, and develop our 
>>> network as a virtual collaboration space to help such things develop. The 
>>> more networking there is among such initiatives, both online and in actual 
>>> places, the more they will be able to coalesce into real alternatives.
>>> 
>>> Wolfgang
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] on behalf of Wouter Tebbens
>>> Sent: Fri 12/27/2013 4:54 PM
>>> To: Dante-Gabryell Monson
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [commoning] [P2P-F] The Co-operative University (Hoeschele, 
>>> Wolfgang) (Hoeschele, Wolfgang)
>>> 
>>> Dante,
>>> 
>>> I love the idea of such "uncompromised temple". It would be a reference 
>>> site where so many free/libre/open/commons-governed/knowledge initiatives 
>>> would come together.
>>> 
>>> Ideally it would be in a bottom-up organised country. And it would of 
>>> course be a node in the distributed network of already existing nodes.
>>> 
>>> Some would spend more time their while others, even with a longtime 
>>> commitment, would only come there physically from time to time. Teachers, 
>>> learners of all disciplines would join in special sharing sessions to 
>>> construct collective knowledge and common projects.
>>> 
>>> As you say, if such initiative can be seen as a kind of insurance, it will 
>>> be easier for some to invest/contribute. The transition is probably not 
>>> going to be easy for many people, so assuring some basics would be helpful.
>>> 
>>> I need to continue other conversations right now, but the ideas discussed 
>>> here have my interest. Thanks and best wishes for sustainable and solidary 
>>> systems.
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> Wouter
>>> 
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