#Academic #TheoriesOfChange

@teq I'm trying to draw a through line from prefigurative approaches to organising and Otter Sharmers Theory U.

Like, Prefigurative is about envisaging the furture you want to see and working to bring that alive in the now.

Similarly, Theory U is an explicit methodology for 'presencing' into the furure and working through a practice that brings that into action in the now.

Inutivley they are very much related in my mind, but now Im struggling to find much academic cross over of the two concepts.

Any ideas/references/insights?

The short essay I'm trying to write just has this huge chasm in the middle of it right now!

#Prefigurative #Phd #HDR #TheoryU #DesignResearch

For absolutely no reason at all, I got a vague notion that there may be a creative intersection between Temporary Autonomous Zones (T.A.Z.) and prefigurative politics/actions.

Going to give it a thinker during the holidays.

## References
T.A.Z.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Autonomous_Zone

Prefigurative politics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefigurative_politics

Direct action
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_action

Hakim Bey: The Temporary Autonomous Zone
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hakim-bey-t-a-z-the-temporary-autonomous-zone-ontological-anarchy-poetic-terrorism#toc45

## Other
Uri Gordon texts
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/uri-gordon

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#prefigurative #Anarchism #DirectAction

Although the Nonprofit Industrial Complex has some sophisticated gatekeepers barring access, I've renewed my efforts to find San Francisco Bay Area cooperators interested in my proposed nonprofit for unique S.T.E.A.M.-focused ArtScience demonstration projects that serve the common good.

While general participants are welcome, I need the commitment of board-level founders.
#SFBA, #EastBay, #NonProfit, #Research, #Design, #Development, #CitizenScience, #Science, #Technology, #Engineering, #Arts, #Math, #Cooperative, #Mutualism, #Prefigurative

“On the necessity of prefigurative politics” by Lara Monticelli.

Short paper well worth a read.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/07255136211056992

#prefigurative

I have a proposal for a Europe-wide* experiment, that aims to bring together the movements around solidarity and ecology in order to build up our material infrastructure.

**I'm looking for collaborators**, please DM me, and please boost this toot!

Here it is briefly:

We try to raise 50 000 000€ over about 5-10 years and give that money as 1000 gifts of 50k€ each to new collectives for setting up housing cooperatives and land communes. The main vehicle for the fundraiser would be crowdfunding with focus on a high volume of small, recurring donations.

For example, this could be achieved with 200 000 donors, donating 5€/month on average for 50 months, or 4,17 years. That's 250€/person over four years.

Each recipient collective would make a legal pact with us or a trusted third party to ensure that the property will not be sold back to the market for financial gain. Additionally collectives would go through screening to ensure alignment with a shared vision.

*Even though internationalism on a global scale is important, I believe it makes sense to focus this effort geographically, to be able to have location-connected synergies between collectives.

In the end we would have boosted the 'ecosystem' with a network of maybe 10-30k members and created 1000 hubs for social and ecological organizing. Additionally, we would have built up a network of Commons, that can help us gain a better understanding of this new, old, paradigm.

The leftist space is full of ideas and people with motivation to work and organize together, to try new forms of living and care, to grow food and to steward the land. I want to see this potential realized, but I'm afraid most of it will not happen unless we cooperate on a broader, international scale to push things forward. I think what is needed is funding campaign that also spreads the concept.

#commons #commonstransition #transitiontown #solidarität #solidarity #solidarite #solidarityeconomy #coop #cooperative #cooperatif #deepadaptation #solarpunk #syndikat #mietshäusersyndikat #squat #intentionalcommunity #conviviality #buenvivir #agroecology #commune #clt #dualpower #prefigurative #ecosocialism #commons #commonstransition #transitiontown #solidarität #solidarity #solidarite #solidarityeconomy #coop #cooperative #cooperatif #deepadaptation #solarpunk #syndikat #mietshäusersyndikat #squat #intentionalcommunity #conviviality #buenvivir #agroecology #commune #clt #dualpower #prefigurative #ecosocialism

Law & society scholars: do you have a new book out (now or soon) that deals with prefigurative politics? We were looking to put together a new books roundtable for next year’s LSA and need more participants. New deadline is 15 Nov.

#law #lsa #LegalAcademia #LawAndSociety #prefigurative #NewBooks