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=== Examples from our experience === | === Examples from our experience === | ||
- | Migrating birds in Lithuania: a network of Lithuanian émigrés who meet once a year in a 1 week workshop, for the rest online communication and updates, using the network as a resource to find collaborators; | + | Migrating birds in Lithuania: a network of Lithuanian émigrés who meet once a year in a 1-week workshop, for the rest online communication and updates, using the network as a resource to find collaborators; |
- | Farmersmanual: | + | Farmersmanual: |
- | (a few other listserv centric networks were mentioned. primary communication online, occasional subgroup coordination IRL) | + | (a few other listserv-centric networks were mentioned. primary communication online, occasional subgroup coordination IRL) |
- | FoAM already functions as a nomadic meeting place for people who aren’t core team members: drop in, stay and/or work for a while, catch up with people and move on. In our case this still needs a group of people to be more or less sedentary to have a space that others can move in and out of. Would it still work if we didn’t have the studio, nor means to house people? | + | FoAM already functions as a nomadic meeting place for people who aren’t core team members: drop in, stay and/or work for a while, catch up with people and move on. In our case this still needs a group of people to be more or less sedentary to maintain |
- | Some other examples mentioned in [[:nomadic_studios]] include The Unknown Fields Division, Boat Magazine | + | Some other examples mentioned in [[:nomadic studios]] include The Unknown Fields Division, Boat Magazine |
=== What could it be like? === | === What could it be like? === | ||
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* A **Network for Speculative Culture**: A (fluid) collection of people who want to work on something together, not imposed externally with the primacy of a shared set of interests. | * A **Network for Speculative Culture**: A (fluid) collection of people who want to work on something together, not imposed externally with the primacy of a shared set of interests. | ||
- | * A **Temporary Autonomous Zone** It emerges and dissolves when needed (e.g. like a [[:TAZ]]). Periods of intensive collective work (e.g. on a ship, mountian | + | * A **Temporary Autonomous Zone** It emerges and dissolves when needed (e.g. like a [[:TAZ]]). Periods of intensive collective work (e.g. on a ship, mountain |
- | * **Sedentary & Migratory nodes**: Several places around the world act as stable nodes (e.g. studios or houses run by FoAM people or others who’d welcome our temporary ' | + | * **Sedentary & Migratory nodes**: Several places around the world act as stable nodes (e.g. studios or houses run by FoAM people or others who’d welcome our temporary ' |
* ** Stamtisch / stamkroeg / estaminet **: Working individually or in small project-centric groups, meeting regularly but informally, perhaps keeping a quiet place where we could meet and have our library. A quiet cafe for example where we could sit and work, eat and drink, knowing that other foamies might be there as well. We could partner with a cafe who could benefit from having FoAM present and have a way to share profits (that we could invest in our yearly retreats) | * ** Stamtisch / stamkroeg / estaminet **: Working individually or in small project-centric groups, meeting regularly but informally, perhaps keeping a quiet place where we could meet and have our library. A quiet cafe for example where we could sit and work, eat and drink, knowing that other foamies might be there as well. We could partner with a cafe who could benefit from having FoAM present and have a way to share profits (that we could invest in our yearly retreats) | ||
- | * **A secret society**: e.g. a "Foundation of Federated | + | * **A secret society**: e.g. a 'Foundation of Federated |
* FoAM network as a project itself: a project for distributed prototyping of alternate realities/ | * FoAM network as a project itself: a project for distributed prototyping of alternate realities/ | ||
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* It’s a more flexible and potentially more resilient structure (if it doesn’t dissipate) | * It’s a more flexible and potentially more resilient structure (if it doesn’t dissipate) | ||
* Opportunity to travel and work around the world | * Opportunity to travel and work around the world | ||
- | * It’s a good filter to find people who have a mutually beneficial relationship to the network; | + | * It’s a good filter to find people who have a mutually beneficial relationship to the network; |
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=== What are the dangers? === | === What are the dangers? === | ||
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* It can be unclear what the benefits are of having a nomadic FoAM network | * It can be unclear what the benefits are of having a nomadic FoAM network | ||
- | * Financial independence of the members isn’t a given and the moment and willingness to invest in the network is uncertain | + | * Financial independence of the members isn’t a given at the moment and willingness to invest in the network is uncertain |
* The network might dissipate | * The network might dissipate | ||
* The effort to keep the network together might fall back on the same people and become too heavy again | * The effort to keep the network together might fall back on the same people and become too heavy again | ||
- | * The mental overhead of having to search for places to meet and work might be quite high. | + | * The mental overhead of having to search for places to meet and work might be quite high |
* Building things would become more difficult | * Building things would become more difficult | ||
* What would happen to the library? The various valuable collections might have to be taken apart and distributed, | * What would happen to the library? The various valuable collections might have to be taken apart and distributed, | ||
=== Where do we go from here? === | === Where do we go from here? === | ||
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* We agree that we see a potential in having a migratory or nomadic structure, but there are still quite a few question marks and doubts. We’re planning to: | * We agree that we see a potential in having a migratory or nomadic structure, but there are still quite a few question marks and doubts. We’re planning to: | ||
* Do a full scenario exercise (including external drivers etc.) to get a clearer picture of what the nomadic network structure could look like. Particularly focusing on critical uncertainties like financial means and (temporary) space (working, accommodation..) | * Do a full scenario exercise (including external drivers etc.) to get a clearer picture of what the nomadic network structure could look like. Particularly focusing on critical uncertainties like financial means and (temporary) space (working, accommodation..) |