Teaching systems and foresight at Pacific Northwest College of Art (@pnca). Taking one day at a time.
Portland, Oregon
Joined December 2008
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Currencies as Cybernetic Objects: A Conversation co-led with @S4Pattern and featuring @NicoleLazzaro @zippy314 and Sid. #openaccess article with @cybsoc doi.org/10.58695/ec.2
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Making diagrams of the planning processes proposed in models for Democratically Planned Economies has been a helpful practice in solidifying my understanding of them. A roundup of 3 prints from 3 different models: Parecon, Towards a New Socialism, and Negotiated Coordination 🧵
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In keeping with the ideological sparseness that leaves room for a variety of worldviews that share the goals of resilience and regeneration, we hold a single value: the protection and amplification of diversity and difference. This value is strategic as well as ideological;
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214 people in four months, moved into housing. Landlords stepping up. Getting housed in weeks as opposed to years. THESE are the kind of programs we need to scale up! Good uses of taxpayer dollars! oregonlive.com/portland/2022…
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💻Cybernetics for the 21st Century💻 (Oct-Dec 2022)
with: Andrew Pickering, Katherine Hayles, Brunella Antomarini, Slava Gerovitch, David Maulén de los Reyes, Michal Krzykawski, Mathieu Triclot, Daisuke Harashima.
Concept: Yuk Hui, Curation: Jianru Wu
philosophyandtechnology.netw…
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A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Thomas Swann about his book "Anarchist Cybernetics: Control and Communication in Radical Politics"(@BrisUniPress).
Full episode here:
futurehistories.today/episod…
#FutureHistoriesInternational
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We're happy to be co-sponsoring "On Wimmin's Land" with @uolibraries & @uoregondesign. Scholars, archivists & artists will explore the lesbian separatist settlements that arose in southern Oregon in the 1970s. October 12, in-person & live-streamed: calendar.uoregon.edu/event/o…
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Please join in our event tomorrow at @pnca: "Design for Social Impact: A Panel-based Discussion." eventbrite.com/e/design-for-…
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I have fucks to give but not about everything all of the time. I want to go through life and not under/over/around. I don't want to be a hero nor fit squarely into the box. I want to transmute sacred cows. I want to be one player in a massive swarm.
Gentle. Bold. Play.
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Passionate about postcapitalist possibilities? We’re hiring an exciting role @OneProject: Postcapitalist Economic Systems Architect 🌍🌏🌎boards.greenhouse.io/oneproj…
👀 Read on and help spread the word! 📣
In this role, you’ll:
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It's time #RSD11 and RSDX – #systemicdesign annual symposium. RSDX workshops are free – DM for a code. #transdisciplinary #interdisciplinary #radicalmethodologies #sustainability – Register delegate.brighton.ac.uk/RSD1… includes October 12 pre-symposium workshops/£20 in-person w social
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Feeling some kind of way about Portland? You aren't alone. Take a moment and watch @RukaiyahAdams "Love Letter To Portland" @TEDxPortland. We don't deserve her, I hope leaders all over the city and state soak this in and use it for the work ahead. ✊🏾 #PDX
youtube.com/watch?v=5KLndPkb…
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🤔 Cows, trees, chickens and our neighbor's happiness work pretty well for savings and there is still an upkeep cost (demurrage).
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Our Chair @SeaMeetsSkye visualized 'How the Ocean Sustains Complex Life' for Scientific American's August issue. Our new cohort of grad students start their first Information Design class today! @pnca @willamette_u scientificamerican.com/artic… via @sciam
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perhaps, rather than framing #congestionpricing as a charge to all, set it up and frame as a revenue-neutral system that for almost everyone can be a net gain, via either $ refund or value of time saved; as this interesting study from @StanfordASL researchers explores
Interesting ideas to reduce congestion through road pricing while making literally everyone better off, HT @Sam_Dumitriu hai.stanford.edu/news/equita…
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It's been a bit of a wait, but finally, just in time to ruin the summer break, the article @ariskomporozos and I wrote on anxiety, financialization, universities and the "mental health epidemic" is available over at Cultural Politics. DM for a copy. doi.org/10.1215/17432197-971…
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Just on the day of Lovelock’s 103rd birthday, this crucial book @CambridgeUP “Writing Gaia: The Scientific Correspondence of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis” by B Clarke & S Dutreuil is out. At last a reliable source on this constantly misinterpreted scientific discovery.
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If there is an award for best use of DALL-E, my vote is cast for @betterstreetsai 🗳
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This week on &&& (Tripleampersand) Platform, we have a conversation between the architect and thinker Dulmini Perera and the design theorist Tony Fry on his concept of Second-order Design Fiction, as well as its importance in dealing with contemporary ecological crises. 👇
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International Society for the Systems Sciences
Meeting/Greeting the Future Halfway --
with Raghav Rajagopalan, Megan Seneque, @BayoAkomolafe, Thomas Hübl, Rachel Lilly, Melanie Goodchild, Josep Coll
Online Global Conference | 7-11 July 2022
Join us!
isss.org/online-2022/
