Co-creating book: "Glimpses of a new society" (working title)
Jake Hansen
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This thread is for people interested in co-authoring a book or perhaps several books on contemporary Commons Transition-related cases and topics. Following a dialogue in the thread https://www.loomio.org/d/UTN1QfRJ/rushkoff-rebooting-work-programming-the-economy-for-people (go there, search for 'book' and read up if you like)
The exact topic(s) of the book is not defined yet as is the process in which the book will be written, as this is exactly the thing to be decided by interested co-authors together in this thread. Some ideas could be: case studies of successful cases, attractive design and lots of nice pictures, simple and elegant style, aimed at people interested in the topics but not 'inner circle', searching for overlapping themes of interest to the various co-authors, doing a 'Book Sprint' to write the thing in 1 week together.
Also, the title is merely a working title at the moment, to give a bit of a feeling where things might go.
Sounds interesting enough? Let's go!
Simon Grant Mon 22 Aug 2016 10:46AM
Great idea to have a travel guide! I don't think that's my thing, particularly, so I'd like to float alongside that the idea of a book on something more like "systems for a new society". Case studies, certainly: there can be some overlap here. Also, theoretical studies may be helpful. But, most of all, in my mind, the underlying modus operandi of mutual aid and critical friendliness. With systems hats on, we actively explore not only how each "solution" can influence each other, but how the very concepts, and designs, can be strongly and vitally influenced by the presence of others in the same envisaged world.
So, I have this idea of a great tool to help people find others with common interests. How is this idea modified, altered (perhaps radically) by being seen alongside other tools? There is very broad space here both for dialogue between the champions of different ideas, and for overall collective thinking. Just for example, it may be that the idea changes in response to thinking through the systems of governance that will maintain it, or vice versa?
And at a yet larger level, how does the subject matter of this book interact with the subject matter of the "travel guide" book?
Jake Hansen · Thu 18 Aug 2016 6:43PM
Today at Koppelting (http://koppelting.org/) I found one of the organizers very interested in creating a book like this. Actually, he already had a similar idea he wants to work on, looking for collaborators. We will be doing a workshop/session tomorrow (Friday) or Saturday at the event, brainstorming and co-writing.
The idea is to go towards a "Lonely Planet Travel Guide for the Commons", a sort-of guide to newcomers, which can be more than 'just' a coffee table inspirational book.
If you are interested to join remotely, let me know.