The practice of making a living economy rests in the foundational commitment of 'blessed unrest' in the mutual sector, in the face of clear and present danger. By 'mutual sector' we mean global civil society, in its economic aspect. We embrace the scope of the challenge in terms of four 'zones of reach' for activist practice.
The zones of reach ('smallest' to 'largest') are:
Work in emotional commons - Care work - intimately **in-here**. Care work, engaging in-here (and in all the myriad in-heres, out-there) Zone ¿1 - In-here (care work)
Organising a real economy - the everyday materiality of **here**. Subsistence work, within the doughnut. Zone ¿2 - Here (subsistence work)
Knowing & being capable in the collective - the transhistorical and multi-local 'we' of others, in many cultural formations, who share aspects of these same concerns. Formación work: sustaining and mobilising **we**. Zone ¿3 - We (formación work)
Engaging beyond knowable community - the problematic and profoundly intractable zone of relationships 'over the horizon', in many future times and present regions. Stewarding work. Zone ¿4 - Region (stewarding work)
---
Next: Zones of reach
PATTERN DESCRIPTION
DOT FROM preview-next-diagram STATIC strict digraph {rankdir=LR node [style=filled fillcolor=lightyellow penwidth=3 color=black fontname="Helvetica"] "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" node [style=filled fillcolor=lightblue] "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "A living economy" node [style=filled fillcolor=white] "A living economy" "A living economy" -> "A practice of formación" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=3 color=black] "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "Invitation - Nov 2023" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "Pattern language(ng)" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "A college of conviviality" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "Pattern families @ foprop" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "A living economy" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "A practice of formación" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "A politics of production" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "An intention of justice" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "An aspiration for peace" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "Regime change - Dual power" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "A framework - The foprop weave" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "Tactical selection of issues" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "Sources and inspirations" "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" -> "A living economy" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "Invitation - Nov 2023" "Invitation - Nov 2023" -> "Formación work" "Invitation - Nov 2023" -> "Commoning" "Invitation - Nov 2023" -> "Dual power" "Invitation - Nov 2023" -> "Digital means" "Invitation - Nov 2023" -> "Aesthetic landscape" "Invitation - Nov 2023" -> "Rowbotham Segal Wainwright" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "A living economy" "A living economy" -> "'Robinistas' - Work of Robin Murray and associates" "A living economy" -> "Shadow work" "A living economy" -> "Ivan Illich" "A living economy" -> "The professional-managerial class" "A living economy" -> "Ivan Illich" "A living economy" -> "Post-development" "A living economy" -> "Non-state formations" "A living economy" -> "Politics of commoning" "A living economy" -> "Solidarity economy" "A living economy" -> "Grassroots economic organising" "A living economy" -> "Solidarity economy principles and practices" "A living economy" -> "Work on alternative economic regimes" "A living economy" -> "JK Gibson-Graham" "A living economy" -> "Global tapestries of alternatives" "A living economy" -> "Digital infrastructure in the commons" "A living economy" -> "A practice of formación" "A living economy" -> "Forces of production, relations of production" "A living economy" -> "A practice of formación" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "A practice of formación" "A practice of formación" -> "Robin Murray" "A practice of formación" -> "A politics of production" "A practice of formación" -> "Zone ¿3 - We (formación work)" "A practice of formación" -> "Zone ¿2 - Here (subsistence work)" "A practice of formación" -> "Zone ¿1 - In-here (care work)" "A practice of formación" -> "Zone ¿4 - Region (stewarding work)" "A practice of formación" -> "Raymond Williams" "A practice of formación" -> "Murray 2009 DaO" "A practice of formación" -> "Robin Murray" "A practice of formación" -> "A politics of production" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "A politics of production" "A politics of production" -> "zones of reach" "A politics of production" -> "Zone ¿3 - We (formación work)" "A politics of production" -> "Zone ¿2 - Here (subsistence work)" "A politics of production" -> "Zone ¿1 - In-here (care work)" "A politics of production" -> "Zone ¿4 - Region (stewarding work)" "A politics of production" -> "An intention of justice" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "An intention of justice" "An intention of justice" -> "Tactics in the foprop project" "An intention of justice" -> "Zones of reach" "An intention of justice" -> "An aspiration for peace" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "An aspiration for peace" "An aspiration for peace" -> "Tactics in the foprop project" "An aspiration for peace" -> "The force that is not violence" "An aspiration for peace" -> "Regime change - Dual power" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "Regime change - Dual power" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "A framework - The foprop weave" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Landscapes of practice" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Material landscape - §1" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Cultural landscape - §2" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Aesthetic landscape - §3" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Zones of reach" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Zone ¿1 - In-here (care work)" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Zone ¿2 - Here (subsistence work)" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Zone ¿3 - We (formación work)" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Zone ¿4 - Region (stewarding work)" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "The foprop weave - A container" "A framework - The foprop weave" -> "Tactical selection of issues" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "Tactical selection of issues" "Tactical selection of issues" -> "Tactics in the foprop project" "Tactical selection of issues" -> "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Pattern families @ foprop" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Blessed unrest in the face of clear and present danger" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Paul Hawken" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Seven Rs of mutual sector commitment" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Rescue" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Resistance" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Wild commons" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Deepening capacities of the heart" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Reparation & reconciliation" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "110 Living gracefully within the doughnut" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "180 Transverse practice, weaving pluriverse" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "210 Breathing in wild nature" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "2B0 Prosthesis & symbiosis" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "4B0 Deep time, life time, sufficiency" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Seven Rs of mutual sector commitment" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Landscapes of practice" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Material existence - Out-there and in-here" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Zones of reach" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "The foprop weave - A container" "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" -> "Blessed unrest in the face of clear and present danger" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "Sources and inspirations" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Tactics in the foprop project" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Pattern families @ foprop" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Narrative frame - Making a living economy" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Dual power - Altered relations of production" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Seven Rs - Pluriverse in the foprop weave" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Infrastructuring, powers and care" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Tools for conviviality" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Contribution in the commons" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Curating and enjoying the commons" "Sources and inspirations" -> "Digital means" node [style=filled fillcolor=white penwidth=1 color=black] "A living economy" "A living economy" -> "'Robinistas' - Work of Robin Murray and associates" "A living economy" -> "Shadow work" "A living economy" -> "Ivan Illich" "A living economy" -> "The professional-managerial class" "A living economy" -> "Ivan Illich" "A living economy" -> "Post-development" "A living economy" -> "Non-state formations" "A living economy" -> "Politics of commoning" "A living economy" -> "Solidarity economy" "A living economy" -> "Grassroots economic organising" "A living economy" -> "Solidarity economy principles and practices" "A living economy" -> "Work on alternative economic regimes" "A living economy" -> "JK Gibson-Graham" "A living economy" -> "Global tapestries of alternatives" "A living economy" -> "Digital infrastructure in the commons" "A living economy" -> "A practice of formación" "A living economy" -> "Forces of production, relations of production" "A living economy" -> "A practice of formación" node [style="filled,rounded,dotted" fillcolor=white] edge [style=dotted] "Making the living economy - the foprop weave" "Welcome Visitors" -> "Making the living economy - the foprop weave"}