We are concerned with making the activist capability to make 'a living economy' in the commons, via the cross-generational curating and mobilising of a pattern language. Here we introduce the foprop weave as a frame for such a pattern language, and the foprop project as a pattern language(ing) project.
Forces of production, relations of production
> Be aware, lots of the links in these wiki sites are stubs right now. Evolving!
# The project
We aim to develop a pattern language for activist practice in making a living economy. We have a big frame on what 'economy' means and might mean.
Welcome to this Federated Wiki site - the **foprop Vox**. Vox is a dialogue dimension of the foprop project: pattern language(ing) to make a living economy. Here we publish blog postings, responses and info on `commons.hour` sessions.
To be in touch with the project, see the blog and `commons.hour`.
# Evolving a practice of pattern language(ing) This wiki provides the overview for an evolutionary project. The project involves a family of wikis containing drafts - material to think with - as a basis for online conversations (and perhaps for collaborations in wiki).
There's an initial invitation here Invitation - Nov 2023
In due course we aim to generate a continuously evolving capacity in pattern language(ing), and there might even be 'a college' to aim for, based on that. But right now, developing for a narrative frame seems to be the way to go (see below), grounded in a wide spread of wisdoms and an extended - if also urgent! - series of conversations.
> Pattern language(ng) - to be added xxx > A college of conviviality - to be added xxx
We work in the medium of federated wiki - you're IN federated wiki now, as you read this. All the wikis involved are accessible through the roster below. > Clicking on >> will add these sites to your neighborhood. Clicking on a coloured flag will open that site in the present lineup; Shift-Click will append it to the end of the lineup. Hover over a flag to see the site name.
ROSTER mhresources.wiki.cafe/foprop-projects-roster
# foprop project working frame To begin, we work only at the relatively coarse-grained level of pattern families (as distinct from detailed collections of finer-grained patterns within families). And these are all speculative, for exploration and by way of indicating an intention of scope. One wiki (see below) presents the families and the rationale for nominating these. We have a tactical approach, selecting a subset of families for initial focus. There is a wiki that explains the tactical approach (see below).
We support the practice with a collection of sources, and with a vocabulary of key terms. All these five wikis provide a **basic working frame** for the foprop project. - Making a living economy - The foprop weave - The wiki you're reading now - Pattern families @ foprop - An outline of a pattern language of activist practice - tentative, incomplete, coarse-grained. - Tactics in the foprop project - Why focus? What principles? - foprop sources - Background reading, influences, deeper thinking - Making a living economy - Vocabulary - Key terms, ontology
Project infrastructure includes three **utility wikis** too: - Practice - Pattern language(ing) - We describe how the evolving, curating and mobilising of a pattern language works, including the possibilty of a 'college' (a *college of conviviality*) - Howto wik - Describes how the medium of federated wiki works, both for reading and - eventually - for writing and collaborating. - foprop assets - Here we store images, documents and other resources that might be (re)used across the whole project
# A container for patterns - The foprop weave > Why a container? - Defining a container - The material focus (*landscapes*) and the scope of the practice [*zones of reach*] - College(ing)
# Making a living economy - Narrative framing > Several kinds of narrative, at different times - flow - the pattern language, presented as a narrative flow of brief pattern descriptions (distinct from the detailed patterns of families in the foprop language. These are in Families) - Methuselah blog - A book of skill - College(ing) - foprop Vox