Organisation of the Organisationless: The Question of Organisation After Networks (Post-Media Lab) by Rodrigo Nunes (12-Mar-2014) Paperback

by Rodrigo Nunes

Rejecting the dichotomy of centralism and horizontalism that has deeply marked millennial politics, Rodrigo Nunes' close analysis of network systems demonstrates how organising within contemporary social and political movements exists somewhere between - or beyond - the two. Rather than the party or chaos, the one or the multitude, he discovers a 'bestiary' of hybrid organisational forms and practices that render such disjunctives false. The resulting picture shows how social and technical networks can and do facilitate strategic action and fluid distributions of power at the same time. It is by developing the strategic potentials that are already immanent to networks, he argues, that contemporary solutions to the question of organisation can be developed. Part of the PML Books series. A collaboration between Mute and the Post-Media Lab. //metamute.org

Genres: Activism, Theory

Unknown Binding

First published March 12, 2014

Reviews

[Rohit · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short booklet that looks at the organization of the mass protests circa 2011 in the Middle East, Europe, etc. from a systems theory lens, deploying interesting concepts like "network-systems", "nodes", "clusters", etc. to analyze the many complex layers and dynamics of a mass, dispersed, multi-faceted movement. Probably will be somewhat dense and cumbersome to read if you don't already have some familiarity with systems theory and network theory. But its also short and concise, with good references to look at for more background reading and research.