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Request books on spontaneous communities

Ivan Petrov · 2020-07-10 00:04
It has probably been happening for a while, but I just started to notice articles detailing the rise and fall of the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone. For whatever reason, the process of assembling the spontaneous community and the subsequent fall into general disarray sounded familiar. I am wondering if there are any books or studies or papers that detail common dynamics on how these communities come together and what patterns emerge as they fall apart. I'm not sure where to start looking. Can anyone provide any pointers, titles, PDFs, or the like? Thank you!
Shogun · 2020-07-10 10:53
You want fiction or non-fiction?
Nameless · 2020-07-10 11:06
>>4966 If anyone wants to hunt these books down i would be grateful https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/11/ewan-morrison-top-10-books-communes
Masami Eiri · 2020-07-10 20:09
>>4969 I'm looking mostly for non-fiction. Studies, analyses, reports, compiled accounts of the event, that sort of thing. I'm curious if there are common patterns that show up. I think it might be useful research for a potential story or perhaps to just recognize likely outcomes the next time something like this happens.
The Oracle · 2020-07-10 20:13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Autonomous_Zone
Mitnick · 2020-07-10 21:49
>>4975 Would you say that the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone is a Temporary Autonomous Zone that tried to extend into permanence and failed, or that it just wasn't something that was planned to exist for very long? From the Wikipedia link, it appears that the CHAZ fell apart because that is simply what temporary autonomous zones do (with no greater dynamic beyond a baked-in ending period).
Donna Hawthorne · 2020-07-11 14:36
Pour les grenouille-parler.
Wintermute · 2020-07-11 14:38
>>4979 For the english speakers http://www.lyber-eclat.net/lyber/taz.html