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Esozone Panel: Mutant Meatspace Networks
Aug. 11th, 2007 12:24 pmmoderator: Klint Finley was the co-founder of the online community Key 23, is the organizer and co-founder of Portland Occulture, and the executive director of esoZone.
panelists: Trevor Blake has been a member in good standing of the Church of the Subgenius since 1982. He was a member of the Temple ov Psychick Youth in the 80s, and was present at the first Portland Occulture meetup. He is an amateur archivist and historian of the underground, and is the secretary of Portland Occulture. He publishes the seminal zine OVO and has recently completed a book on atheism.
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johnnybrainwash) has several years of experience in activist organizations - notably with Earth First!, an early radical green organization. He was an early member of Portland Occulture, and an active member of the annual Discordian event, KallistiCon. He maintains a website at .. and publishes the zine Primer.
Edward Wilson (fenris23), aka Fenris23, is an extremely prolific online community member. He's been an active poster on Barbelith, Suicide Girls, Frequency 23, Irreality, and Key 23/64. He was a founder of Vancouver Occult, has been active in Suicide Girls meat-space events, and was an early organizer of esoZone and serves as one of our MCs. He's also co-authoring a book with Wes Unruh.
Autumn Tyr-Salvia (tyrsalvia) spends a lot of time thinking about community. She got her start in San Francisco's Cacophony Society. She founded Discordian.com in 1998, and has been a big part of organizing an annual Discordian convention, KallstiCon since 2001.
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Klint: Much of the effort, or at least attention, in the creation of mutant communities centers around creating "off the grid" autonomous communities. The "back to the land" movement, Hakim Bey, P.M. etc. fostered grand visions of big communes and autonomous zones, self-sustaining and insulated from the rest of the world. But autonomous communities are difficult, if not impossible, to create and sustain. Is it important for communities to strive for autonomy or is this a counter-productive goal?
Trevor: Community is more about finding one than forming one. The more self sufficient an individual can be on their own the more they can contribute to community.
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panelists: Trevor Blake has been a member in good standing of the Church of the Subgenius since 1982. He was a member of the Temple ov Psychick Youth in the 80s, and was present at the first Portland Occulture meetup. He is an amateur archivist and historian of the underground, and is the secretary of Portland Occulture. He publishes the seminal zine OVO and has recently completed a book on atheism.
Johnny Brainwash (
johnnybrainwash) has several years of experience in activist organizations - notably with Earth First!, an early radical green organization. He was an early member of Portland Occulture, and an active member of the annual Discordian event, KallistiCon. He maintains a website at .. and publishes the zine Primer. Edward Wilson (
fenris23), aka Fenris23, is an extremely prolific online community member. He's been an active poster on Barbelith, Suicide Girls, Frequency 23, Irreality, and Key 23/64. He was a founder of Vancouver Occult, has been active in Suicide Girls meat-space events, and was an early organizer of esoZone and serves as one of our MCs. He's also co-authoring a book with Wes Unruh.Autumn Tyr-Salvia (
tyrsalvia) spends a lot of time thinking about community. She got her start in San Francisco's Cacophony Society. She founded Discordian.com in 1998, and has been a big part of organizing an annual Discordian convention, KallstiCon since 2001. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Klint: Much of the effort, or at least attention, in the creation of mutant communities centers around creating "off the grid" autonomous communities. The "back to the land" movement, Hakim Bey, P.M. etc. fostered grand visions of big communes and autonomous zones, self-sustaining and insulated from the rest of the world. But autonomous communities are difficult, if not impossible, to create and sustain. Is it important for communities to strive for autonomy or is this a counter-productive goal?
Trevor: Community is more about finding one than forming one. The more self sufficient an individual can be on their own the more they can contribute to community.
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