Autonomous Organizations and Convivial Assemblages: Archetypes of Interdependence with AWS

August 20, 2024
In this session, we'll unpack the constructive tension between autonomy and conviviality, and explore a cast of archetypes that help reframe the role of interdependence between organizations and organisms. Our goal is to evolve our acronyms.
AWS, (Austin Wade Smith - they/them), is an animist, designer, ecologist, and creative technologist based in Brooklyn, New York. They are the Executive Director of Regen Foundation, a US-based non-profit designing a just transition to sovereign regenerative economics, supported by emerging decentralized technologies of governance, sensing, and ownership.They write software, essays, and design interventions which explore opportunities for social, legal, economic, and information technologies to foster greater interdependence between individuals and our living world. They teach design and engineering courses related to their research at universities in New York. They love growing orchids, raising moths, and making kites. Twitter - @_newcubes_ Instagram - austin_wade_smith