Participatory Autonomy is a book about how

an individual might go about maintaining their

own autonomy while still participating within a

given system. Contributions illustrate potential

examples - from the behavior of ants, objects

that provide answers when systems fail, coded

computer language, and many others.

Rick Gribenas begins his introduction, "This

book and CD exist as a call to participate; the

contributors articulate what participating within

systems can achieve." The question at hand is

the reconciliation of the individual within a

system, which in her foreword Hannah Higgins

traces in its latest incarnation—that of

cybernetics—to Niklas Luhmann and Jurgen

Habermas.

Contributions include essay-length text,

drawings, digital models, maps and diagrams.

Available at Autonomedia, Printed Matter and

Quimby's.