Author: Nathan

Look at this beautiful pile of Beautiful Solutions books at the Natl Coop Biz Assoc conference in DC! My first time touching the real thing. Get your own: https://beautifultrouble.org/beautifulsolutions

Hey you in NYC! Come celebrate the release of Beautiful Solutions, the book I’ve co-edited full of solidarity economy stories from around the world. We’re gathering on the LES on October 23: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/or-books-live-on-ave-c-beautiful-solutions-tickets-1031339031807

Understand media, heal the world, live by the mountains! My department has MA and PhD programs in Media Studies, with a deep commitment to public engagement and social change. Come join us for one of two info sessions next month: 10/8, 5pm: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0cAK7GxdAgcv6VU10/16, 10am: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8wyhhmhv59WqnYiLearn more: https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/academics/media-studies

A new website, Hire a Co-op, is a guide for hiring co-op services for tech, research, admin, and media needs: https://hireacoop.tech/en

Have I told you that I have a FABULOUS department? I do. And guess what? We are HIRING. Assistant Professor in Technology, Justice, and Equity. Applications due October 31. https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=59386

Tomorrow! Come join the Metagov Seminar (and me) for a special webinar to help launch the new MIT Press book “Blockchain Governance” by Primavera De Filippi, Wessel Reijers and Morshed Mannan: https://metagov.org/seminar/

It’s September 17, the anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street—a protest movement that, with each passing year, fewer of my students remember. So I wrote a book: https://ntnsndr.in/books/thank-you-anarchy “lol,” as one organizer from then texted me this morning.

A week from today: join us for a free webinar (and free legal docs!) on the rise and fall of Main Street Phoenix Project, an innovative and important experiment in worker ownership. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/08/22/lessons-worker-ownership-main-street-phoenix-project

The good people at the Media Archaeology Lab have made a beautiful rainbow poster for my talk next week—live at CU Boulder and on Twitch: https://calendar.colorado.edu/event/scholar-talk-governable-spaces-democratic-design-for-online-life-with-nathan-schneider Background on the site: https://othernetworks.net/2024/08/02/barbed-wire-fence-telephone-ii/

On Twitch and in person, join me September 18 for a book talk on #GovernableSpaces with the mighty Media Archaeology on campus at CU Boulder. Details here: https://calendar.colorado.edu/event/scholar-talk-governable-spaces-democratic-design-for-online-life-with-nathan-schneider