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Guest Talk with Annemarie Poorterman and Gina Belle | Protocols for Social System Transformation

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Annemarie Poorterman and Gina Belle from Cora (a dual foundation and design agency) present their framework for social system transformation through protocols. They introduce Cora Space as an emergent constellation of organizations leveraging shared knowledge assets and frameworks to generate social and renewal capital while navigating the complexity inherent in systemic change.

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2023 Retrospectus

The 2023 Retrospectus is a collection of essays from the Summer of Protocols initiative examining how protocols function across social, economic, and technological domains, featuring contributions on topics ranging from killswitch mechanisms and protocolized economics to memory-making and emergency response systems. The volume presents a multidisciplinary exploration of protocols as generative frameworks for organizing collective behavior, coordination, and cultural production in both digital and physical contexts.

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