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Segment Zero: References and Footnotes
We refer casually in the conversation in Segment Zero to various
people, books, concepts, and so on which may not be familiar to
every listener. For deeper context and in the interest of sharing
information more widely, we provide this Footnote Page.
- Concepts/Memes
- Homeowners Associations
- Right To Dry Movement and Laws
- a 201 file is a military personnel file
- kapu -- alternate and possibly more accurate spelling of the common polynesian-language word for the Forbidden, also transliterated "taboo", "tabu".
- Permaculture an overview
- Intersubjectivity a concept popularised by Martin Buber, the quality of social interaction or the "I/Thou" relationship vs the "I/It" relationship of possession or instrumentality
- Malthus and Malthusianism ... modern Malthusians include astute architectural and urban design critic J.H. Kunstler; for a rebuttal of modern Malthusianism see Iain Boal's interview, 'Spectres of Malthus' at Counterpunch.
- Taylorism is a strategy for "hyper-rationalising" or streamlining work habits and practises for maximum productivity in industrial contexts; see also Reductionism
- Books and Authors
- Thorstein Veblen author of Theory of the Leisure Class, classic work on consumerism and status in American culture
- Maria Mies author of Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale
- Gaia's Garden
a book by Toby Hemenway on home-scale permaculture
- Food and Finance working draft monograph by Stan Goff
- Marilyn Frye, lesbian/feminist philosopher and cultural critic
- Grundrisse a fundamental work on economic analysis by Marx
- Alf Hornborg author of The Power of the Machine and various essays on industrialism, thermodynamics, unequal exchange and capital accumulation
- Stolen Harvest book of investigative journalism exposing monopoly practise and maldistribution in the global food trade
- The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved a book by Sandor Katz on the present and future underground food movements of North America -- with recipes :-)
- Slow Food Nation book by Carlo Petrini, leading light of the Slow Food Movement
- Michael Pollan author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Botany of Desire, and other books on gardening and food
- Food Not Lawns by H Flores: a detailed cookbook for home-scale permaculture and neighbourhood-scale resistance
- Video
- The Power of Community a video on the transformation of Cuban agriculture after the collapse of the Soviet bloc
- The End of Suburbia a video about the energy dependencies of suburbia and its probable dislocation due to peak oil
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