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Sociotechnocanonicon (September 1 & 8): Marwell and Oliver's "The Critical Mass in Collective Action"
by Benj. Mako Hill 29 Aug '21

29 Aug '21

Greetings folks! For those that weren't at the meeting last week... The plan for the next week is to read (or revisit) Pamela Oliver and Gerald Marwell's book on "Critical Mass in Collective Action": Week 11 (September 1) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Chapters 1-4 (pg 1-100) on "Building blocks: goods, groups, and processes"; "The paradox of group size"; and "The dynamics of production functions" Week 12 (September 8) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Chapters 5-8 (pg 101-193) on "Social networks: density, centralization, and cliques"; "Selectivity in social networks"; "Reach and selectivity as strategies of recruitment;" and "Unfinished business" PLUS! Marwell & Oliver's retrospective "Whatever Happened to Critical Mass Theory?" https://doi.org/10.1111/0735-2751.00142 A soft copy of the book is online here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/9wxz3ztcqUkCbrIt/marwell_oliver-critical_m… We'll meet in/at the normal place/time: https://wiki.communitydata.science/Sociotechnocanonicon This will be the last book of the summer! Please join us if you can. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (August 18): Margaret Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" Chapters 1-4
by Benj. Mako Hill 21 Aug '21

21 Aug '21

Greetings! For reading group next week (August 18) we'll be reading Margaret Levi's "On Rule and Revenue" which is a book about legitimacy in governance through a analysis of taxation. You may recall seeing it discussed at some length in Elinor Ostrom's "Governing the Commons." This coming week we'll be reading the first half of the book (Chapters 1-4). There's a soft copy of the book in PDF here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/dQAjeBJrh61LKp0z/levi-on_rule_and_revenue.… The plan is to read the second half of the book next week but it looks like the entire second half of the book is extended historical examples so we decide as a group what to do next week. After this we're going to read Pamela Oliver and Gerald Marwell's book on the "Critical Mass in Collective Action" which we read a couple years ago but which is important enough that it's worth returning to it for the newer folks who haven't read it yet and for a bunch of us that are planning a paper that is directly inspired by a conversation we had last time we read it. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (August 11): Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Benj. Mako Hill 05 Aug '21

05 Aug '21

Greetings! For reading group next week (August 11) we'll be reading Thomas Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions." There's a soft copy of the book in PDF and ePub here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/FJh7gvyBUzrRzhPK/kuhn-structure_of_scienti… https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/NRr2HHblnWgjrGws/kuhn-structure_of_scienti… The book is a pretty fast read but we WILL be talking about the whole book on Wednesday so don't leave it until the last minute! Remaining suggestions are Margaret Levy's book on legitmacy and governance and Pam Oliver and Gerry Marwell's book on the critical mass in collective action which we read a couple years ago. We likely will only do two more books after this week so if there's anything you want to cover as a group, now is the time to speak up! Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (July 28 & August 4): Jenna Bednar on "A Robust Federation"
by Benj. Mako Hill 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Greetings! For those that weren't there last week or didn't see the message on IRC, this is a quick reminder that our next two "Sociotechnocanonicon" reading group meetings will be focused on Jenna Bednar book "A Robust Federation." Meetings times will be at the "normal" time at 1pm Pacific / 3pm Central. We'll meet in the normal place: https://meet.jit.si/cdsc We'll break up the book into two as follows: Wed July 28: Chapters 1-4 Wed August 4: Chapter 5-8 There are mathematical appendixes here and there throughout the book and we imagine many folks will skip or skim those. Both meetings are planned for an hour and are on the group calendar. There's a soft copy of the book here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/uVckds58TRIRbIn8/bednar-robust_federation.… Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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Sociotechnocanonicon (July 7 & 14): Axelrod on "Evolution of Cooperation"
by Benj. Mako Hill 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

Greetings! A reminder that our next two "Sociotechnocanonicon" reading group meetings will be focused on David Axelrod's book "The Evolution of Cooperation." Thanks for being bold and putting on the schedule, Kaylea! Meetings times will be: Week 3 (July 7) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Parts I - III Week 4 (July 14) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central: Parts IV and V. Both meetings are planned for an hour and are on the group calendar. There's a soft copy of the book here: https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/a5lLqeQlF7TlFQwE/axelrod-evolution_of_coop… Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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First sociotechnocanonicon meetings: Friday (TOMORROW) & Wednesday: North on "Institutions"
by Benj. Mako Hill 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Greetings! Just a reminder, especially for those that didn't make the Monday meeting... Our first two "Sociotechnocanonicon" reading group meetings will be focused on discussing Douglass North's "Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance." Meetings times are: 1. Friday (TOMORROW) June 25 at 12pm Pacific, 2pm Central, 3pm Eastern (the Soft Block time) — We'll be discussing Part I (~70 pages) 2. Wednesday (6/30) 1pm Pacific, 3pm Central, 4pm Eastern (TENATIVE/TBC) — We'll be discussing Part II & III (the rest of the book) Both meetings are planned for an hour and are on the group calendar. A link to the text and information on choosing the next books are in my message sent last week which I think all of you should have already. Regards, Mako <quote who="Benj. Mako Hill" date="Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 07:51:17PM -0700"> > Greetings! > > 1. > > Although we haven't nailed down a time yet, I wanted to circulate the > text for the first reading for Sociotechnocanonicon (STC)—the CDSC's > annual summer Great Books reading group. > > The first book we'll read is economic historians Douglass North's > "Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance." > > You can grab a soft copy of the book here: > > https://mako.cc/outgoing/private/Pa9gm5Pa7q0W4dah/north-institutions_change… > > For context, many of the collective members reading their exams who > are interested in governance and there's been expressed excitement to > read a few of classics from the literature on goverance. More details > below. > > 2. > > Anyone planning on participating should plan to read "Part I on > Institutions" (~70 pages) by the (still TBD!) time we meet next > week. Keep in mind that we might meet early in the week so start > reading early! If we can't get a meeting time nailed down for next > week, we will plan to discuss the whole book the week of the 28th. > > 3. > > What else is on the menu for STC this summer? Well, it's up to you! > There are already a bunch of great suggestions from this year (and > from previous years!) on the page in the wiki: > > https://wiki.communitydata.science/Sociotechnocanonicon > > We'll discuss some plan for choosing future books that gives priority > to the needs of students reading for their exams, a desire to read > group-relevant "classics" for which there are few other opportunities > in classes and such, and general enthusiasm. :) > > As mentioned above, there a bunch of interest in governance this year > so likely candidates from previous conversations including some work > on legitmacy in governance from political scientist Maragaret Levi (a > friend and collaborator of Elinor Ostrom) and Jenna Bednar's book on > federation. > > 4. > > We've had a history of guests in the past and that's been really quite > nice. If folks want to invite others they they think might be > interested, that's fine. Maybe mention it on IRC? But let's not blast > it out to mailing lists or anything. :) > > Regards, > Mako > > P.S. I checked out North's book's page on Open Syllabus project and > was impressed by the excellent company the book seems to keep! > > https://opensyllabus.org/result/title?id=8761733452178 > https://mako.cc/academic/ > _______________________________________________ > collective-uw mailing list -- collective-uw(a)communitydata.science > To unsubscribe send an email to collective-uw-leave(a)communitydata.science -- Benjamin Mako Hill https://mako.cc/academic/

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