Keynote presentation at the OtaEco '00 conference "Man, Environment and Technology: Information Society and Sustainable Development", Helsinki (FI), 18 October 2000

1. New Economy , New Democracy, New Ecology? Jesse Marsh Atelier Studio Associato [email_address] www.atelier.it

2. Globe of Villages NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONS, 1800 ca. ECO-FOOTPRINT RATIO 1:1

3. Global Village? DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, 2000 ECO-FOOTPRINT RATIO 1:100.000

4. What’s wrong with “Old”? THE MISSING LINKS BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE GLOBE

6. Scenarios COLLECTIVE MIND-SET USE OF TECHNOLOGY ATOMISTIC/ ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORK MENTALITY EMANCIPATORY CONTROL/ REPRESSIVE Source: ACTS/ASIS Project (Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville) BORING DISEASE ECO-CYBER CYBERPOLIS LIBERATION

8. Technology Definitions from The American Heritage Dictionary, Microsoft Bookshelf 1. a. The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives. b. The scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective. 2. Anthropology. The body of knowledge available to a civilization that is of use in fashioning implements, practicing manual arts and skills, and extracting or collecting materials. A humourous invention for a fork-pen that allows employees to work during lunch. A material object produced for an industrial objective (shipping wine), transformed by social practice.

9. Sustainability DIVIDED ACCORDING TO SPHERES OF CONCERN HOLISTIC INTEGRATION OF HUMAN ASPIRATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL ECONOMICAL

10. Lifestyles EXTERNALLY IMPOSED IMAGES, RHYTHMS AND STRUCTURES GOVERNED BY INDIVIDUAL CHOICES BASED ON QUALITY AND RATIONALITY

11. Networks TECHNICISED HIERARCHY INTERLINKING OF COMMUNITIES OF PLACE, INTEREST AND/OR VALUE FLAT INTERCONNECTION COMMUNICATION FINANCIAL FLOWS MARKET ESCHANGE NETWORKED COMMUNITIES INTEROPERABILITY LINKS

14. Fractality: New Democracies PROPOSALS FOR DYNAMISATION OF INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES (TESSE AND DEPLOY PROJECTS) … CORPORATE AND PUBLIC STRUCTURES AND... TOWARDS A NEW EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN… … VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONS OF SELF-REGULATING NETWORKS WITH A DEMATERIALISATION OF POLICY-MAKING

15. Culturality: New Ecologies PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPE OF INTER-CULTURALLY NETWORKED COMMUNITIES (ASIS PROJECT)