Ep 13: Intentional Communities & New Jurisdictions
Guest: Jessy Kate Schingler Series: Network Nations on GreenPill Podcast Listen: Spotify
Jessy Kate Schingler — author of “Coordi-nations” and a leading researcher on governance innovation and new jurisdictions — explores how intentional communities are testing new forms of self-governance and what legal and institutional frameworks might support the emergence of Network Nations.
Key Themes
- “Coordi-nations” as a term for voluntary, non-territorial polities organized around shared values and coordination capacity — the concept that became Network Nations
- How intentional communities (communities that have explicitly chosen to live and govern according to shared principles) embody proto-Network Nation characteristics
- The question of new jurisdictions: what legal and governance frameworks could legitimize Network Nations and enable them to exercise functional sovereignty more formally
- The relationship between experimental governance communities (pop-up cities, coliving networks, intentional communities) and the broader Network Nations movement
- What intentional community governance has learned about designing for consent, conflict resolution, and sustainable collective life
- Pathways from informal community governance to recognized political entities
Key People & Organizations
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jessy Kate Schingler | Researcher, author of “Coordi-nations” |
| Primavera De Filippi | Co-host |
| Felix Beer | Co-host |
Key Reading
- “Coordi-nations: A New Institutional Structure for Global Cooperation” — Jessy Kate Schingler (Medium, 2022) — see Reading
This episode is part of the Network Nations series.