Autonomy refers to the collective capacity to organize life beyond relations of domination, dependency, and imposed authority. Rather than individual self-sufficiency, it describes the shared ability to provide for one another, make decisions together, and create the material and social conditions for freedom. Autonomy emerges through common practices of care, resistance, and cooperation that challenge systems such as capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, and state control.
Suggested Sources:
CounterPower. Organizing for Autonomy: History, Theory, and Strategy for Collective Liberation.
James C. Scott. The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009.
Tan, Pelin, Özge Çelikaslan, and Alper Sen, eds. Autonomous archiving. dpr-barcelona, 2016.
Sevgi Ortaç examines the intersections between bostans, food communities, and contemporary art, drawing on her personal and collective experiences. Blending an academic and artistic perspective with active involvement in networks...
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