Permanent Autonomous Zone
A
Permanent autonomous zone (or a
PAZ) is a
community that is
autonomous from the generally recognized
government or authority structure in which it is embedded. PAZs are not controlled by any government (as recognized by other governments) or by any
religious authority.
The phrase
permanent autonomous zone has been applied to groups such as:
* An
autonomous,
collectively-run community center
* A community living space:
communes,
squats, self-sustaining
villages,
treehouses
*
Independent schools and/or
free schools, self-education centers
* A
community garden or
greenspace, efforts to preserve nature
* A non-authoritarian news organization, publisher, low power or
pirate radio station,
infoshop,
internet service provider, or other
non-profit group that provides a service to the community
* Collectively-run organizations or networks that promote non-hierarchical principles and localized autonomy
* Any continuous space, group,
co-op, or individual effort accessible to a community that is founded on
anti-authoritarian principles and autonomy within an egalitarian community.
*
Freetown Christiania, is a partially self-governing neighbourhood in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, which has established semi-legal status as an independent community.
*
Burning Man, though of course a
Temporary Autonomous Zone, is considered by many to be a model of a PAZ, despite the fact that it is not truly autonomous, being patrolled by law enforcement officers from neighboring communities
*
Dreamtime Village, is a hypermedia permaculture eco-village project in southwestern Wisconsin, where the PAZifesto was first written & published as a broadside in an edition of 500.
In the
Ultimate Marvel Universe,
PAZ is a small
monarchy in Europe (near
Copenhagen,
Denmark) named "Free State" or "The Freezone" including "The Keep", run by
Doctor Doom.
*
A Conference on Building Permanent Autonomous Zones*
An Operators' Manual for the Permanent Autonomous Zone (PAZ)*
Semi-Permanent Autonomous Zone*
The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism*
Permanent TAZs By Hakim Bey
