Brewing Collectives: How To Start a Permacomputing Collective

网站: https://brewing.permacomputing.net/

作者: Aymeric Mansoux, Brendan Howell, anna andrejew, Ola Bonati

采访对象: 来自伦敦、柏林、布拉格、费城、鹿特丹、维也纳、塔斯马尼亚、爱尔兰梅奥郡以及中美洲的 permacomputing 集体

设计: ungual (网站设计), Raquel Meyers (插画)

发布时间: 2026年

核心概念

什么是 Permacomputing？

"Permacomputing isn't a movement of optimization — it's a practice of attention, care, solidarity and critique."

Permacomputing（永久计算/可持续计算）不是关于优化的运动，而是关于关注、关怀、团结和批判的实践。你不需要成为计算机专家就能开始反思和对抗主流计算文化对环境和人类造成的伤害。

发酵作为集体行动的模型

这个指南使用酿造/发酵作为隐喻，将建立集体的过程分为四个阶段：

1. Brew the base (酿造基底) — 找到你的主要原料、意图和灵感来源
2. Add the starter (添加发酵剂) — 聚集人群，建立节奏，设置温和的基础设施
3. Let it ferment (让它发酵) — 给它时间，让它自我组织，处理矛盾
4. Pour and share (倒出并分享) — 向外连接，分享知识，更新酿造

第一部分：Brew the Base (酿造基底)

找到你的起点

核心原则: 每个集体都始于一种感觉——好奇心、挫败感、愤怒、希望或拒绝。

"Before thinking about tools or topics, think about the emotional and spatial ground that will hold your work."

建议:

• 从感动你的事物开始，而不是从技术中缺失的东西开始
• 让你的个人背景塑造你的切入点——艺术、行动主义、经济学、生物学、工程学等
• 如果可能，将你的实践锚定在一个真实、令人振奋的地方：工作室、森林、厨房、社区房屋或社区服务器
• 选择一个鼓励对话和反思而非生产的位置
• 找到其他对寻找计算机技术可用于监控、战争、生产和控制之外的事物感兴趣的人

来自实践者的引语

Ana (伦敦):

"I fell into coding as a teenager, but I came into permacomputing through Marx and political radicalism, more than through gardening. [...] Finding a space that feels inspiring is the most important thing. It just felt right. We wanted a place that isn't about production or efficiency, but about thinking, reflection, and care."

Brendan (柏林):

"I just had an itch — and felt that if I didn't start it, it wouldn't happen."

Archipiélago I (中美洲):

"~diez sat down to brainstorm a digital space that would include identities from Middle America, one that would be made in a frugal and simple way. They've been exploring pubnix and the smol web while reading about frugal computing and low-tech, including permacomputing."

Simon (维也纳):

"The actual kick-off was not due to me but to [Björn - a colleague] who said 'Ok. I would be on board. If we team up, we can do it.' If I'm not alone in it and somebody else actually brings some initiative then I can see this happening."

Colm (爱尔兰梅奥郡):

"I always wanted to do something in this area but initially I lacked the language for it until I found existent papers and discussions around permacomputing, online on Mastodon – this gave me a framework to start."

Steve (费城):

"A lot of the people who come into the bookstore and become part of this group or other groups, are working in the tech industry or some kind of job that they may have an issue with. They have these frustrations and they feel, especially at work, that they are in the minority and these topics are not welcome. So it's a bit of a breath of fresh air for some folks to just be able to talk a little more freely about their actual political beliefs."

第二部分：Add the Starter (添加发酵剂)

聚集人群，建立节奏

核心原则: 集体始于有人发出邀请。从小处开始——一张桌子、一次聊天、一个共享活动——让好奇心引导形式。节奏比规模更重要。

建议:

• 从持续的节奏开始（每周、每月）——一致性胜过雄心
• 保持使用的语言和术语易于理解——让首次参观者能逐渐深入话题
• 使用简单的手段来组织和沟通：一张海报、一个共享文档
• 利用 permacomputing.net 的基础设施（网络托管和聊天室）和行为准则
• 选择对你的聚会感觉易于接受的形式——非正式聚会胜过僵化的研讨会
• 让组织物流随着时间发展，随着更多人加入而发展

来自实践者的引语

Ana (伦敦):

"It was meant to be a single event, but people asked if it was recurring — so it became weekly. [...] Because it's weekly, it feels non-committal, but consistent enough for reflection."

Brendan (柏林):

"Start small — a table, four people, and an idea is enough. [...] We announce it as an informal meetup so people feel they can just come, drink something, and talk."

Michal (布拉格):

"It's not a workshop — it's a living situation. People do what they like, together."

Archipiélago I:

"Our spaces of gathering are completely digital. Our main one is an XMPP group, where we discuss and share constantly. We also publish in our social network (Akkoma) to know more about our daily lives. Finally, and more rarely, we use Mumble to hear our voices and chat."

Colm (爱尔兰梅奥郡):

"Here people interested in permacomputing are those who live the most remotely because they have a need for a kind of resilience. At least in Ireland, that's what I've noticed. When I ran the online [workshop], I was expecting a bigger diversity of people in terms of geography but I was wrong. People from even further away [joined] and they were glad to be able to join online. [...] there are lots of people who literally, as soon as there is a minor storm, lose power and they lose Internet. [...] So, it's really a question of need."

第三部分：Let It Ferment (让它发酵)

给它时间，让它自我组织

核心原则: 在最初的兴奋之后，真正的工作是坚持下去——通过安静的周、角色的转变和不确定性。发酵需要时间：结构可以自然出现，但需要关怀和信任。

建议:

• 接受不均衡的增长——有些会话会爆满，其他的几乎空无一人
• 让任务的所有权流转：邀请其他人主持、教学和决定
• 许多任务并不有趣但至关重要：促进、维护、协调、清洁。这些需要流转。不要等到被邀请才去洗碗
• 建立小结构和简单系统，即使在你退后一步时也能存活
• 允许实验——不要害怕测试新的治理形式或工具
• 矛盾和不同的节奏和观点会发生；不是每个人都以相同的方式走向去增长。学会区分建设性的分歧和有毒的行为。执行你的行为准则
• 不是所有事情都需要促进。留下空间和机会让人们以自己的方式贡献

来自实践者的引语

Ana (伦敦):

"At first I did everything — website, announcements, logistics — but over time others started hosting workshops. When I went on holiday, the group continued without me. That was a good sign. Overall I would say; start small, be okay with leading at first, and then let it grow away from you."

Nancy (塔斯马尼亚):

"It's about seeding the ground, so others can pick it up and spread it. The infrastructure needs to be set up to be able to hold the space, for new people to come so they understand what's going on."

crunk 和 d1 (鹿特丹):

"The work, that is primarily centered around the Netherlands, that's been going on for years, has had a local ripple effect and there are a lot of people active on this topic. We're not that well organized at the moment but there is a lot of diversity in what's going on."

Simon (维也纳):

"It can be a bit challenging to bring some impulses into the conversation but not take over or steer it too much."

Brendan (柏林):

"What makes me proud is seeing people who first came to listen — then came back to present their own projects."

Archipiélago I:

"We are proud of our consistency over time, seeing how this idea has been transformed into something concrete that has endured. We will soon celebrate 4 years of presence (in 2026), advancing at a snail's pace. Sometimes the most important thing is to hold the space."

Steve (费城):

"There's a kind of a fantasy that you can get something set up and then it'll just keep going on its own. And it just never works that way. You have to put in some effort. Just keep putting up flyers every month."

Nancy (塔斯马尼亚):

"I say it really is like compost. If you are going to follow these principles, it will be slow computing."

第四部分：Pour and Share (倒出并分享)

向外连接，分享知识

核心原则: 当集体稳定后，下一步是连接——在城市之间、实践之间和学科之间。组织研讨会、活动、抗议、行动、交流时刻。撰写和分享文档、工具和想法。

建议:

• 举办开放活动或学习会邀请新人
• 组织跨城市访问或与其他 permacomputing 集体的在线阅读小组
• 发布你的反思——不是精致的结果——在小册子、permacomputing wiki、在线笔记本或纸上
• 让成员创建分支或并行实验
• 通过保持渗透性来保持你的酿造活力——新人、新想法，同样的关怀

来自实践者的引语

Archipiélago I:

"Thinking about permacomputing in other regions of the world implies recognizing the vast differences in privileges and resources. Creating and maintaining groups focused on niche topics such as permacomputing or low-tech is very different in territories that have been living in precarious conditions, under occupation, imperialism, and colonialism for centuries."

Brendan (柏林):

"If permacomputing is to be more than a blip, it'll be because of all the people who aren't programmers."

Michal (布拉格):

"The best way to heal technology is to heal ourselves. [...] Developers often understand complexity but not communication — you need both."

d1 和 crunk (鹿特丹):

"In order for us to have a circular economy of computation, we need to have computational degrowth. But we cannot really do that because we don't have any notion of how to do that. All learning materials are geared towards 'do it quick and use whatever materials there are.' So this is why we are looking to build alternatives."

Simon (维也纳):

"I think that will be super helpful […] if you're just starting off you can just say okay I've seen that this works in another city so I can just try this out and then you don't have to be super creative on your own to come up with cool agendas for meetings but have something as a basis to build on."

Nancy (塔斯马尼亚):

"Coming together and starting from there would be my advice, rather than imposing a lot of external ideals. It is really [about] starting from where people are at. What are people's computing habits? Let's talk about them! Do they name their hard drive? What do they name their hard drive and why? It's about embodied practice. For me it's very important to start with hardware [otherwise] you just [produce] e-waste. Use examples of things that people understand."

Steve (费城):

"[The appeal is] also, for a lot of people, that there finally is something that isn't negative, that isn't like a critique or a 'we're all doomed' story but actually something positive."

与数字花园文章的连接

与 Westenberg (Community is Not Replicable) 的对话

强烈的共鸣:

Brewing Collectives 指南的核心主题是社区的有机生长和不可复制性。

关键连接:

• 每个集体都从独特的情感起点开始（好奇心、挫败感、希望）
• 集体需要在特定的地方扎根（工作室、森林、厨房、社区服务器）
• 时间是社区形成的关键元素（"Let it ferment"）
• 社区需要持续的努力（"Just keep putting up flyers every month"）

深化理解:

"A healthy collective can survive the absence of its initiators."

这与 Westenberg 所说的"社区是不可复制的"相呼应——真正的社区有足够的韧性，即使创始人离开也能继续存在。

与 Henry (Delightful Tools) 的对话

简单工具的价值:

指南强调使用简单的手段来组织和沟通：

• 一张海报
• 一个共享文档
• XMPP 群组
• Akkoma 社交网络

这与 Henry 的"愉悦工具"理念一致：工具应该简单、响应、可塑。

技术选择:

"Make use of the permacomputing.net infrastructure (a.o. web hosting and chatroom for your group)"

使用轻量级、可持续的技术基础设施，而不是复杂的企业级解决方案。

与 Graham (Taste for Makers) 的对话

品味在集体建设中的应用:

• 简单: 从小处开始，一张桌子，四个人
• 解决问题: 关注人们真正的需求（远程地区的韧性）
• 永恒: 建立能 survive 创始人退出的结构

与 Manidis (Tool Shaped Objects) 的对话

警惕工具陷阱:

指南强调从情感开始，而不是从工具开始：

"Start from what moves you — not from what's missing in tech."

这与 Manidis 的警告相呼应——不要陷入"工具形状的物体"陷阱，不要为了使用工具而使用工具。

与 Cedric Chin (Meaning Making) 的对话

意义构建的过程:

集体的形成是一个意义构建的过程：

• 在不确定性中探索
• 通过对话和反思形成共同理解
• 区分建设性的分歧和有毒的行为

与 Butler (Consistency is Primitive) 的对话

定制化的集体:

每个 permacomputing 集体都是定制化的——根据当地的环境、文化和需求调整：

• 伦敦：从政治激进主义进入
• 柏林：非正式聚会
• 爱尔兰：远程地区的韧性需求
• 中美洲：数字空间中的身份包容

与 Lee Child (Propulsion) 的对话

节奏的重要性:

• Lee Child 强调写作的节奏（"tripping forward, forward, forward"）
• Brewing Collectives 强调集体的节奏（"weekly feels non-committal, but consistent enough for reflection"）

从小处开始:

• Lee Child：一张桌子，一个想法
• Brewing Collectives：一张桌子，四个人，一个想法

关键洞察总结

阶段	核心原则	关键行动
Brew the base	从情感开始，不是从工具开始	找到感动你的事物，选择 inspiring 的空间
Add the starter	节奏比规模更重要	建立持续的节奏，使用简单工具
Let it ferment	给它时间，让它自我组织	接受不均衡，让任务流转，建立可持续结构
Pour and share	向外连接，保持渗透性	分享知识，支持他人，保持开放

反思问题

1. 什么感动你进入 permacomputing 或类似的实践？
2. 你有一个 inspiring 的物理或数字空间来容纳你的工作吗？
3. 你能建立什么样的节奏来保持一致性而不感到压力？
4. 你如何设计你的集体，使其能在你退出后继续存在？
5. 你使用什么简单工具来组织和沟通？
6. 你如何从"生产"转向"反思和关怀"？
7. 你如何保持集体的渗透性——让新人和新想法进入？

资源

• 网站: https://brewing.permacomputing.net/
• PDF: https://brewing.permacomputing.net/Brewing%20Collectives.pdf
• Booklet PDF: https://brewing.permacomputing.net/Brewing%20Collectives-booklet.pdf
• Permacomputing Wiki: https://permacomputing.net/
• Onboarding 指南: https://permacomputing.net/onboarding/

相关文章

• [[community-is-not-replicable]] — Westenberg：社区不可替代
• [[delightful-tools]] — Henry：愉悦工具
• [[taste-for-makers]] — Graham：创造者的品味
• [[tool-shaped-objects]] — Manidis：工具形状的物体
• [[meaning-making-uncertainty]] — Cedric Chin：意义构建与不确定性
• [[consistency-is-primitive]] — Butler：一致性是原始的
• [[lee-child-propulsion]] — Lee Child：写作的关键是推进力

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