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collective

vr.tr.collective · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain what collectives are and how they organise, support forming and running a collective, describe specific collectives with sources, and separate related forms such as cooperatives.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain what collectives are and how they organise, support forming and running a collective, describe specific collectives with sources, and separate related forms such as cooperatives.

A group of people organised around a shared purpose, work or identity who act together and often share decision-making and resources, such as artist and studio collectives, activist collectives, copyright collecting societies, worker collectives and community committees; collectives range from informal groups to legally constituted organisations.

What it is for: Groups acting together around shared purpose.

It can be explain kinds of collectives; support forming and running one; describe specific collectives with sources; separate related forms.

Distinguishing features

Shared purpose

Joint action

Often horizontal

Formal or informal

What it looks like

Not physical; groups and their shared spaces or outputs.

How it is recognised

Shared purpose and joint action

Often shared decision-making

A company with owners and employees is not a collective

Related models

is a kind of - category

organization

is a kind of - category

group of humans

is related to - the basis

cooperation

is related to - a formal alternative

partnership

In practice

Families and kinds

artist and studio collectives

activist and campaign collectives

worker and housing collectives

copyright collectives and collecting societies

community committees and societies

Standards and regulation

Association and cooperative law

Collective rights management regulation for copyright collectives

Tax rules for unincorporated groups

Failure modes and hazards

Unclear decision-making

Unlimited liability in informal groups

Burnout of members

Also called

SomosNosotrostreaty societyNo to Keikocopyright collectivestudio collectiveHealth Service History Committeecomposer collectiveIrkutsk Scientific Center SB RASanti-LGBT rights organizationartist collectiveathletic conferenceWaffen-SS foreign memberOpen Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry Ontologiescourier collectivepoets collectiveMeetup.com grouptheatre companyrelated artistslettering studioConcert partyperforming rights organizationwriting crewDresdner SezessionLesebühnefilm collectivegroup of authorscomedy troupedemogroupcollective authorartistic duoJesuit conferencecollege athletic conferenceAnhui troupeChildren's Theatre Companynational theatreamateur theater ensemblestreet theatre companytheatre comedy groupcabaret ensembledance troupe

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a collective is.

Definitions.

Kinds

Kinds of collective.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What kind of collective is this, and how does it organise its purpose and decisions? definition
  2. How does it differ from a cooperative, a company or a club? definition

Specific

A specific collective.

Specific

Specific collective.

  1. What is this collective, who is in it, and what does it do, according to its own statements and reliable sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits it? action
Form Starting a collective.

Practice.

Start

Forming a collective.

Start

Forming.

  1. How can a collective be formed, including purpose, membership, decision rules and resources? action
  2. Which legal form suits it here, in general terms? provenance

Govern

Decision-making.

Govern

Governance.

  1. Which decision-making methods such as consensus or sociocracy suit collectives, and what are their trade-offs? provenance
  2. How are conflicts handled? action
Run Sustaining a collective.

Operations.

Money

Finances.

Money

Finances.

  1. How do collectives handle money, liability and contracts, in general terms? provenance
  2. Is the user seeking legal or tax advice, which needs a professional? boundary

Rights

Copyright collectives.

Rights

Copyright collectives.

  1. What do copyright collecting societies do, and how are they regulated? provenance
  2. How do creators join and get paid? provenance
Context Collectives in society.

Attribution.

Activism

Activist collectives.

Activism

Activism.

  1. How do activist collectives organise campaigns, and how are their positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

History

History of collectives.

History

History.

  1. How have collectives featured in art, labour and social movements historically? provenance
  2. Which are notable? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should copyright collectives be a separate entry?
  • How should legal forms be localised?
  • How should specific collectives be linked?
Draft as JSON