P.A. is a book about how an individual might go about

maintaining their own autonomy while still participating within

a given system. Contributions illustrate potential examples-

from the behavior of ants, objects that provide answers when

systems fail, coded computer language, and many others.

Rick Gribenas begins his introduction, "This book and CD

exist as a call to participate; the contributors articulate

what participating within systems can achieve."

The question at hand is the reconciliation

of the individual within a system, which in

her foreword Hannah Higgins traces in its

latest incarnation—that of cybernetics—to Niklas

Luhmann and Jurgen Habermas.

Contributions include essay-length text,

drawings, digital models, maps

and diagrams.