IPpN: The diary mikronauty. Selfeducation Polish citizenship in virtual states
Mikronacyjna autonomous zone 
micronation, which are a kind of virtual state online communities, based on the available channels of communication on the Internet, m.in . mailing lists, discussion forums, web pages and text or voice messaging. Micronation first appeared in the Internet space in the nineties of the twentieth century, when the crowds began to explore the space Internet global communications network for the community.
micronation-the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a State which is not a state yet either de jure or de facto, is certainly not a completely new idea. Novelty may be more able to realize this and niefaktyczności nieprawności project. Similar formations, of course, built using the tools of information networks in the Internet space, but designed in the so-called. "Real world" appeared repeatedly. You can cite examples of different kinds of pirate pseudopaństwowych creations, and certainly the ballot, and-won by the same pirates from the jurisdiction of the State turn toward smaller tribal communities living in today in the areas distant from the global civilization (rather in the sense of conscious separation from the dominant way of life than physical distance.) Similarly, drawing on examples of contemporary, you can indicate micronation, the English meaning of the term-ie micronation mikronarodów, mikropaństw, which appeared in the pre-Internet era. Example would be the Principality of Sealand is located in the Channel 'Channel, created by British troops abandoned a platform of anti-Second World War, which Only a few people live. Examples can also be different, created for entertainment, or motivated by more attractive tourist sites, or making money, the various principalities, kingdoms, counties, sometimes created in the home and garden by the owners themselves mianujących kings, wywieszających flag and trying to make money on postage stamps or principalities and "liberated" areas of administration more countries. In Poland, for example, can indicate the Duchy of Leba, where the inhabitants of his time (do not know how it is now) choose their own prince, which was Rather, the symbolic importance and was an attempt to attract tourists. Similar examples certainly would be able to find more.
mikronauty The diary # 1: a political civil war
phone rang. Perun just stayed in his country dacha, but I received. Senior mandrake did not even try to be nice, or at least weigh words. He demanded an immediate end to criticism of his person, constantly look into mistakes and the determination of its actions as undemocratic. Perun do not want to agree, arguing simply, that politics is war and it can not be carried out, completely avoiding any criticism of people, not just actions. The agreement could not be said and the conversation ended up in a very bad, and taking into account the very good cooperation between the two politicians for the first presidency of Perun, even tragic atmosphere. Senior mandrake Perunowi but did not allow the possession of exclusive political attacks. He made the matter his own way, not directly, using a network of contacts and ability to drag the well-known for his political party-the undecided. He did so often one of the phone. Similarly, he did and now.
leader's sister state, while a citizen wandejski, (which allow two-way contract) was attacked by President Mandragoratu and accused of crimes in the overseas colonies. She began a political civil war, not only wandejska, but throughout the democratic siostrpaństw camp, hunt for a friendly leader, who eventually gave up in protest wandejskie nationality, explaining at the end of the morvańskich media, which had Wandystan benefits of good relations with Morvan and morvańskich active citizens in the MW. As he later admitted the Mandragora Senior, was the inspirer "of the matter samundzkiej" stretched just to destroy the political wing of the Soviet Union, which, in decaying monolith of political unity, due to the nature ultraradykalny, gaining in importance, while getting worse has been seen by former revolutionaries raised the monarchial Sarmatia, with less enthusiasm perceive the revolutionary fanaticism.
State Simulation
micronation, in addition to establishing the tradition of entertaining and rebellious mini small states, and to reach diverse, for example, conducted in the form of games (not computer) simulation of the functioning of the state. Such games are used to visualize, eg young people with political and economic processes, in person at the school took part in the social studies in similar games. They can also be a strategic computer games and simulations of business enjoyed by students. Of course, micronation, which were formed since the early nineties of last century, in Poland more or less from the mid-nineties, and recognized as the oldest and still existing virtual state-The-Dreamlandu operated continuously since 1998, could not make today's games skomplikowanyh strategic and business and scientific simulations. However, similar simulations were created and widely known since the eighties and can not be excluded that the modern micronation back to its roots to the early attempts to simulate "real" and the computer state.
can not forget, however, that the simulation aspect micronations is also connected with an attempt to build an ideal state. Examples of the characteristics of an ideal social worlds, utopia, we have a great deal. I certainly micronation as social worlds, which is constantly developing the policy, the arts, media, and other areas of activity, while at the origin of each of the virtual states is even a general, even scratched the existence of teleology and the initial assumptions the system (which, of course, depending on the system itself, the people involved and the "founding fathers" can be changed) may be regarded as a utopia in statu nascendi. Utopias ever built, altered, who are still the result of the interaction of participants, modifying, even by itself make most ordinary interaction space of the v-state. Virtual
state based on the achievements of the Internet text-based games, which were conducted in a global information network even before the advent of World Wide Web. Games, in which the world was built in text messages. Sometimes the description of the game created the users themselves in the course of gaming interaction, sometimes the world could only be partially modified / created since some fixed messages automatically, on a pre-constructed script, caused certain descriptions, information on occurring events, etc.
The diary mikronauty # 2: The political war of the emblem
In Sarmatia take political war. Stood facing each other proponents of the current Sarmatian-eagle emblem and supporters of the old Sarmatian symbol-Kukuła.
O'Rhada that was recently Sarmatian senator, he proposed to return to the emblem of a few years ago. What's interesting-did not submit a new proposal, but only a name change. Chamber of Deputies approved the bill changing the emblem. Chamber of Senators rejected the bill and the project returned to the Chamber of Deputies, where members, to a man, the Senate voted to reject the veto. Regent of the Principality, which is also important-MP, who voted against the Senate's veto, and thus favor Kukuła-ordered a referendum on the issue.
sublime voices from different sides. Supporters of accused Regent Kukuła change your mind and disregard the Chamber of Deputies, democratically elected (democratically elected House of Senators is not). Regent countered allegations, claiming that the Prince could simply veto the bill and would, after all, therefore, decided on the referendum, where citizens speak out. Opponents Kukuła battle began for the eagle, accusing members betrayal, adoption financial benefits, etc.
In any case-the Conservatives sarmaccy deviation of national struggle with progressives, minority O'Rhadą wandejską and provocateur, who is also lord protector against the rebellious province of the Duchy of Morvan, and until recently was active in Wandystanie.
Supporters eagle propaganda work in various media. Before we decided on the referendum, Prince put on the main figure head of an eagle with a tear falling from the eye. After stopping the cursor over an image showing the text: "It was the emblem of the Principality Sarmatia. "Additionally, a graphic appeared with the word (do not remember exactly) NPSPD-traitor. NPSPD shortcut is to be the implication that the NPS-Sarmacka New Right and the SPD-Sarmacka Democratic Party formed an alliance harmful to the Principality of politicians. There have been discussions about the articles in newspapers and in the shoutbox.
literary fiction educational community?
micronation can also be seen as an informal learning environment, or, paradoxically, as an informal learning organizations (on the one hand, these organizations have certain structures of power and governance, on the other features oddolność taking them huge social processes and interactions that lead to learning, and in light of the "real" law, they are not registered organizations; exception to the rule, for example, Community portal, which after the infamous provision required you to register web sites, was registered as a journal) . Same micronation and property collected by them can be treated as the collective effect of learning. Perhaps we might be tempted to define the state as a virtual network of fiction. Participants, contributors make the story continues, still modified with more and more new threads, themes and characters. Such determination and to tap a result to the hypertext novel, or experiments involving the Internet by a variety of writing hiperfikcji person is, of course, risky. But certainly in the world built largely on the written word (clickthrough), references to literary experiments like micronation mounted on hypertext, the volatile pattern, the appeal of this type can not be an absolute mistake. At the same time look for similar references is rather an attempt to find similarities than mikronacyjnych roots, so similarity the web of fiction would be more interesting in terms of analyzing the comparative analysis of the archives or attempted in the context treat micronations as complex, a hypertext novel.
can not clearly indicate which influences prevailed in the formation of the first micronations. Certainly with the emergence of new virtual member dilemmas that led to the first micronations could become completely irrelevant, and the newly formed state mikroświaty alluded to other, existing, defining clearly called V-states. Undoubtedly, in spite of some difficulties with a clear and complete designation of mikronacyjnej roots in earlier forms of social activity, you might want to try a more accurate description of inspiration, thus indicating the relationship between virtual and other countries, primarily the contemporary activities of participants global information network. This will not, however, given the limitations of this, a further topic of work.
mikronauty The diary # 3: "Wir haben papst!", Ie the election of the Father of Secular
missed at the conclave. It sounds incredible, but it actually took place. Amazement church dignitaries (including arcyżenadyna) and entitled to vote avant-garde of the proletariat was great. I had not appear, but they succeeded. And my voice could change everything, especially since as the Decameron, the weighted vote, I had the strength of the third floor. The funniest thing is that I ran as if nothing had happened at a time when the collection was completed and the Society of the votes. Vinny took up the count. Tow. Kanzler shouted to collect voice and me, because I have already completed a number of votes unsuccessful. Hastily voted. This has not changed the situation and the successor of Idi Amin I (which had replaced the unforgettable Bambułę XIII) was not selected again. The next round, the first vote, because at the same time I play in "real" and I teach students, who are watching in amazement as the teacher leads the chat ...
And it is! Arcyżenadyn Walbrzych is elected as the new Father of Secular! He takes the name Cizia Bokassa II. The chimney rises pink smoke, and Cizia speaks to the congregation, and broken German-official language Secular Church Wandejskiego-announces a series of changes and improvements not only in church administration, but also the everyday practices of the laity.
And I can safely break the deathly silence that reigned in the boardroom and get back to conducting exercises, feeling the looks surprised students (for obvious reasons, did not announce that it has finished talking to Cizią, which was chosen as pope.)
diversity microcosm
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virtual world is very heterogeneous. From countries with long traditions, like the oldest Dreamland Sarmacja, or several years Wandystan Scholandia, after a small, emerging ad hoc micronation, which often operate very short or try to exist on the international arena v-incessant disputes, wars and grabbing other minor territories. Virtual Internet Polish state differ not only in length of operation and the number of active residents. Ustrojami distinct political. The most popular is the monarchy. The biggest Polish v-stable states are monarchies with a king or a prince at the head. Differ under the responsibility of the ruler and either rely on a strong leader, surrounded by trusted aristocrats, or drifting in the direction of an enlightened monarchy, in which the fundamental role played by the people and elected by his state officials. The feature that combines the most stable monarchies mikronacyjne is a rare change to the throne. Lord of the change, but these are changes that occur once every few years. Most of these changes was the oldest Dreamlandzie (take into account the large micronation, smaller changes may occur more frequently.) The rest of the "big three" changes have occurred only once, last Sarmatia in the Principality, where after six years of the reign of the Prince stepped down from the throne of Peter Nicholas. monarchy in addition to the v-world functioning and democratic countries, as exemplified by the Free City of Micropolis, which for a long time did not have even the institution of citizenship and allowed to participate actively in the life of each registered resident of the State (which has contributed in some way to fall country when seized power Wandejczycy en masse and settled in the city in response to the threat of virtual takeover by the Nazis, who came from the Duchy appanage Knights Templar). An interesting, and I've seen more example of what you see
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. in the journal mikronauty is Mandragorat Wandystanu that emerged from the Duchy of Sarmatia and retained some elements typical for a dual monarchy-like institution mandragorów officiating office for life, while drawing in a democracy, allowing citizens to choose the parliament and the president-the highest authority and a representative of the country .
stable countries relate to each other diplomatic contacts, contribute to, until now unofficial, although tentatively recognized by the majority of Polish microcosm, a map micronations (problems with the recognition result from the existence of disputed territories, caused by separation of certain territories from its matrix.) Also put in opposition to the so-called. "Yoyonacji" - mini micronations, often assumed by very young people fascinated by mikronacjami, who often wield despotic power, obsadzając offices friends from the class and the backyard (in Polish microworld strongly condemns the so-called. "Neostrada children"). "Yoyonacje" is based mostly on just a few aktywistach and often fall shortly after the operation. The term was coined in relation to service "yoyo.pl" offering free server space. Using the free web sites by the larger countries is regarded as unprofessional, but unstable, characteristic of v-country newcomers. Paradoxically, the Organization of Polish micronations, bringing together all stable as micronation, the most important organization mikroświatowa, uses the service "yoyo.pl" and creator of "yoyonacji" I have often been citizens of big countries, who were not able to fulfill their ambitions or not found in any of them by acting as mikronacyjni tourists or exiles. In addition to formal organizations, a range of v-world, there are also local associations, as the Union of the Eastern Continent (with the dominant, at least until recently, the role of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, one of the few Polish v-country tradition of referring to the country from the "real world") - at one time in some ways a competitor to the OPM, as well as various state associations, allowing for example the common position of political consultation (eg Scholandia and Dreamland) and allowing the free movement of citizens, multiple citizenship and the creation of joint diplomatic representations (called "siostrpaństwa" Wandystan, Morvan, Elfida). In addition, there are organizations of individuals from different countries, which can be exemplified Mikronacyjna Socialist International. Mikronauci can also share knowledge of the v-world "Micropedii" - based on a wiki system, and referring to "Wikipedia", created from the bottom up micro-world Polish encyclopedias.
mikronauty The diary # 4: The Fair Political on "real" top "virtual ONZu"
We got to the place. Edited by "the Commonwealth" assembled delegates. Mikronautów it was easy to recognize-young people-from middle school to college (and two middle-aged women) - in the group, edited by the great log, in addition to the banners of virtual countries. We went together to the center after a short presentation. I was wrapped in the flag of the Soviet Union, because it had failed to prepare wandejskiej, and there was no other idea of \u200b\u200bpeople's democracy award from the crowd v-monarchist countries. Bodyguards introduced us to the room where the Secretary General of the Polish micronations ("real" journalist "Republic") commenced an informal part, A moment later to open a formal debate in the room next door.
Triple delegations are seated in a conference room at a huge table. One of the main issues are the election of the Deputy Secretary-General. None of candidatures, the moment someone declares Perun. Still not competitive. To preserve the democratic nature of business and show the progressiveness Mandragoratu, he put forward the nomination Perun Emperor of Austria-Hungary. That's right candidates. Sarmatian delegation asks for a break. Sarmatians, together with representatives of other monarchies go talk to the sidelines. They come after a while the Emperor and produce seating Wandejczyków next member of the delegation of the Kingdom of Dreamlandu.
After the break, the Emperor decides not to stand for election. Sarmatians declare his candidacy a man who is not even in their delegations. Delegates ask questions to candidates for radical attack Perun expression, which often uttered in the building of OPM. "Communist leader, is doomed to failure. During voting, only the Kingdom Dreamlandu supports Perun (delegate received official permission from the king during a telephone conversation), which heralds the so-called split. "Big three" comprised of Sarmatia, Scholandii and Dreamlandu. Sarmatians appear excitement-one of the current allies, the oldest Polish state virtual, takes the side of the growing strength of leftist state. After the break Perunowi offer the post of coordinator for the promotion of OPM. The vote of no objections. The political situation eased, increasing in strength Wandystan, though humiliated, reassured by the old monarchofaszystowskich diplomats ...
Adam Malty and "virtual" education for citizenship
Educational Topic has been suggested slightly higher, when I wrote about the possibility of treating as an educational micronations environment, and even as a learning organization. This is probably not the original statement. Referring to Jenkins and his "Convergence Culture," which in the case description mikronacyjnej fact, already doing, we can say that the networking community, especially the simulation, can give young people a lot more opportunities for education policy, local government and civic activity than allow local school student, and based on my own experience I can safely say that far more than local students (For student and student parliaments number of participants is always limited, while the number of active participants micronations determined it is not). Especially when, as in the case micronations, there is complete freedom in the construction of a new country and there is nothing in the way that together with friends from both schools, as well as with social services, build a virtual state. You can also add to the already existing and there co-decide on the shape of the v-fact, because I always micronation is the sum of the actions of its users, and also try their hand the ideal profession or bounce from the reality of the classes, which do not normally take, and we would like to check. Is it the role of politics, advertising specialist, official, journalist, teacher / lecturer and writer may, music, news presenter, radio host, a military ...
micronation, as a simulation of reality and cultural factory "real" ideas, symbols, etc. allows users to creative activity and learning within the microcosm of active civic engagement. For whoever is not visible in micronations, this on its participants does not exist. Of course, This sometimes creates problems of "activity without cover - pieniactwem in order to highlight the presence, criticism instead of building (although it happens that honest criticism is perceived by people closely involved in the construction of the microworld as krytykanctwo and pettifogging). However, in most cases, this commitment is real, sometimes motivated by a desire for social advancement, such as increasing a peerage or social (interesting that in a socialist, at least at the rhetorical, micronations-Wandystanie, the system of titles of nobility and aristocracy, is replaced by a vanguard of the proletariat and This principle the possibility of a direct translation of the style of titles of nobility of the Principality of Sarmatia). Sometimes it is a motivation from the possibility to built a greater impact on the reality of the authorities, people deserved and he held prominent positions in the state.
Mikronacyjna education, in a sense a mirror, distorting mirror "real" reality (rather than changing the meaning of disfigurement), is quite selfeducation conducted simultaneously by the community and individuals who are constantly negotiating the teleology of the education process, learning the same political dynamics. Of course, it is always education, though informal, it is conducted under what is true "virtual," but the institution. New member finds established a framework that can be adjusted, but it requires effort, collecting a certain number of supporters and persuade others to their views, especially when the political system is based largely on democracy and civil society representatives chosen by universal suffrage.
Importantly, civic education described above occurs in a safe environment. In an environment where you can afford, even on sharp phrases of political views, to assume more and more new parties and teach skills, acquire new knowledge, he held various positions. The vast variety of learning citizenship in micronations far exceeds the possibility of "real world". Not only because it allows individuals to learn from the selected dynamic and rich social environment, frequent (if we have such a need) changes in activity, but also allows it to anyone who is interested only, not just a small group of hardcore activists or elected to perform political function, as is the case in the "real" world. The advantage is also micronations the possibility of involvement of the young (not necessarily) human activity from a fictitious identity, which allows people who can not timid or use a real name to participate in the life of the selected v-state.
mikronacyjnej plasticity of space, the opportunity to observe and change processes from within the state, not only provides opportunities autoedukacyjne community and involved in life micronations individuals. Network communities, particularly such as micronation, or similar to them, which because of its specificity is always in some sense function as educational organizations (because the government always has educational goals, due to political concept, around which is formed-this may be conservative ideology, as in the case of the Principality of Sarmatia, toned down a bit by the collision with the democratic needs of the community may be a vision of popular democracy, managed only slightly, mainly from the side of keeping custody of the computer system, although very liberated and made available for active use by the locals as the Mandragora Wandystanu whether direct democracy in the Free City Micropolis) may be a field of work for teachers activists who are entering the world of the web, trying to make their mission, both political and educational work in an area where young people spend more free time. This need not be micronation, it may be a network game, network world of alternative newsgroup. Micronation is just one example of the changes taking place in the educational reality. They not only learn from each other in an informal learning space, but also a challenge for educators who need to follow the changes, if they want to still be audible, and they want to people, especially young people, able to draw from the authorities, not only their peers, not just those in the alternate world of online social relationships ("internetowość" is not crossed, of course, the truth of the relationship).
specificity micronations tempted to treat this space as a training ground pedagogical impact, while maintaining respect for individuals residing in this space. Because it's not about to enter the v-world and fulfill the educational mission of the zeal of missionaries, under the cover of entering the army on indigenous lands, but to become mikronautą to and in accordance with the applicable rules of the game, playing often popkulturowymi symbols, references and milk, try to convince the specific ideas, building civic engagement educational utopia. Perhaps the lessons learned from micronations, another step toward changing the relationship of educational world global information network, allow for better diagnosis of successive transformations and the development of the concept of educational activities in the world of new media. Probably will not be based on the classical education system of relationships: omniscient center-periphery-oriented collection, but will rather resemble the volatility of hypertext, in which learning and teaching will continuously swap roles. It's like anything new, while many educators sounds like heresy ...
The diary mikronauty # 5: The national mourning, the virtual state as a community service
In "real life" tragedy of the military-aircraft aboard crashes. Everybody dies. The mainstream press is the main topic. Memories of the dead, speculation about the incident, reports from the crash site. At the same time in a mikronacjach runs the old mode. By the time the Principality Sarmatia design change to black and white, which is associated with an announcement in the Principality of mourning, due to military disaster.
Residents are divided. Some of them sympathize with the victims, while stressing his Polish and respect for the Polish army, some put in the position of people who do not understand where that Poland are Sarmatami and suggest that the v-world is the only true. Some point to the introduction of mourning, but either do not its value the introduction or scantily speak about it, focusing mainly on the loss of functionality or "spoiled" the aesthetics of the parties of the Principality.
There is also the topic of interpretation of events in Sarmatia. Ojek, which provides data on deaths on Polish roads-typing in the opposite option in Sarmatia mourning (because why mourning is announced after the death of a dozen "real" military, when people die each day such as the "real" roads?) - At the same time writes that Sarmacja is the largest Polish community portal. Portal, which focuses Poles and not be ashamed of Polish culture, or flee from it. He writes that nicknames are not exempt from being a Pole. This puts into question the artificiality of the state-Sarmatian (viewed from the "real" perspective), and raises questions about the drift from the virtual state in the direction of the intermediate type of transition between the service, where only about politics are discussed, and where such models are constructed artificial reality. Sarmatian example is not atypical. Much more surprising was the introduction of national mourning in the socialist micronations Mandragorat Wandystanu, after the death of John Paul II ...
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In the above text does not fit all that I could write about mikronacjach. Therefore, I urge to treat the text as a choice. Excerpt from a much broader description, a few words the story of a long journey. I urge you to at least reviewed the Polish microcosm astonishing diversity, although a little more than a thousand people playing (or only?) Active in the construction of "artificial" states. Had not, dear readers, may know precisely, from which the communication channels and how to use mikronauci looks like the issue of identity in the virtual world (and believe, is to talk about) and how to process the "real" symbols, stories in order to build a completely fresh narrative. Under the text also will not find a long bibliography. Think of the above description and in a sense, drawn from the diary notes, as a participant in the story. A few words from someone who spent several years in mikronacjach, recognizing more and more new possibilities for action, learning, arguing, building, destroying, altering, converting, and sometimes restoring old. Time to go, soon a new program in "Radio Janusz" - "in your voice wandejskim communal property '...
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Mandragorat Wandystanu watching from inside the one and a half years. It is a country founded on freedom of creation, processing, and continuous build anew. Redefining the meaning and educates.