Named analytical structures such as TIMN, the S-Curve Thesis, and the Emancipation Architecture that give the wiki’s concepts their working shape.
Overview
A framework page treats a named structure whose parts work together as an analytical device: a lens through which the BioConomy question can be read, or a description of how one part of the corpus fits with the others. Frameworks are more formal than concepts and more portable than essays. Each framework has been named, refined by the corpus, and applied in specific pieces of research or template work.
Some frameworks are borrowed and used with a specific technical sense (TIMN from Ronfeldt, panarchy from Holling and Gunderson). Others are named originally within the corpus (the Emancipation Architecture, the BioConomy-specific formulation of the S-Curve Thesis).
Where to start
- The TIME Framework. Tribal, Institutional, Market, Emergent: the four forms of human coordination Ronfeldt identified, and the analytical vocabulary the wiki uses throughout.
- The S-Curve Thesis. The developmental arc that makes retention logic legible now.
- The Emancipation Architecture. The monetary and coordination architecture that inverts the twelve-thousand-year Coercion Continuum.
- The Three Lineages. Throughput, Retention, Regenerative: the three approaches to economic thinking BioConomy positions itself against.
- The Five Transvestment Pathways. The pathways by which capital moves from the Economy into the BioConomy substrate.
- The Bioregional Financing Facility. The phased institutional architecture (trust, venture studio, investment company, bank) through which a bioregion capitalizes its regenerative transition.
- Bioregional Currency. The monetary design elements for a bioregionally issued unit of account, assembling specifications from the Emancipation Architecture, the BFF, and the Obligation and Invitation concept.
- The Evolution of Coordination Nodes. The physical structures each coordination form has produced as it matured.
- Commitment Pool Practice. The process of a community coming together to commit environmental restoration practices that neither the Market or the Institution can address.
Related pages
Sources
- Ronfeldt, D. (1996). Tribes, Institutions, Markets, Networks
Provenance
Written 27 August 2026 as the landing page for the frameworks folder. The full listing of framework pages is generated by Quartz’s explorer plugin.