Threads, broccoli - tracking particularities, tracking metaphors
systems thinking
-how we think of community as a metaphor
fractals: computer tech has used idea to save space on a hard drive, traditional managerial hierarchy as a fractal
relationships
-who you are is based on everything we come across
-G.H. Mead: you are your relationships
equifinality:
-various ways to get to the same place
we each reorganize out of chaos
-how do we create a space to reorganize?
--->knowledge money
chaos----->-------change agent----------------->space------>chaos
--->capacity to act
articulate and resonate
tapping collective wisdom smart mobs techno train
asset based collaboration
-power of an individual to change the whole dynamic
-freeing up a system
-helpful as long as you know who's on the bus
-the use of narrative complexity
relevant patterns --->relevant change
send out points of clarification ... form follows function ... inclusive as possible
bullets of relevance when sending out events, articles
This seminar to help us become knowledgeable about complexity
protection and stewardship
readings on community and sustainability
Next Week:
read Complexity and Philosophy from communiplexity wiki
(Kurt Richardson - To Be or Not to Be) mentioned but not chosen for next week
Shared reading
Designated readings
website scanning: more intimately tracking- to lurk
post our community example on yahoo groups
a living learning environment.
personal notes on this class: we are definitely still forming in this group. I felt Allison reacting to Carol as she was winding away from the group in a story and to Eric with his present technology. I feel like I fed the fire for going forward on the yahoo groups idea mostly because it already exists. ..is the worry about unfinished, unconnected links in cyberspace unfounded? How do we feel when we come across a page that goes nowhere, and is unfinished. Carol remarked that the temperature was cold. David and Eric chose the same seats as last week and Mukkaram chose to sit between them. I found myself with my back to the clock again which I think is good. ( I never felt rushed.) -amelia
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