Comments on: who’s the architect?

By: Kathryn Alexander, Boulder, CO

Kathryn Alexander, Boulder, CO — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:54:16 +0000

Vanessa, It is such fun and gives me such hope to see folks taking up ideas and concerns I’ve had for the past 20 years, or so. One thing I don’t see discussed here are values and the decision-making processes that stem from them. This is where I’ve landed after years of reflection. The biggest challenge, I think comes from creating coherence. We have grand ideas and strong beliefs, but we do not recognize if they hang together, or not. I watched a movie last night (Thrive) where they stated “we are all one” and proceeded to act as if that was the basis of everything they were saying, but they ended up saying that we promote no violation of others, except in self-defense. SO, if “we are all one’ just exactly who are we defending ourselves against? It is this kind of fuzziness I’m trying to address. I’d love to have partners to explore and test my thinking…. Check out my work at http://www.ethicalipact.com.

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Collaborative Places – Making Space to Innovate - Collaborative Innovation — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:16:46 +0000

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By: anipatel

anipatel — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:57:18 +0000

Hey Vanessa,

Awesome work – love it! You’re publishing some really thought provoking ideas. Keep it up.

By: Frederik Trovatten

Frederik Trovatten — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:46:18 +0000

wauw.. Some of the more interesting about-page I have seen in a while!
I must redo my own now!

By: christiandurnez

christiandurnez — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:19:03 +0000

Yes there is a particular piece. Unfortunately, as far as I know, the piece is not translated in english.
In french then: Michel Serres ” Normalement, j’aurais dû parler ce matin de l’enseignement à distance, mais il se trouve que depuis deux ou trois ans, j’en ai beaucoup parlé en ces lieux pour diverses raisons et, au lieu d’en parler, je préférerais essayer de réfléchir sur la question que m’a et que nous a posée Ayyam Wassef en organisant ce colloque, c’est-à-dire réfléchir sur ce que l’on ne sait pas. J’ai intitulé mon intervention “Ce qu’on ne sait pas, on le cherche” et on le trouve parfois parce que c’est caché. (…) extract in french
The text is brilliant but very difficult to translate.

By: Venessa Miemis

Venessa Miemis — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:44:20 +0000

thanks, christian.

are there any particular pieces by michel serres available online that i should check out?

- v

By: Christian Durnez

Christian Durnez — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:34:46 +0000

Wonderful project !
It seems to me that one important dimension of this kind of project is (human) language.

How to make the communication easy and not waste time in byzantine/academic discussions (that will never bring anything valuable anyway)

In that perspective, Michel Serres, the French philosopher has good insights on how to make it easy to communicate between different disciplines and spheres (such as science, technology, social, economy, psychology, neurology)
Michel Serres also teach in USA, in American universities

Christian (IT) Architect

PS – This comment is my own opinion and does not engage my employer.

By: Adrian Adler

Adrian Adler — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:09:02 +0000

Hi Vanessa,

My name is Adrian Adler I’m a student at the Kaos Pilots in Denmark. I learned about your blog through Benjamin Aaron Degenhart, so I assume you know about my school.

I’m going to New York Tomorrow to do a systemic process with some part of the Occupy Wall street movement as my final project on our process semester..

Your last post really inspired me, so I am wondering if you could find the time to meet over coffee and discuss how to approach working with a movement from a systemic standpoint.

I have just added you on facebook, so you can either send me a message there or email me on anap@kaospilot.dk

By: Venessa Miemis

Venessa Miemis — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:37:11 +0000

thank you! glad you appreciate it

By: mediarosa » Blog Archive » Connecting at ContactCon

mediarosa » Blog Archive » Connecting at ContactCon — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:25:41 +0000

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