[Imc-alternatives] [content] solidifying new taxonomy

Mon Dec 1 10:29:18 PST 2008

Sheri and all,

I've been thinking about the taxonomy.  What do 
people think about our directly using the Barbara 
Marx Hubbard/Buckminster Fuller "12 around one" 
categories (giving full credit to them for 
designing it, of course)?  I orignially thought 
doing that may pigeonhole us, but it does 
generally seem to satisfy what we're trying to 
do?  Or do you think that would put us too much in any particular camp?

Jay

At 11/24/2008, you wrote:

>hi everyone,
>
>this is fabulous.  i have been quiet (i'm super busy) but i'm following!
>
>this taxonomy really parallels the wheel of 
>cocreation that barbara marx hubbard designed 
>using buckminster fuller's 12 around 1 concept 
>(<http://www.evolve.org/pub/doc/synergy_sectors.html#more>http://www.evolve.org/pub/doc/synergy_sectors.html#more). 
>the wheel of cocreation is a living 'map' (not 
>the territory) of the social body.  here are how 
>she describes the wheel and the 
>sectors: 
><http://www.evolve.org/pub/doc/synergy_sectors.html>http://www.evolve.org/pub/doc/synergy_sectors.html. 
>
>
>i've been working with barbara on the foundation 
>for conscious evolution and one of the projects 
>is the global solutions wiki...so there is alot 
>of synergy here (and there is the wiserearth 
>solutions module 
>(<http://www.wiserearth.org/solution>http://www.wiserearth.org/solution 
>- they have just launched and they are still 
>developing a 'pattern language' for solutions), 
>and the resilient cities project, and many 
>others working on the solutions and 
>collaboration meme).  i'd like to propose a few changes:
>
>* governance & law (rather than law and 
>security) - we have got to evolve our notions of governance
>
>* social justice & security (rather than law & security)
>
>* add science & technology (in barbara's wheel)
>
>* relationships & empowerment (instead of family and home)
>
>* environment & infrastructure (instead of environment & energy)
>
>* add: energy, food water
>
>with a circular wheel as an image (based on the 
>brilliance of bucky), this might be an 
>interesting design concept for the website as a 
>way in.  i love the work of jair on 
>imaginify.net: 
><http://www.imaginify.org/post/>http://www.imaginify.org/post/. 
>he's got a kind of wheel image as a portal into the site.
>
>in barbara's words, "a Cocreative Society is A 
>society in which each person is free to do and 
>be his or her best. It facilitates each person 
>giving his or her gift within the whole, where 
>it fits best. The new social function of the 
>Peace Room is operative, scanning for, mapping, 
>connecting and communicating what is working. 
>Syncon process is the new Town Meeting format, 
>developing Synergistic Rules of Order. Synergistic Democracy emerges."
>
>another aspect i love about the wheel of 
>cocreation is that it also holds the worldview 
>in the center and a whole system 
>approach.  while we create a taxonomy to help 
>guide us and focus our energies, everything is 
>so interconnected, we don't want to forget that 
>as we continue to evolve our social structures and systems.
>
>it's interesting to think about the taxonomy and 
>the capacity for folksonomy and more dense 
>granularity - like what wiserearth has with 
>their Areas of Focus (which number around 400)...
>
>when thinking of designing a collaboratory for 
>social change, it's good to see how change 
>itself is changing and design with this in 
>mind.  a friend of mine who does open space 
>technology (OST) is a great theorist and 
>practitioner of the process arts for shifting 
>from pyramidal cultures to partnership, 
>cooperative, mutual aid, wisdom-inspired 
>cultures (or cocreative for that matter)...she writes:
>
>The Evolution of Change:
>Some Implications for Leaders and Change Practitioners
>
>(in no particular order)
>
>Current Framing<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O />
>
>Current Framing +
>
>Both/and
>
>Transcend and include
>
>Either/or
>
>Differentiate and integrate
>
>Newtonian
>
>New sciences
>
>Strive for Stability
>
>Move with the dynamic
>
>Build/Construct
>
>Support/Invite Emergence
>
>Difference as problem
>
>Diversity as resource
>
>Predictable
>
>Mysterious
>
>Logistical
>
>Hospitable
>
>Mainstream
>
>Margins
>
>Process design
>
>Container creation
>
>Rows and squares
>
>Circles
>
>Hierarchy
>
>Network
>
>Outcomes
>
>Intentions
>
>Charismatic leader
>
>Shared leadership
>
>Work solo
>
>Work in community
>
>Incremental part by part
>
>Whole system via macrocosms/microcosms
>
>Top-down or bottom-up
>
>Multi-directional
>
>Classical
>
>Jazz/improvisation
>
>What you do
>
>Restrain disturbance
>
>Welcome disturbance
>
>Facilitate
>
>Host
>
>Declare/Advocate
>
>Inquire
>
>Follow the plan
>
>Follow the energy
>
>Harvest
>
>Midwife
>
>Plan the work/work the plan
>
>First next step -- now, now, nowâ€¦
>
>Take initiative
>
>Be receptive
>
>Conform to belong
>
>Unique to belong
>
>Focus on the form of things
>
>Focus on the unfolding of things
>
>Do your homework
>
>Do your inner work
>
>What it creates
>
>Predictability
>
>Experimentation
>
>Rationality
>
>Whole person presence
>
>Alignment through agreement/compromise
>
>Coherence through intention and co-sensing
>
>Sameness
>
>Differentiated wholeness
>
>
>in deep gratitude for everything being done here!
>
>love
>
>sheri
>
>ps - the idea of a peace room as sophisticated 
>as a war room: 
><http://www.evolve.org/pub/doc/sc_original_peace_room.html>http://www.evolve.org/pub/doc/sc_original_peace_room.html
>
>
>"Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, 
>the tides and gravity, we shall harness the 
>energies of love, and then, for a second time in 
>the history of the world, man will have 
>discovered fire." ~~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
>
>On Mon Nov 24 13:37 , "eric" sent:
>
>perhaps, simply use --- personal family and home choices
>
>best
>eric
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>From: "Jay" 
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>To: "A list for volunteers wanting to work on the Alternatives IMC"
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>Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:11 AM
>Subject: [Imc-alternatives] [content] solidifying new taxonomy
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As we're puttering toward finally doing some content work, I figure
> > we should pin down the new taxonomy we talked about. Here is my
> > proposal, though there are still some questions, such as whether
> > "familiy & home" makes sense as a category. Please make suggestions.
> >
> > As I've mentioned to some of you, I'm at the tail end (a few more
> > weeks) of working on a huge project that has been eating up my
> > days. After that, I plan to engage in a super-substantial flurry of
> > content addition. Until then I'll keep nudging on taxonomy and any
> > other editorial issues so we can have those things solidified.
> >
> > Anyway, here are the suggested categories:
> >
> > -- Organizing Society (this would be about political systems and
> > governance, collectives, co-ops, etc.)
> > -- Learning & Education
> > -- Economics & Business
> > -- Communications & Media
> > -- Art & Culture
> > -- Environment & Energy (Could include food & water issues?)
> > -- Spirituality & Religion
> > -- Famly & Home (having a hard time with this one -- it should be
> > about "alternative lifestyles" and the way people live their
> > lives. In the old alternatives feature it was "personal choices." Help!)
> > -- Health & Wellness
> > -- Law & Security (this could cover transformative justice and
> > alternatives to the prison system as well as international law and
> > alternatives to war)
> > -- Conceiving the Alternatives (theories)
> > -- Living the Solutions (practical examples)
> > -- Resources
> >
> > Jay
> >
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