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Theory |
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Theory is the most general level of the patterns in the language. In a broad way, the patterns in this section express the assumptions that we are making about the world and, most importantly, how we intend to engage in the world. |
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Civic Intelligence |
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Douglas Schuler |
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The Commons |
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David Bollier |
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The Good Life |
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Gary Chapman |
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Organizing Principles |
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Organizing principles are less general than theory but are still quite abstract. They can motivate and inform any enterprise, yet they themselves are not corporeal, they are ideas that we can employ to orient our work in a meaningful way. |
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As we move forward, we realize that certain guidelines can be used to as help ensure that our work is purposeful. |
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Social Dominance Attenuation |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Health as a Universal Right |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Global Citizenship |
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Douglas Schuler and Lori Blewett |
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Political Settings |
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Jonathan Barker |
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Social Responsibility |
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Stewart Dutfield, Burl Humana and Kenneth Gillgren |
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Matrifocal Orientation |
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Lori Blewett |
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Collective Decision-Making |
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Valerie Brown |
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Memory and Responsibility |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Working Class Consciousness |
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Steve Zeltzer |
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Back to the Roots |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Demystification and Reenchantment |
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Kenneth Gillgren |
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Translation |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Linguistic Diversity |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Education and Values |
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John Thomas |
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Dematerialization |
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Burl Humana |
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Society needs to change in many ways. Some routes towards that end are listed below. |
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Transforming Institutions |
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Brian Beaton |
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Teaching to Transgress |
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John Thomas |
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Fair Trade |
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Burl Humana and Anna Nakano |
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Sustainable Design |
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Rob Knapp |
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Anti-Racism |
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Lori Blewett |
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Spiritually Grounded Activism |
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Helena Meyer-Knapp |
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Cyberpower |
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Kate Williams and Abdul Alkalimat |
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If we are to have possible chance at success, information of various types will be needed and it must be available to the widest audience. |
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Earth's Vital Signs |
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Jenny Frankel-Reed |
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Big-Picture Health Information |
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Jenny Epstein |
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Whole Cost |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Indicators |
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Douglas Schuler |
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In order to come together and to make the changes that are necessary we will need venues in which this can happen. |
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Public Agenda |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Democratic Political Settings |
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Jonathan Barker |
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Big Tent for Social Change |
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Mary Reister and Shari McCarthy |
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And people must have access to information, discussion venues, and, in general, opportunities for bettering themselves and the whole of society. |
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Opportunity Spaces |
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Douglas Schuler |
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People must be prepared to engage in these struggle and there are a great number of skills and capacities that individuals and organizations should improve. |
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Strategic Capacity |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Media Literacy |
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Mark Lipton |
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Participatory Design |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Citizen Science |
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Stewart Dutfield |
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Mobile Intelligence |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Techno-Criticism |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Enabling Systems |
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Enabling systems are concrete expressions of our objectives, often integrating institutions and technological systems. They are enabling because they actively encourage the multiplication of ideas and actions upon which people can help create a better society. |
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Now that the world is so tightly connected the need to develop better support for global systems is becoming more critical. |
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World Citizen Parliament |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Economic Conversion |
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Lloyd Dumas |
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Strengthening International Law |
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Richard Falk |
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International Networks of Alternative Media |
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Dorothy Kidd |
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We must build intelligence from the ground up |
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Design Stance |
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Rob Knapp |
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Open Action and Research Network |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Alternative Progress Indices |
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Burl Humana and Richard Reiss |
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Meaningful Maps |
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Andy Dearden and Scot Fletcher |
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Citizen Access to Simulations |
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Alan Borning |
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Culturally Situated Design Tools |
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Ron Eglash |
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Conversational Support Across Boundaries |
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John Thomas |
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Truth and Reconciliation Commissions |
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Helena Meyer-Knapp |
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Online Deliberation |
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Matt Powell and Douglas Schuler |
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Some of our communities are under stress and they need different kinds of support. |
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Alternative Media in Hostile Environments |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Mutual Help Medical Websites |
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Andy Dearden and Patricia Radin |
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Indigenous Media |
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Douglas Schuler and Miguel Angel PC)rez Alvarez |
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Peace Education |
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Helena Meyer-Knapp |
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And of course globalization does not obviate the need to support the local community as well. |
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Intermediate Technologies |
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Justin Smith |
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Durable Assets |
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Justin Smith |
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Public Library |
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Stewart Dutfield and Douglas Schuler |
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Digital Emancipation |
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Gilson Schwartz |
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Community Networks |
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Peter Day |
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Online Community Service Engine |
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Fiorella De Cindio and Leonardo Sonnante |
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Community Currencies |
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Burl Humana and Gilson Schwartz |
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Policy |
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Although largely invisible, policy nevertheless is a major force upon our lives. As a set of public rules, guidelines and programs, policy creates and demolishes barriers. Policy represents an arena of public affairs which, ironically enough, is often closed to the public. |
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Some basic principles are needed to underpin public policy and make it open and accountable. |
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Transparency |
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John B. Adams and Douglas Schuler |
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Privacy |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Media Diversity |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Ethics of Community Informatics Research and Practice |
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Randy Stoecker |
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Some policy is best advanced through systems. |
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Free and Fair Elections |
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Douglas Schuler and Erik Nilsson |
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Equal Access to Justice |
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Donald J Horowitz |
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E-Consultation as Mediation |
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David Newman |
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Participatory Budgeting |
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Andrew Gordon and Chris Halaska |
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Global economic systems mean that vast amounts of money is being transferred every day. How can this phenomenon better serve the public good? |
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Transaction Tax |
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Burl Humana |
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Powerful Remittances |
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Scott Robinson |
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Society runs on information and access to certain types of information is essential. |
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Positive Health Information |
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Jenny Epstein |
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Accessibility of Online Information |
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Robert Luke |
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Open Access Scholarly Publishing |
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John Thomas |
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Mobile ICT Learning Facilities |
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Grant Hearn |
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And the community itself should lead in other initiatives. |
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Grassroots Public Policy Development |
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Douglas Schuler and Michael Maranda |
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Multi-Party Negotiation for Conflict Resolution |
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Helena Meyer-Knapp and Stewart Dutfield |
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Users' IT Quality Network |
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Aake Walldius and Yngve Sundblad |
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Academic Technology Investments |
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Sarah Stein |
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Collaboration |
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How effective people are in their pursuits depends on how well they can work together. This realization motivates the patterns in this section and in the next. People and groups -- both informal and formal -- must actively engage with the world "outside" to achieve their goals. This, of course, can assume many forms from the purely cooperative to the openly combative. |
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Collaboration can often be better served when new ways of looking are employed. |
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Wholesome Design for Wicked Problems |
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Rob Knapp |
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Voices of the Unheard |
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John Thomas |
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Design for Unintended Use |
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Erik Stolterman |
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In order to continually improve the effectiveness of our collaborations it's essential to build intelligence capabilities |
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Civic Capabilties |
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Justin Smith |
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Strategic Frame |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Value Sensitive Design |
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Batya Friedman |
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Future Design |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Experimental School |
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Douglas Schuler, Steve Schapp and Thad Curtz |
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Service-Learning |
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Norman Clark |
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Citizen Journalism |
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Lewis A. Friedland and Hernando Rojas |
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Document Centered Discussion |
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Todd Davies, Benjamin Newman, Brendan O'Connor, Aaron Tam and Leo Perry |
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We'll also need to develop and strengthen institutions and programs that promote collaborations. |
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Citizen Diplomacy |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Mirror Institutions |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Patient Access to Medical Records |
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Amir Hannan |
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Citizenship Schools |
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Lewis A. Friedland and Carmen J. Sirianni |
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Community Building Journalism |
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Peter Miller |
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Community and Organizational Building |
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A group is effective insofar as it integrates the insights, knowledge, skills, interests and resources of its members. Beyond this, a group must reflect on its own state, including its aims, methods of interpreting, decision-making, and planning and adjust its behavior accordingly. An effective group, moreover, must understand and adapt as well as shape the "environment" in which it finds itself. |
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Organizations must take part in collective learning. |
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Informal Learning Groups |
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Justin Smith |
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Appreciative Collaboration |
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Stewart Dutfield |
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Sustainability Appraisal |
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Nick Plant |
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Shared Vision |
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Stewart Dutfield and Douglas Schuler |
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And we need to think about organizations that can motivate and orient our work. |
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Community Animators |
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Justin Smith |
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Online Anti-Poverty Community |
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Penny Goldsmith |
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Sense of Struggle |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Self Representation |
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The world contains a vast diversity of viewpoints and voices. These patterns in this section celebrate and strengthen that diversity while seeking ways to reduce conflict and encourage dialogue and understanding. |
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Thinking about ourselves in a new light will mean redefining the agenda. |
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Self-Help Groups |
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Justin Smith |
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Self-Designed Development |
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Justin Smith |
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Engaged Tourism |
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Christine Ciancetta |
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Appropriating Technology |
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Ron Eglash |
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And although much of the work is outwardly directed much of it needs to be home grown as well. |
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Control of Self Representation |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Homemade Media |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Arts of Resistance |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Labor Visions |
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Nancy Brigham |
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Universal Voice Mail |
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Jenn Brandon |
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Stories belong to communities and our shared human experience. It's time to take them back and rediscover b and reinvent b stories |
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The Power of Story |
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Rebecca Chamberlain |
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Public Domain Characters |
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John Thomas and Douglas Schuler |
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Everyday Heroism |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Projects |
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These patterns represent tangible projects that any community can initiate. Though these are generic in some way, the local situation will vary in every case and these projects will assume a "family resemblance" rather than a uniform one. |
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Building a new world requires new spaces and places to encourage innovation and collaboration. Here are two b and there may be others. |
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Telecenters |
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Michel J. Menou, Peter Day and Douglas Schuler |
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Thinking Communities |
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Aldo de Moor |
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Great Good Place |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Communities are often faced with chores that they haven't anticipated or adequately dealt with. The patterns below are intended to help them roll up their sleeves and get to work. |
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Soap Operas with Civic Messages |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Emergency Communication Systems |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Community Inquiry |
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Ann Bishop and Bertram (Chip) Bruce |
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Illegitimate Theater |
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Mark Harrison and Douglas Schuler |
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Environmental Impact Remediation |
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Douglas Schuler and Jim Gerner |
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Some of this work will involve technology development; |
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Open Source Search Technology |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Socially Responsible Video Games |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Open Source Everything |
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John Thomas |
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Some will involve engaging the powerful; |
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Power Research |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Citizens' Tribunal |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Tactics |
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These patterns describe activities that can be particularly effective even if only applied sporadically. They are limited in space and time, yet they can focus attention, unite disparate efforts, and help create conditions for future collaborations. These patterns appear last but are not insignificant. Indeed one of our most important tasks is discovering more of these tasks. |
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Many of these tactics involve probing and engaging. |
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Whistle Blowing |
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Tom Carpenter and Douglas Schuler |
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Tactical Media |
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Alessandra Renzi |
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Media Intervention |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Peaceful Public Demonstrations |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Many involve learning with a mission. |
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Activist Road Trip |
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Douglas Schuler |
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Follow The Money |
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Burl Humana |
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Finally, although these patterns are intended to help people engage with the world with dedication, strength, creativity and love, it's not really possibly b nor desirable b to engage all the time. Don't forget that for your actions and thoughts to be effective, you must periodicallyb& |
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Retreat and Reflection |
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Douglas Schuler |
