This worshop was led by Paul Fernhout on the theme of tools for collective sensemaking and civic engagement.
The first part of the workshop consisted of developing a simple IBIS concept map in Compendium as a demonstration of how creating an IBIS map can create a spirit of camaraderie, collaboration, and mutual respect even among people who do not agree on divisive topics.
The rest of the workshop involved presenting and discussing the following links. We explored the difference between collective sensemaking inside a specific organization and participatory sensemaking involving all stakeholders both inside and outside of an organization. In the background was a theme of (in Manuel De Landa's terms) considering the appropriate balance between meshworks and hierarchies, as well as the issue of the interplay between reason and values/emotions. In general, IBIS represents a tool that emphasizes engagement through collective reasoning, whereas Rakontu focuses on engagement through collective real-life narrative stories (with emotional content). Unfortunately we ran out of time before being able to discuss Rakontu in detail.
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EFF: TIA:Genoa II
HSC - Home
HSC - The RAHS Programme
Son of TIA: Pentagon Surveillance System Is Reborn in Asia
Unwired: Cognitive Edge
Deep Blue Sea (1999) - IMDb
Communication 4D: The role of citizen journalism in promoting good governance in Sri Lanka
Virtue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:Inglehart Values Map.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zero News Datapool, MANUEL DE LANDA, MESHWORKS,HIERARCHIES AND INTERFACES
Descartes' Error - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HowStuffWorks "Pump It Up"
Douglas Engelbart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stigmergic collaboration - Meta Collab
Issue-Based Information System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SEAS Homepage Angler: A Thinking Tool
NICs - Doug Engelbart Institute
Institute for 21st Century Agoras
Compendium (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:Compendium.v1.5.2-Screenshot.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cohere >>> make the connection
Narrative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rakontu - Home Rakontu - Elevator pitch
Rakontu - Screenshots - Members
Story colored glasses: Steal these ideas
Results
Here is the example concept map we developed (with contributions from Andrew, Jenn, and Sam, and a bit of cleanup by Paul afterwards) -- it does not cover all the issues we discussed, and it was intended more as an example with some ideas than a definitive map:
