Dear All, For those interested in
socio-cybernetics, governance and social organization, the following meeting in
For more information do
contact Dr Regards, Margeret -----Original Message----- Margeret, Is this a moderated
list? Perhaps you might forward it yourself? Thanks, Paul Metaphorum Announcement Designing Governance VSM as a tool for effective and liberatory
governance May 5th & 6th 2005 Institute for the Study of Social
Change, Belfield, Metaphorum was
established to honour and to build on the work of Stafford Beer. Building on
previous meetings of Metaphorum which have have taken place in Human or
social cybernetics (as in the work of Beer or Bateson) represents a formal
attempt to identify the elements and practices of the art and science of
good governance. The meeting will be seeking to learn for their work in the
design of institutions of governance that are both realistic and effective
as well as liberatory. Recently a number of real-life initiatives around
the globe have been identified as so-called 'real utopias'. It is with a view
to extending our formal and practical knowledge of such possibilities that this
Metaphorum is being convened. And so reflective practitioners of all kinds are
invited to attend so that we may all learn to become more effective
practitioners. We are asking participants how cybernetics may be used to assist
in the construction of effective and liberatory social orders. Specifically,
what interfaces or forms of transduction will be necessary to enable
cyberneticists and practitioners alike to share knowledge, insights and
experience? Abstracts are
invited for submission before Details of the
Programme for the event will be posted on the Metaphorum website over the
coming days and weeks: www.metaphorum.org. Dr Paul A.
STOKES Department of
Sociology National Belfield Tel:
00-353-1-7168233 Fax:
00-353-1-7161125 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
Title: Metaphorum Announcement