Dear Sarah-Jane and the List,
I got to know Open Space as a pupile in school.
I didn't have very high expectation when I came to the event, because I
never really experienced school to be very creative. But the weekend was
fantastic! The best thing was, that MMP and Irmie, his assistent, didn't
do much apart from preparing the space and giving the start signal: Then
the space was to us.
I remember how we got involved imidiatly and happyly. We even danced and
sung, too.
But it wasn't only the OS which was great. The big change followed
afterwards: from then on we got organized in OS-manner when we continued
our selforganized work in school.
Some of us got hooked and started to facilitated OSs themselfs after
leaving school - untill today...
I wish you all the best for the event - knowing that most of the
increadible change will not be visible there but in the life and hearts
and heads of the people beeing involved.
There is one technical thought, I would like to add:
You said there are going to be computers for the report. Why skipp them
and provide paper forms for the documantation sheets in the breakout
spaces? Sheets can be written or drawn, etc. *together and during the
sessions* - to me this handmade style is always a lovlely memory of the
diversity of the group and it's spitit.
Instead of spending quite a while alone infront of a computer to put
together an offical-looking-paper, everybody can work on things that
really matter: taking a break, singing, dancing, eating, laughing.
Enjoy the event!!!
Greetings from Berlin,
Anna Caroline
Am 17.06.10 11:44, schrieb Sarah-Jane Rawlings:
Harrison
That is fantastic - I would so love it if that did happen and I think
if we ask them to bring anything to contribute like you have
suggested, anything could happen.
Thank you Thank you
Sarah-Jane
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On 15 Jun 2010, at 21:13, Harrison Owen wrote:
More thoughts… Some years ago a large group of American Community
Arts Councils did an OS on their work – just like you all. But it was
an Open Space unlike any other I have ever seen. The participants
were a talented crew, to say the least, with an inventive passion
that seemed to know no bounds. Right from the start when they
announced their sessions it was a new and different ballgame. Session
announcements were danced, mimed, sung, drummed and just about every
other artistic medium you can think of. And it went from there all
through the two days. When they got to the end, I guess you could
call it a “closing circle” but improve dance would be more accurate.
Anyhow I would presume that you will be hosting a similarly talented
group, and my suggestion would to invite them to brings anything that
they feel might contribute to the party. Instruments for sure, but
that might be just the beginning. Who am I to tell you and Phelim how
to “do improv” – but I think you will have a lot more fun if you
think of the gathering not (just) as an Open Space but also as a
wonderful improvisation with 150 participants. And for sure the 3
year olds will be the stars!
Harrison
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*Subject:* Facilitating open space for a diversity of ages
I work with Phelim at Improbable and in July we are facilitating an
open space for 150 teachers and their pupils and artists who have all
been working together over the last five years in a government
supported programme around artists in schools. The aim of the open
space is to give all of the participants an opportunity to feed back
on the experience but also to begin to think about how they could be
taking it all forward and the question is: *Knowing what we know now,
what should we really be doing at school?*
The participants will include children as young as 3 to 16 and their
teachers and the artists who have been working with them and I just
wondered if anyone had experience of facilitating open space with
this diversity of age range. We have thought about enlarging the news
room to include a kind of craft / making area to enable the very
young ones (and anyone else of course) to report in ways other than
using computers but would welcome any other tips at all.
Thank you very much.
Sarah-Jane
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