I would certainly agree that cross disciplinary activity is essential. And the reason is quite simple. Life does not come in "disciplines" -- no matter what the heads of academic departments might think or hope. The university structure is at best an arbitrary abstraction from life. On a good day it represents a map of the territory. But it is always arbitrary, and it is always a map -- never to be confused with the territory. Put a little differently, my life comes in a package labeled "Harrison" which includes and transcends physics, chemistry, biology, psychology -- and maybe even robotics? But it is always Harrison.
Anyhow, it seems to me that the obvious need for cross-disciplinary efforts argue for a SINGLE Open Space and not multiples. Doing multiple Open Spaces simply confirms and compounds the inherent liability of the several academic disciplines. And besides, it is an awful lot more work. As I have said to the point of nausea -- always think of one more thing not to do. Works better and feels better too. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: co-located open space events From: Les Burleson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: co-located open space events There might be something to this idea of two open spaces being held at the same time. The most exciting developments I see on the horizon are happening as a result of cross-platform communication between disciplines. For example what happens when we overlay the most recent advancements in biology with computer science or mechanical systems? Do we see a new prosthesis? Exoskeletal systems? Bio-robotic systems capable of amazing things? Just a thought... Looking forward, Les Burleson -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: co-located open space events Anything is possible, but my experience is that two Open Spaces together seems to bleed energy from both. I suppose that if the focus of each was VERY different that would not be the case -- but it would have to be very different. Since it is a single organization/group of people, I am not clear how different that could be. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Ernst Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: co-located open space events Traditional conferences somtimes co-locate because of their overlapping communities or for various other reasons. Sometimes an OS event is co-located with a traditional event, maybe calling them tracks or whatever. What about two OS events, co-located? I've got a brainstorm cooking here, with the omidyar.net members conference in July and the first Chicago Planetwork conference. Two facilitators. Two opening circles. Two agenda walls. One hotel. The alternative, of course, is to try to craft a single invitation that serves both groups. Maybe that's still possible. Thoughts? -- Humanize the Earth! http://tedernst.com Open more space! http://www.openspaceworld.org Chicago event July 14-16: http://moreandmore.us/ skype: TedErnst google talk/jabber: [email protected] * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
