Here's some information on potlatches held around here: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/potlatch/
Cheers, Chris On 4/9/06, Vliex, Carla (cvl) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Being not a native speaker and getting quite curious: WHAT IS A POTLATCH?? > > Carla from the Netherlands > > > > Met vriendelijke groet, > > drs. Carla Vliex > Adviseur Organisatie Ontwikkeling > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Twynstra Gudde Adviseurs en Managers > Stationsplein 1, 3818 LE Amersfoort > Postbus 907, 3800 AX Amersfoort > 033-4677761 > 06 53927407 > Internet www.twynstragudde.nl > > > > ________________________________ > > Van: OSLIST namens Harrison Owen > Verzonden: do 6-4-2006 13:38 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: Re: Edinburgh festival.. an Open space event > > > > I guess I must have attended a rogue Potlatch - but they do some funny > things in Alaska. > > > > Harrison > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Drive > > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > Skype hhowen > > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/ > > > > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org < > http://www.openspaceworld.org/> > > Personal website www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com/> > > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html < > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Corrigan > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Edinburgh festival.. an Open space event > > > > Just a technical piece...potlatches are about as far from Open Space as > you can imagine. They are highly structured and controlled events and there > is very little tolerance for anything that lies outside of the control of > the people that are responsible for given parts of the ceremonies. In fact, > working here on the west ocast of North America, where the feasting culture > is integral to traditional forms of governance, using Open Space sometimes > becomes a real challenge. > > On the other hand, most people i work with who stop to think about it > agree that Open Space resonates on a deeper level and taps something that > seems to lie at the heart of many different traditional and indigenous > cultures. > > But potlatches...woowhee...they would drive you around the bend, Harrison! > > Chris > > On 4/5/06, Harrison Owen < [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Diane -- Surprise! And guess where a major part of the inspiration for > Open > Space came from? Indigenous Market places! All of which work pretty much > the > same was as a Potlatch. Same old, same old :-) > > 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 > archivesVisit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diane > Brandon > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Edinburgh festival.. an Open space event > > Chris's comment resonated for me. Our family has had some wonderful > weekends centered around an indigenous pow wow. Usually it's a full > weekend - sleep over two nights - and there are lots of things going on > -- food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, children's games, always the > circle in the center, drumming much of the time, dances of many sorts, > great ceremonial dress, some or all dances open to all (some for > skilled dancers only), story telling, flute playing, sometimes sweat > lodges, sometimes workshops on healing/spiritual topics or on making > things, and nothing requires attendance! Many people sit around their > campsites, sleep, talk at picnic tables, swim in the river where that's > an option, take care of kids -- oh yes, all ages are welcome and are > there, with a lot of honor for elders (much appreciated by this > grandmother) and for veterans (something I was on the fence about - but > my husband was in the Navy for 4 years in the Vietnam era, and it means > so much to him to dance in the veterans' honoring dance, and I get to > join him.... so I've warmed to it). Many people camp out in tents and > trailers, so we live together for the weekend, and the cost is minimal. > There's plenty of room for offering what you want to offer, if not in a > more formal way, then via your own campsite and conversations there or > as you walk around. (I'm sure if you hang a flag at your campsite about > your topic, you'll attract some interest!) The place-basedness of it, > and all the preparation that goes into it on the part of the tribe or > tribes or individuals that organize it (they usually include one free > feast, and often a give-away), seem core to the sense of deep > satisfaction people get from going to these weekends. I think it's very > close to Open Space! > > Diane Brandon > Eliot, Maine > > On Apr 5, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Chris Weaver wrote: > > > on a related large other topic, i am deeply interested in the overlap > > between ost and ceremony in indigenous traditions. festival life, > > which > > culminates on a specific piece of land for a specific period of time, > > has > > some fascinating resonance with ceremonial space/time. a topic to > > explore > > another time. > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 > > > > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Consultation - Facilitation > Open Space Technology > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > Open Space Resources: http://tinyurl.com/r94tj * * > ========================================================== > [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 > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Open Space Resources: http://tinyurl.com/r94tj * * ========================================================== [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
