You will not be surprised to learn that I suspect you are working much too hard. Just open space with a question - "What are the issues and opportunities for bringing Justice to our world?" If anybody cares, it will be rich. And no special design required.
ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 04843 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Evan Walsh Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 4:35 PM To: OSLIST Subject: [OSList] Facilitating the Uncovering of Assumptions Beautiful OS community, My question is not strictly focused on Open Space or its application, but since I know you each have a wealth of experience in all kinds of hosting, I couldn't help but see if you could help me. For an upcoming conference, we would like to host spaces that encourage participants to (i) discover how assumptions that are left unexplored contribute to broken systems and injustice, and (ii) explore and identify assumptions we may be holding that could be playing into those systems of injustice. So my question for you is: Do you know of any amazing activities, structures, spaces that facilitate the uncovering and identification of assumptions? Ideally we would like this uncovering to happen in a safe and constructive way (i.e. We don't want people shouting at one another pointing out their biases). One example we've thought of us the Human Library <http://humanlibrary.org/> , which is a beautiful way of breaking down barriers. Any other examples you've come across? Any stories to share? Have you seen this happen in OS? What lead to it? Thank you, Evan
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