Also I note that Nora is still very early in the practice of a methodology that she invented (I think.)
Maybe it's like the first five-ten years of OST as folks were figuring out what the hell this is all about... : ) And from the lens of an artist and family therapy researcher whose father was Gregory Bateson. That makes sense to me... Warmly Jeff On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 1:21 PM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.ait...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Birgitt. My first guess is that it serves practitioners to be simple, > while it serves systems scientists to be complicated or complex. > > They are writing about living systems at all scales and making very subtle > distinctions. > > It may serve us practitioners to have some appreciation for the latter. > "Your mileage may vary" tho, as a friend says! > > Warmly > Jeff > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 1:10 PM Birgitt Williams <birgittwilli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Jeff..I don't understand why it serves to be so complicated? Why not >> simply refer to seen and unseen? >> >> Birgitt >> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 3:57 PM Jeff Aitken via OSList < >> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: >> >>> One more email - I was amiss to mention this new theory by Nora, without >>> defining the word she is introducing, and she finds occurring in Warm Data >>> Lab and I think is true in OST too. >>> >>> It is "a way to describe a life giving process, by which vitality, >>> healing, and creativity come into being by the coalescence of multiple >>> unseen factors." >>> >>> "Aphanipoiesis combines two words from ancient Greek to describe this >>> way in which life coalesces toward vitality in unseen ways. (Aphanis comes >>> from a Greek root meaning obscured, unseen, unnoticed; poiesis is from one >>> meaning to bring forth, to make.)" >>> >>> Yes it's an academic term, and is presented at a systems science >>> conference and in a journal article. >>> >>> Useful for practitioners to think about and to notice in our work? >>> That's my question for the oslist. >>> >>> It reminds me of Harrison's definition of "peace" in The Practice of >>> Peace. With an emphasis on the unseen, internal, very subtle shifts that >>> take place that are NOT reflected in proceedings and action plans. >>> >>> Warmly, Jeff. >>> >>> Reference: >>> >>> Bateson, N.,(2021). Aphanipoiesis. In Journal of the International >>> Society for the Systems Sciences, Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of >>> the ISSS, Virtual (Vol. 1, №1) — under review. >>> >>> This work was presented at the Annual Biosemiotics Conference June 2021, >>> the Annual Conference of the International Society of Systems Sciences July >>> 2021, and the Annual conference of the Institute of General Semantics >>> September 2021. >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 11:16 PM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.ait...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> As a refresher or quick intro to the process, Warm Data Lab starts with >>>> a group of folks and a theme question. But the topics of conversation are >>>> chosen in advance by sponsor and facilitator. Each breakout table (or area) >>>> gets a topic written on a sign: which names a context from which to address >>>> the theme question. >>>> >>>> So if the theme is drug abuse, the chosen wide variety of contexts >>>> might be: education, prisons, public health, initiation, addiction, >>>> pharmaceuticals, parenting, ceremony, etc. People go to the breakouts of >>>> their choice and stay or move as they wish. The law of mobility is used. A >>>> closing circle might end the event after some number of hours. >>>> >>>> It has some qualities of OST and World Cafe while being different. >>>> >>>> I've only been in one WDL so other folks might improve my description. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 7:22 PM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.ait...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Where does systemic change take place? I am reflecting on earlier >>>>> posts about the Warm Data Lab and comparing - contrasting this work with >>>>> other hosted conversation processes like OST. >>>>> >>>>> What seems different - please correct this if it's wrong - is the >>>>> level of attention paid to the complex ways in which WDL might help bring >>>>> about change. Looking well beyond action plans and carefully harvested >>>>> proceedings etc. >>>>> >>>>> This may be a fruitful area of inquiry for OST folks. (The subject >>>>> line here is from a reference in a book by Nora Bateson's late father >>>>> Gregory.) >>>>> >>>>> Nora Bateson just shared a video and long essay, coming out prior to >>>>> her essay being published soon in a journal. She is introducing a new term >>>>> "aphanipoiesis" to the conversation of systemic transformation. >>>>> >>>>> The essay is here: >>>>> https://norabateson.medium.com/aphanipoiesis-96d8aed927bc >>>>> >>>>> Some teaser paragraphs for us. Can this also be said about OST, but we >>>>> just don't?? >>>>> >>>>> "Rewilding the Interior >>>>> >>>>> In the words of the Warm Data hosting theory, we tend the “about” so >>>>> that what is re-configured is in the “within.” It does not really matter >>>>> what people talk “about” in a Warm Data Lab. There is nothing to capture >>>>> at >>>>> that level. What matters is the way the participants are internally sewing >>>>> together the different conversations and contexts. On a transcript this >>>>> information is inaccessible. >>>>> >>>>> "In the Warm Data processes, communication in explicit form is not >>>>> held to be the communication of interest. That level of conversation is >>>>> there as a skeleton, onto which the stories not told reshape the person >>>>> who >>>>> did not tell them, the alterations in tone, the re-tilted perception is >>>>> given free rein to rub memories and stories against each other. One >>>>> comment >>>>> that comes up repeatedly is, “Your story changed my story.” Through this >>>>> “side-by-side-ing,” stories told change stories almost told, and their >>>>> bearers are able to reshape their impressions in ways that are untamed. By >>>>> careful tending of the “about” and “within,” the rich world of memory and >>>>> story re-wilds. >>>>> >>>>> "The gaps are where the hope of systemic transformation is waiting. In >>>>> the Warm Data processes, participants are given a structure to re-stitch, >>>>> to re-wild, to begin a new abductive process into these gaps. Again, by >>>>> placing the contexts of life side-by-side in new configurations, the >>>>> aphanipoietic processes are given room, without conscious purpose or goals >>>>> or defined outcomes, without scripts or roles or trends — to allow the >>>>> tender new beginnings of another abductive description to form mutually. >>>>> >>>>> "Through this work, I have found I needed this term to embark on a >>>>> deeper study of the importance of aphanipoiesis. The changes I witness >>>>> occurring in the Warm Data processes are completely unpredictable and >>>>> profound. They suggest ever more vividly that there is a real, if unseen, >>>>> mingling of the body, culture, education, family — and a whole batch of >>>>> transcontextual experience that is guiding all other actions. It is to >>>>> this >>>>> change that I have devoted my efforts toward systemic transformation." >>>>> Warmly, >>>>> Jeff >>>>> Yelamu / San Francisco >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> OSList mailing list >>> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org >>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >>> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >>> Past archives can be viewed here: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >> >>
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