Hello John, Thank you for this info. I had never heard of U.Lab before. Having checked it out I find it very exciting and free! and have joined the course.
I agree with you it is very relevant to what we have been discussing. Course Description This interactive and experiential course is about leading profound innovation in order to pioneer a more sustainable economy and society. It focuses on the intertwined relationship of the following three questions: Transformation of Capitalism: How can capitalism and society evolve from their current forms to emerging future forms that create well-being for all (society 4.0)? Multi-stakeholder innovation: What kind of leadership is required to create profound innovation at the scale of a whole eco-system of stakeholders and partners? Presencing: How can people access their authentic self — their highest future possibility — and “act from” that heightened state of awareness? Look forward to meeting you online, Anna On 27 Jan 2015, at 07:08, John Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: Hello all I am doing the U.Lab MOOC at the moment and this immersion is providing some very interesting lenses on a lot of what I am seeing... For instance, the personal-collective integrative process is central to Theory U, so the theory provides a good context for understanding it (especially for someone who has so far avoided Integral with a fair degree of emotional resistance). So, I thought I might flag that (as a potentially useful tangent), and also flag that I am interested in any comments that others might have about the applicability (or not) of Theory U in this sort of issue... Would love to explore! Cheers John Baxter Cocreation Consultant & CoCreate Adelaide Facilitator jsbaxter.com.au | CoCreateADL.com 0405 447 829 | @jsbaxter_ Thank you to everyone who came, helped or spread the good word about City Grill! Summary and links: cocreateadl.com/localgov/grill-summary/ > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 5:01 PM, P2P Foundation mailing list > <[email protected]> wrote: > hi Anna, > > At the p2p foundation we stress personal and interpersonal change and > facilitation, but at the same time, we have to be realistic in this, what is > already possible but very difficult in small groups of committed people may > not be possible for society at large ... For understanding this, and though > I'm critical of the authoritarian interpretations of that tradition, the > integral psychology of clare graves remains fundamental .. > > Detailed studies by Susan Cook-Greuters have determined that at most 2% of > the population have integrative consciousness, with 30% more or less having > this as a aspirational consciousness .. > > I take great comfort in the growth of participative culture and skills now > evident in the new mutualized working spaces but this is far from being the > general culture .. > > Again, referring to the scheme of John Heron, I would say that for the > greater masses, we are at the potential change of stage 2 to 3, with > significant minorities at four .. > > so here is how I see it: > > * develop fully participative cultures for mature peer producing communities > > * develop deeper participative potentialities for the aspirational parts of > the population (active citizenship) > > * embed participative process in the general social technology of our time, > to upgrade the general culture .. > > A lot then further depends on the relative positioning of scarcity vs > abundance dynamics ... > > for abundance context, the generalization of peer governance is very realistic > > for scarcity contexts, the choice between hierarchical, > democratic-representative, and market-driven allocation mechanisms remains > entirely open > > see for example how the wikipedia re-introduced a rather toxic bureaucracy by > re-introducing artificial scarcity ... (notability requirements to be decide > by elite editors) > > just today, I am involved in a frustrating dialogue with a feminist activist > who did not even want to share even excerpts of her book on 'moneyless > living' .. in other words, she is creating a artificial scarcity of her own > book, that is technically freely copyable, in order to 'swap' it in exchange > for something else ... reproducing the artificial scarcities in so-called > advanced milieus ... moneyless living for those that have the money to buy it > .. > > I'm sure you can find similar contradictions in all of us, including me .. > > in conclusion, we are not ready to shed relative domination processes for any > pure egalitarianism any time soon, > > Michel > >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Anna Harris <[email protected]> wrote: >> Amid all the euphoria in celebrating the Greek landslide, and following >> Michel's integrative approach, the points in the article below need to be >> emphasised. We all carry within us the wounds of oppression however much we >> feel we have cast them aside, and they will surface again in the new post >> capitalist structures unless we put some focus individually and collectively >> on healing ourselves and becoming whole. >> >> 'the wounding through oppression that we all experience shows up in our >> organizing, and have permeated organizational culture except where the >> influence of feminists and others committed to transformational work has >> created a different way of creating structure, that prioritizes a strategy >> and collective struggle rooted in healing and wholeness.' >> >> Pauli Friere spoke about this in his Pedagogy of the Oppressed. >> >> What does that mean? How do we do that? Often it seems there isn't time to >> go into this now, let's get into power first, then we can see to these >> issues. That's when the multitude becomes an instrument, and arguments >> between hierarchy and horizontality appear to be abstract concepts with no >> people involved. >> >> How do we become more fully human in our relationships with each other? What >> makes it particularly difficult is that there is no ready made formula - >> follow these steps and you will get there. No. This is a step into the >> unknown. But that also makes it an exciting exploration. >> >> Anna >> >> >> >>> On 25 Jan 2015, at 11:38, P2P Foundation mailing list >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/andrew-willis-garc%C3%A9s/another-politics%E2%80%94from-anticolonial-to-occupy >>> Another Politics-from anti-colonial to Occupy >>> Chris Dixon's new book identifies four principles that underpin the success >>> of transformative social movements. >>> >>> Andrew Willis Garcés 7 January 2015 >>> >>> [This article originally appeared in Waging Nonviolence.] >>> >>> Seven years ago I worked at a tenant and worker organizing group in >>> Washington, D.C. We referred to ourselves as a "movement-building" >>> organization, but weren't always clear what we meant by that. One evening I >>> was out door-knocking with one of our members, James, an African American >>> man in his 50s. He asked me about a conference some of us had attended in >>> Atlanta the previous week, the U.S. Social Forum. >>> >>> "What was the big theme there that stuck out to you?" he asked. >>> >>> It was a good question. At that moment, the DJ Unk song "Walk It Out" was >>> booming from a nearby car. >>> >>> "Well, I was most impressed by the groups that really try to walk out their >>> beliefs-connecting all the dots between racism, capitalism, even >>> imperialism, and the inner work we have to do as people to overcome the >>> things we've learned." >>> >>> I explained more about what that meant to me. >>> >>> He shook his head, amused. >>> >>> "That's a tall order!" He thought about it a little more. "When will we get >>> time for all that?" >>> That tall order is the subject of Chris Dixon's book Another Politics, >>> newly released by University of California Press. The product of dozens of >>> interviews conducted with community organizers over the last decade, the >>> book is an excellent distillation of what Dixon calls "another politics," a >>> shared political orientation that unites grassroots organizers working from >>> similar principles in the United States and Canada across issue, movement, >>> sector, strategy and identity. >>> >>> Through the interviews, he identifies four core principles that unite left >>> "anti-authoritarian" organizers across different "strands" of struggle, >>> transcending traditional notions of issue-based organization: >>> . being against domination of all kinds; >>> . prioritizing the development of new social relations and forms of social >>> organization in the process of struggle; >>> . linking struggles for improvements in people's lives to long-term >>> transformative visions; and >>> . grassroots organizing from the bottom-up. >>> >>> In regards to these different strands, he writes, "We braid them together >>> as we work collectively and build relationships across politics, campaigns >>> and movements: anarchist labor organizers draw on analytical frameworks >>> from women of color feminism; radical queer activists use community-based >>> models for dealing with violence, developed by anti-racist feminists and >>> prison abolitionists." >>> >>> He explores how Occupy Wall Street, anti-colonial movements, and INCITE! >>> Women of Color Against Violence, among other groups, have contributed to >>> developing "another politics" across decades. >>> >>> Dixon digs even deeper, characterizing organizations practicing "another >>> politics" as being explicit about their "collective refusal" of >>> oppression-specifically, as incorporating "the four anti's" of : >>> anti-authoritarianism; anti-capitalism; anti-oppression; and >>> anti-imperialism, into their work. This left me wondering how some >>> organizations might "fit" this taxonomy-what if your group has a handle on >>> economic exploitation, for instance, but relies on charismatic leadership? >>> >>> But Dixon is nevertheless clear about organizations that he sees as >>> practicing "another politics," and the book is most compelling when he >>> recounts movement-building victories, like the story of Canada's multi-city >>> immigrant rights group No One is Illegal: >>> "In a stunning December 2007 action, some 2,000 people, largely South >>> Asian, blockaded the Vancouver International Airport to stop Singh's >>> impending deportation. And starting with an 'Education Not Deportation' >>> campaign in 2006, NOII-Toronto launched a multi-year fight for Toronto to >>> become a solidarity city, where all people can access city services >>> regardless of immigration status. Organizing across sectors and services, >>> they finally won in 2013." >>> >>> Dixon also uses the book to highlight "ideas rarely in writing," exploring >>> dynamics of movement-building organization that don't get much print. For >>> instance, he writes about the process of integrating not just issue lenses >>> but our whole selves-creating community and organization that operates at >>> the speed of the whole. >>> >>> As Dixon writes, "recognizing and deliberately fostering feelings and >>> relationships as essential ingredients for transformative struggle" is >>> still not a widespread practice, and he points out that this is not a new >>> phenomenon, as the Black Panthers and Student Nonviolent Coordinating >>> Committee also sought "to develop common expectations about how people >>> should treat one another." >>> >>> Continuing this thread, he also counts as emergent practices among "another >>> politics" practitioners, forms of organizing that affirm families and >>> domestic and reproductive work simultaneously with challenging systemic >>> inequity, and moving beyond an individual-focused anti-oppression politics. >>> >>> Dixon and the people he interviews point out that the wounding through >>> oppression that we all experience shows up in our organizing, and have >>> permeated organizational culture except where the influence of feminists >>> and others committed to transformational work has created a different way >>> of creating structure, that prioritizes a strategy and collective struggle >>> rooted in healing and wholeness. This increasing focus on wholeness and >>> wellness, seen in the recent popularity of integrating somatics and other >>> healing disciplines into community organizing, can only make us more adept >>> at building a broader and more resilient web of movements. >>> >>> And Dixon helps unpack the challenges unique to movement-building >>> organizations, which, he says, must move towards specific victories and >>> goals, while also moving through a process that creates new ways of being, >>> doing and relating, that avoid replicating oppressive practices. All while >>> avoiding "ruts" common to anti-authoritarian groups, like knee-jerk >>> non-hierarchy, and the "burn bright, burn out" cycle of organizations that >>> rise and fall quickly. >>> >>> Dixon illustrates this point with a fantastic metaphor offered by Project >>> South's Steph Guillioud, comparing different forms of organization to >>> different kinds of cars suited to particular functions: >>> "The variations in vehicles don't change the map, they don't change the >>> road, they don't change the need for people to drive and people in the back >>> or the people moving it. We will always have and need the people who can >>> push it and the people that can work on the insides, the people who can >>> never get a ride, et cetera." >>> >>> It's rare to find a book on social movements written explicitly for people >>> with less academic credentials than its author. Dixon, who wrote the book >>> for a PhD program, takes care to explain terms as they come up; he doesn't >>> assume we know about ethnography ("analyzing lived culture while >>> experiencing it"). And he gives his interviewees plenty of airtime to put >>> their own spin on, for instance, "affective organizing," which becomes "not >>> being a fucking asshole," in the wonderfully succinct words of Bay Area >>> activist Harjit Singh Gill. >>> >>> Still, the number of concepts he introduces feels overwhelming at times, >>> and I longed for a glossary or flow chart when concepts like >>> "non-instrumental organizing" popped up (which, it's worth noting, refers >>> to the analysis and strategies people can create when they come together in >>> dialogue and struggle as peers, as opposed to treating people as >>> instruments to be manipulated, or pieces on a figurative chess board to >>> mobilize toward a predetermined end). >>> >>> "Anti-authoritarian," then, could be shorthand for "principled >>> organizing"-organizing that gets down to the roots, that refuses to settle >>> for electing a slightly better candidate, for selling out our potential >>> allies to scoop up a superficial win, or that sees the path to victory as >>> anything less than the destination itself. >>> >>> Towards the end of the book, I was reminded of my exchange that day with >>> James. Clearly, as Dixon demonstrates, there are mixed-class organizations >>> that make time for individual and collective healing practices, for >>> skillshares and strategy seminars, for discussion groups, for intentionally >>> developing and evaluating leadership, and for developing organizational >>> structure. But increasingly, as people are forced to work longer hours for >>> lower incomes, I have to wonder: How are organizations adapting to support >>> their people to do more with less? >>> >>> I longed for more detail on what day-to-day life is like for an organizer >>> in the six specifically-chosen cities from which Dixon chose his interview >>> subjects. What does it look like to practice "another politics" in Atlanta, >>> for instance? It's worth asking, given that the book is structured around >>> questions like, "How can we most productively manifest our visions through >>> our organizing work?" Like a good organizing mentor, Dixon (and his >>> interviewees) gives us insight without "right" answers, helping to deepen >>> our understanding of commonalities and remind us of the deep roots of the >>> "another politics" leftist lineage. >>> >>> (((((( ))))) >>> >>> Andrew Willis Garcés works with Training for Change and has led trainings >>> for immigrant activists in several US states on campaign strategy and civil >>> disobedience. Read more of his work at www.porvida.org/. >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetworkedLabour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour > > > > -- > Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: > http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan > > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation
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