Open Space at Burning Man - and circles

Deborah Hartmann deborah at hartmann.net
Fri Aug 24 14:19:38 PDT 2007


 > .harder to get around in then in the grids that planners thought I 
can get more easily around in and gave me places such as Los Angeles or 
Mannheim

and Toronto, where rush hour gridlock is a huge problem :-)

Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
> Dear Gwen,
> since this list does not accept attachments, could you point me to a
> website with the description/invitation you mention at the bottom of 
> your note.
> Cities, villages, places in circles (concentric circles) used to be 
> the standard design in days when such structures selforganized...such 
> as the center of many cities in these parts (there was a wall, pretty 
> much a circle, with a need for a second and even a third when the 
> place grew, bingo, concentric circles...harder to get around in then 
> in the grids that planners thought I can get more easily around in and 
> gave me places such as Los Angeles or Mannheim where the 
> grid-coordinates are numbers and letters, so people live at addresses 
> such as "24 A/5"
> take a look at
>> http://maps.google.de/maps?oi=eu_map&q=Mannheim&hl=de
> and zoom in).
> Some of the cooperative villages in the US (southeast Missouri) of 
> "modern" times are layed out in a circle...some modern neighborhoods 
> in Berlin played with that...provides a different quality of 
> neighborhood and quiet (peace)...so Black Rock City seems a natural 
> for open space.
> Greetings from Berlin
> mmp
>
> Gwen Daniels wrote:
>> Hello Open Space People!
>>
>> I am very excited to announce this OS - and to invite anyone who is
>> going to this year's Burning Man event to come talk about arts and
>> sustainability.  This will be my first time facilitating - I have
>> read the Open Space book, and met with a few people about it.
>>
>> What is particularly exciting about pairing up OST with Black Rock
>> City (the name of the Burning Man Location) is that they are based on
>> essentially the same principles of inclusion, participation,
>> independence, natural human tendency, results, etc. The city itself
>> is designed in concentric circles rather than a grid.  I am finding
>> some of the similarities quite intriguing!
>>
>> This year's theme, The Greenman, is a great fit with the missions of
>> the Level Green Institute and Arts at the Heart of a Sustainable
>> World. (organizations I am working with)  I am also a volunteer
>> coordinator for the Black Rock Census at the event this year, and
>> they have graciously invited me to do the OS at their headquarters.
>> Below is the event description/invitation.  Please spread the word of
>> this to anyone you know will be heading out to the playa this
>> weekend.  Thanks to all.  Hooray for OST!
>>
>> ********************************************************************************************* 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> OPEN SPACE TEA PARTY: *Integrating the Arts across the Sustainability
>> Movement *
>>
>>
>> Wednesday    (8/29)      2-6pm *Media Mecca: * *Confidentiality Room*
>>  *center camp*
>>
>>
>>
>> People worldwide are now using a new problem solving and discussion 
>> format called Open Space Technology (OST) that results in action
>> steps for a particular issue. 
>
> Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
> ++49-30-772 8000
> www.boscop.org   www.michaelmpannwitz.de
>
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