[OSList] "Academic Validity?"

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Barry,
I wonder why this question boggles your mind.
If open space were academically validated as a proper method it would be 
dead, right in there with all the useless stuff that is academically 
validated.
So, I am happy and relieved that it is not academically validated and I 
am sure it will never be by anyone in academe.
Lets move on.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

On 20.04.2012 17:54, Barry Owen wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I know this is not the first time this question has surfaced.
>
> Who out there (in here) has some good stuff to share?
>
> This "academic validity" question boggles my mind
>
> The message initially came through the Open Space facebook page
>
> J Arthur Vasconcelos <http://www.facebook.com/jarthur.vasconcelos>
> Hi! I was questioned about the use of OS in research. I was planning on
> using OS for a section of my thesis but got criticized for "OS not
> having academic validity" and "has never been used in research" and "it
> is not a recognized research method like a focus group or delphi
> pannel". HELP! Any info about using OS in academia? Thank you!
> vasconcelos at alum.mit.edu <mailto:vasconcelos at alum.mit.edu>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OSList mailing list
> To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org

-- 
Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49-30-772 8000
mmpanne at boscop.org	www.boscop.org


Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 386 resident Open 
Space Workers in 66 countries working in a total of 142 countries 
worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org