[OSList] Engineering, Justice and Open Space

[Marks McAvity]

Fascinating- & from an engineer!!!

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On 2013-04-05, at 1:04 AM, Michael Wood <michael.wood at uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> If anyone is interested in potential relationships between Engineering, Social Justice and Open Space, I am reading a juicy little book at the moment called “Heterotopia: Alternative pathways to social justice” by Caroline Baillie, Jens Kabo and John Reader (2012).
>  
> Caroline is an Engineering professor here at the University of Western Australia. Although they don’t talk explicitly  about Open Space, have a listen to this…”we need to allow ourselves space and time to be. Defining a heterotopia does not mean defining the solution or the goal. This will be co-created by all concerned. Heterotopia is described by a liminal space of uncertainty, whereby concerns are raised, questions are asked and time stops, trusting that the answers will emerge”  (page 91).
>  
> Mmmm….sound familiar?
>  
> Michael
> Perth, Western Australia
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