[OSList] Facilitating the Uncovering of Assumptions

[Harrison Owen]

You will not be surprised to learn that I suspect you are working much too
hard. Just open space with a question - "What are the issues and
opportunities for bringing Justice to our world?" If anybody cares, it will
be rich. And no special design required.

 

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[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Evan Walsh
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 4:35 PM
To: OSLIST
Subject: [OSList] Facilitating the Uncovering of Assumptions

 

Beautiful OS community,

 

My question is not strictly focused on Open Space or its application, but
since I know you each have a wealth of experience in all kinds of hosting, I
couldn't help but see if you could help me.

 

For an upcoming conference, we would like to host spaces that encourage
participants to (i) discover how assumptions that are left unexplored
contribute to broken systems and injustice, and (ii) explore and identify
assumptions we may be holding that could be playing into those systems of
injustice.

 

So my question for you is: Do you know of any amazing activities,
structures, spaces that facilitate the uncovering and identification of
assumptions? 

 

Ideally we would like this uncovering to happen in a safe and constructive
way (i.e. We don't want people shouting at one another pointing out their
biases).

 

One example we've thought of us the Human Library <http://humanlibrary.org/>
, which is a beautiful way of breaking down barriers. Any other examples
you've come across? Any stories to share? Have you seen this happen in OS?
What lead to it?

 

Thank you,


 

Evan 

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