[OSList] Summer research project idea: 'self organisation'

[Kári Gunnarsson via OSList]

This is a good idea Daniel

To use material from ecology. I like it.  I even went online to search for
some Journal articles that talk about the different cultural aspect with
intervention programs. There is a Critical Review on two grand intervention
by Blaikie and Muldavin (2014) one in the eastern Himalayas and the other
across the border in eastern India.

As I was reading this, I see that there is selfe-organization at work all
the time. At one instance the work happened in harmony and flexibility with
the imposed system and in the other instance the self-organization happened
despite the system ridged closed and toxic structure and undermined its
interventions objectives.

Blaikie P and Muldavin J (2014). Environmental justice? The story of two
projects. Geoforum 54. 226–229. (
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718512002850).




On 28 November 2014 at 12:20, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

>  There are many well-established words that are used to more precisely
> discuss self "organization" in the biological and social sciences. I wonder
> if actively using some of these well-defined words might be helpful in the
> discussion.
>
> Example: stigmergy
> https://www.google.com/search?q=define+stigmergy
> *Stigmergy* is a mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or
> actions. The principle is that the trace left in the environment by an
> action stimulates the performance of a next action, by the same or a
> different agent.
>
> More details
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/Stigmergy.html
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/StigmergyAndSelf.html
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/FourPrinciples.html
>
> http://www.evolutionofcomputing.org/Multicellular/IntertwinedPrinciples.html
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
> On 11/26/14 8:25 PM, John Baxter via OSList wrote:
>
>  Hello facilitators of self organisation
>
>  Let's take a moment to consider self organisation, as 'field' or
> 'practice'.
>
>  I am scoping a summer project at the moment (in the southern
> hemisphere!).
>
>  I have been reading and learning all I can about self org.  There is
> less than I expected at the heart of self org practice, but much more than
> I realised in intersecting fields (e.g. in governance, democracy, community
> organising, management, change, systems...).  There are also unanswered Qs
> about what 'self org' *is* (indeed, if it is anything at all).
>
>  It might be worthwhile formalising this, through a focused research
> project, and sharing the results in a report or the like.
>
>  Possible focus questions that come to mind for me are
> - what does someone need to know to say "I do self organisation"?
> - what would someone need to know to be an 'expert' in self org?
>
>  Would appreciate your perspective, as a practitioner-facilitator-fellow
> wave rider:
>
>  What (if anything) do you think deserves to be done?
> Who should be involved in doing it?
>
>  ​Thank you for contributing to the quest!
>
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