[OSList] Open Space undermined?

Sat Dec 3 14:21:41 PST 2016

Well, seems to me that academia is evolving, like everything else -- though
at a much slower rate!  :-)

I for one, am looking forward not just to more research "about" Open
Space...
but for Open Space itself, to be seen as a form of valid research...

within an evolving (post-positivistic) frame, of course.

with much love,

Rosa

*Rosa Zubizarreta*

*meet me at my DiaPraxis website <http://diapraxis.com> and on my Listening
Arts blog <https://rosaz.wordpress.com/>*

* <http://www.DiaPraxis.com>*

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Andi – I am a little slow. That happens when you get to be 81. Not an
> excuse. Just a fact. If you do happen to find a reference to the research
> of the good Professor Emma, that would be wonderful. And If she has
> published a peer reviewed journal that would be a FIRST! So far, Academe
> has successfully managed to avoid the massive embarrassment of Open Space.
> --- Farfetched, I sure, but if OS actually did what most of us have seen
> “it” do – the egg on the academic visage could be extensive. Senility
> showing, I am sure. Along with a true confession. I have  been trained in
> the ways of academe. Dreadful!
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> *From:* OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Andi Roberts via OSList
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 1, 2016 6:12 PM
> *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
> *Subject:* [OSList] Open Space undermined?
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> The following popped up on an email today at a University I work with and
> I thought that the research might be of interest to this group. I am unable
> to attend the session, due to prior work commitments, but will try and dig
> up the source paper.
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> Unstructured Meeting Organisation in Open Source Communities
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> Professor Emma Bell, Professor of Management and Organisation Studies,
> Keele University, will be presenting at the next DPO seminar on Wednesday,
> 7 December, at 14:00, in Meeting Rooms 3 - 4 in the Michael Young Building.
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> *Abstract:*
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> In this paper we focus on the organisation of ‘unconferences’, an umbrella
> term that refers to a range of off-site meeting formats where there an
> explicit attempt to break down social hierarchies and develop organic forms
> of organization (Burns and Stalker, 1961).  Also referred to as ‘camps’,
> unconferences have no pre-set agenda, are designed to be participant driven
> (Wolf et al., 2011), and are characterised by a ‘distinct lack of
> structure’ (Boule, 2011: 17).  Drawing on a qualitative study of
> unconferences aimed at managers and management consultants, we assess the
> extent to which unconferencing enables the hierarchical power relations
> that characterise conventional off-site meeting organisation to be overcome
> (Bell and King, 2010; Ford and Harding, 2008).  We find that unconferences
> go some way towards addressing interactional and performative dynamics that
> contribute towards unequal participation and exclusion in off-site meeting
> encounters. However, our analysis also highlights the powerful behavioural
> norms and group dynamics associated with off-site meetings which can result
> in these attempts at openness and sharing being undermined.
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> Cheers, Andi Roberts
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