<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">If I am digesting the correspondence correctly,<BR>
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I can start to feel a kaleidoscopic experience of all my favourite explorative tools connecting people's visual sensing with the physical:<BR>
Open Space<BR>
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The Charrette's special competence to keep visual notes of proceedings in each of the expert's deliverable formats and in an open way for all participants<BR>
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Pattern Rules - a human wisdom banking idea from architecture I love<BR>
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wow if we could get the public talking to architects talking to engineers talking to policy makers through such an open train of methods, the environmenst we live in could be wholly different<BR>
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Has anyone tried linking with experts in knowledge-cities and their social capitals-<BR>
This is a very hot concept emerging in knowledge management, and for some reason KM/SC people seem to get research funds and spaces many of us don't (or maybe we dont need the burden of such funds). <BR>
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chris macrae<BR>
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Most charrette facilitators are architects who have learned their "facilitation" skills in the trenches and have no separate training in conflict resolution, mediation, facilitation, etc. I have been trying to bridge the two fields, as I think they have a lot to learn from each other. A short essay I wrote about this ( Hurley, Jennifer. 2003. "The Public Process and New Urbanism", Research Report for the Knight Program in Community Building, University of Miami School of Architecture.) is available at http://www.hfadesign.com/newsroom/publications.html. Here's the quick summary:<BR>
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What Can Charrette Practitioners Learn from Consensus-Building? By learning from the experience of mediators and facilitators, charrette organizers could leverage the event to create more support for the results of the charrette, resulting in more faithful implementation. Key aspects that charrette organizers could learn from consensus-building: € A robust theoretical basis for practice can inform the understanding of the process and suggest possibilities when problems arise. € Situating the charrette event in a larger decision-making framework that includes pre-charrette outreach and post-charrette consensus-building increases the chances of implementation. € Using the charrette to aid group learning and build civic capital would leverage the event to develop local leaders who can champion the plan long after the event. € Charrette organizers could adopt specific skills from mediators and facilitators, including stakeholder analysis, the use of ground rules, neutral mediation/facilitation, agenda-setting, and consensus-building techniques.<BR>
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What Can Charrette Practitioners Add to Consensus-Building?<BR>
I have focused this article on describing what I think charrette organizers can learn from consensus-building. However, I also believe that charrettes are a technique that discussion-based mediators and facilitators should learn<BR>
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€ Charrettes are a great improvement over discussion-based processes for addressing physical and design issues. Words are a cumbersome medium when the problem is visual. € The compressed time frame of a charrette creates incredible excitement and momentum. In contrast, discussion-based processes can take months, if not years, and are often tedious and sometimes downright painful.<BR>
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The last two points touch on Chris's question:<BR>
So that's why I am asking is their a specific charrette focus that olnly expert charrette people buld in?<BR>
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They key is that charrettes have architects, designers, engineers, and other technical experts working on site to create a plan using drawings. There's a specific product expected at the end of the week-long charrette.<BR>
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I think a one- or two-day OS would be a wonderful way to start a charrette (perhaps taking the place of more structured "stakeholder" meetings).<BR>
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Jennifer<BR>
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