Dear Michael,<br><br>Thank you very much for your response. <br><br>I will try to explain why i used the term participatory- and maybe i am totally wrong about it.<br><br>In our research, we want to produce guidelines for environmental education with a multicultural approach. we think that representatives of the various sectors in Israel should take part, in order to reflect the various perspectives. we looked for a method to do so and reached Tova Averbuch, who recommended OST. so, as the various stakeholders will participate in this process, I used the term participatory.<br>
<br>I will be grateful if you correct my terminology should you find that it is deficient. <br><br>As for the list I am complying, I will be happy to share it with you.<br><br>Let me just ask the people who sent resources to my personal e-mail rather than the list.<br>
<br>very best wishes,<br><br>Maya.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Michael M Pannwitz <<a href="mailto:mmpanne@boscop.org">mmpanne@boscop.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear Maya,<br>
in an academic article I would love to see reflections on the myth that OST is a "participatory" method. OST is a method that supports in a not very well researched manner the unfolding of self organisation. In doing so, phenomena such as "participation" are observed. This, however, is not the intention of OST. In fact, a whole bunch of phenomena or characteristics are observed during an OST event, such as "democratic", "little hierarchy", "laughter", "community building", "synergy", "deep understanding" and other wonderful things. That does not make OST a method for "laughter" or "democracy" or "community building"...its gift is that in some ways it expands space and time for self organisation in which all kinds of things as described above and many others are observed which are not the intention of the approach and certainly not my intentions as facilitator.<br>
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The same holds for another myth that OST enables people from very diverse backgrounds to voice their priorities and concerns. It is because of high diversity (and 4 other prerequisites necessary for OST to work and for self organisation to fully unfold)that participants observedly self organize around issues entered by themselves.<br>
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I am sure you will receive many splendid pointers to academic articles about using and researching the method from this list. If you are interested in German language resources, I can forward your request to the German list serve populated by 200+ colleagues. And, of course, I would love to get a copy of the list your are compiling!<br>
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Greetings from Berlin<br>
mmp<br>
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Maya Negev wrote:<br>
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Dear OST community,<br>
<br>
I am a PhD student in Israel. while looking for a participatory method to<br>
research "multicultural approaches to environmental education", i reached<br>
Tova Averbuch, the leading OST consultant in Israel.<br>
<br>
OST seems to be the method I was looking for, thanks to it being fully<br>
participatory, and thanks to it enabling people from very diverse<br>
backgrounds to voice their priorities and concerns.<br>
<br>
As I am writing a research proposal, I am searching for academic articles<br>
and book chapters on OST, both about using and researching the method. so<br>
far I found very few such resources, and therefore I am writing to you:<br>
should any of you be aware of academic resources on OST, I will be very<br>
grateful if you bring them to my attention.<br>
<br>
All the very best, and thank you very much,<br>
<br>
Maya<br>
<a href="mailto:maya.negev@gmail.com" target="_blank">maya.negev@gmail.com</a><br>
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