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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>To
say that there is nothing published that is “peer reviewed” is not
quite right.  Certainly there is not much given the over 200,000 uses of OST. 
Academic publishing has not been a priority. Michael, isn’t this list or
one like it available at openspaceworld.org?  If not, I could put out such a
request for folks to add peer reviewed articles in a discussion on the “ning”
site.  What do you all think?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Larry<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Toronto, Ontario, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:larry@spiritedorg.com"><span style='color:blue'>larry@spiritedorg.com</span></a>  
416.653.4829 <a href="http://www.spiritedorg.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.spiritedorg.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> I
just published an article on a health website that has some elements of peer
review.  </span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://thefirstcanadianhealthcareconference.ca/index.php?/Healthcare-and-Open-Space-Technology">Healthcare
and Open Space Technology</a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I consider Bunker and Alban’s book “peer reviewed”
and a number of us have articles published there, e.g.:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>     
</span></span><![endif]>Peterson, Larry E. & Peterson, Rebecca, (2006).
“Moving to the Next Level at the Canadian Institute for Health
Information”, Bunker, B.B., & Alban, B.T. (Eds), <i>The Handbook of
Large Group Methods</i>, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, pp. 343-353. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Here are some articles I gathered in 2006 from what I believe
are peer reviewed journals:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Brigham,
Steve  “<b>Open Space: An Innovative Technique for Partcipatory
Planning”. <i>Planning for Higher Education</i></b><i>.</i> 2000. 28(4):
p. 35-41.  <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Bourner,
Tom.  “<b>Exploring the future of Management Development: experiencing
Open Space”'</b>. <b>". Career Development International </b>(ISSN:
1362-0436<b>). </b>1996, Volume 1, Number 4. University of Brighton.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Leith, Martin<b>.
"Organizational change and large group interventions". Career
Development International </b>(ISSN: 1362-0436<b>). </b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1996, Volume 1, Number 4. University of Brighton. <a
href="http://ninetta.emeraldinsight.com/vl=4354379/cl=85/nw=1/rpsv/~1142/v1n4/s3/p">http://ninetta.emeraldinsight.com/vl=4354379/cl=85/nw=1/rpsv/~1142/v1n4/s3/p</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Lightfoot,
Elizabeth, Pappas, Vicki, Chait, Jeffrey. <b>“Setting Off Right: using
open space technology to enable citizens to set the agenda for state disability
planning”.</b> Journal of Disability Policy Studies. V14 il. Summer 2003.<span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Rao, Srikumar<b>.
</b>April 1994.<b> “Welcome to Open Space”. <i>Training Magazine. </i></b>Minneapolis.
Lakewood Publication.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Weber, Susanne<b>. 
“Open Space and Organization. A discussion of dilemmas and the transition
to polyvalent space”.  <u>OD</u> <u>Practitioner</u> </b>(Journal of the
Organization Development Network). In Preparation. 2004<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>                         
.<span style='color:black'> “</span><b>Participative planning in
German-speaking countries: A survey of applications and spread”</b>. <b><u>German</u>
<u>Politics and Society</u></b>, University of California, Berkeley. In
Preparation. 2004.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>                         
.<span style='color:black'> “</span><b>Spread And Employment Of Large
Group Interventions In German-Speaking Countries”. </b><b><u><span
lang=DE>Zeitschrift für </span></u></b><u><span lang=DE>Organisationsentwicklung</span></u><span
lang=DE> (Journal of Organisation Development), 2<b>/2003, p. 58-59<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>   . <b>Designing
Networking As A Process With Large Group Intervention</b>s. In: <u>Zeitschrift
für Organisationsentwicklung</u> (Journal of Organization Development), 2/2002,
p. 60-73 <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>   . <b>Power
To The People!? Self-Organization, Systemic Learning And Strategy Development
In Large Groups</b>. In: <u>Sozialwissenschaftliche Literaturrundschau</u>
(Social Sciences Literature Overview),             2/2000, p. 63-89. 2000<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Weber,
Susanne & Freitag, Matthias. <b>“Open Space as a Tool Of The
Organizational Development Of Knowledge”. </b>In: Wehner, Theo / Dick,
Michael (ed.) - <b>Knowledge Management - Psychological Perspectives and
Redefinitions</b>. Special Issue of <u>Wirtschaftspsychologie</u> (Economic
Psychology), 2/2003 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>                           
& Kolenaty, Erich: <b>Open Space and organization. From dilemmas to
integration in polyvalent space.</b> <span lang=DE>In: <u>Zeitschrift für
Organisationsentwicklung</u> (Journal of Organization Development), 2/2003, p.
48-57<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Here are some dissertations<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Biver, Nancie: </span><strong><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An Approach to
Community-University Partnerships: Discoveries on the Road to America's Promise</span></strong><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> by <a
href="http://www.nationalservice.org/research/fellows_reports/2000/biver.pdf">http://www.nationalservice.org/research/fellows_reports/2000/biver.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Dixon,
Elaine. <b>“Open Space Technology: A Large-Group Approach to Whole-System
Change”.</b> Master’s Thesis. Univerity of Calgary. 1999<span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Legault,
Marie. <b>“Bringing people together: A study of generational diversity
and organizational culture</b>”, Master’s Thesis. Royal Roads
University, BC, Canada. April 2002<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Norris,
Richard. “<b>A Grounded Theory Study On The Value Associated With Using
Open Space Technology</b>". Webster University. Merritt Island, Fla. May
2000. <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/tmnfiles/OSTResearch2000.htm">http://www.openspaceworld.org/tmnfiles/OSTResearch2000.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Olsen, Linda.
“<b>Open Space Technology and Self-Organization: A Case Study”</b>.
Master’s Thesis. School of Business and Management, Pepperdine
University. 1996<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt'>Walker
Daniel, Marlene<b>. <i>An Ethnographic Study of an Open Space Technology
Meeting: Self-Organization at Work. </i></b>Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation.
University of Maryland. 1994<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin T. Sampson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> November-19-09 12:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSLIST] Wikipedia and Open Space...the beginning of
something bigger?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Harrison Owen <<a
href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>The truly interesting thing is that the academic literature
(along with academia) has virtually ignored Open Space. To the best of my
knowledge there has never been a peer reviewed article published anywhere.
There have been several dissertations, but that is all. Question: How could the
academic world ignore a 25 year old, 100,000 iteration, 136 country phenomenon?
Go figure! Personally I don't care, and if anything I would consider it their
loss. But this fact does not make providing the sort of independent sources
Wikipedia wants a possible thing. In fact there have been major stories in The
New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times of London, etc,etc.  --
which perhaps could be used if somebody cared to do so. A search of the
archives of the Times and the Post will produce those articles.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>"Finished" dissertations are actually considered
"reliable sources" according to Wikipedia: "<span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Finished
PhD dissertations, which are publicly available, are considered publications by
scholars and are routinely cited in footnotes. They have been vetted by the
scholarly community; most are available via interlibrary
loan. UMI has published 2 million dissertations since 1940.
Dissertations in progress are not vetted and are not considered to be
published. They do not count as a Reliable Source." (<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS#Scholarship">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS#Scholarship</a>)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cheers,</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Justin</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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