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Frontpage NEWS Several folks from all over are gathering at the ABC offices at Epworth united Methodist Church on Feb 7 and 8 to collaborate
on a developing pattern language for group process. This project is
independent of ABC and has been ongoing for some time.
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The project's convener, Tree Bressen, wrote:
New
folks are welcome, but we want them to be up to speed somewhat before
arriving. The goal of this gathering is to get a bunch of patterns
actually written onto the website. I mean, i expect some wonderful
connecting and conversations about more than just one particular
pattern too, hopefully we'll be learning more about how patterns get
written effectively and so on, but basically i am aiming at a work
session, rather than a meeting/conference/exploration. Here's what i
posted to the list about this:
This is a call for all those who
would like to meet in person in the SF Bay Area to write patterns
together! The goal of this session is to do actual pattern writing,
most likely directly onto the website. The expectation is that anyone
coming to this session will already be somewhat familiar with the
project, already know what counts as a pattern for our purposes, and be
ready to sit down to work.
If you think this project sounds cool
but you aren't quite at that level yet, there are a few ways to get
oriented ahead of time:
1. You can read up on the website at http://grouppatternlanguage.org/.
2.
You could attend a local preliminary session with Kaliya Hamlin &
friends, either following the OSonOS event on Jan. 18 or following the
monthly Fabulous Facilitators meeting on Jan. 25; alternatives may be
organized by Kaliya, Raines, and/or others depending on interest.
Contact Kaliya at <kaliya@mac.com> or 510-472-9069 to connect up
with that.
3. You could have a phone conversation with me, Tree (after 11am, Jan. 7-19 or Jan. 28-Feb.1).
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Brandon here, again.
To learn more, please check out http://processarts.net and http://grouppatternlanguage.org for more info. The process arts are methods for facilitating group process and shaping culture. A pattern language for group process refers to the themes and widely recognized structures which appear in all group interaction. As any social action can benefit from conscious attention to how human beings work together, refining a pattern shared language is essential to bring practitioners of the process arts into relationship with one another (through a shared language), and could contribute significantly to the development of the process arts as an emerging field of study in parallel with the liberal arts.
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Moving On Center School for Participatory Arts and Somatic Research
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