Welcome to joint opening of 2018 @PUARLuo @PLoPcon #PURPLSOC day by @HajoNeis @kgb1001001 #WolfgangStark #RichardSickinger in Portland, Oregon
- Pattern Languages of Program conference by Hillside Group, October 24-26
- Portland Urban Architecture Research Lab 10 year anniversary conference, October 26-28
- Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Social Change conference alternates years with PUARL conference.
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Introduction to World Cafe by #WolfgangStark to PUARL 10th Anniversary Conference, with some history on the PUARL-Purplsoc planning.
- Wolfgang Stark is a visiting researcher at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship in Germany, and a member of the Program Committee for PUARL and PURPLSOC.
How can we expand the idea of pattern language?
- Scattered
Small group met after Purplsoc Krems 2017
- Met in Amsterdam
- Proposed a large group open format
- World Cafe for 1.5 hours
At Purplsoc, had 25 domains
- Idea of social change, starting from pattern language
- Encourage to expand
In a way, it’s the iceberg model
- How to develop linkages to social sciences, social change, other area
- Link the rational world with the implicit knowing and tacit knowing
- Also transcendent knowledge, not yet here, in the future
- What does the art tell us about the future of pattern language
Beginning theoretical frameworks
- A Pattern Language, and Nature of Order
- Actor Network Theory
- General Systems Theory
- Theories of Art
- Grounded Theory
- Theory U
Today: what is important about the pattern language approach?
- What does it matter?
- How can we incorporate into collaborative efforts
Will have a World Cafe, materials on table
- Cards from 3 different pattern language decks: Liberating Voices, Group Works, Wise Democracy
- Flipchart paper and markers
World Cafe is rotating small group discussions
- 15-20 minutes, change tables
- Facilitation by Tree Bressen
In brief. David Ing. 