📕 Node [[jonathan the utopian]]
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Jonathan the Utopian
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proposal
- 5 minutes each at the beginning giving a summary of how we’re doing
- 5 minutes to plan how we’ll use the rest of the time, total 1h
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[[lorand]]
- feeling tired today, but working at home all day. under [[time pressure]].
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learning a subject to prepare a lecture on it.
- [[q]] which subject?
- [[q]] is it ok to write this here?
- readings for the masters are nice but intensive
- zoom calls yesterday heavy: 3h in the morning, 3h in the afternoon
- spent some time with colleagues in the evening, not many chances to socialize
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signed up for a workshop in [[france]]
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looking forward to [[june]]
- would like to get back in touch with project
- hesitant to see people yet though
- trying to focus on diet and sport
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digital note taking, would like to set up a digital garden plus rendering beyond obsidian
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[[topics]]
- [[flancia collective]]
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[[presentation]] [[mtr master konzept v2021 02 21]]
- Want feedback on their impressions. Which images, thoughts they receive when the presentation takes place.
- Any red flags/warnings/concerns we should think about?
- Suggestions, materials, ideas that could help.
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[[run 0]]
- project is called [[protopoi]]; a working title.
- "it feels different to discuss" — perhaps discuss should have a direct object? it takes only indirect objects/qualifiers here.
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[[protopian questions]]
- what are visions of what I want or wish for?
- what are possibilities that I can imagine, for the near future or the present?
- what factors condition and inform my relationship to these questions?
- what are processes by which I can shape my interaction with these questions?
- in which ways can contrsuctive and collaborative first steps grow out of such processes?
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[[what I want to do]]
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[[wishes and interests]]
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perhaps start with ‘with’ and then do ‘without’?
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without
- ‘being overwhelmed’ -> ‘overwhelming’? it should match disengaging/disengaged
- limits of our knowledge
- ‘bothers me’ -> can bother people?
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with
- it would be interesting to insert "flash forwards" here: say which of these topics you’ll expound on later in the presentation, which ones you intend to cover within your project later
- systemic organization: nice.
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[[complex topics]]
- nice
- went a bit fast as a slide
- how to generate a list of this type?
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pluralistic conception of protopia
- this slide seems a bit "flat"; it could be more tree-shaped perhaps?
- why is pluralistic separated from the rest by whitespace? unclear
- [[meaningful]] seems like it’s important and could be more stressed
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[[beyond a discursive approach]]
- too many slides titled "wishes and interests". "beyond a discursive approach" could be the title of this one?
- [[aside]] do you know [[keith johnstone]] / [[impro]]?
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[[forms and shapes for social processes]]
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[[push]] [[bohmian dialogue]] framework
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[[push]] [[pattern languages]]
- a design methodology which identifies and abstracts elementary design problems, along with possible solutions for them, and assembles them into a sort of alphabet to be used as a toolbook
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example: [[group works]]
- example: [[a pattern language]]
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[[loose pieces]]
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[[push]] [[protopoi]]
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[[questions]]
- how does success look like?
- how can we measure it or evaluate it?
- how to distinguish between something that effects positive change vs something that reinforces problems?
- what are ways that protopian processes could translate into actions / changes?
- what are the tools we can use?
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overall
- there could have been a bit more meta: go over the structure of the presentation in 30s-60s at the beginning, so the audience knows what to expect.
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Greetings!
- Helping a friend move today.
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Working hard on setting up the curriculum for the course at [[ETH]]
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[[jonathan]] want to start building a website: [[protopoi space]]
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[[ideas]]
- [[borges]]
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[[introductions]]
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[[push]] [[christopher alexander reading group]]
- [[quote]] We will read from some works of the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander, with the aim of getting to know the ideas and philosophy associated with the influential book "A pattern language". The term "pattern language" describes an approach to (architectural) design which identifies and abstracts elementary yet ubiquitous design problems, along with solutions for them, and assembles them into a sort of alphabet to be used as a toolbox.
- [[quote]] This methodology is embedded in a design philosophy which attempts to put humans’ needs, desires, and "aliveness" at the center of the design process. Although coming from architecture and urban design, Christopher Alexander’s work has aspects which are of a very general, conceptual nature. It has been an influence in other fields, such as software design and music, and perhaps this module can be an opportunity to explore possible inspirations within one’s own disciplinary context.
- [[quote]] Proposed readings: excerpts from the following books by Christopher Alexander: "Notes on the Synthesis of Form"; "The Timeless Way of Building"; "A Pattern Language". Possibly also additional materials.
- [[the timeless way of building]]
- [[a pattern language]]
- [[notes on the synthesis of form]]
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[[feedback]] on [[priorities]] with [[agora feature request]] and [[agora plan]]
Telegram
- Jonathan thinks [[utopoi]] is not persistent; it will live for a while and then die, like an organism. But this applies mostly to the physical part; the digital part might endure.
- Knowing it has an end date actually feels nice.
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[[wittgenstein]]
- likes that he critized his own work — I agree.
- part of his later work is about [[deconstructing]] his earlier work.
- "philosophy is the art of making questions enjoyable"
- pros/cons
- "feeling like a mashed potato"
- work is getting stressful due to an online course coming up in January.
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[[book]] [[asado verbal]]
- "Mit Texten von [[Lucía Puenzo]], [[Pedro Mairal]], [[Washington Cucurto]], [[Fabián Casas]], [[Mariana Enríquez]], [[Cecilia Pavón]], [[Juan Diego Incardona]], [[Ariel Magnus]],[[Julia Coria]], [[Felix Bruzzone]],[[Romina Paula]], [[Edgardo Gonzalez Amer]], [[Oliverio Coelho]], [[Carlos Blasco]] und [[Andi Nachon]]."
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