Transactionalism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Transactionalism is a pragmatic philosophical approach that views social exchange as a fundamental aspect of human existence; all human interactivity is best understood as a set of transactions within a reciprocal and co-constitutive exchange. A transactionalist approach is an “unfractured observation” of human being as an organism who shapes and is shaped by their environment (“organism-environment”), always thinking of themself as embedded within and constituted by their situated-ness in a specific time and place.[1] It is critical, therefore, to keep in mind that “consequences and outcomes”[2] of a human endeavor are affected by three aspects of experience beyond one’s intention — the observer in the situation, the process of observing, and the thing observed — that are all “affected by whatever merits or defects [the situation] may prove to have when it is judged”.[3] A transactionalist holds that all human acts, including learning,[4] are best understood as “entities” within a transactional whole shaped biologically, socio-linguistically, and trans-actionally within and by an ecology within other ecologies. A person is shaped by their body and health as an ecology, their language and its common discourses and ideologies, and by their ability to trans-act to make a satisfactory living given those and other necessary conditions of life.

Transactionalism – Wikipedia

Have you ever heard such bollocks in your life?

Until the 1970s, General Systems Theory wouldn’t have found much substance in Lao’s warnings. If events and processes could be reduced to component parts, they held. Things occurred in linear stages of cause-and-effect. If you turned back the clock, things that happened after would, by necessity, become what happened before. And then complexity came along.

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Anyway, here’s the newsletter with some good links https://mailchi.mp/rebelwisdom.co.uk/newsletter_7?e=87234fd586

And here’s the event – ‘the state of sensemaking’, though they seem as ‘confused’ about the origins of sensemaking as about the origins of understanding complexity:

https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/state-of-sensemaking

The State of Sensemaking will begin and end at the same time both days – starting at 3pm London time / 10am New York / 7am Los Angeles and ending at 9pm London / 4pm New York / 1pm Los Angeles. 

Sign up above to receive the full schedule and Zoom links, which will be released two days before the event begins. We encourage you to join from start to finish if you can, as the event hs been designed as a narrative journey.

The Experience 

The pandemic has added a level of life and death importance to our existing problems of discerning reliable information. We are lost in echo chambers, manipulated by narrative warfare and the hacking of our attention by the big tech platforms. The problem of sensemaking is right at the core of many of our issues. How can we begin to solve our problems if we can’t agree what they are, and have no shared sense of reality?

We need to learn how to make sense of this complex landscape so that we can have authentic, useful conversations with one another about the issues we’re facing. But making sense isn’t a skill we pick up and then apply – it’s an ongoing, dynamic process. That’s why we’ve designed this event as an immersive, participatory experience. It’s a place to find the others and have authentic conversations. A space to experiment with cutting-edge practices and cognitive tools that help us navigate the weirdness, danger and complexity of 2021.

Learn techniques drawn from the latest cognitive science with John Vervaeke. Zoom out and get a fresh perspective on post-pandemic culture with bestselling author Jamie Wheal. Learn game theory from former poker champion and scientist Liv Boeree. Hone your steelmanning skills with Sara Ness, develop your cultural intelligence with Greg Thomas. Drop into emergent dialogue with Pamela von Sabljar, practice psychedelic sensemaking with Alexander Beiner and get better at making sense of the media with David Fuller. 

The State of Sensemaking will include multiple breakouts and group discussions so you can meet other people from around the world interested in these skills, and tap into your own agency, creativity and mental flexibility to apply what you’re learning to your life.

Barriers and enablers to the repair of electrical equipment: Application of the System Effects methodology – EV0285

Defra, UK – Science Search

Reframing Conflict as a Pre-requisite for Systems Change

Reframing Conflict as a Pre-requisite for Systems Change | by Mikael Seppälä | Systems Change Finland | Sep, 2021 | Medium

Very Bad Wizards

217: Dropping Paradigms (Kuhn’s “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”)

July 20, 2021

verybadwizards.com/217

I really believe that many of world’s greatest problems are caused – at least in part – by the fact that we continue to count, measure and value the wrong things in the wrong ways.

(3) Thea Snow on Twitter: “I really believe that many of world’s greatest problems are caused – at least in part – by the fact that we continue to count, measure and value the wrong things in the wrong ways.” / Twitter

John Evans is consistently a challenging presence on twitter in his role as ‘fluffbuster’, and we often more-or-less disagree. These examples (links to engineering youtube videos) are great examples of why he’s such a valuable protagonist, and always has a point.

September 2nd, 2021 | Delivery • Justice • Legitimacy Lila Wolff Communications Lead, Hands Up Mallee Rachel Fyfe Communications Manager, Dusseldorp Forum Thea Snow Director, ANZ Storytelling for Systems Change: Early insights from communities and storytellers

Storytelling for Systems Change: Early insights from communities and storytellers | Centre For Public Impact (CPI)

“Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century: The Long Historical View” – Ronald Kline

“Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century: The Long Historical View” – Ronald Kline | Norbert Wiener Learning Center

Navigating Uncertainty – Pioneering Habits of Mind by Sonja Blignaut – Wardley Maps BarCamp 2020

Navigating Uncertainty – Pioneering Habits of Mind by Sonja Blignaut – Wardley Maps BarCamp 2020 – YouTube

Using Systems Thinking to Make Critical Key Decisions Published: September 1, 2021 Topics: Systems Change Education leaders at the district, state and federal levels have all been grappling with systemic disruptions. How can education leaders navigate disruptions and potential disruptions with systems thinking?

Using Systems Thinking to Make Critical Key Decisions | KnowledgeWorks

I was very much expecting to say ‘ho hum, another systems dynamics thing’ – and the heart of this is systems dynamics, but I rather like this – a very good introduction and sensible, practical stuff.

Guidebook on systems thinking for educators (pdf):

http://knowledgeworks.org/resources/education-changemakers-guidebook-systems-thinking/

Handbook on Cities and Complexity

Handbook on Cities and Complexity

Handbook on Cities and Complexity

Research Handbooks in Urban Studies series

Edited by Juval Portugali, Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography and the Human Environment, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Publication Date: September 2021 

ISBN: 978 1 78990 011 8 

Extent: 456 pp

Written by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years of intertwined developments: the emergence of general theories of complex self-organized systems and the consequent emergence of CTC.