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RURAL | Socio-cultural pathways for just sustainable transitions
A recent webinar presented by the European Network for Cultural Centres addressed socio-cultural pathways for just sustainability transitions from non-urban areas. The program for the webinar broadly addressed policy and rural development; grassroots impact and challenges and ecosystem perspectives. Speakers included Piotr Michałowski, Nancy Duxbury, Erna Guðrún Kaaber, Alina Teodorescu, Marta Vetra and Edina Ocsko. […]
IN COMMON | Infrastructure fictions
April 28, 2024
Having been considering the implications of design fictions and speculative design, it occurs to me that planning too carries a lot of speculation and fiction (as narratives). When I first blogged about In Common, it was framed as a platform for exploring those things that we hold and use in common such as infrastructures, foundational […]
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IN COMMON | Foundational Economy and Citizen Planning
January 19, 2024
In proposing resources for aspiring citizen planners, I am proposing to shift beyond absurd and unhelpful notions of nimby and yimby. In shaping their relationship to local development activities, many residents are simply exerting their citizenship. As such, there is a need to understand the agency of citizenship in and through social relations and processes. […]
Posted in: foundational economy, infrastructure
IN COMMON | Towards Citizen Planning
January 2, 2024
With the year now in play, I am thinking about developing resources for citizen planners. Resident Action Groups abound in most cities and regions, often organising to influence or stop a new development that is perceived as having negative social, ecological and/or economic impacts. Brisbane Residents United is a coalition of resident action groups. Participatory […]
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YEAR | 2024
January 1, 2024
New year greetings. As I start writing, it is early and rainy in Brisbane, even a bit chilly through the humidity. There is much that remains undigested and indigestible from the events of last year, though mostly the course of events has been dominated by the horrors of the last few months of the year […]
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REFLECT | Pathways …
December 31, 2023
Even though I have been blogging for many years, I am not much of a journaleur. Reflection and reflexivity are deeply woven throughout my writing, but I wouldn’t say reflective journaling is my thing. Many people I know describe me as a deep thinker, which I find quite flattering, although that is not really the […]
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MYCOLOGY | Small pieces
December 24, 2023
I was talking to John about my earlier thoughts to bring the small stitched piece into use. I asked him, how he imagined it could be used; what kind of exchange it might enable? He said it could be used to open a conversation between two people through the sharing of stories. He described a […]
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MYCOLOGY | Mycelial stitching, threading networks
December 21, 2023
After looking at some scientific images of mycelium, I started to do some stitching. Some time ago I mentioned that I was interested in creating a cloth that would be used to bring people together, around which they are seated to talk and co-exist in circles. I think the above piece is an articulation of […]
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IN COMMON | Call to Action Cards Prototype
December 18, 2023
Even though I spend much time making and creating, I sometimes forget how much I enjoy making publications and the kinds of tools that can potentially strengthen communities. Some of the most rewarding and happiest times of my working and creative life have been those times when I have been engaged in those activities – […]
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IN COMMON | Call to Action Cards
December 15, 2023
A few things are more settled in the development of the Call to Action Cards, while other possibilities continue to crop up. I have now created 48 cards (12 each for Doing, Context, Act, Impact) plus a page of blanks for users to add their own. I am considering an ampersand set to elaborate additional […]
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