Dear all,
I feel overwhelmed by the amount of [really] precious insights and feedback you gave me. Thank you.
Fear not… Stigmergy is not the central point of my research. Coworking spaces are my field and my "raison d’être". I am lucky enough to have my own private lab (Coworklisboa, 2010) working side by side with fellow designers and other professionals from all areas (and geographies and genders and religions and everything).
One of my findings was that imposing almost no rules to the residents (more than 1200 people since 2010) provides a [more] responsible community in an almost totally self-organised model. Because of this apparent self-organised pattern I ended up digging into stigmergy and its metaphorical/empirical research possibilities in Design Education.
Some say we live stimergic times. Some say the whole internet is stigmergic. Some say we are all followers.
What is a “viral" video? Who decided it would turn “viral”? And who made it viral anyway?
Heather Marsh uses the term in a political context. "Binding Chaos" is a beautiful little poetic tittle, don’t you agree?
Marsh, H. (2013). Binding Chaos – Systems of Mass Collaboration. Heather Marsh. Retrieved from http://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/binding-chaos/ <http://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/binding-chaos/>
Thank you Ken Friedman. I’ll take your warnings and insightful advices very seriously
Thank you Jinan K B for the re-imagination of a better world
Thank you Don Norman for your surprising support and constant inspiration
Thank you Deirdre Barron. I’d love to hear about space design supporting pedagogy
Thank you John Gero for the references. Gold
"Too much prior knowledge is deadly.” (D. Norman)
I would tattoo this today [if I would love tattoos]. :-)
Finally, pardon my… english. I’m a Portuguese born and raised in France.
A total mess. Sorry.
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Fernando Mendes
# IADE / UNIDCOM / IDEAS(R)EVOLUTION Researcher
Assistant Professor / Ph.D Student
Laureate Universities
> www.coworklisboa.pt [founder]
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> No dia 15/03/2017, às 16:31, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> escreveu:
>
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Fernando Mendes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Anyone familiar with the term Stigmergy, specifically related to [Design]
>> Education?
>>
>
> Let me take a contrarian view.
>
> When distinguished people say not to go into a novel area (which they
> actually don't know much about), then Go For It!
>
> If you wish to do an important piece of work, one that changes the field,
> then do NOT do what others want you to do.
>
> Find some area that you believe is productive and interesting and charge
> ahead. Defy conventional wisdom. Produce new insights that all those other
> folks never dreamed of. If others give you lots of reasons why this is a
> bad idea, yes, read the reasons, think about it, and follow your own mind.
>
> Oh, and do not read too much before you start your work. If you read too
> much, you will end up following everyone who went before you, falling into
> their same traps.
>
> Read the entire literature AFTER you have finished (but before you
> publish). Too much prior knowledge is deadly.
>
> What to be the leader in a field? Then lead where no one else has gone
> before.
>
> Don't be a follower. Followers simply trample the grass and provide no
> useful new insights.
>
>
> Don Norman
> Prof. and Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego
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