Looks interesting - wasn't there a session on something similar at the
Edinburgh conference?
Mark
alison smith wrote:
> hey
>
> i have been thinking a lot about the recent posts regarding issuing
> statements and creating a collective voice of 'community psychology'
> from this list. Although i did not engage with the discussions about
> the statement at all i was avidly following the posts. I am glad that
> a statement was issued.
>
> I really do feel that i am privileged in my freedom to access spaces
> where debate and discussion can occur relatively uninhibited and feel
> that there is an importance in, as i have this freedom, to use it to
> take the time to understand, to think and reflect on how i come to
> understand the world. i have valued the space created on this list to
> do just that.
>
> But i also feel extremely uncomfortable and impotent when hearing
> about the devastation occurring in other peoples lives and have a
> sense of responsibility to make use of this freedom in as many ways as
> possible. I am interested in what people on this list have been
> thinking about developing this forum into a site for collective action.
>
> I was following the 'editing' process on the wikipedia entry on the
> Gaza-Israel conflict (some of their discussions on the 'talk' page
> sound like they would be better suited on a Jeremy Kyle episode
> however) and wondered if any one on this list knew anything about
> 'wiki' technology and how it could help harness a collective voice?
> The following link about mass collaboration (from wikipedia, which
> would be a prime example of mass collaboration itself) may provide
> some background info:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_collaboration
>
> I suppose the important question would be does the list want to remain
> an open forum for discussion from which we all take something back to
> our own communities or does the list want to become a community
> issuing collective statements (and i personally would feel both
> alternatives would be honourable)? I think there is a lot of
> importance in making a decision on this asap before someone highlights
> another (of the many) atrocities occurring in OUR world and suggests
> 'we' issue a statement about it. Until a desicion is made on this 'we'
> are acting out our silence. If 'we' decide that this forum is best
> left for discussion and debate (as opposed to a finding a collective
> voice) this needs to be made explicit so that those who are interested
> can determine an alternative space where such collectivity can be forged.
>
> Alison x
>
>
>
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