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But first, let’s look at what Alexander and his collaborators inherited from Illich. The basic impulse behind the network of learning pattern is an observation. *Most of what we know we have learned not through formal educational structures* – like schools – *but simply by living.* We soak up the culture that surrounds us; we pick up things from blogs we read; we watch how-to videos on YouTube; we figure stuff out by talking with our friends. Most knowledge, in this manner, reaches us *not through a curriculum* but *through a decentralized network of connections to other humans and their artifacts.* – Christopher Alexander's architecture for learning
Christopher Alexander's architecture for learning
Work life balance:
I was living for the weekend, watching the clock 'till closing time, and otherwise embodying "Happy Friday!" energy, a phrase that still absolutely rocks me with the juxtaposition of good-natured cheerfulness and the dystopian acknowledgement *we'd all rather be doing something else*.– What Precious Things Does The Corporate World Steal From Us?
What Precious Things Does The Corporate World Steal From Us?
Speech acts, by @llwyn@hachyderm.io:
You communicate the predictable interpretations of your speech. – You are responsible for the consequences of your speech (Yes, really).
You are responsible for the consequences of your speech (Yes, really).
Expertise:
The celebrities we listen too aren’t (necessarily) stupid — they know their influence is absurd. They’ve turned their status into a hustle, slapping their names on everything from mental health apps to cryptocurrency scams. And why not? If the public is willing to take financial advice from someone who spent their twenties in a boy band, that’s on us. We’ve created a system where being well-known is more profitable than being well-informed, and now we’re paying the price. -- RIP Expertise (The Death of Knowledge), by Joan Westenberg (@Daojoan@mastodon.social)
RIP Expertise (The Death of Knowledge)
Kaupapa Māori research and evaluation is done by Māori, with Māori and for Māori. It is informed by tikanga Māori, or Māori ways of doing things. -- Kaupapa Māori, by What Works
Seven Kaupapa Māori practices that guide Māori researchers: *aroha ki te tangata* (a respect for people); *kanohi kitea* (the seen face; that is, present yourself to people face to face); *titiro, whakarongo … korero* (look, listen … speak); *manaaki ki te tangata* (share and host people, be generous); *kia tupato* (be cautious); *kaua e takahia te mana o te tangata* (do not trample over the mana of the people); *kaua e mahaki* (do not flaunt your knowledge) -- from Linda Smith's book *Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples* (1999:120), quoted in A Research Ethic for Studying Māori and Iwi Provider Success, by Kataraina Pipi, Fiona Cram, Rene Hawke, Sharon Hawke, Te Miringa Huriwai, Tania Mataki, Moe Milne, Karen Morgan, Huhana Tuhaka and Colleen Tuuta, in Social Policy Journal Of New Zealand Te Puna Whakaaro
A Research Ethic for Studying Māori and Iwi Provider Success
Katoa Ltd is a Māori - Indigenous research organisation that undertakes Kaupapa Māori (by Māori, for Māori) research and evaluation, as well as offering a range of research and evaluation training. Katoa Ltd was established in 2003 by Dr Fiona Cram.