http://www.nooron.org/know/uplift_communities This knowledgebase contains communities which are engaged in Uplift. It also contains, as context, the Uplift Linguistic Shell, to provide the set of patterns which they may be employing.

Communities are groups of people with a purpose.

102 West Third Street Alma, MO 64001

43 27 51

80 29 49

1-800-6-ORPHAN

http://www.promise.org

910 W. Castlewood Terrace Chicago, IL 60640

41 47

87 45

1 773 275-2520

http://imaginechicago.org

1-800-we-nepal

The class whose instances are various kinds of Community.'

Instances of pattern are the individual patterns in the pattern language constituted by the kb.

Action Pallet

This is the set of actions participants might do within a conversation. This couples the discussion with behavior, so that participants can see what they can do, what others have done, and replicate whatever successful activities

Discussion Policy

That portion of the void which is knowable via the named voids already inside the known space.

KnownSpace NamedVoid

Call to Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry is about the coevolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives 'life' to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms. AI involves, in a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system's capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential. It centrally involves the mobilization of inquiry through the crafting of the "unconditional positive question" often-involving hundreds or sometimes thousands of people. In AI the arduous task of intervention gives way to the speed of imagination and innovation; instead of negation, criticism, and spiraling diagnosis, there is discovery, dream, and design. AI seeks, fundamentally, to build a constructive union between a whole people and the massive entirety of what people talk about as past and present capacities: achievements, assets, unexplored potentials, innovations, strengths, elevated thoughts, opportunities, benchmarks, high point moments, lived values, traditions, strategic competencies, stories, expressions of wisdom, insights into the deeper corporate spirit or soul-- and visions of valued and possible futures. Taking all of these together as a gestalt, AI deliberately, in everything it does, seeks to work from accounts of this "positive change core" -- and it assumes that every living system has many untapped and rich and inspiring accounts of the positive. Link the energy of this core directly to any change agenda and changes never thought possible are suddenly and democratically mobilized.

Building a database of Appreciative Inquiry questions and their reputation

A form of group discussion which is driven by questions whose answers address the positive core values of the members of the group.

Support via Call to Inquiry method, which collects a community a question, and facilitates the interview process, either in person or via electronically facilitated means

AI begins a dialog, opening up new opportunities to Do Something

PosValues

http://appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu/intro/whatisai.cfm

A space which has the property that adding more stuff creates a larger adjecent possible void.

Stuff Void NamedVoid SelfDiscovery

world wide web

A way of knowing based on what is positive or strong

Malgnosis SelfDiscovery AutocatalyticSpace

A cascade is an action which occurs at multiple characteristic scales simultaneously. They may be created by Intrinsics. While Causality is generally discussed in terms of a single characteristic scale, cascades are based on interactions between scales which may not recognized at a certain characteristic scale.

Intrinsic Cause CharacteristicScale Diachronic

A causal effect within a defined characteristic scale.

Cascade CharacteristicScale

A portion of the continuum of scale which is used for a perspective, typically chosen in order to understand causality. For example, physics, chemistry, and biology typically have defined characteristic scales within which they are able to perform scientific experiments to establish causality. Intrinsics which cut across scales, and interact as cascades, are not necessarily prominent at specific characteristic scales, even though they may be significant contributors to a cascade. For example, the intrinsic of TRUST may not be significant at the 'patient billing' characteristic scale, but it is a very significant factor in a cascade of effects ranging from patient-physician interaction, health care system, and society as a whole. The loss of trust at one level may have cascading effects at other levels. Similarly, the reintroduction of trust mechanisms at the patient care level may have a cascading effect on the rest of society.

This is a list of the patterns which are used in this conversation. These patterns may be defined in pattern_languages (e.g. uplift-pattern_language , glossaries (UMLS for medical disease information), or dictionaries (standard English dictionary.)

Policy Shell

A perspective based on the flow of time A perspective across time, showing the evolution or flow of an activity.

Synchronic

Discussions are threaded groups a communication, perhaps email, instant messages, news posting, blog entries, RSS aggregations, or other knowledge objects which are threaded together into a discusion in the context of the conversation.

Thread Shell

Expansive conversations are those which include the Unknowledge pattern language, which allows the shell to use named voids, growing the context of the conversation adaptively.

RestrictedShell Shell Policy

Foamy Spaces are those in which dimension is a dimension. As perspectives on the space move about the space or in time, different dimensionality may emerge. Foam may be caused by Named Voids describing specific Unknowledge (for example, the cells in the Period Chart of the Elements which were unknown when Mendeleyev created the chart). Or, spaces may be of fractal dimensions, such as the Mandelbrot set.

Intrinsic Cascade

A way of linking objects across arbitrary ranges of scale and perspective. This may include objects in Foamy Spaces, Intrinsics, Cascades, and other scale-free phenomenon. It may link to eras (diachronic specification), or it may describe the flow of activities over time.

FoamySpace Intrinsic CharacteristicScale Diachronic

A perspective browser which presents knowledge and information in a scale-free manner. This browser allows the viewer to take the perspective of an intrinsic across different dimensions. A hypothetical model would be a camera with an extreme range of zoom lens. As the lens zoomed, the viewfinder would have a fixed patterns, perhaps outlining certain features, such as identity. The viewfinder may show the identity of a mountain at telephoto range, the identity of a galaxy at telescopic range, the identity of a tree, house, person, organ, cell, or chromosome.

Intrinsic FractaLink

The greeter is a context for greeting newcomers to the conversation. They are introduced to the contexts employed in the conversation, the most active threads of discussion, and given a chance to familiarize themselves with the styles of the group.

Participant Policy

Patterned after Imagine Chicago, and internationally via Imagine Nepal.

AppreciativeInquiry PosValues

This defines the intent of a conversation, the goals the participants seek to reach as a result of interacting. Different Participants may declare different intents, which is visible to all.

Context Participant Policy

Scale-Free Property

A scale-independent property Intrinsics are properties which are evident independent of any particular characteristic scale

Health may be viewed from a continuum of characteristic scales, such as molecular, genetic, cellular, organ, immune system, whole person/mind, family, community, nation, species. The notion of IDENTITY applies at all these levels, so that one might speak of the identity of an immune system and the identityt of a community.

ScaleFreeSpace StackedScales Cascade CharacteristicScale

A way of knowing based on what is wrong or failing.

Benegnosis SelfDiscovery AutocatalyticSpace

The understanding that a positive action may have a cascading effect for the positive. For example, connecting people and their positive core values, coupled with effective action could trigger a general uplift cascade.

PathologicalExtreme Cascade

A list of the participants in a conversation, including agents and people. Participants are tracked by the degree of activity in the conversation, their preferred contexts, reputation, etc.

Discussion

A rare but attention-getting extreme situation may have the effect of tipping the attention of a scale-free space. For example, a sequence of news stories about shark attacks may gather public attention, despite the fact that the prevalence of these attacks may be down. A patient complaining of a headache may be given an MRI rather than two aspirin and bed rest, simply out of the fear of the pathological extreme.

Cascade OptimisticExtreme

This describes the policies which determine the interaction within the conversation, for example, the ability to add participants, the copyright status of the information contributed to the conversation, the privacy policy, acceptable use standards, etc.

Context Participant

Virtues

Connecting people and organizations according to their positive core values requires an approach which is able to pierce through a cynical shell which often obscures the positive core underneath. Through the use of Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Psychology, Postive Deviancy, storytelling, and many other techniques, we will create an ever-expanding web of interaction which replicates successful, uplifting ideas and actions.

To create an information space for postive discourse, and a language of uplift based on discovering and replicating successful ways of communicating postive core values. To create a metaphor for human relations which is inclusive of, but not dependent on, personal spiritual, religious, and cultural beliefs.

The foundation upon which the uplift model is based, that there are positive core values of humanity which are common to all, and that by providing ways of connecting people to express and act on these values, we will achieve a self-organizing, self-propagating cascade of uplift

Communicating these values at all levels of the space. Asking users to confirm these values as part of the acceptable use criteria for joining the space.

People will come to expect others to interact in positive ways.

These values are the core of the entire uplift space

http://appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu/intro/whatisai.cfm http://www.positivepsychology.org/taxonomy.htm

A means of viewing a space, based on a perspective of a browser which is able to apply different garment to the objects under view.

Intrinsic ProtoSpace ScaleFreeSpace StackedScales

The combination of the known space and the void.

KnownSpace Void NamedVoid Stuff

A Restricted Shell constrains a conversation to know terminologies and contexts.

ExpansiveShell Shell

A space in which connectivity between elements (points) is not constant. Some points may be highly interconnected, while others are less connected, according to a power law.

The process by which a space discovers itself by progressively discovering the values of named voids

Linguistic Shell

The Linguistic shell of a conversation is the set of contexts within which communication is intended. I

ExpansiveShell RestrictedShell Context Policy

This pattern describes the creation of solar cookers to assist those in less developed countries cook their food with less dependence of firewood.

reduce cost of cooking, gathering fuel, and environmental load.

Most effective in areas with significant sunshine. Less expensive, cardboard boxes do not work in areas with monsoon season

teach people to build solar cookers from simple materials, including carboard boxes, plastic sheeting, and aluminum foil.

Reduces deforestation and desertification, reduces walking time to gather fuel, reduces air pollution.

Kenya

PermaCulture WomEmpowerment

http://solarcooking.org/

A perspective of looking at a system along a continuum of scales, for example, looking at health from the perspective of the molecule, gene, cell, organ, immune system, person, family, community, nation, species.

Diachronic

That which is in the known space, including the Named Voids which link to the unknown

A perspective based on a snapshot in time The perspective of a snapshot in time.

Our current perspective tends to be limited to synchronic within certain characteristic scales. An alternative to this pattern, the Diachronic Intrinsic perspective, provides language to talk about the evolution of ideas and knowledge across scales, as well as provide a mechanism for communicating the role of cascades.

Garment NamedVoid Stuff

A specific thread within a discussion.

Discussion

The process of growing a space by filling named voids, which in turn create more named voids.

The is a collection of the NamedVoids which have been created in WITTy conversation, representing expressions of those things which are unknown. Pattern weavers may use this pool to find MissingNothings which can then be used to create or refine patterns. Significant NamedVoids may be collected into a Tapestry, showing the interplay of that which is known and that which is unknown.

The pool allows discoure to proceed, naming voids to be filled in later.

The Wiki protocol is an example of this. For example, a WikiWord can be entered onto a page, which then appears with a question mark after it. The user has created a NamedVoid. This appears in the UnknowledgePool until it is filled in. The progress of the word, first as unknown and later as known, is tracked as part of the diachronic perspective of the system.

Tapestry NamedVoid KnownSpace Diachronic AdjacentPossible LinguisticShell UnknowledgeLoop

Hello Peace

This pattern establishes a dial-in telephone hotline which people may call to talk to people on the other side of political, religous, or culture divides. It provides an opportunity for people to connect at their positive core values in a safe manner. Ideas and stories which emerge from the hotline relationships can be used to further detect and replicate uplift patterns.

Overcome tensions and dividing issues and allow people to communicate at their positive core values and concerns for community uplift.

Two or more groups divided by social, political, or cultural barriers can use an anonymous telephone hotline system to meet each other, discuss differences in a safe, positive environment

Set up a hotline which allows dial-in access for people to call each other.

Improved social cohesion, relief of tensions, community building even in the face of tensions. Conversations may trigger other stories and patterns of uplift.

Can this be used for other forms of uplift, for example on-line chat rooms, etc.?

This hotline started in Israel, and drew 25,000 callers per month several months after it started.

PosValues

https://curly.mindtel.com/upspace/Communities/hellopeace/ http://www.hellopeace.net/callnow.htm

WITT Protocol WITTY Conversations

Conversations may be linked to a stack of Contexts which then shape the conversation. These contexts may be declared at the outset of the conversation, or may be declared during the conversation itself. Conversations which are structured by the patterns contained in the contexts are said to be Witty.

Ludwig Wittenstein said, "That whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must remain silent." The Witt protocol allows speakers to describe NamedVoids which thereafter allows them to speak about what is unknown. A simple instance of this is in the Wiki protocol, in which users may use Wiki words which then appear with a "?" after them. This creates a NamedVoid to be filled in later. The Witt protocol allows the graceful flow of a conversation, adding richer contexts of discourse. Pattern Weavers are able to look at the NamedVoids appearing in discourse, and collect them into future patterns and contexts.

Greeter Context ExpansiveShell Discussion Thread

This pattern uplifts of woman, family, community, or village by teaching women to read, do arithmentic, and start a credit union with their own savings. From this activities, women are empowered to continue their self-development, and teach other women how to do the same.

Where ever family and cultural support is enhanced by teaching women to read, start their own savings-led credit unions, etc.

PosValues

http://www.pactworld.org/programs/country/nepal/stories_nepal.htm http://www.munnecke.com/blog/archives/2002_10.html#000060