{"id":77,"date":"2017-11-09T19:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T19:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assembly2017.wpengine.com\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2017-11-09T23:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T23:15:48","slug":"exploring-alternative-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sageassembly2017.org\/?page_id=77","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Alternative Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOut in the City” Activities – Exploring\u00a0<\/strong>Alternative Ecosystems\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Assembly is designed to bring people together across many areas of expertise with the goal of exploring how we work together. \u00a0The Friday<\/span> afternoon activities provide hands-on, off-site opportunities to learn from each other,\u00a0to make connections with people we may not meet otherwise, and to explore methodologies in an area of general interest that can then be applied to our own work. \u00a0The work of the Friday<\/span> afternoon groups was translated into posters for the Earth Day March for Science on Saturday the 22nd<\/span>, and shared with the full Assembly on Saturday<\/span> morning.<\/p>\n

I. Exploring Catastrophe to Water through Science and Art
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In considering the recent sewage catastrophe in an environmentally savvy city like Seattle, we begin to understand the complexities associated with the treatment of water.\u00a0 With representatives of the City of Seattle, we will explore what went wrong at the West Point treatment plant that resulted in damage that \u201chas taken Hurricane Sandy or Katrina-scale damage to produce similar wreckage elsewhere in the country\u201d. \u00a0(Seattle Times)<\/div>\n
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As a group, we will take this from an intellectual level to an embodied experience when we leave downtown in two vans for Discovery Park, which abuts the Treatment Plant.\u00a0 The park is less than five miles from downtown, where the fields of grass, mini-forests, and miles of beach take us to a quite different contemplative state.\u00a0 After walking by the Wastewater facility to the Lighthouse, we will visit the Environmental Center. \u00a0There, we will have an experience that includes incorporating a bit of the catastrophe into an art object. \u00a0Continuing our exploration of our two ways of knowing,\u00a0Bruce Aronow will present his preliminary efforts to build a unified network model that connects data, knowledge, and policy across\u00a0water sciences and management, with the events and impacts of a\u00a0water catastrophe.\u00a0We will then retire to the Foster\/Shapiro home 2 miles South of the disaster for refreshments and discussion. \u00a0 During our van ride to the museum, we will have time to settle on some words to put on our poster(s) for the Saturday<\/span><\/span> march, and to continue our many conversations. You are invited to join Jay Hodgson in photographing our event.\u00a0Please post photos here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Organizers:\u00a0 Fredericka Foster, Randy Nichols, Deborah Paine and Sharon Mason
\nAssembly Co-leads: Bruce Aronow, Thea Norman and Gary Wolf
\nSage Co-leads: James Eddy, Robert Allaway and Jay Hodgson<\/p>\n

II. The power of engaging mindfulness in understanding who we are and who we want to become<\/strong><\/p>\n

This group will build on the theme of Stephen Friend’s opening address on Agency \u2014increasing awareness of self to truly navigate the change we want in our health and elsewhere. \u00a0 To change paths by intention requires the ability to pause and take stock of who you are and who you want to be. \u00a0This group will migrate to the Taoist Studies Institute in Seattle and split the time between contemplative exercises and exploring novel methods to gain the self-insights necessary to navigate the change we want in our lives.<\/p>\n

Organizers:\u00a0 Harrison Moretz -Taoist Studies Institute\/ Stephen Friend
\nCo-leads: Pat Arean, Chitra Krishnan, Jaykumar Menon, Parag Mankeekar
\nSage Co-leads: Abhi Pratap, \u00a0Thomas Yu and Ziming Dong<\/p>\n

III. \u00a0SEA CHANGE POETICS \/\/ CHALK TALK WALK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to Seattle. \u00a0You are here to witness a historic period of population growth, major global economic influence, and the largest infrastructure projects in the Seattle\u2019s young history.\u00a0\u00a0You are also a guest of a sanctuary city, and the recent formation of a city-state in opposition to the dysfunctional executive branch of the United States.<\/p>\n

As citizens, scientists and visionaries, we will focus our discussions and efforts on climate change, and its effects locally and globally. Seattle\u2019s new seawall and the soon to be demolished Alaskan Way Viaduct will be our desire line.<\/p>\n

Your poetics, polemics and observation will be lettered with railroad chalk (provided) on any number of the hundreds of large columns supporting the viaduct that soon will be demolished.\u00a0 Written in ephemeral chalk, the message will be captured on your iPhone and\u00a0\u00a0 disseminated through social media as well as presented at the final gathering of the Assembly and the Earth Day March Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

We will have a tote bag that is to double as a sand bag to raise the seawall if our message goes unheeded. Explore\u00a0sea change poetics-chalk talk walk 2017-0412<\/a>\u00a0for a more detailed description.<\/p>\n

Organizer:\u00a0 Buster Simpson
\nAssembly Co-leads: Nicole Deflaux, Aled Edwards
\nSage Co-leads: Kenny Daily, Xindi Guo, Nasim Sanati and David Lahti<\/p>\n

IV. Political Activism<\/strong><\/p>\n

This group will explore how political activism can work in today\u2019s information ecosystem, and how research intersects with activism in the contemporary epistemic crisis of what is \u201ctrue\u201d or \u201cfake.\u201d We will explore interaction strategies, information design, and translate the work to posters to be printed for the March on Science after the final day of the Assembly concludes. \u00a0Please note, you are not expected to bring political expertise to the table.<\/p>\n

Organizer:\u00a0 John Wilbanks
\nCo-leads: Jasper Bovenberg, Deb Estrin, Geoffrey Siwo
\nSage Co-leads: Brian White, Sarah Moore and Ben Logsden<\/p>\n

V. Social Entrepreneurship<\/strong><\/p>\n

This group will explore examples of where\u00a0viable organizations have been built around a desire to have social impact. \u00a0 We will discuss how these businesses were started, what makes them successful and\u00a0what lessons they provide for the rest of us in science and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Organizers:\u00a0 Gaell Mainguy and Brian Bot
\nAssembly Co-leads: Kathy Hudson, Akpeli Nordor, Laura Van’t Veer
\nSage Co-leads: Michael Mason, Yooree Chae and Thanneer Perumal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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