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Engaging collec+ve futures through being and becoming: Making meaning and taking ac+on Elsona van Huyssteen, Mark Oranje [email protected] Connec+ng self to others – from inner to outer (or other ways around?)

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Engaging  collec+ve  futures  through  being  and  becoming:  Making  meaning  and  taking  ac+on  

Elsona  van  Huyssteen,  Mark  Oranje  [email protected]  

 Connec+ng  self  to  others  –  from  inner  to  outer    

(or  other  ways  around?)    

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Exploring  the  ques+on  within  the  context  of    

a  career  narra+ve  study  -­‐  development  prac++oners  (urban  &  regional  planners)  

in  South  Africa.  A  community  of  prac+ce  

involved  with    ‘the  art  &  science  of  planning’    

   Imagining  &  visioning  

Ac+on  orientated  Collabora+ve  processes  

Engaging  collec+ve  futures  

Technical  evidence  Understanding  Analyses  Management  

Always    adap-ng,    different  roles,    

muta-ng  

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What  I  am  ‘supposed’  to  talk  about  Is  that  connec+on  evident?  Is  it  significant?  

 What  I  am  not  really  talking  about  (for  another  day)  Why  does  it  maUer  and  what  does  it  mean  for  

‘planning  prac+ces  &  mul+ple  learning  processes’?    

What  I  could  not  resist  to  reflect  on,  and  would  like  to  engage  with  you  about  What  does  it  mean  for  me/you/us/AI?  

   

   

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 The  ques+on:  What  is  the  nature  of  the  connec+on/rela+on  between  

individual  prac++oners    and  the  integra+ve  prac+ce  of    urban  and  regional  planning?  

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A  quick  detour...  More  about  the    ‘actual’  study  

 Origin  –  A  hunch  that  “that”  which  makes  the  some  projects  &  planners  have  a  much  bigger  impact  and  

make  a  difference  than  others,  is  not  the  OBE  competencies  extensively  focussed  on  in  training  &  addressing  the  (perceived)  ‘huge  skills  gap’  in  SA  in  

planning....    

Explore  ques+ons  in  rela+onal    context  of  ‘whole  person’,  careers  and  life    

 Using  rich  career  narra+ves  (histories)  &    

pre-­‐hypotheses  reflec+ons    

Balancing  an  apprecia+ve  approach  and  a  cri+cal  reflec+on  

   

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A  wide  range  of  fascina+ng  findings...including:  

 Strong  rela+ons/connec+ons  

 are  evident  between    THE  PLANNER    &    PRACTICE  

 Individual    connected  to  collec+ve  

(chicken  and  egg?)    

…percep+ons  …points  of  departure  

…relevance  and  ‘impact’          

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Strong  rela+ons/connec+ons  are  evident  between    PLANNER    &    PRACTICE  (cont)  

   

(i)  Ability  to  learn  and  adapt…    

(ii)  Beliefs  about  the  ability  to  influence  the  future…    

(iii)  Sense  of  purpose,  drive  &  courage  to  ‘keep  going’                and  take  ac+on  (especially  in  complexity  of    

             context  &  prac+ce,  where  challenges  &  failures                  starkly  evident)  

 (iv)  Iden+ty  and  strengths  through  different  approaches                  and  roles  (advocacy,  collabora+ve  &  par+cipatory,    

             highly  technical,  administra+ve  &  law  …)    

(v)    Rela+onal  nature  of  learning  processes,  mentoring  etc.                    (hard,  difficult  &  advantage  of  hindsight)  

     

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Implica+ons  of  these  strong  

rela+ons/  connec+ons?  

   

Between  PLANNERS    &    PRACTICE  

 Individuals  &  A/The  Collec+ve  

 (the  story  for    another  day)  

 

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New  ques+ons  about  the  relevance  for  AI  prac+ce?    

What  are  the  ques+ons  relevant  to  scaling  up?  Some  personal  reflec+ons…  

   

 

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New  ques+ons  that  I  feel  this  might  point  to,    

would  be  relevant  for  me  &  maybe  for  “us”  to  

reflect  on  in  AI  context?    For  the  individual…  For  a/the  collec-ve…  

           

 

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(i)  What  do  I  believe  &  trust  regarding  my  ability  to  make  a  difference,  to  add  

value…..(and  to  recover)?  

(iii)  How  do  I  build  from  my  own  iden+ty,  rich  experiences  and  prac+ces…?    

How  do  I  strive  for  strength  in  authen+city  versus    a/the  formula  in  unique  contexts  

and  rela+ons…?  

(ii)  Should  I/we  not  some+mes  be  brave  enough  to  “trust”,  to  connect  and  engage  difficult  discussions,  to  challenge  beliefs  on  a  small  scale  to  be  able  to  appreciate  

something  else?    

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Engaging  collec+ve  futures:    The  (happy)  mee+ng  of  ways  between  the  individual  &  collec+ve….  Take  care