Peter. (01)
Well, it was a kind of empty with my Linux/Firefox. (02)
Henry (03)
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 10:28 +0100, Peter P. Jones wrote:
> Henry,
>
> I am reminded of this site that Danny once posted
> http://www.theyrule.net/2004/tr2.php
>
> Hth
> Peter
>
> Henry K van Eyken wrote:
> > Thank you, Gary, for your kind words. Yet I feel I have failed because I
> > have added words, but not offered a practical path toward a resolution.
> > But let my try.
> >
> > The problem to be resolved has many components, which in themselves have
> > sub-components, etc. A number of items are already been studied, but,
> > unfortunately, often without linkages to other, just as essential items.
> > Example: Climatology is funded through academe and grants, its
> > practitioners are aware of traditional powers that rest in the
> > political, ever-shifting establishment, and, as far as I see it, there
> > just about is their horizon. Other issues we broached in this thread are
> > not within that horizon. This is just an example; others are easy to
> > cook up.
> >
> > To bring components (environment, digital technology, interdisciplinary
> > thinking, education, political feasibilities, human frailties,
> > financing, management, etc.) together we might hold a symposium where,
> > to begin with, key components and their linkages are summarized in
> > mentally digestible format. Then participants in those key components
> > might first gather among themselves and discuss how they could improve
> > inter-component linkages both for the benefit of their own professional
> > concerns as well as for the benefits of other such groups. In other
> > words, a bottom-up attempt to bring issues into mutual context.
> >
> > A next step would be to draw up a preliminary "topic map" and examine it
> > for making improvements. I imagine that some iterations of the above
> > processes may be necessary and the organization of the symposium should
> > allow for this to occur.
> >
> > A reasonable, but probably not perfect, topic map might then serve as a
> > basis for a working policy, i.e. a framework, or set of frameworks, in
> > which components can co-evolutionary evolve.
> >
> > I listed some major components in my previous email in this thread. It
> > seems to me that the next step is acquiring the interest of people with
> > experience in, and well-placed for organizing such a symposium. A
> > symposium, to be sure, differs greatly from your typical conference with
> > calls for papers, etc. A symposium is a little bit of a brainstorming
> > session in which we ought to take particular care that the participating
> > brains are first reasonably well prepped.
> >
> > Henry
> > (who lives out in the sticks and therefore is in no position to carry
> > this idea further)
> >
> >
>
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