escapelane

Collaborative Conversations 2
Monday 20 August 10 – 12.30

The people taking part in this conversation are:
Olya Maiboroda        environmental sociology
Moira Lake        eco-psychology
Jan O’Highway        community artist
Janey Hunt        artist and PhD researcher

1.    Silence
2.    Apologies for technical interruptions
3.    My artwork
4.    Reminder of what came up last time
a.    Mind map
b.    Conversation transcript
c.    Video
5.    Your impressions of our conversations
6.    Any issues you would like to put forward for today

7.    Possible Questions/Issues to discuss.  To be decided…
•    Moira’s comment about being in an engineered conversation (p16).  Is my structure too rigid, Jan would go with no structure?  Or is this format of a semi-structured interview suitable in this context?
•    Olya’s observation about a neutral facilitator (p22).  Compare this to an Open Space/Open Forum process, Jan how would this work on a community project? Can Olya indicate more about its need within the Belstone project?
•    Olya’s idea of a ‘deep meeting including time and silence’ (p22).  Let’s explore this more in terms of possible artwork sites and how would this work in each of your contexts
•    Jan offered the non-human (p26)
•    Harm (p26) came up as a way of guiding engagement, but we also discussed non-intentional harm
•    The artist as a role model (p32) or change agent, but modelling/demonstrating  behaviour is more effective
•    CCTV (p25) ostensibly enabling society’s security, my material used for my own ends
•    Art and research (p25) then has a responsibility to feedback learning
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