{"id":95,"date":"2012-02-11T08:03:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T08:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2012-03-15T02:28:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T02:28:15","slug":"approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/?page_id=95","title":{"rendered":"Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We seek to find a balance between the spontaneous and the planned. We intend to seed conversations with various forms of presentation, ranging from keynote speakers to workshops and performances; all of which can be considered works of art in the domain of ideas. We will provide space for conversation and innovation, and we are open to <a href=\"http:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/?page_id=30\">your suggestions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three particular themes pertain to our notion of \u201can ecology of ideas\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paradigm<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat do our current paradigms determine or enable, and what would changes to these imply? How could we guess what other things would change along with the changes we desire? How would we implement a shift in an ethical and socially acceptable manner?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recursion<\/strong><br \/>\nRecursion (like its fellow concepts, self-reference and reflexivity) is open to many interpretations depending on who you are, and the context you are interested in. We are interested in both what is held in common between these different interpretations, and what is particular to each.  We wish to explore not only the implications of acting based on how we understand these ideas, but also what happens when we proceed unaware of the differences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Praxis<\/strong><br \/>\nWhy are praxis and theory often separated; and how can they better be brought together? In what ways are the ideas of cybernetics and systems inherently concerned with practice? Does the phrase \u201cthe paradox of praxis\u201d evokes a resonance?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We seek to find a balance between the spontaneous and the planned. We intend to seed conversations with various forms of presentation, ranging from keynote speakers to workshops and performances; all of which can be considered works of art in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/?page_id=95\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/366"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asc-cybernetics.org\/2012\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}