2011
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What we see and what we build
So my son and I are reading this excellent book called Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, and so far I have found two elements that just beg to be connected to narrative sensemaking. They are both in the chapter by Denis Cosgrove on world maps. First, Cosgrove talks about how we think of… Read more
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Nail fungus infection is not a choice of yours.
I’m sorry! I was cleaning out the spam this morning and came across that gem of a title. I just had to use it. What I mean by it is: here is a report on book writing progress. The book’s content is between eighty and ninety percent done (hard to say exactly). The more I… Read more
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PLA articles; Recruitment drive
Volume 63 of the journal Participatory Learning and Action has come out, and I am author or co-author in three of its articles. Click here, then on “Download PDF (free)” to read it. The volume is titled “How wide are the ripples? From local participation to international organisational learning” and its description is as follows.… Read more
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Hints of things to come
How is the book coming? I have nearly finished reviewing hundreds of books and papers and typing in must-have quotes from them, all so I can remove the unpleasant “sorry there are so few references here” bit I had in the book before. I have been having a wonderful time re-reading lots of things I… Read more
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Meet the NarraCat
I finally got around to releasing NarraCat. It is a set of scripts for narrative catalysis I’ve been using and building for the past few years. You will find a page on NarraCat on the right side of the blog under “useful things.” I don’t expect more than a handful of people to be very… Read more
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Rakontu on WWSW Wednesday
I will be talking about Rakontu on the Worldwide Story Work Ning group on Wednesday the 13th of July, 2011. In preparation for that, I thought about what I’d like to say about Rakontu, and that turned into an “elevator pitch” presentation. EDIT: I once included the start of the elevator pitch here, but now… Read more
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Mum’s the word
Resolved: The next post you see on this blog will announce the release of the third edition of my book Working with Stories. I have just six or seven sections left to write, then it’s cleanup and preparation for print publishing. It may take a month, it may take longer. But I have promised myself… Read more
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Evaluations of story work
Most of this blog post has been moved to (and revised for) The Working with Stories Miscellany. You can find it in Chapter 10, “PNI Perceptions.” I didn’t use the last part of the post in the book, so I’ve left it here. Means of evaluation, forms of evidence Now, as I was writing up… Read more
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Podcast on stories in software development and IT
The podcast interview I mentioned in a recent post on stories about definitions of story is out, so if you like listening more than reading here’s your chance to hear me get way too excited talking about story work in relation to software development and information technology. It’s on Tom Cagley’s Software Process and Measurement… Read more
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Four in the braid
Last week I went to a workshop at a thinktank in DC on social networks and behavior, desirable and otherwise. Something happened there. You will like it. Maybe not today, but soon. Coming to the braid As I participated in the conversations about social networks I did what I always do: I saw patterns. I… Read more
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What are you building?
Here is a small insight, just a tiny one, that you might find useful. One of our every-spring projects is our gradual cabin. Last spring we learned how to set up and stabilize a foundation, so last year it was just a tent platform with a big tarp over it. This spring we are learning… Read more
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Full confluence
This blog post is wildly out of date! Confluence turned into a book. See cfkurtz.com/confluence for details. Read more
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Practical ethics in story gathering
This blog post has been moved to (and revised for) The Working with Stories Miscellany. You can find it in Chapter 12, “Practical Ethics in PNI.” Read more
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Spring and new life for Rakontu
Every year I forget about spring, and it’s such a wonderful surprise to find it all happening again. I can’t get enough of sitting on the ground beside the withdrawing snow and just looking at the dirt. It’s still there, and there are still things growing in it. What are seasons but a story that… Read more