<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">If anybody is interested, here's a preprint of my paper from the pattern language workshop in Krems. I'd love to hear what you think. (And I may even be able to make changes before it's published.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://publicsphereproject.org/sites/default/files/organizing-around-pattern-languages.krems2014.preprint.pdf" class="">http://publicsphereproject.org/sites/default/files/organizing-around-pattern-languages.krems2014.preprint.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Pattern Languages for Public Problem-Solving: Cultivating New Seeds for Social Change<br class=""><br class="">Abstract<br class=""><br class="">The pattern languages perspective for the design and development of the built environment was popularized by Christopher Alexander and his colleagues in the late 1970s. Although many people have adopted the pattern language philosophy and framework in a variety of design / problem domains, there is a small but growing awareness that this orientation could serve a much broader and influential function than it currently does: organizing around and with pattern languages could provide much needed support for addressing complex problems, by supporting direct and indirect distributed collective action with more flexibility and respect for local context. Eleven "seeds" that could help improve our public problem solving capacity with pattern languages are presented. These seeds promote better understanding of our work, enhanced sharing approaches, publicizing the work, and organizing and enhancing our own communities.</div><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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