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| I coined this term early in 2023, after searching and finding at the time that apparently no one had put these exact two words together before. | I coined this term early in 2023, after searching and finding at the time that apparently no one had put these exact two words together before. |
| The initial expression of this idea was at the entry: [[d:2023-02-22]]. Later in 2023 I found it becoming increasingly relevant and vital. | The initial expression of this idea was at the entry: [[d:2023-02-22]]. As time went on, I found it becoming increasingly relevant and vital, and the term has since been used by many other people. |
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| I mean: the process and practice of finding common ground between different perspectives on a complex situation; finding ways to make sense of each other's conceptual models, without erasing differences, but generating a wider perspective within which individual perspectives can be inter-related. In my experience, this enriches the understanding and the models on all sides. | //What I mean is:// the process and practice of finding common ground between different perspectives on a complex situation; finding ways to make sense of each other's conceptual models, without erasing differences, but generating a wider perspective within which individual perspectives can be inter-related. In my experience, this enriches the understanding and the models on all sides. |
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| I must highlight the excellent podcast created in December 2023 by [[ | For a very rich sense of several connected issues, listen to the excellent podcast created in December 2023 by [[https://generativeworlding.substack.com/p/ontological-commoning|Anna-Marie Swan]], in dialogue with me around ontological commoning. |
| https://generativeworlding.substack.com/p/ontological-commoning|Anna-Marie Swan in dialogue with me around ontological commoning]]. Listening to this will give you a very rich sense of several connected issues. | |
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| “Ontological commoning” just my name for the idea, as it's not completely new or original. I see many similarities in other approaches. I choose to use the name to point out that disagreement and conflict often have their roots at an ontological level, and can be addressed there, too. | “Ontological commoning” is just my name for the idea, as it's not completely new or original. I see many similarities in other approaches. I choose to use the name to point out that disagreement and conflict often have their roots at an ontological level, and can be addressed there, too. |
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| I have made two attempts so far to spell out some of the methodology. A more general one is at [[d:2025-03-17]]; There is also a concise draft [[o:90-minute exercise]] along with a separate page on the [[o:rationale]], but that may not have been recently updated. | I have made two attempts so far to spell out some of the methodology. A more general one is at [[d:2025-03-17]]; There is also a concise draft [[o:90-minute exercise]] along with a separate page on the [[o:rationale]], but that may not have been recently updated. |
| * the topic [[t:knowledge commons]]. I set out some ideas on the broader topic of knowledge commoning at [[d:2025-07-27]]. | * the topic [[t:knowledge commons]]. I set out some ideas on the broader topic of knowledge commoning at [[d:2025-07-27]]. |
| * the term [[t:ontology]], where I briefly explain the two sides to ontology and how I relate them together. | * the term [[t:ontology]], where I briefly explain the two sides to ontology and how I relate them together. |
| | * the term [[t:commons]], where I point to a few more things relating to commoning. |
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| === see also === | === see also === |
