https://wiki.simongrant.org/ 2026-04-05T20:15:52+00:00 https://wiki.simongrant.org/ https://wiki.simongrant.org/lib/exe/fetch.php/wiki:logo.png text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:belonging?rev=1769937035&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: belonging It's a simple word but not easy to define. I don't mean anything different from the common English language usage. Owned commentary Emergent questions see also * backlinks (Here will appear links to all the publications and questions referencing this term.) text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:collective_ikigai?rev=1769937033&do=diff theme: Collective ikigai One of the terms in this wiki I have written about this * in my 2021 Journal (topic index) * 2021-11-30 Collective ikigai * 2021-12-10 Ikigai revisited * here (see backlinks below) Related terms * related to non-possessive collaboration * I coined the new related term “vicarious proselytism text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:collective_presencing?rev=1769937033&do=diff topic: Collective Presencing One of the terms in this wiki Collective Presencing is well described in Ria's book and the related web site My main contribution was in formatting and a little copy editing of Ria's book. Formatting was great fun: using different colours; getting the references to work really well; etc. text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:commoning?rev=1769937034&do=diff term: Ontological Commoning One of the terms used on this wiki. I use the term commoning mainly for ontological commoning. More generally, please see the term commons. ---------- related terms, topics, themes * the term ontological commoning see also * the late Silke Helfrich on commoning either directly text/html 2026-02-17T13:51:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:commons?rev=1771336294&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: commons and commoning Commons * The P2P Foundation offers an extensive article on the definition, meaning and etymology of the term “commons”. * Wikipedia on commons has a more restricted view. * Commoners Co-op offers a short helpful view: text/html 2026-03-09T05:50:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:communication?rev=1773035406&do=diff term: communication One of the terms in this wiki Communication is the prime function of a network. Nice that this is equally applicable to electronic communications networks and networks of people. Both areas need common language, and this is where the distinctions arise. text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:connecting_useful_knowledge?rev=1769937034&do=diff theme: connecting useful knowledge One of the themes or terms used on this wiki, as a theme. My writing on this theme started on 2022-07-31. ---------- related terms * topic: knowledge commons backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:consciousness?rev=1769937034&do=diff term: consciousness One of the terms used on this wiki. I wrote about this on 2023-03-19. Naturally, Wikipedia also has an article on Consciousness, which interestingly says “The English word “conscious” originally derived from the Latin conscius (con- “together” and scio text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:criterion?rev=1769937034&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: criterion A criterion is the meaning behind the kind of usually multiple-choice kind of question used in RegenCHOICE. You could say, it was any aspect of a person or opportunity people are looking for that matters to them. That is, a criterion helps distinguish between the people or opportunities that fit better, and not so well. text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:dialogue?rev=1769937034&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: dialogue I associate the term dialogue with the tradition of Bohm Dialogue, referring first to David Bohm, then others including William Isaacs, author of “Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking Together” and Otto Scharmer. One of the points of dialogue as a term is to distinguish it from “discussion”. The etymologies of the two terms point to the preference that I and many others have for dialogue over discussion or debate. text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:ede?rev=1769937033&do=diff term: EDE One of the terms (etc.) used on this wiki. I participated in the online Ecovillage Design Education course from March to July 2023. There were many prestigious speakers, as well as the main presenters Taisa and Macaco. The course ran every Saturday afternoon, and had an additional group project component, for which I opted for the Education topic. Four “dimensions” were represented in the course: text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:education?rev=1769937034&do=diff term: education One of the terms used on this wiki. Education is hard to define well, and terms in different languages often do not match exactly. The English term can be used in at least two ways: first, to mean what is taught, and what is learned, in educational institutions; and second, in a broader sense, to mean how someone is brought up – to key into the Latin origins of the word, how they are led, usually by older or more experienced people. In Dutch, text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:eldership?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: eldership One of the terms used on this wiki. There are two sources that I love referring to when talking about moving into later life and eldership: T S Eliot's Four Quartets (my notes); and this little extract from Arnold Mindell's book, “Sitting in the Fire text/html 2026-03-09T05:53:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:event?rev=1773035600&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: event An event is something that happens within a defined time, and usually a defined space, and is significant if it brings people together Related terms * narrower: gathering Owned commentary Emergent questions backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:evp?rev=1769937035&do=diff One of the RegenCHOICE terms EVP (term) EVP stand for employee value proposition. I was introduced to the term by John Grant of IT Jobs Watch. Related terms Commentary ---------- see also backlinks text/html 2026-03-09T05:54:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:gathering?rev=1773035657&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: gathering I'm using this term for the Gathering of Tribes, which happened in September 2022 and 2024, and for The Gathering in 2025 and on. I'll also apply the term to any other similar events. Related terms * broader: Event Emergent questions text/html 2026-03-09T06:02:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:healing_narrative?rev=1773036159&do=diff term: healing narrative One of the terms used on this wiki, a bit like a theme, but with no sequence. The meaning of this term is explained in the first piece I wrote on this, on 2022-12-23. related terms undocumented * transformational narrative or transformative narrative text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:here?rev=1769937035&do=diff namespace: T T stands for “terms”, or for “themes”, or for “topics”. * This T:namespace is for the terms used in this wiki. * The index page for this namespace is just the same: terms. * There is a separate namespace of terms for RegenCHOICE also indexing. [[t:template]] text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:ifs?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: IFS One of the terms used on this wiki. IFS stands for Internal Family Systems, a psychological methodology written about by Richard Schwartz. I recommend his book “No Bad Parts” as an introduction. I first learned about and practised IFS techniques at a text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:intentional_community?rev=1769937033&do=diff term: intentional community One of the terms used on this wiki. backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:knowledge_commons?rev=1769937033&do=diff topic: knowledge commons One of the topics or terms used on this, my wiki. I have a whole section, originally written in 2020, on Requirements for a wiki to support a living knowledge commons * In 2023-09-09 I set out what a knowledge commons is, in my view. * In 2025-07-27 I put together my insights around the several steps towards knowledge commoning; text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:knowledge_serving_commons?rev=1769937033&do=diff One of the themes or terms used on this wiki. theme: Knowledge Serving Commons This theme, started on 2025-09-11, focuses on how knowledge – commons, naturally – can serve the Commons more widely. Linked to this, as an aid, there is the namespace with its index, built to explore this relationship between knowledge and commons more widely. text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:namespace?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: namespace (one of the terms used on this wiki) Dokuwiki in general allows people to arrange their pages in namespaces, which are equivalent to folders or directories. See the page about namespaces in Dokuwiki namespaces, which explains this feature. The purpose of namespaces is not to be confused with text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:network?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: network One of the terms used on this wiki. A network is a fundamental concept in communication. backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:non-possessive_collaboration?rev=1769937034&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki, as a theme. theme: non-possessive collaboration * 2024-08-03: Introduction * 2024-10-02: Basics of non-possessive collaboration between people * 2024-10-18: “vicarious proselytism” Related terms * related to collective ikigai ---------- backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:nvc?rev=1769937033&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: NVC Nonviolent Communication, originated by Marshall Rosenberg, is relevant to many perspectives on personal growth, inner work, etc. I did some introductory courses on this when living at Lancaster Cohousing, probably around 2014. I appreciate the fundamentals, and encourage people to grasp the essential ideas, as I believe they are very useful. However, I am also aware that NVC can easily be misused, for instance to avoid any sense of responsibilit… text/html 2026-02-17T13:37:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:ontological_commoning?rev=1771335478&do=diff term: Ontological Commoning One of the terms used on this wiki. 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: text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:ontology?rev=1769937034&do=diff term: ontology One of the terms used on this wiki. When I use the term “ontology” I generally mean it in both of these senses: * as a philosophical/psychological term, meaning (roughly) the way that a person, or a group of people, conceive of the world in terms of what exists and the relationships between those things; this is partly addressed in Wikipedia as simply text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:p2p?rev=1769937034&do=diff term: P2P One of the terms used on this wiki. P2P stands for “Peer to Peer”, and Michel Bauwens in particular has emphasised that he takes it in two complementary ways: P2P in technology means that all of a set of communicating machines have the same rank, that there is no one hub or prime source. text/html 2026-02-01T15:52:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:polyamory?rev=1769961165&do=diff topic: polyamory One of the terms in this wiki Other writers prefer to use terms such as “consensual non-monogamy”. Backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:protocol?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: protocol One of the terms used on this wiki. Protocols, like standards, are essential for easy communication backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:publication?rev=1769937034&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: publication See 2024-04-28. Emergent questions backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:question?rev=1769937034&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: question The term question can refer to rather different things. * A open, honest question in the broader sense is a form of words that raises an issue of importance or significance to someone, but that doesn't have any fixed or simple answer. text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:regenchoice?rev=1769937034&do=diff topic: RegenCHOICE One of the terms on this wiki, as a major topic. RegenCHOICE has a page for the idea and an index. “RegenCHOICE” is a name of our project for * people finding regenerative (etc.) projects, communities, ecovillages, etc. * ecovillages, projects, communities, finding new people, co-workers, members text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:regenerating_relationship?rev=1769937034&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. topic: regenerating relationship I've come to see the topic of regenerating relationship as a helpful umbrella that easily includes * RegenCHOICE to bring together people who can relate well * Ontological Commoning to help people understand each other better text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:regenmatch?rev=1769937033&do=diff Old page for the term ReGenMatch I've renamed what for a year was called “ReGenMatch” to integrate with the much older “CHOICE”, which was by itself not really clear, with a tendency to be misunderstood, and no search engine findability. In contrast, “RegenCHOICE” is highly findable, and seems to me to have better connotations. text/html 2026-03-09T06:04:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:relating_in_collectivity?rev=1773036243&do=diff theme: Relating in Collectivity One of the terms in this wiki In January and February 2022 I wrote a series of dated writings on relating in collectivity. This turns around the central sense that finding right relationship with people we are close to is a complex matter; that we cannot expect to do that by ourselves; and that we can do it best in a close-knit, trusting collective. Beyond the numbered series, what I write afterwards may also relate to this. See the backlinks, below! text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:relationships?rev=1769937034&do=diff One of the terms used on this wiki. term: relationships I'm using this term mainly in connection with personal relationships here. Related terms * Relating in collectivity: a look at the collective dimension * More broadly: regenerating relationship as a political and economic necessity * Polyamory: a specific approach to relationships text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:research?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: research One of the terms used on this wiki. I would like to define research as any kind of activity that adds to the store of useful common knowledge or wisdom. Wikipedia borrows the OECD definition of research as " “creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:standard?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: standard One of the terms used on this wiki. Standards are vital to effective communication. backlinks text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:template?rev=1769937034&do=diff term: template One of the terms (etc.) used on this wiki. This page is not the template for terms, but gives the definition of the term ‘template’. See the template for terms there. A template can be * either for a particular namespace — i.e. a template for all pages in a namespace text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:term?rev=1769937033&do=diff term: term / tag / theme / topic One of the terms (etc.) in this wiki There is a template for term definitions, used in the namespace “”. I'm using any of these words interchangeably as covering the names of concepts and the names of categories. The point here is that there is no sharp distinction between these concepts. text/html 2026-03-09T06:05:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:terms?rev=1773036344&do=diff terms / tags / themes / topics This page serves, through backlinks below, as the index to terms, themes, topics or tags on this wiki. I call them “themes” if there is a series of writings associated with it. see also * The definition of term (and related terms). text/html 2026-02-01T09:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.simongrant.org/doku.php/t:wiki?rev=1769937035&do=diff term: wiki One of the terms used on this wiki. Index: wikis. ---------- backlinks