The first part of the talk examines the challenges brought about by the exponential growth of information and dynamic complexity, and the types of responses needed in order to address these challenges from an agency perspective. The second part outlines various functions and possibilities underlying the concept of pattern in the areas of cybernetics, semiotics, cognition, modeling, design and participative inquiry, and examines how they could be operationalized at the service of systemic literacy and collective intelligence.
The video recorded talk is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps8ocO6yG68&feature=youtu.be&t=1m52s
There's a paper available here: https://www.academia.edu/27465412/Patterns_that_Connect_Exploring_The_Potential_of_Patterns_and_Pattern_Languages_in_Systemic_Interventions_Towards_Realizing_Sustainable_Futures
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Patterns that Connect: Exploring the concept of pattern in the face of growing complexity
1. Patterns that Connect
Exploring the concept of pattern
in the face of growing complexity
Helene Finidori
ECCO/GBI Seminar – 2 December 2016
2. We will examine:
• The challenges brought about by complexity and the types of responses needed in order to
address these challenges from a systemic and interconnected agency perspective.
• The various mediating and connective functions underlying the concept of pattern and how
they could be operationalized at the service of systemic literacy and collective intelligence.
My objective
• Gather input for my PhD on the topic
• Orient my research in a way that can benefit the Global Brain Project
• Establish an agenda for future collaborative work
Patterns that Connect
Exploring the Concept of Pattern in the Face of Growing Complexity
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
3. Helene Finidori – PLoP October 2016 -
We live in an increasingly complex world…
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
4. Detail
Complexity
is
growing
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Increasing
numbers
of
variables
and
moving
parts
of
different
kinds.
In
any
given
domain,
knowledge
grows
at
a
pace
at
which
it
can’t
be
curated,
integrated
fast
enough
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
5. Dynamic
Complexity
is
growing
and
accelera5ng
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Increasing
numbers
of
interac=ons
among
greater
varie=es
of
systemic
processes
and
dynamics
aggrega=ng
at
various
levels
and
scales
that
can’t
be
fully
grasped.
Where
are
the
leverage
points?
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
6. Different
types
of
systems
in
interac5on
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Yaneer
Bar-‐Yam
(1997)
hHp://www.necsi.edu/projects/yaneer/EOLSSComplexityRising.pdf
Simple or complex?
Different types of systems with different types of individual and collective behaviors interact
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
7. Determinis5c
System
(mindless)
No-‐choice
of
parts/
no-‐choice
of
the
whole
Ecological
System
(hybrid)
Choice
of
parts
/
no
choice
of
the
whole
Social
System
(mul5-‐minded)
Choice
of
the
part
/
choice
of
the
whole
Animate
System
(uni-‐minded)
No-‐choice
of
parts
/
choice
of
the
whole
How
agency
comes
in
the
picture
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Ackoff
&
Gharajedaghi
(1966/2003)
hHp://www.acasa.upenn.edu/System_MismatchesA.pdf
There
is
a
problem
when
a
system
of
a
certain
type
is
managed
with
a
model
of
another
type
Systems interact with different degrees of agency of their parts or as a whole
How
do
code
and
AI
enter
the
picture?
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
8. Construc5on:
components
are
the
result
of
applied
work
aimed
at
producing
a
given
direct
effect
(determinis=c,
mechanical
system)
A
variety
of
genera5ve
processes
combined
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
source: Bonnitta Roy
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
Development:
the
system
is
transformed
through
the
realiza=on
of
its
poten=als.
Work
is
applied
towards
genera=ng
capacity
/
capability.
Autopoiésis:
the
system
(re)generates
itself
in
interac=on
with
its
environment,
maintaining
its
proper=es
and
con=nuously
regenera=ng
its
own
organiza=on
(ecological,
living
system).
Emergence:
(unexpected)
proper=es
(synergies)
result
from
the
interac=on
between
parts
which
do
not
prefigure
these
proper=es
when
taken
individually
-‐
ex:
the
wetness
of
H2O
that
can
be
prefigured
neither
in
H
nor
in
O…
Evolu5on:
the
system
transforms
itself
through
adapta=ons
and
evolu=ons
at
different
levels
and
scales
of
diversified
processes
which
interact
with
one
another
(complex
adap=ve
systems,
social
systems)
9. The
“system”
or
the
medium
take
control,
influence
et
even
drives
the
actors...
Diversity
and
choice,
and
therefore
the
capacity
to
act
are
reduced
or
biased.
or
or
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Different
types
of
aggregated
effects
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
When
visible
>
AHrac=on
(pull),
accelerated/amplified
by
the
instant
diffusion
–and
manipula=on
(push)?-‐
of
informa=on
Invisible
to
start
with,
reveal
themselves
with
=me
>
Tipping
points
PaHerns
of
behavior
>
Informa=on
in
the
environment
/
Tracks
in
the
“medium”
10.
▪ Non-‐linear,
mul=ple
intricate
factors
/
causes
of
different
nature:
physical,
biological,
psycho-‐cogni=ve
(individual
level)
and
cultural-‐cogni=ve
(social
system
level)
▪ Effects
manifest
at
different
levels
and
scales
▪ At
mul=ple
rhythms
/
paces,
▪ Structures
and
behaviors
evolve
over
=me,
there
is
no
stable
state
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
“Wicked problems” emerge within complex systems
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
11. Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Consequences for problem solving
→ Information, the signals to act upon, are scattered and evolve over time
→ No ‘higher order’ from which to look, integrate and plan coherent responses
→ No history or best practice to rely upon, to project for higher orders of emergence
→ Language and perspectives differ: no shared articulations, priorities or pathways
→ No right or wrong: tradeoffs may be involved
Complexity
high
interdependence
of
mul5dimensional
factors
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
12. Responses
→ Social systems form around social objects (scientific, political, economic, spiritual etc…).
→ As they seek efficiency in resource allocation, their foci of action tend to narrow and domains of
specialty tend to increase in number, competing for resources.
→ At the same time, knowledge, language and culture become increasingly specialized and
differentiated. Agency is distributed and covers an increasingly wide range of variety.
→ As a result there is as a whole an increasing number of logics of action and signals of different types
to perceive, make sense of and integrate: more objects of focus, more contexts, more content, more
knowledge representations, more interpretations
→ This competition and differentiation is an impediment to collaboration and trans-disciplinary
approach to agency despite increasing efforts to federate diversity and complementarity.
Responses
of
mul5ple
nature
-‐
Agency
distributed
highly
fragmented
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
: local efficiency without global coherence
13. Object
of
Focus
&
Ac5on
(What)
Internal
Drivers
&
Reflec5vity
(Why)
External
Rela5ons
&
Expressions
(How)
Agency
Meaning
Helene
Finidori
-‐
September
2015
-‐
Agency:
the
capacity
to
‘effect’
Its
form:
the
result
of
(co)individua=on
processes
Differences
in
priori=za=on:
epistemological
rather
than
ontological
The triadic form of agency
Object
directed
Socially
directed
Development
directed
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
14. Helene
Finidori
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September
2015
-‐
The
Fable
of
the
Elephant
Cartoon
by
Leunig
(Co)individua=on
processes
shape
representa=on/expression
and
interpreta=on.
To
cut
through,
‘objec5ve
truth’ & ‘translation’ are not enough
Not
‘just’
a
ques=on
of
language,
and
finding
the
‘beHer
truth’
or
vantage
point.
A
desire
to
collaborate
across
disciplines
does
not
imply
a
desire
to
unify
these
and
align
visions,
pathways
and
priori=es.
Forms
of
agency
/
ac=on
logics
are
not
interchangeable.
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
Different
‘objec=ve
truths’
>
challenge
for
mutual
understanding
and
alignment
around
shared
visions
and
pathways.
15. Simple
local
rules,
emergence
of
complex
adap5ve
behavior
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Coherence
and
convergence:
The
analogy
of
the
swarm
Separa5on:
steer
to
avoid
crowding
local
flockmates
Alignment:
steer
towards
the
average
heading
of
local
flockmates
Cohesion:
steer
to
move
toward
the
average
posi=on
of
local
flockmates
hHp://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/
This may apply within social systems where internal drivers may align, and external
expressions are cohesive by ‘construction’ (because built around a shared social object)
Achieving alignment and cohesion across boundaries requires whole sets of new organs to
look into other objects, understand and mediate other drivers and expressions, understand
how the three components of agency work together.
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
16. Clusters
of
ac=on
cooperate
or
compete
in
the
ac=on
space
with
variable
degrees
of
cohesiveness
and
overlap
on
one
or
several
of
their
triadic
agency
components.
There
may
be
some
convergent
or
coherent
evolu=onary
trajectories
as
a
result.
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Agency
and
connec5vity
Overlaps,
convergences
and
divergences
are
more
or
less
implicit,
or
are
dealt
with
as
dis=nct
domains
horizontally
or
ver=cally.
As
a
whole,
the
networks
of
phenomena
and
outcomes
that
cons=tute
dynamic
complexity
are
not
matched
by
an
equivalent
degree
of
networked
agency
which
would
enable
us
to
tap
in
the
diversity
and
realize
the
poten=al
it
offers.
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
17. Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Agency
and
connec5vity
Expressions: Social
sciences, anthropology;
practical knowledge;
formal causes; systems
of communication
At best connectivity exists within domains of science, and between them ‘as a whole’:
Objects: Hard natural
sciences; working
knowledge; efficient
causes; systems of
causality
Drivers: Cognitive sciences,
behavioral sciences,
developmental psychology;
emancipatory knowledge,
final causes; systems of
inferences
The main question is: How can different embodiments of agency be interconnected at
various levels of granularity on all their dimensions to produce more coherence and
convergence of resources (material, cognitive, relational)? How can we humans make
better sense of the world around us, convergences and divergences and potentials for
coherence towards sustainable trajectories.
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
18.
▪ perceive
and
interpret
weak
signals,
tracks
within
the
systems/domains
we
directly
influence
or
control,
and
steer
their
trajectories
through
complex
adap=ve
modeling
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
New
organs
for
systemic
literacy
and
connec5vity
Making
sense
of
systems
and
their
evolu5on
individual
and
collec5ve,
in
space
and
5me.
?
?
?
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
▪ perceive
and
interpret
weak
signals,
tracks
and
trajectories
beyond
our
own,
explore
overlaps
and
gaps
at
boundaries,
to
collaborate,
compete,
or
merely
‘posi=on’
oneself
in
the
bigger
picture.
▪ mediate
percep=ons
and
interpreta=ons,
and
interconnect
knowledge
representa=ons
across
boundaries
to
collec=vely
model
or
design
goal
seeking
trajectories,
and
navigate
a
broader
picture
of
reality.
19. PaHerns
are
everywhere,
but
not
explicitely
acknowledged
as
such.
Making
the
func=on
of
paHern
explicit
can
help
see
its
poten=al
as
cue,
concept
and
ar=fact
to
develop
new
sensory
skills
for
understanding,
crea=vity
and
adapta=on
.
Let’s
examine
the
various
func=ons
/
proper=es
of
the
concept
of
paHern
as
unit
for
inference
processing,
media=on
and
connec=vity,
in
the
areas
of:
• Semio=cs
• Cyberne=cs
• Cogni=on
• Formaliza=on
• Modeling
• Design
• Ac=on
research
Seen
from
the
perspec=ve
of
the
lifecycle
of
ac=on
and
the
triadic
form
of
agency
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
The
unfulfilled
poten5al
of
the
paVern
as
concept
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
20. The
Piercean
triadic
semio=c
sign
is
at
the
same
=me:
▪ an
object
or
elementary
system
under
focus
(a
phenomenological
ontological
‘form’,
sta=c
or
dynamic,
in
its
abstractness)
▪ the
sign-‐vehicle
that
represents,
signifies
or
‘encodes’
this
object
in
rela=on
to
its
context
(a
physical
or
explicit
formal
representa=on
such
as
a
symbol
or
ar=fact,
a
design),
▪ the
interpretant
or
understanding,
inference
and
interpreta=on
of
form,
or
‘decoding’
of
the
connec=on
between
the
object
and
its
representa=on
(the
form
it
takes
in
the
mind).
Semio5c
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
semio5c
sign
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Source: Charles Pierce
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
21. Semio5c
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
semio5c
sign
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Object
Phenomenological
Ontological
Form
Interpretant
Inference,
Interpreta=on
Understanding
Sign-‐Vehicle
Expression,
Representa=on,
Track
PaVern
Meaning
This
maps
the
triadic
form
of
agency.
PaHerns
can
be
found
in
each
of
the
sign
‘categories’.
The
concept
of
paHern
does
not
currently
encompass
all
of
them
Object
of
Focus
&
Ac5on
(What)
Internal
Drivers
&
Reflec5vity
(Why)
External
Rela5ons
&
Expressions
(How)
Agency
Meaning
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
22. The
same
phenomenological
object
can
have
mul=ple
inferences
/
mental
models.
Similar
mental
models
of
an
object
can
have
mul=ple
representa=ons
The
same
representa=on
can
have
mul=ple
interpreta=ons.
These
could
be
connected
in
mul=ple
ways,
forming
networks
of
meaning,
and
media=ng
the
different
forms
of
agency.
Enabling
networks
of
meaning
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Source Soren Brier
Semio5c
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
semio5c
sign
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
23. [First
Order]
The
phenomenological
object
–
seen
from
specific
frames
of
reference
and
study
➔
Pa4erns
can
help
make
domain
related
knowledge
explicit
Cyberne5c
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Cyberne5c
Cue
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Unpacking
Complexity
through
Cyberne5c
orders
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
[Second
Order]
The
lenses
of
observa=on,
different
ways
to
interpret
and
represent
➔
Pa4erns
can
help
mediate
and
navigate
meaning
among
frames/domains
[Third
Order]
The
dynamics
and
transforma=ons
resul=ng
from
observa=on
and
ac=on
over
=me,
power
rela=ons:
the
medium
taking
a
life
of
its
own
➔
Pa4erns
can
help
iden<fy
traces
and
change
in
structure
and
behavior
[Fourth
Order]
The
emergent
outcomes
of
the
previous
orders
in
interac=on,
and
the
changes
in
the
context
➔
Pa4erns
can
help
reveal
the
mul<ple
processes
of
systems
evolu<on
24. Yolles
&
Fink’s
Cyberne5c
Agency
Model
From:
Yolles,
M.
&
Fink,
G.
(2014).
Generic
agency
model,
cyberne=c
orders
and
new
paradigms.
Working
Paper
of
the
Organisa<onal
Coherence
and
Trajectory
(OCT)
Project.
July
2014
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Cyberne5c
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Cyberne5c
Cue
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
25.
Hofstadter
&
Sanders
▪ Human
ability
to
make
analogies
lies
at
the
root
of
all
conceptualiza=on
and
capacity
to
selec=vely
evoke
concepts,
from
the
most
basic
in
childhood
language
development
to
the
most
abstract
leading
to
scien=fic
discoveries
Dyson
▪ Brain
uses
maps
to
process
informa=on
and
navigates
from
one
map
to
the
other
Poincaré
▪ Analogical
reasoning:
finding
hidden
similari=es
and
revealing
deep
iden=ty
of
structure
among
what
appears
divergent
in
associa=ons
between
seemingly
disparate
concepts
or
ideas
brought
about
by
intui=on
(Paty,
1994)
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Analogical
func5oning
of
the
brain
Cogni5ve
Func5on/
PaVern
as
Unit
of
recogni5on
of
form
&
inference
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
26. Helene
Finidori
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September
2015
-‐
Margolis’
P-‐Cogni5on
cycles
P -cognitive spirals: ‘Each spiral represents a cognitive cycle where a pattern prompted by cues in a
context, becomes itself part of the context, and cues another pattern. Conscious or not, this cycle is
essentially a-logical and can happen in multiple cognitive dimensions at once, such as playing the
piano while having a conversation. Only a small fraction of these prompted patterns could be expected
to come to conscious attention.’
Source: (Margolis 1987: 2)
Cogni5ve
Func5on/
PaVern
as
Unit
of
recogni5on
of
form
&
inference
Pattern
as cue
Pattern
as cue
Pattern
as cue
Pattern
in Mind
Pattern
in Mind
Pattern
in Mind
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
27. The
Pragma5c
Cycle
Helene
Finidori
-‐
September
2015
-‐
Making
inferences
&
Connec5ng
‘moments’
of
inference:
Image: Sowa
Cogni5ve
Func5on/
PaVern
as
Unit
of
recogni5on
of
form
&
inference
Pierce’s
Pragma5c
Cycle
Different types of
patterns are involved at
each ‘moment’ of the
perception to action
cycle, connected
through different types
of cognitive
metaprocesses
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
28. Note how orientation shapes observation, shapes decision, shapes action, and in turn is shaped by the feedback
and other phenomena coming into our sensing or observing window.
Also note how the entire “loop” (not just orientation) is an ongoing many-sided implicit cross-referencing process of
projection, empathy, correlation, and rejection.
From “The Essence of Winning and Losing,” John R. Boyd, January 1996.
Ini=ally
meant
to
act
and
change
direc=on
faster
than
the
enemy
in
fighter
jet
situa=ons,
is
now
used
at
different
paces
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
The
promp5ng
of
paVerns:
Boyd’s
OODA
Loop
Cogni5ve
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Mental
filter
&
interpreta5on
framework
Cogni5ve
Func5on/
PaVern
as
Unit
of
recogni5on
of
form
&
inference
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
29. The
Ladder
of
Inference
-‐
Argyris,
Senge
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Cogni5ve
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Mental
filter
&
inference
framework
Interpreta=on
is
inference
from
a
point
of
view
The formation of the self sealing logic
It’s not only about values, beliefs, meaning,
assumptions…
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
30. Cogni5ve
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Mental
filter
&
inference
framework
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Informa5on
processing
and
mental
func5ons
-‐
Jung
(i) INTROVERSION
Focus on the inner world of our
thoughts, feelings and reflections
EXTRAVERSION (e)
Focus on the outer world of
things, people and events
(N) INTUITION
Bigger picture approach,
hunches, visionary ability
SENSING (S)
Step by step detailed
approach, concrete data
(T) THINKING
Stepping back from situation,
judging on facts
(P) PERCEIVING
Seeking experience,
preference for exploration
FEELING (F)
Immersion in situation
empathetic view
JUDGING (J)
Seeking order, preference
for organization & decision
Orientation of
energy & attention
Perceiving
Functions
Judging/Decision
Functions
Attitude to the
external world
Preferences of how inferences are made and processed
… It’s also about how we infer and process data / patterns
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
31. The
cogni=ve
process
through
which
paHerns
change
their
form:
Cogni5ve
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Mental
filter
&
inference
framework
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Three
types
of
reten5ons
-‐
S5egler
a_er
Husserl
Individua=on
and
co-‐individua=on
processes
shape
the
3
facets
of
the
paHern
as
semio=c
sign.
From
inferred
cue
in
the
environment,
to
configura=on
of
form
in
the
mind,
to
individual
and
shared
representa=ons.
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
▪ Primary
reten5ons:
the
salient
cues
in
the
environment
that
are
perceived
by
the
mind,
consciously
or
not
▪ Secondary
reten5ons:
the
filters
/
funnel
through
which
primary
reten=ons
are
selected,
made
of
the
aggregate
of
past
primary
reten=ons
(memory,
habits
of
mind)
▪ Ter5ary
reten5ons:
the
tracks
we
leave
in
the
environment
for
others
to
process
(cultural
ar=facts).
32. Helene
Finidori
-‐
September
2015
-‐
Human
thought
as
model
building
ac5vity
(Lake
&
al
-‐
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.00289v3.pdf)
The
human
mind
can
:
■ Recognize,
decompose
and
recompose
concepts
■ Make
inferences
using
intui=ve
physics
and
intui=ve
psychology
■ Construct
causal
models
of
the
world
■ Learn
in
the
process
PaHerns
learnt
through
experience
are
the
basis
of
understanding
and
learning
which
supports
model
building.
§ Experience
is
gathered
in
the
form
of
previously
encountered
paHerns,
used
to
match
sensory
input
from
a
context,
at
various
levels.
§ The
self-‐organiza=on
of
matching
paHerns
is
the
understanding
of
a
situa=on
(situa=on
seman=cs
Monica
Anderson)
§ Context
determines
what
paHerns
are
to
be
used,
different
from
reduc=onism.
§ Learning
is
crea=ng
more
paHerns
to
match
new
previously
unseen
sensory
input,
or
make
sense
of
higher
order
complexity.
PaHern
recogni=on
capability
is
an
evolu=onary
driving
force
that
helps
survival
(Monica
Andersen
-‐
hHp://videos.syn=ence.com/ai-‐meetups/modelsvspaHerns.html)
Cogni5ve
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Mental
filter
&
inference
framework
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
33. ▪ Building
configura=ons
that
bring
harmony
between
two
intangibles:
forms
not
yet
conceived
and
contexts
that
cannot
be
fully
described
(Alexander).
▪ Near
decomposability
of
complex
systems
–
graspable
by
the
mind-‐
&
gramma=za=on
enabling
to
segment
into
smaller
paHerns
and
probe
each
associa=on
(Simon,
Quillien,
Jacobs)
▪ Purpose-‐seeking:
constantly
adap=ng
intermediary
goals
to
an
ideal
outcome
(Jones).
Agile
technology
(Cunningham
&
Mehaffy)
▪ Enabling
context
adap=ve
modeling,
and
networks
of
adap=ve
solu=ons.
Modeling
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Unit
of
systemic
Fitness
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Modeling the complexity of the world similarly as human thought processes?
▪ PaHern
Language
inspired
by
the
process
of
design
of
vernacular
cultures
-‐their
‘=meless
way
of
building’,
grounded
in
tacit/implicit
knowledge
(Alexander).
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
34. • A
hacker
approach
to
render
configura=ons,
processes,
flows
–
sensory
as
well
as
cogni=ve
approach
▪ Connect
through
systemic
isomorphies
(Bertalanffy)
and
iden=ty
of
structure
/
analogical
reasoning
(Poincaré)
▪ Enable
experimental
design
and
post-‐hoc
data
analysis
for
the
reconstruc=on
of
phenomena
and
mul=dimensional
dynamics
–
reverse
engineering.
Including
of
algorithms.
▪ Enable
intent
cas=ng,
and
a
pharmacological
approach
▪ Providing
prac=cal
tools
for
cri=cal/apprecia=ve
hermeneu=cal
approach/
probing
quality,
systemic
trajectories
and
sustainability
(pharmacological
approach).
▪ Connect
via
the
modeling
rela=on
(Rosen)
–
encoding
/
decoding
the
rela=ons
among
the
three
facets
of
the
semio=c
triad.
Modeling
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Connec5ve
Building
Block
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
35. Helene
Finidori
-‐
September
2015
-‐
Rosen’s
Modeling
Rela5on
A natural system N is modeled by a
formal system F. Each system has its
own internal entailment structures
(arrows 1 and 3), and the two
systems are connected by the
encoding and decoding processes
(arrows 2 and 4).
« The encoding and decoding mappings are independent of the formal and natural systems,
respectively. In other words, there is no way to arrive at them from within the formal system or natural
system.»
Andreas Schierwagen. 2011. Reverse Engineering for Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures: A Critical Analysis
Cogni5ve
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Mental
filter
&
inference
framework
« The act of modeling is really the act of relating two systems in a subjective way. An ‘art’ says Rosen. »
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
36.
▪ Visual,
sound,
ar=fact
▪ Designs:
carvings
–
=les
–
carpets
▪ Religious
shamanic
symbols
and
rituals
▪ Templates
or
blueprints:
clothes,
machinery
▪ Repeatable
processes:
recipe,
produc=on
process
▪ Recurrent
configura=ons:
maths,
physics,
biology
–
DNA
▪ Archetypes
(Jung),
Systems
Archetypes
Formal
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Unit
of
representa5on
of
form
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
A
“Standard”,
recognizable,
reproducible,
shareable
>
Cues,
captured
becoming
models?
Units
of
exchange?
Memes?
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
37.
“Each
pa4ern
describes
a
problem
which
occurs
over
and
over
again
in
our
environment,
and
then
describes
the
core
of
the
solu<on
to
that
problem,
in
such
a
way
that
you
can
use
this
solu<on
a
million
<mes
over,
without
ever
doing
it
the
same
way
twice.”
A Pattern Language, Alexander (1977, p X)
Distributed
nature
of
the
paVern
as
rich
versa5le
knowledge
objects.
Structured
objects,
connectable
into
PaVern
Languages…
▪ Has
an
internal
reproducible
structure
(Alexander)
▪ Could
become
a
standard,
with
interoperable
features
(wiki)
▪ Connectable
via
hyperlink
or
other
‘seman=c
web’
technologies
to
cross
over
different
dimensions
of
complexity
à
What
forms
of
standard interoperable vehicles and what protocols to
connect them? To embedded the pattern in all its facets into other
digital or non digital tools?
Formal
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
connectable
Unit
of
knowledge
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
38. Formal
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
connectable
Unit
of
knowledge
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
The Alexandrian Pattern structure
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
39.
In
par5cipatory
ac5on
research
and
hermeneu5cal
inquiry
▪ Using
a
shared
representa=on
format
to
explore,
compare
and
confront
percep=ons,
representa=ons
and
interpreta=ons
around
shared
objects
of
study.
Using
simple
ar=facts
to
‘construct’
together.
▪ Keep
track
of
controversies
and
their
evolu=ons
(wikipedia)
▪ Explore
boundaries,
differences,
similari=es,
what
lies
in
between
à
Learning
paHern
thinking
and
to
‘speak
the
language
of
paHerns’
Methodological
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Boundary
object
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
40. The
Johari
Window
Joint
discovery
of
blind
spots
and
the
unknown
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Methodological
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Boundary
object
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
41.
▪ Learning
to
find
‘paHerns
that
connect’
across
dimensions
and
boundaries
▪ To
connect
and
navigate
the
spa=al
and
temporal
dimensions
of
complexity
and
change
▪ To
navigate
the
‘adjacent
possible’
for
joint
discovery
and
co-‐
evolu=on
Methodological
Func5on
/
PaVern
as
Media5ng
&
connec5ve
object
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
At the end of the day, it is about…
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
42. How
to
expand
and
opera=onalize
the
concept
of
paHern
that
connect
to
encompass
the
whole
percep=on-‐to-‐ac=on
cycle
and
unpack
the
different
dimensions
of
complexity?
Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
The
broader
research
ques5on
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
43. Helene Finidori - September 2015 -
Opera5onalizing
PaVerns
that
Connect
Some
Orienta5ons
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
44. Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Opera5onalizing
PaVerns
that
Connect
–
some
orienta5ons
Visual tools / artifacts - to play, construct, deconstruct, probe
A Systemic Connective Language - the units to be combined
Collaborative sketching and annotation
Semantic capability - the various ways to associate patterns
Formats and protocols for interoperability of patterns
AI deep learning systems to infer / suggest / simulate / play
Visual tools to navigate data and knowledge (anoptical, holoptical)
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
45. Visual
Construc5on
Tools:
Card
Games
-‐
Groupworks
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Opera5onalizing
the
PaVerns
that
Connect
–
some
orienta5ons
A Pattern Language for bringing life to meetings and gatherings
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
http://groupworksdeck.org/
46. Visual
Construc5on
Tools:
Tangible
tokens
-‐
S.
Huron
Inria
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Opera5onalizing
the
PaVerns
that
Connect
–
some
orienta5ons
Investigating how people construct visual mappings
• Create
• Update
• Annotate
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
http://constructive.gforge.inria.fr/#!index.md
48. Seeing
the
big
picture
emerge:
The
Poie5c
Generator
-‐
O.
Auber
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Opera5onalizing
the
PaVerns
that
Connect
–
some
orienta5ons
Each player draws on a small part
of a global mosaic that each can
see evolve as they draw
By OlivierAuber - Own work, FAL,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
curid=19849563
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
49. Seeing
the
picture
emerge:
Real
5me
coding
feedback
–B.
Victor
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Opera5onalizing
the
PaVerns
that
Connect
–
some
orienta5ons
The image moves as
the code variables are
changed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8F7tzc1Tco
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
50. Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Bertalanffy:
Approaching
the
Unity
of
Science
There
are
correspondences
in
the
principles
that
govern
the
behaviour
of
en<<es
that
are,
intrinsically,
widely
different.
Isomorphisms:
structural
similari<es
exis<ng
in
different
fields.
(p.33)
More
than
mere
analogy.
It
is
a
consequence
of
the
fact
that,
in
certain
respects,
corresponding
abstrac<ons
and
conceptual
models
can
be
applied
to
different
phenomena.
(p.36)
…
general
system
laws
[exist]
which
apply
to
any
system
of
a
certain
type,
irrespec<ve
of
the
par<cular
proper<es
of
the
system
and
of
the
elements
involved.
(p.37)
…
major
aims
of
General
System
Theory…
developing
unifying
principles
running
'ver<cally'
through
the
universe
of
the
individual
sciences,
this
theory
brings
us
nearer
to
the
goal
of
the
unity
of
science.
(p.38)
Bertalanffy,
L.,
1968
“ “
”
Unifying
Principles,
Isomorphy
&
Systemic
Connec5ve
Language
Opera5onalizing
the
PaVerns
that
Connect
–
some
orienta5ons
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
51. Scien=sts
have
been
on
a
quest
for
‘universal
paHerns’
for
while.
Can
this
be
done?
Are
other
other
ways
to
‘tend’
towards
that
without
defining
it?
For
example
through:
Clusters
of
isomorphic
/
homomorphic
‘semio=cally’
interconnected
forms?
With
discussions
on
dis=nc=ons
and
similari=es?
Isomorphic
/
homomorphic
ideograms
used
to
tell
systemic
stories,
diagram
paHerns,
and
‘tag’
contexts
or
situa=ons?
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
From
universal
paVerns
to
clusters
of
iso/homomorphic
paVerns?
Unifying
Principles,
Isomorphy
&
Systemic
Connec5ve
Language
Opera5onalizing
the
PaVerns
that
Connect
–
some
orienta5ons
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
52. Level of scale
Strong Center
Boundaries
Alternating
repetition
Positive
Space
(complementarity)
Good Shape
(adaptation)
Local
Symmetry
Alexander’s
15
Fundamental
proper5es
AlexanderBy TKWA Iba Leitner
Deep
Interlock &
Ambiguity
Contrast
(difference)
Gradients
Roughness
(individuality)
Echoes
(similarities)
The Void
(open space)
Simplicity &
Inner Calm
Not
Separatedness
(connectedness)
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
54. Systemic
Interpreta5on
Grammar
(Elementary
Components)
Dynamics
(Movement)
◆
Sta5cs
(Space
-‐
Structure)
◆
Heuris5cs
(Inflexions
–
Limits
–
Angles
–
Switches)
Systemic
PaHerns
Generic
Domain
Related
Contexts
PaHern
Languages
Domain
Related
Genera=ve
processes
-‐
Nature
of
movement
–
Direc=on
–
Rhythm
–
Effect
of
=me
&
scale
etc…
Func=on
-‐
Rela=onships
–
Proximity
–
Mutuality
–
Boundary
-‐
Posi=on
–
feedback
etc…
Logics
of
Change
-‐
Cogni=ve
Processes
(Jung)
–
Learning
Styles
–
Process
Narra=ves
(Roy)
–
Inference
(What/what/how,
Aristotelian
ethics)
–
Pharmakon/window
of
viability
(S=egler,
Lietaer)
–
One
level
up/down
–
etc…
-‐
Switches
(DNA)
Systemic
operators
-‐
Variables
–
Principles
for
combina=on
–
etc…
A
Systemic
Interpreta5on
Language
Bridging
the
Systemic
&
the
Seman5c
Spheres
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
57. Cards
used
to
tell
‘systemic
stories’
at
Purplsoc
2015
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
58. Cards
used
to
tell
‘systemic
stories’
at
Plop
2016
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Find pictures
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
60. 1. A series of stages or
layers
2. Series showing changes
in magnitude
3. Circle showing
separation in divisions
4. Pyramid showing parts
to wholes, subunits to
units
5. Outline showing
subheadings at several
levels
6. Circles showing
clustering and inclusion
7. Series showing
subsumption
⬜ Icons represent the essence of an idea in abstract; simplify (all-at-once)
ALL SHOW COMMON ID FEATURES OF LEVELS,GAPS, CLUSTERING, HETEROGENEOUS SEPARATION, ETC.
Systems
Sciences:
Len
Truncale
-‐
Icons
for
Hierarchy
61. ✓ From “cyclus” (Gr.) = circle,
wheel. Some key features are:
✓ Stages of a cycle
• Steps in a process
• A cycle may seem like a smooth
transition; not; very specific
intermediates
✓ Obligate sequence
• Transformation of one stage into
next
• Next stage requires previous stage
✓ Return to beginning
• Oscillations
✓ SO NEED TO KNOW THE SEQUENCE
& STAGE NAMES
ICONS for
Identifying
Features
of Cycles and
Cycling
Systems
Sciences:
Len
Truncale
–
Features
of
Cycles
I
62. • Importance of Initiating
Conditions
• Steps in a process
• A cycle may seem like a
smooth transition; not; very
specific intermediates
• Control of Stages
• When one starts; when one
ends
• Source of embedding cycles in
net context for a function
• Entrainment (all cycle)
• Periodicity
• Spin /or/ Rotation /or/ angular
momentum
ICONS for
Cycles and
Cycling
Systems
Sciences:
Len
Truncale
–
Features
of
Cycles
II
63.
Adapted
from
the
12
principles
of
Mo5on
Design-‐
Olie
Johnson
&
Frank
Thomas
64. Ques=ons
on
the
theory
and
objec=ve?
Points
of
intersec=on
with
your
own
experience
or
objec=ve?
How
does
this
connect
to
the
GBI
approach?
Other
points
of
view
to
explore?
Research,
angles
or
people
to
discover
for
my
PhD?
Other
possibili=es
for
opera=onaliza=on?
How
can
soxware
and
ar=ficial
intelligence
be
put
at
the
service
of
paHern
languages
and
collec=ve
intelligence?
Discussion.
Ques5on
for
discussion
Helene
Finidori
–
PLoP
October
2016
-‐
Back
to
the
big
picture
Helene Finidori – ECCO Seminar - December 2016
65. If you would like to join me in my PhD explorations:
@HeleneFinidori
Thank You!