1984
Pattern: Activity nodes
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Part of a 5-fold Pattern Language.
Subsequently published in Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (1986)
Pattern template
As a framework of relationships is articulated, nodes emerge at the points of convergence of the principal relationships. Such nodes provide loci for processes vital to the self-organizing dynamics of the domain as a whole.Physical As a local community grows, community facilities emerge randomly, thus failing to reinforce each other or the vitality of the community as a whole. This may be remedied by concentrating mutually supportive facilities at activity nodes (such as small public squares distributed evenly throughout the community) on which the network of pathways naturally converge.
Social As an organizational complex develops, facilitative nodes emerge randomly, thus failing to reinforce each other or the vitality of the group or network as a whole. This may be remedied by concentrating mutually supportive network facilities at activity nodes (such as meetings organized regularly to serve different interest groups) on which the network of relationships naturally converge.
Conceptual As a specialized conceptual domain develops, facilitative methods emerge randomly, thus failing to reinforce each other or the interest of the domain as a whole. This may be remedied by deliberately grouping mutually supportive methods in relation to the key concepts (such as those providing a focus for alternative perspectives within the domain) on which the network or conceptual relationships naturally converge.
Psychic As a specialized mode of awareness develops, facilitative key insights emerge randomly thus failing to reinforce each other or the integrity of that mode. This may be remedied by consciously associating mutually supportive insights in relation to the principal perceptions (such as those providing a focus for alternative perceptions within that mode) on which the network of insights naturally converge.
Broader Context boundary; Sub-domain boundary; Identifiable context; Individuality in multiplicity; Coherent pattern of relationship densities; Stable density gradient of local relationships.
Narrower Interchange; Local focal points; Underdefined processes; Functionality enhancement; Presentation of new dimensions; Cycle of relationship reinforcement; Focus-oriented communication networks; Informal context for formal processes; Differentiation by relationship density; Context for emergence of new perspectives; Informal local perspective interface zones; Unstructured context for perspective exchange; Bounded common small-scale interaction domains; Hospitable contexts for perspectives in transition; Exchange contexts controlled by a single perspective; Transitional contexts for perspective reorganization; Arrangement of structures ot engender fruitful interfaces; Perspective imitation contexts for developing perspectives; Transit point location for sources of perspective nourishment; Interfacing vehicles of communication and networks of unmediated relationships.
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