Hybridity, post hybridity and cults of purity
Some societies are changing fast, and others are trying not to change so fast. One of the interesting features of our present age is the way in which the ubiquitousness […]
Ideating seeds for urban transformation
I’ve just started as an “Honorary Fellow” through Victoria University’s Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing on a new project to run through 2016, possibly longer, titled (for the moment) “Ideating […]
Proposal for Public Policy Paper: “From Smart Cities to Smart Citizens: City as a Commons”
The smart city discourse has become a ‘used future’. It is spouted by consultants and tech advocates, but it does not seem to have much humanity, nor does it include […]
Thanks for the year
It has been a challenging but rewarding year. I’d like to give some acknowledgement and thanks to those that were part of it. In June my wife DeChantal gave birth […]
Anticipate – Design – Connect – Evolve
A few months back in May I was trying to grapple with the complexity of my “professional” life, the various projects and commitments, and the various stages things were in. […]
Gaming the commons
Ever since being invited by the Commons Strategy Group to attend the Economics of the Commons conference in Berlin in 2013, I have been contemplating how the commons as a […]
Robert’s farm
Back in March I helped Karl Fitzgerald with his wedding prep at Robert McAlpine’s farm in the Grampians. Despite a nasty back pain I had a good time running about […]
