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Tips for S parking Emergent Conversation. Ex….Snowflakes, cities, whirlpools, rock formations, education, crowdsourcing, jazz………. . Emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. . Inspiration and resources:
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Tips for Sparking Emergent Conversation Ex….Snowflakes, cities, whirlpools, rock formations, education, crowdsourcing, jazz………. Emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. • Inspiration and resources: • TED Talk Child-Driven Education: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education • Radiolab on Emergence: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91500-emergence/ • The Fractals at the Heart of African Design: http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals • PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/emergence.html • TED Talk The Emergent Genius of Ant Colonies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukS4UjCauUs • Food for Thought: • What are examples of emergence can you think of? • What are some things in common with all these examples of emergence? • Where are some of the spaces you see emergence happening in your life? • Why is it that sometimes-beautiful things are created from chaos and other times nothing forms? • What inspires an emergent environment? • What empowers people to build and create?