{"id":37328,"date":"2018-09-04T06:37:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37328"},"modified":"2018-09-04T06:37:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:37:30","slug":"bringing-it-all-together-in-just-one-diagram-part-two-of-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37328","title":{"rendered":"Bringing it all together in just. one. diagram. (Part Two of Four)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bringing it all together in just. one. diagram. (Part Two of Four)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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The last post<\/a> introduced this weird and possibly confusing little diagram:<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The diagram frames a pathway from more conventional design processes toward what I believe permaculture is deep down really about<\/em>. The conventional starting point I\u2019m calling fabricated assembly.<\/em>\u00a0The radical alternative the diagram invites us toward is what I call\u00a0generative transformation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Generative transformation is really<\/em> good stuff. I believe permaculture and generative transformation are meant to be together<\/em>, just\u00a0like orchid and wasp, legume and rhizobia, or carbon and nitrogen in the perfect compost. Indeed, I\u2019d argue that\u00a0generative transformation is in play\u00a0when any permaculture project really shines<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Which leads us to a question.<\/p>\n

WTF is Generative Transformation<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Generative transformation<\/em> refers to the top-right section in the diagram.<\/p>\n

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Breaking it down, there\u2019s the generative<\/em>\u00a0(or generating) piece and the transformation<\/em>\u00a0(or transforming) piece. Let\u2019s start with transformation<\/em> (and what it is an alternative to). We\u2019ll come back to the meaning of generative<\/em> in the next post.<\/p>\n

Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consider the three options along the y-axis of the diagram. Starting with\u00a0A. Assembling<\/strong>, we move to\u00a0B. Partitioning<\/strong>, culminating in\u00a0C. Transforming<\/strong>. I\u2019ll here introduce and explain each as different approach to creating<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 as in bringing forth new form in the world.<\/p>\n

A. Creating by Assembling<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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From an assembling perspective, how you go about creating (which includes both designing and implementing) is easy: choose some elements then join them into whole systems. Start with parts, stick them together and hey presto, there\u2019s your whole!<\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bringing it all together in just. one. diagram. (Part Two of Four) The last post introduced this weird and possibly confusing little diagram:1 The diagram frames a pathway from more conventional design processes toward what I believe permaculture is deep down really about. The conventional starting point I\u2019m calling fabricated assembly.\u00a0The radical alternative the diagram […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[21517,21516,622],"class_list":["post-37328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-survival-2","tag-dan-palmer","tag-making-permaculture-stronger","tag-permaculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37329,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328\/revisions\/37329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}