1 | Relationship

This new, emerging paradigm emphasizes empathy, relationship, participation and self-organization, calls for new mindsets and postures of openness, speculation, mindfulness and a willingness to collaborate.

"Agency is a paradoxical product of mutual learning within and between people, nature, and culture." An individual both has a "unique perspective or epistemology" but also "there is no aspect of that entity that is uninfluenced, uninformed, or unbound to the larger contextual interactions."

New forms of architecture, infrastructure, and organisation will emerge from this, relying on a rebalanced relationship between participatory cultures and corporate interest, public sector and private sector, and the reinvigorated institutions of trusted government. It emphasises shared resources and civic relationships, yet recognises individual d... See more