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The rules had been constructed long before I was born, and I did not know yet I was allowed to break them or redefine them or ignore them entirely.
— Jami Attenberg, I Came All This Way to Meet Youfrom The Satisfaction of Practice in an Achievement-Oriented World
Sparks 👁️ and Re-Framing
- The physical world and the cognitive worlds become linked through metaphors.
from Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis by Victor MacGill
- A metaphor is formed when two aspects of the world become linked together in a meaningful way. For example, we talk of a stormy meeting. We take the turmoil and chaos of a storm and make correspondences with the turmoil and chaos of a conflicted meeting.
from Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis by Victor MacGill
- Lakoff reminds us that metaphors are the fundamental building blocks we use to make sense of our world and provide a framework for acting in the world
from Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis by Victor MacGill
- While all layers are always present and all are vital to understand any situation, Inayatullah (2003b, p.6) places a “higher” value on the mythic/metaphor layer because it informs all the other layers. Meadows (2008) similarly believes the most effective leverage point in a system is one that “transcends the paradigm”. For Meadows the “highest” lev... See more
from Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis by Victor MacGill
Causal Layered Analysis: An Integrative and Transformative Theory and Method
Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) is a transformative futures research theory/method that integrates multiple layers of analysis to provoke critical thinking and create alternative visions for policy development and decision-making.
by James Dator
Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis
Exploring the formation of the myth/metaphor layer in Causal Layered Analysis through embodied cognition, revealing how shared metaphors evolve into myths that shape worldviews and futures.
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what do you have “unreasonably”high standards for?