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Documentation Geres-Net
DOCUMENTATION GERES-NET Gender Research
Networking THE AHFAD - HUMBOLDT LINK
PROGRAMME OPEN SPACE Book of
proceedings Organised by Dr. Parto
Teherani-Kroenner Unit for Gender Research in
Rural Areas At the chair of Gender
Globalization Faculty of Agriculture and
Horticulture Humboldt University
Berlin Facilitation Farah Lenser with Heiner
Benking, Open-Forum

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Invitation
Invitation Open Forum Gender Research
Networking, Facilitator Farah Lenser Thursday
June, 29th 2006 1030h - 2200h The Open Forum
invites all participants to contribute own ideas
concerning the topic of Gender Research
Networking. Open and free dialogue is en vogue.
The method of Open Space Technology is enjoying
popularity similar to the future labs of Robert
Jungk several years ago. For further research of
Open Dialogue please have a look at LINK
LINK The originator of Open Space, Harrison
Owen, in his works with groups, discovered that,
if one has an open space and some ingredients,
and then adds some roles for moving in-between
internal and external dialogues, then surprises
are possible. A sample open space might be a
marketplace with the law of the two feet (in
which people can vote with their feet) by moving
between places and groups) with a bulletin board,
and then allow or encourage some participants to
adopt the roles of butterflies (a person
sitting, for example, at leisure, at the bar or
playing guitar) or of bumble-bees (a person
cross-fertilization by jumping from one group to
another). This set-up enables movement and
dialogue between the other forms of dialogue, and
can add surprises. In surprise and exchange, we
experience a self-organization in social systems
that is similar to the evolution that biologists
see in nature. Owen has featured the process in
great detail in an interview LINK In the
evening on a boat tour through the channels of
Berlin we will not only have a wonderful dinner
but continue networking and enjoying old and new
friendships.
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Open-Space slides
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006

• THE FOUR PRINCIPLES
• Whoever comes is the right people.
• Whatever happens is the only thing
• that could have happened.
• Whenever it starts is the RIGHT time.
• When it is over, its over.

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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
Whenever it starts is the right time.
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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
Whoever comes is the right peOPLE
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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
Whatever happens is the only thing
that could have happened.
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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
When it is over, its over.
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THE ONE LAW The law of the two feet
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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
BUMBLEBEES and BUTTERFLIES
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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
BE PREPARED TO BE SURPRISED
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Issue sample form
OPEN SPACE 29th of June 2006 GERES-NET
Gender Research Networking Issue
SAMPLE FORM What was done? (keep it
short and simple) Convened by
(first and last name) Other participants
(first and last name) GERES-NET
Gender Research Networking, Gender
Globalisierung Faculty of Agriculture and
Horticultur, Humboldt University Berlin

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Calling the Circle
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Impressions - Berlin,
June 29th, 2006
Calling the Circle


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Calling the Circle
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Impressions - Berlin,
June 29th, 2006
Calling the Circle


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Marketplace
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Impressions - Berlin,
June 29th, 2006
Marketplace


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Working- Spaces
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Impressions - Berlin,
June 29th, 2006
WORKING-SPACES


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Food Fun
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Impressions - Berlin,
June 29th, 2006
FOOD FUN


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Working- Spaces
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Impressions - Berlin,
June 29th, 2006
WORKING-SPACES


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Closing Circle Bye-Bye
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Impressions - Berlin,
June 29th, 2006
CLOSING CIRCLE BYE-BYE


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Open-Space slides
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
The Circle is the fundamental geometry of open
human communication. Who ever heard of a
Square of friends?
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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
Dialogue Phenomena
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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006

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OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
The ultimate facilitator will do nothing and
remain totally invisibel
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Links and recommendations
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006

Re-inventing Democracy with generative and
disciplined transdisciplinary intergenerational
intercultural Dialogues and Conversations http
//www.open-forum.de/open-space-open-forum.html htt
p//open-forum.de/re-invent-democracy.html http//
www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/08_3/08_3inhalt.htm http//
benking.de/dialog/dialog-among-civilizations.htm h
ttp//farah-lenser.de/dialog/agora-fuschl-lenser-b
enking.html
We recommend http//openspaceworld.com/ http//ww
w.kommunikative-welt.de www.laetusinpraesens.org/l
inks/webdial.php http//pnyv.org http//www.cultur
e-of-peace.org/
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Comments of participants
We should communicate with each other. In open
space all participant had the chance to discuss
with each other. Dr. Luong Thi Thu Hang
(Vietnam) I enjoy it very much to be together
with you. We did not have enough time some times
to speak to every body. But I enjoyed the open
space because we could discussed many different
issues and we could reach some communalities. So
I enjoyed the open space. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schulz
(Berlin) I think the most innovative part of
conference were the workshops in the open space
part, which gave also a chance to the
participants to come closer and interacting more.
Dr. Mohassin Elabbas
(Sudan) I believe it would be very good to start
with the open space, because the open space was
really an awakening thing, it was really good. I
believe, we should start with open space!
Eman El-Hadary (Egypt)
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Thanks
OPEN SPACE GERES-NET Berlin, June 29th, 2006
We are thankful to the supporter of the Open
Space, the Schweisfurth Foundation in Munich, see
also the report of the Schweisfurth Foundation
by Isabel Boergen and to Harrison Owen in the
USA and to Michael Pannwitz in Germany for
introducing Open Space Technology and providing
the necessary publications and materials to
perform open spaces. GERES-NET is funded by the
DAAD - German Academic Exchange Programme.