/commons/lexicon

A living collection of terms, concepts, and definitions that develop through community use. The lexicon grows organically as new language emerges from field explorations and community dialogue, providing shared reference points without enforcing rigid meanings.


noun, navigation practice

Practices for mindful entry and presence. The transition from rapid digital consumption patterns toward slower, more receptive modes of attention.

Navigation practice that supports cultivating the quality of presence necessary for contemplative engagement and emergent thinking. Helps visitors develop capacity for dwelling with uncertainty and complexity.

Rather than: onboarding, getting started, user orientation
We choose: arrive — emphasising mindful transition and present-moment awareness
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noun, practice, territory

Shared resources collectively tended through use and contribution. Materials and practices that serve the entire ecosystem whilst belonging to no individual contributor.

One of Raw.Space's collective territories. Houses tools, knowledge, practices that grow through sharing rather than being depleted by it. Resources that develop through community participation and remain open for collective use and evolution.

Rather than: intellectual property, proprietary resources, gated content
We choose: commons — emphasising collective stewardship and abundant sharing
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noun, threshold practice

Practices for conscious leaving and integration. Ways to carry insights forward and honour the transitions between digital engagement and daily life.

Threshold practice that transforms departure from abandonment to conscious transition. Creates bridges rather than breaks, ensuring digital encounters contribute to rather than fragment your larger life.

Rather than: logging off, closing tabs, ending sessions
We choose: departure — emphasising conscious transition and integration
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verb, navigation practice

Moving through Raw.Space guided by curiosity rather than predetermined paths. Following serendipitous encounters and letting discovery emerge through wandering.

Central to Raw.Space's navigation philosophy. Encourages exploration that prioritises emergence over efficiency, allowing connections to surface naturally rather than forcing linear progression through content.

Rather than: browsing, searching, following menus, structured navigation
We choose: drift — emphasising curiosity-led exploration and serendipitous discovery
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verb, navigation practice

Staying with complexity without rushing toward resolution. The practice of remaining present with difficult questions, uncertain territories, and complex ideas.

Core navigation practice that supports the patient attention necessary for insights that cannot be manufactured through analytical effort alone. Acknowledges that understanding often emerges through sustained engagement with complexity.

Rather than: problem-solving, quick answers, immediate resolution
We choose: dwell — emphasising patience, presence, and sustained attention
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noun, temporal layer

How content resurfaces and transforms over time. Rather than simple repetition, echo represents the way concepts evolve through circulation, returning with new resonances and applications.

The temporal layer that captures how ideas return in altered form, changed by their journey through different contexts and conversations. Demonstrates the living quality of ideas that continue developing beyond their initial expression.

Rather than: archive, reposts, user-generated content, feedback
We choose: echo — emphasising transformation, circulation, and organic resurfacing
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noun, territory

Where ideas take root and cross-pollinate. Contemplative explorations through poetic inquiry, relational analysis, and threshold thinking that examine the spaces between certainty and confusion.

One of Raw.Space's core content territories. Field explorations take many forms: reflective essays, philosophical investigations, poetry, and experimental writing. United by commitment to depth over conclusion, dwelling with complexity rather than rushing toward resolution.

Rather than: categories, topics, sections, folders, blog posts
We choose: field — suggesting fertility, growth, and ecological cross-pollination
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adjective, quality

Existing in threshold spaces between established categories. The quality of being neither fully one thing nor another, but something emergent in the space between.

Central to Raw.Space's approach — seeking the spaces where transformation happens, where fixed boundaries dissolve, where new possibilities emerge from uncertainty.

Rather than: transitional, intermediate, unclear
We choose: liminal — recognising the creative potential of in-between spaces
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noun, territory

Moving pieces — media that breathes. Video, interactive work, generative pieces. Time-based experiences that reward unhurried attention.

One of Raw.Space's core territories. Includes loops, responsive environments, ambient experiences. Experiential content that unfolds through engagement and reveals meaning through encounter rather than explanation.

Rather than: interactive content, multimedia, user experience
We choose: pulse — suggesting rhythmic life, breathing, and organic temporality
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noun, territory

Transmission and circulation across networks. How Raw.Space ideas move beyond the immediate ecosystem, circulating through broader communities and returning transformed by their encounters.

One of Raw.Space's core territories. Houses content specifically designed for bridge-building: newsletters, cross-platform dialogue, and collaborative exchanges that adapt Raw.Space explorations for different audiences whilst maintaining conceptual integrity.

Rather than: posts, content, articles, updates, marketing
We choose: signal — emphasising transmission, bridge-building, and narrative bridging
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noun, territory

Sustained explorations of complex issues through multiple perspectives and formats. Pathways that connect across time, developing over extended periods.

One of Raw.Space's core territories. Each thread weaves together different voices, viewpoints, and approaches to create rich, multifaceted examinations of significant themes. Demonstrates how understanding develops through sustained attention rather than quick resolution.

Rather than: series, sequences, courses, curriculums
We choose: thread — suggesting something that can be followed, developed, and woven together
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noun, territory

Doorways and transition zones between different states. Spaces of pause where you can sense what you're leaving and what you're entering, inviting mindful crossing between territories.

One of Raw.Space's six core territories. Houses practices and spaces that help people transition mindfully into and out of Raw.Space engagement, acknowledging arrival and departure as meaningful moments. The conscious boundary layer of the ecosystem.

Rather than: landing pages, onboarding, user flows, entry points, exit pages
We choose: threshold — emphasising conscious transition, respectful encounter, and mindful boundaries
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Language here is a collaborative tool for creating different relationships to knowledge and community. Definitions that live and breathe through collective encounter.

How do you use these terms? What's missing? What needs refinement? Send suggestions to hello@raw.space.

 

Words are not containers for meaning.
They are invitations to meaning-making.

 

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