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Methods

Three practices for collective inquiry, built on relationship, on emergence, and on what a group can work out together rather than what any expert hands down. I've drawn them mostly from groups experimenting with alternatives to extractive and competitive learning, and I set them down here for anyone who wants to try them, and to make them their own.

commons/methods/relational-analysis-method

Relational analysis method

The diagnostic practice: reading where knowledge comes from, who is centred, and what power decides credibility

commons/methods/emergent-dialogue-method

Emergent dialogue method

The generative practice: tending a room so a group can think together and difference becomes fertile

commons/methods/carrying-method

Carrying method

The practice of carrying knowledge between contexts without cutting it from its hands

Both are made to be adapted, held loosely rather than followed to the letter. Each leans towards what a group finds together rather than a fixed result, and towards relationship rather than extraction, and each can be reshaped to fit a different room, group, or purpose.

If you're working with relational approaches like these, or want to compare notes, reach out at hello@raw.space.

Learning happens in the spaces between us,
where curiosity meets care,
and questions create possibility.