Navigation — how to move through Raw.Space

The space grows through use, and your pathways become part of the map. Some entries are gentle, others direct. Some pieces appear only through curious wandering. This is guidance for moving through Raw.Space's living geography using practices of drift, arrive, and dwell.

First encounters

entry points

/field/origin — The manifesto and foundational terrain
threshold/welcome — Gentle introduction to the ecosystem
Random — Let the space choose for you

Field

contemplative explorations

Where ideas take root and cross-pollinate. Contemplative explorations through poetic inquiry, relational analysis, and threshold thinking.

Current fields:

Origin — manifesto and foundational worldview
Space between breaths — on pause and fertile void
Theatre of opposition — on the illusion of debate and the choreography of cultural conflict
Learning to weave without losing the thread — practicing power-with in a power-over world
Memory as collective space — the past as inheritance and possibility
Learning to arrive — on presence and belonging
What the soil remembers — on place and ancestry
How we really take care — on economies that sustain us
Where the future grows — on innovation from edges
The web we are already in — on interdependence
The practice of becoming — on transformation and emergence
Vote — cryptic meditation on choice and voice
Greedy — fragment about the avid and shallow
Aliens — poetic exploration of otherness
Falls — brief reflection on descent and flow
Fire — elemental fragment about transformation

Pulse

moving pieces that breathe

Time-based experiences that reward unhurried attention. Interactive work, generative pieces, ambient experiences that unfold through engagement.

Current encounters:

Written on water — a storm system where symbolic and elemental worlds collapse into one another
Sticky — on transformation and temporal cycles
Murmuration — choreography of dissent
Entropy — on the cyclical nature of separation, collpase and connection
Dancing-politics — movement-based exploration of power and agency
Hymn — a chant, a liturgy, a dirge
Bigger — a comic strip on power dynamics and the elimination of alternatives
Screwed horizon — visual poetry that shifts between day and night states
Having said — random conversations and exchanges
An unfolding — a collaboration with artist/designer Ofo Obuobi

Thread

sustained explorations

Pathways that connect across time. Sustained explorations of complex issues through multiple perspectives and formats.

Current threads:

No active threads yet — watch for sustained investigations to emerge

Signal

transmission and circulation

How Raw.Space ideas move beyond the immediate ecosystem, circulating through broader communities and returning transformed.

Current transmissions:

The questions that find us — on learning to be tracked by our own curiosities
Beginning mid-conversation — on joining ongoing dialogues and learning to arrive

Threshold

doorways and transition zones

Practices and spaces that support mindful entry into and departure from Raw.Space's contemplative ecosystem. The conscious boundary layers between digital engagement and daily life.

Current thresholds:

Arrival — practices for mindful entry and presence
Departure — practices for conscious leaving and integration
Navigation — this guide for moving through the ecosystem
Welcome — gentle introduction for first encounters
Listening — newsletter signup and staying connected

Commons

shared resources

Collectively tended materials and practices that serve the entire ecosystem whilst belonging to no individual contributor.

Current resources:

Lexicon — evolving vocabulary and working definitions
Methods — frameworks, approaches, and principles
Bookshelf — curated collection of books exploring alternative epistemologies
Sustain — keeping the signal alive through collective care
Attribution — acknowledging contributors and communities

Navigation practices

ways of moving

Approaches for engaging with Raw.Space that prioritise contemplative attention and emergent discovery over efficiency or consumption.

Core practices:

Drift — Moving through Raw.Space guided by curiosity rather than predetermined paths
Arrive — Practices for mindful entry and presence
Dwell — Staying with complexity without rushing toward resolution

Echo

temporal layer

How content resurfaces and transforms over time. Ideas that return in altered form, changed by their journey through different contexts and conversations.

Examples:

Field pieces that resurface in new contexts
Concepts that develop new meanings through circulation
Seasonal returns of themes and explorations

Suggested rhythms: If you have 5 minutes, experience a pulse encounter or read from a field fragment. If you have 20 minutes, explore connections between related pieces or dwell with a complete field exploration. If you're feeling contemplative, follow threads of inquiry across multiple territories.

Lost or curious? Email hello@raw.space or simply start anywhere and practice drift. Let curiosity guide your movement through the ecosystem. There is no wrong way to wander.

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