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 ===== The Lab Approach ===== ===== The Lab Approach =====
  
-//An essay on the Marine CoLABoration process by FOAM//+**An essay on the Marine CoLABoration process** by Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney, [[http://fo.am|FoAM]].
  
-NOTE: This is the first part of the essay, focusing on the lab approach in general. The second part, to be published in the beginning of March 2017 will focus on Marine CoLABoration as a specific case study in using the lab approach.+//NOTE: This is the first part of the essay, focusing on the lab approach in general. The second part, to be published in March 2017 will focus on Marine CoLABoration as a specific case study in using the lab approach.//
  
  
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 Marine CoLABoration is an example of using the lab approach to improve flows of knowledge in the environmental sector, thereby developing the capacity needed to improve the health of the ocean. It was initiated by the CGF UK "to explore how human values and the value of the ocean are reflected in individual and collective decision-making and can be utilised to increase ocean protection" (from the Marine CoLABoration mission statement. FoAM (Maja Kuzmanovic, Vali Lalioti and Nik Gaffney) designed, facilitated and documented the lab process during its incubation phase. This article reflects on the lab approach in general and on Marine CoLABoration as a specific case study. Marine CoLABoration is an example of using the lab approach to improve flows of knowledge in the environmental sector, thereby developing the capacity needed to improve the health of the ocean. It was initiated by the CGF UK "to explore how human values and the value of the ocean are reflected in individual and collective decision-making and can be utilised to increase ocean protection" (from the Marine CoLABoration mission statement. FoAM (Maja Kuzmanovic, Vali Lalioti and Nik Gaffney) designed, facilitated and documented the lab process during its incubation phase. This article reflects on the lab approach in general and on Marine CoLABoration as a specific case study.
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 === What is a lab? === === What is a lab? ===
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 <blockquote>This is a unique kind of laboratory - one that creates a dialogue, listening carefully with an open mind to all the voices, and then tries to translate them, mix them, and amplify them to prototype and develop alternatives. [...] We embrace exploration and inclusivity, yet we’re ruthless in maintaining our focus on what works. We engage both the radical and the established, while remaining credible to each. Tension and ambiguity are inherent aspects of working in this fragile context. There is a craft, an art and a science to creating and evolving these "spaces in between" in order that the new might emerge."  <blockquote>This is a unique kind of laboratory - one that creates a dialogue, listening carefully with an open mind to all the voices, and then tries to translate them, mix them, and amplify them to prototype and develop alternatives. [...] We embrace exploration and inclusivity, yet we’re ruthless in maintaining our focus on what works. We engage both the radical and the established, while remaining credible to each. Tension and ambiguity are inherent aspects of working in this fragile context. There is a craft, an art and a science to creating and evolving these "spaces in between" in order that the new might emerge." 
 - From [[http://labcraft.co/|Labcraft]] </blockquote> - From [[http://labcraft.co/|Labcraft]] </blockquote>
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 === What is the lab approach? === === What is the lab approach? ===
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 The lab approach provides space for shaping hypotheses and a context in which they can be tested, strengthened or reformed, as a solid foundation for meaningful change. The lab approach provides space for shaping hypotheses and a context in which they can be tested, strengthened or reformed, as a solid foundation for meaningful change.
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-==== Part II: Marine CoLABoration ====+==== Part II: To be continued... ==== 
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 +Part II will discuss [[start|Marine CoLABoration]] as a case study in the lab approach. Forthcoming in March 2017. 
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-TO BE CONTINUED: Part II: Marine CoLABoration: a case study in the lab approach, Forthcoming in March 2017. 
  
 === References === === References ===
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