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-=== The Resilient Aristologist === +====The Resilient Aristologist====
  
 by [[:Pippa Buchanan]] by [[:Pippa Buchanan]]
  
-“A good half of the art of living is resilience.”  +“A good half of the art of living is resilience.” -- Alain de Botton
-― Alain de Botton+
  
-“...The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men +“…The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men\\ 
-Gang aft agley... +Gang aft agley…"\\ 
- +("…The best laid schemes of mice and men\\ 
-(...The best laid schemes of mice and men +Go often awry…")\\ 
-Go often awry…)” +-- Robert Burns, //To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough//, November, 1785
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-― Robert Burns - //To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough//, November, 1785+
  
 The concept of resilience is broad, but in essence it can be defined as //the ability to withstand, adjust to or recover from misfortune and change//. My thoughts often turn to questions of how resilient I and my loved ones will be to changes, whether that be a personal or global financial crisis or changes to the space and climate we live in. Will we be able to work? Will we be able to eat? Will we be content with our changed lives? The concept of resilience is broad, but in essence it can be defined as //the ability to withstand, adjust to or recover from misfortune and change//. My thoughts often turn to questions of how resilient I and my loved ones will be to changes, whether that be a personal or global financial crisis or changes to the space and climate we live in. Will we be able to work? Will we be able to eat? Will we be content with our changed lives?
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 The "Commons" are the natural and cultural resources accessible to all members of a society (Bollier, 2002). Commons resources include air and water, the songs we hum and the language we speak, the internet and wild foods. The "Commons" are the natural and cultural resources accessible to all members of a society (Bollier, 2002). Commons resources include air and water, the songs we hum and the language we speak, the internet and wild foods.
  
-As a way of thinking about the commons, consider these short examples of Finland's jokamiehenoikeus "every man's rights" or right to roam: in the countryside, anyone may freely walk, ski or cycle where this does not damage the natural environment or the landowner. As long as the plants and fungi in question are not protected species, one may collect wild berries, mushrooms and flowers (Ymparisto, 2011).+As a way of thinking about the commons, consider these short examples of Finland's //jokamiehenoikeus,// "every man's rights" or right to roam: in the countryside, anyone may freely walk, ski or cycle where this does not damage the natural environment or the landowner. As long as the plants and fungi in question are not protected species, one may collect wild berries, mushrooms and flowers (Ymparisto, 2011).
  
 What happens when people are considered to be taking more than their fair share of berries? What exactly is a fair share of the commons and, if the commons is owned by everyone, who can make that definition? Is a mouthful of berries a fair share, all that can be carried in a bucket, or all the berries a paid workforce can collect? What happens to community, trust and sharing when disputes arise around a commons resource such as wild berries? What happens when people are considered to be taking more than their fair share of berries? What exactly is a fair share of the commons and, if the commons is owned by everyone, who can make that definition? Is a mouthful of berries a fair share, all that can be carried in a bucket, or all the berries a paid workforce can collect? What happens to community, trust and sharing when disputes arise around a commons resource such as wild berries?
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 Just as we can rashly group people into Food People and Not Food People, there are people who Follow Recipes and those who Do Not Follow Recipes. If you are going to cook and eat in challenging circumstances (while camping, or on a public holiday) you will find it very difficult to Follow Recipes: inevitably you may realise that you couldn't actually find mayonnaise in tubes in Australia and so neglected to pack mayonnaise at all. The use of a single camping stove would mean that no, you can't pre-heat the stock to add to your risotto and gods forbid, the lack of refrigeration will mean that you won't be able to deglaze your pan with white wine, but instead will have to resort to using red wine from a bag. Just as we can rashly group people into Food People and Not Food People, there are people who Follow Recipes and those who Do Not Follow Recipes. If you are going to cook and eat in challenging circumstances (while camping, or on a public holiday) you will find it very difficult to Follow Recipes: inevitably you may realise that you couldn't actually find mayonnaise in tubes in Australia and so neglected to pack mayonnaise at all. The use of a single camping stove would mean that no, you can't pre-heat the stock to add to your risotto and gods forbid, the lack of refrigeration will mean that you won't be able to deglaze your pan with white wine, but instead will have to resort to using red wine from a bag.
  
-A Resilient Aristologist((Aristology is the art or science of cooking and dining. It encompasses the preparation, combination, and presentation of dishes and the manner in which these dishes are integrated into a meal. (Wikipedia, 2013))) (i.e. a Food Person who Does Not Follow Recipes) will happily improvise and present a grated carrot and cabbage salad with a lemon and olive oil dressing instead of the creamy coleslaw that "normal" life could have provided. The risotto is not restaurant quality, but is instead tinged pink from the red wine, flecked green and orange by dried parsley and given flavour by dried onions, mushrooms and garlicky salami before being finished with tinned ghee and powdered parmesan.+A Resilient Aristologist((Aristology is the art or science of cooking and dining. It encompasses the preparation, combination, and presentation of dishes and the manner in which these dishes are integrated into a meal. (Wikipedia, 2013).)) (i.e. a Food Person who Does Not Follow Recipes) will happily improvise and present a grated carrot and cabbage salad with a lemon and olive oil dressing instead of the creamy coleslaw that "normal" life could have provided. The risotto is not restaurant quality, but is instead tinged pink from the red wine, flecked green and orange by dried parsley and given flavour by dried onions, mushrooms and garlicky salami before being finished with tinned ghee and powdered parmesan.
  
 In harder times a Resilient Aristologist would know how to gather roots and roast them to make ersatz coffee, and would hunt out patches of nettles and other wild greens while considering the best way to trap and prepare a street pigeon. In harder times a Resilient Aristologist would know how to gather roots and roast them to make ersatz coffee, and would hunt out patches of nettles and other wild greens while considering the best way to trap and prepare a street pigeon.
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 There are the mutable qualities that can be adopted to get yourself, your project or your meal through to the other side of a challenging situation and then there are inherent attributes you must maintain in order to keep your self [sic], your project or your meal true to its origins. It could be that being a Resilient is partly about knowing how to identify these two: the variables and the constants. There are the mutable qualities that can be adopted to get yourself, your project or your meal through to the other side of a challenging situation and then there are inherent attributes you must maintain in order to keep your self [sic], your project or your meal true to its origins. It could be that being a Resilient is partly about knowing how to identify these two: the variables and the constants.
  
-**Recipe:** Grated Carrot and Cabbage Salad with a Lemon and Olive Oil Dressing+===The Resilient Salad=== 
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 +//Ingredients:// grated carrot and cabbage salad with a lemon and olive oil dressing 
 Carrots and cabbage keep remarkably well without refrigeration as long as they are kept as cool as possible. Lemon is a useful seasoning that also provides valuable vitamins. Carrots and cabbage keep remarkably well without refrigeration as long as they are kept as cool as possible. Lemon is a useful seasoning that also provides valuable vitamins.
  
-The Resilient Salad: Grate some carrots into a bowl. Finely slice cabbage and add it into the bowl. Mix and add lemon juice and olive oil to taste.+Grate some carrots into a bowl. Finely slice cabbage and add it into the bowl. Mix and add lemon juice and olive oil to taste.
  
 This basic salad can be augmented with grated radish, celeriac or apple. Should seeds and nuts be available, toast and add them to the mix. Dried fruit such as sultanas and cranberries are also delicious. Mix mustard or horseradish into the dressing. If you remember to buy mayonnaise feel free to mix it into the dressing too.  This basic salad can be augmented with grated radish, celeriac or apple. Should seeds and nuts be available, toast and add them to the mix. Dried fruit such as sultanas and cranberries are also delicious. Mix mustard or horseradish into the dressing. If you remember to buy mayonnaise feel free to mix it into the dressing too. 
  
  
-===REFERENCES===+===References===
  
   * Bollier, D., 2002. Reclaiming the Commons, Boston Review, [online] Available at http://bostonreview.net/BR27.3/bollier.html (Accessed 16 January 2013)   * Bollier, D., 2002. Reclaiming the Commons, Boston Review, [online] Available at http://bostonreview.net/BR27.3/bollier.html (Accessed 16 January 2013)
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