Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Consensus and conflict

[Chris Hansen (itschrishansen]

Like many other Cohousing communities we've had some ongoing and evolving
challenging times collectively agreeing on how to navigate the murky waters
of Covid-19, and the requisite precautions needed in Common Space
(especially when the regulations and guidelines for the state change every
week).
Someone in our CoHousing just posted a poem about a flock of crows that
circles noisily around our Coho.
I sent the email below and thought I'd share with you all because the
analogy and humour seem apropos for the moment!

It always amused me that a flock of crows is called a 'murder'
And a flock of starlings is a 'murmuration'- a phenomenon as beautiful and
magical as the word itself.
And somehow all of this seems an analogy for CoHousing-
A flock of us can be a 'murder'- or a murmuration... :)
Here's a video of a murmuration it's worth seeing through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNqhi2ka9k
Cheers
Chris

On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 at 19:00, Melanie G <gomelaniego [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> Chris, thank you for the clarification.  "To create harmony, a group must
> be able to work through conflict."  Could not agree more.
>
> Also Liz, thank you so much for introducing me to Ostrom!  Thrilled to
> explore further.  I especially loved seeing this "When disputes arise,
> commoners must have easy access to conflict-resolution mechanisms."
>
> Also thought I would share a somewhat similar resource about a movement
> some may have heard of.
> https://www.maternalgifteconomymovement.org/
>
> Genevieve Vaughan wrote a book you can read for free here.
> http://gift-economy.com/for-giving/
>
> I believe some of the underlying assumptions are similar.  Wonder if the
> two know each other or of each other.  If not, they would do the world a
> service in getting together imho.
>
> One last link, I have taken this training offered by some NVC friends in
> the UK, and it's about to be offered as a 10 week course.  It's called
> Building Restorative Systems.  I highly recommend it.  If you go, please
> tell them I sent you.
>
>
> https://nvc-uk.com/events/building-restorative-systems-online-10-weeks-tuesday-evenings/?fbclid=IwAR1q5b4WJ9LKx-w_drQqQo1Ilgs6WPMw_IDK4h0g2LvCVBWRNZW5Gt1fan4
>
> I am learning SO much from this list.
>
> with deep gratitude,
> melanie
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