Open Space Technology, as a term, has a strange ring to it. It isn’t really a technology, but it is a way of doing things. First articulated by Harrison Owen, this is an approach to self-organising a social conversation about something that matters, and getting things done. The method forms the basis of one of the biggest gatherings in the UK of the performing arts and theatre communities each year, called Devoted and Disgruntled and is hosted (along with many smaller, satellite events) by Improbable Theatre.
Find out more about Open Space Technology here.
There are some core principles to Open Space (as it is often called for short) that you can also choose to live by. In this podcast, FringeReview’s editor, Paul Levy, briefly describes Open Space, its core principles, and how you can live by them in a positive and benedifical way in the busy cacophany that is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
