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==== How do we map? ====

===== Social Maps =====

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The basic interactive element is a group sharing activity that allows a group to quickly visualize their relationship with a thing or idea. These are created by and for community members as a form of group conversations. The steps:

* Pick a topic: Purpose, prosperity, religion, whatever is important.
* Identify a cultural intersection: this is the landscape where participants ‘map’ their experiences. Examples is popular culture:
** Attachment Theory: relationships map connection styles on spectrums of anxiety V avoidance
** SWOT Analysis: project teams map priorities on spectrums of internal/external V helpful/harmful

** Thinking Ladder: political conversants map discourse on scales of liberal/conservative V scientific/tribal (Tim Urban).
* Select Elements: These can be things, beliefs, behavior patterns, intentions, plans. In response to a core question, each participant places a piece of their personal context on the collective graph and leave a comment describing its significance.

* Vote and discuss: Participants vote on collected elements and comments that best illustrate this cultural landscape for them.
* Repeat: participants can repeat social maps in new crowds or propose new intersections for observing collecting seeing.

===== Learning Sequences =====

Where social maps could be seen as a simple feedback system similar to social media or community surveys, their true value is revealed by connecting them in series as part of a collective learning. These are discussed next.