T-Practice Workshop: Social System Mapping as a Transformative Process

We live in a world of resilient complex adaptive social systems. Transformation in this realm requires tools of requisite complexity, a cognitive shift from systems-as-machines to systems-as-organisms, and a relational shift from ego-networks to eco-networks. Social system mapping is a powerful way to interact with, and perceive, systems. It is a community-engaging design practice formulating and visualizing personal and connection questions based on the collective’s theory of change. The dynamically-updated map facilitates collective sense-making, helping communities to better achieve their purposes and assess change interventions. This workshop dives into the theory, taps into audience experience, and demonstrates actual maps.