I was having lunch with someone and got into an argument about the reason for putting up solar panels. It was weird to be faced with a different worldview when I felt my view was the obvious answer. It was even weirder to acknowledge that their reason was also perfectly valid, but I still felt triggered. So this got me thinking. This person is not a bad person, I just don’t think he ever even saw the need for care, giving it or receiving it. So what is that worldview, and why is it so different to mine? I wanted to call him selfish, but that wasn’t it. It was more … individualist.
Continue reading “Individualist vs selfish”Curious Game idea
This is bringing together the metaverse data-interoperability idea, with the group level ethic of care – the AquaCurious stuff. Very early thoughts.
Continue reading “Curious Game idea”AquaCurious
I applied to the MSCA again. Calculated success rate is about 7.4%, heh. But, the process, as always, was so incredibly insightful and I am already applying the principles in my work and thinking. So, win.
TL;DR: AquaCurious: Cultivating Curiosity-Driven, Gameful Coalition Culture for Sustained Civic-Led Water Partnerships
I ask how six structural elements – process, place, people, power, purpose, and care – let civic actors build and sustain coalition-based water governance. Curiosity as the design mechanism is mobilised through gameful approaches, applied through the vehicle of designing a pocket park in Tampere.
Continue reading “AquaCurious”The use of disruptive technologies towards improving the functions of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR).
This is a draft Notice of Intent to Apply (NOI)2 for the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges1
Continue reading “The use of disruptive technologies towards improving the functions of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR).”Building an eco-feminist metaverse
This is chewing through the philosophy of the biosphere metaverse project. It’s still messy, and trigger warning, it involves mention of patriarchy and ecofeminism. In more developed framing it won’t mention these to avoid the hangups around the words. Probably won’t mention metaverse either for the same reason.
outline:
- Background: why does patriarchy persist
- Pathological defences against loss applied to our relationship with nature
- Repairing relationship through association, ways of listening
- A globally accessible ecosystem of integrated data
- Case study: UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR)
- Funding
Building the ecology of the Metaverse
We are a collective, using digital technologies to address the challenge of interacting with complex knowledge ecosystems. We use people-centric technology development to empower informed, accountable action from the bottom up. Using digital hyper-connected, integrated technologies – what we understand as the Metaverse – potentially gives grassroots initiatives the ability to contribute to the growing integrated knowledge ecosystem – the Metaverse as an ecosystem – and thereby scale their efforts and networks globally. We are looking for consortium members to pursue research funding, or strategic partnerships with companies interested in the commercial potential of these approaches. Please find some use cases below with more information. We also welcome anyone to join the journey; find us on Discord – the Open Metaverse Interoperability Group (OMI) (website: omigroup.org/) or email me at bernellev@gmail.com.
Continue reading “Building the ecology of the Metaverse”OSCC2025 talk: MetaCulture = Metagaming + Integrated knowledge infrastructures
The Open Simulator Community Conference is my first virtual conference!
OSCC2025 schedule: https://conference.opensimulator.org/schedule/
my talk: https://conference.opensimulator.org/events/metaculture-metagaming-integrated-knowledge-infrastructures/
Watch it on Youtube : www.youtube.com/AvaconOrg/
Join the conversation:
The conference Discord is at AvaCon
The conversation in OMI Discord (long term): Inclusive Communities Research
MetaCulture = Metagaming + Integrated knowledge infrastructures
Incorporating game culture into community driven knowledge networks.
I’m applying to another post-doc position, this summary shook out from that.
Continue reading “MetaCulture = Metagaming + Integrated knowledge infrastructures”Sci-Curious – final
A month ago I submitted this project to the MCSA-PF fellowship call. It is a very competitive call, the chance of success is about 9.6%! I really enjoyed the process of unpacking my idea to the core essence so I consider it a win anyway. (but man I want the fellowship so bad!)
Cultivating scientific curiosity: Digitally-mediated approaches for enhancing engagement and behavioral transformation.
The overall aim of Sci-Curious is to develop a method that cultivates scientific curiosity in
participants, leading to better engagement in and between contributor groups who deal with politically charged scientific questions. This will be achieved through developing a digitally mediated deep canvassing method that incorporates scientific challenges through digital knowledge infrastructures. This method balances a feminist ethic of care with critical accountability. By bridging scientific rigor with transformative societal engagement, this project promises to unlock new pathways for addressing intractable scientific challenges and affecting societal transformation.
MetaPlay: Biosphere reserves, glass cliffs and the project in a sentence
The sentence, drumroll, is:
Any approaches that embrace a feminist ethic of care need to balance that with scientific rigour and accountability.
(OK, it doesn’t talk about how to project addresses that, and what the aim and objectives are. So not really the project in a sentence. But it’s the crux of it.)
Continue reading “MetaPlay: Biosphere reserves, glass cliffs and the project in a sentence”