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[A “cosmology episode” is] An incident in which “people suddenly and deeply feel that the universe is no longer a rational, orderly system”. “People…[generally] act as if events cohere in time and space and that change unfolds in an orderly manner. These orderly cosmologies are subject to disruption. And when they are severely disrupted, I call this a cosmology episode (Weick, 1985: 51-52)…What makes such an episode so shattering is that both the sense of what is occurring and the means to rebuild it collapse together. Stated more informally, a cosmology episode feels like vu jàdé—the opposite of déjà vu: I’ve never been here before, I have no idea where I am, and I have no idea who can help me. |
✖ Via “The collapse of sensemaking in organizations : The Mann Gulch disaster” by Weick, K. E., Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 4, p. 633-634, Dec. 1993 [PDF]“The purpose of this article is to reanalyse the Mann Gulch fire disaster in Montana described in Norman Maclean’s (1992) award-winning book Young Men and Fire to illustrate a gap in our current understanding of organizations. I want to focus on two questions: Why do organization unravel? And how can organization be made more resilient?” About the author: “Karl E. Weick (born October 31, 1936 in Warsaw, Indiana) is an American organizational theorist who is noted for introducing the notions of “loose coupling”, “mindfulness”, and “sensemaking” into organizational studies. He is the Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio and his Ph.D. in organizational psychology from Ohio State University in 1962.” (wikipedia) |
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There’s a ticker on top of every page on YouTube that links to disaster relief via Oxfam. Not to be outdone, Google has created a disaster relief page, containing the most recent news about Haiti and information on its hospitals. You can easily donate to UNICEF and/or CARE, and SMS shortcodes are provided; text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross and text “YELE” to 501501 to donate $5 to Yele Haiti’s efforts. |
✖ Via The Huffington Post: “The Web Is Flat — The World Responds To Haiti’s Earthquake Online” by Jose Antonio Vargas, Jan 13th, 2010. So does Tumblr. |
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