Difference between revisions of "FAQ"

Latest revision as of 00:39, 28 June 2012

What is CIRAL?

CIRAL is the intellectual and physical space where strategies for the amplification and institutionalization of civic intelligence are generated and implemented.

CIRAL is the Civic Intelligence Research and Action Laboratory at The Evergreen State College. It is intended to provide one possible "home" for academy-comunity collaborative problem-solving relationships that persist indefinitely.

Click the link for a CIRAL Overview

What makes CIRAL different?

Over the years Evergreen has developed an amazing portfolio of community-related projects. Additionally, Evergreen has the Center for Community-Based Learning and Action. On the other hand, some limitations have been observed (many have been documented in Local Knowledge in an Era of Globalization, by Anne Fischel & Lin Nelson) including the difficulty in engaging in long-term projects. The Internship model, while tremendously important, also is not ideal for long-term, collaborative, action-oriented problem-solving relationships -- especially those involving research and other activities that higher education institutions focus on.

How can people and organizations outside of Evergreen get involved with CIRAL?

Join the CIRAL listserv: CIRAL@GoogleGroups.com

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-''What's the purpose of CIRAL?''
+=== ''What is CIRAL?'' ===
-''Isn't all the work that CIRAL would undertake already done at Evergreen?''
+CIRAL is the intellectual and physical space where strategies for the amplification and institutionalization of civic intelligence are generated and implemented.
+CIRAL is the Civic Intelligence Research and Action Laboratory at The Evergreen State College. It is intended to provide one possible "home" for academy-comunity collaborative problem-solving relationships that persist indefinitely.
-''Why is Evergreen a good site for CIRAL?''
+Click the link for a [[Main Presentation | CIRAL Overview]]
-''How can other people and organizations get involved with CIRAL?''
+=== ''What makes CIRAL different?'' ===
+Over the years Evergreen has developed an amazing portfolio of community-related projects. Additionally, Evergreen has the Center for Community-Based Learning and Action. On the other hand, some limitations have been observed (many have been documented in Local Knowledge in an Era of Globalization, by Anne Fischel & Lin Nelson) including the difficulty in engaging in long-term projects. The Internship model, while tremendously important, also is not ideal for long-term, collaborative, action-oriented problem-solving relationships -- especially those involving research and other activities that higher education institutions focus on.
-=== Frequently Asked Question about our Open Text Book project ===
-''What's the purpose of this project?''
-<br>We are trying to create an Open Text book on Civic Intelligence &mdash; the first as far as we know.
-''Who should use this book?''
+=== ''How can people and organizations outside of Evergreen get involved with CIRAL?'' ===
-<br>Everybody!  But some people are more likely candidates than others.
-''Is it true that students are creating this book?''
+Join the CIRAL listserv:  CIRAL@GoogleGroups.com
-<br>Yes!  As we speak, students in the ''Civic Intelligence: Research and Practice'' program at The Evergreen State College are entering their thoughts into this Wiki.
-''When will you be done with this project?''
-<br>Although the project may never be "done", we hope to make some good progress this quarter which ends the first week in June, 2011. Realistically ???  Perhaps a class or two may decide to use the book in some way as early as August or September, 2011.
-''How will you transfer the Wiki text into book form?''
-<br>Presumably the ultimate aim is a pdf.  And hopefully there are tools that can convert Wiki text into more book-like materials.  But &mdash; we don't how we're going to do it yet.