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Union of Intelligible Associations

Overview

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Knowledge Management Initiatives
Challenge to comprehension implied by the logo	Significance of the domain name: www.un-intelligible.org

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Intent exemplified by Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Contextual Concerns Existential Challenge Strategic Assumptions Objectives Significance Distinguishing Uses of the Encyclopedia Uses of the Encyclopedia Interactive Access and Future developments Section Interrelationships Comprehension of Sustainable Integration Encyclopedia Illusions: Rationale for an Encyclopedia

Press releases Cycles de problèmes vicieux et stratégies dissipatrices (Nov 1996) Sustainable Strategies vs Cycles of Vicious Problems (March 1996) International Organization Data on CD-ROM (Dec 1995) Sustainable Strategies vs Cycles of Vicious Problems (Sept 1995) Sustainable Development of the Individual? (Jan 1995) A la chasse de cycles vicieux de problemes (1994) Australians Hunting 10,000 World Problems in Brussels (1994) Mapping Pandora's Heritage (1988)

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Intent reframed within the Union of International Associations

Multi-dimensional long-term commitment Multi-dimensional scope Continuity & Future orientation Paradoxical and "negative" viability Paradoxical viability "Negative capability" Integrated strategic context Governance context Integrated databases Long-term viability Self-financing capacity Innovative capacity (Application development) Production capacity Civil society and ethical commitment Civil society (NGOs) Ethical commitment Facilitation services

Knowledge management & Reference information Reference information Knowledge organization Multimedia / Web Audiences, recognition & "re-presentation" Interfaces / Audiences Recognition "Re-presentation" Research, publications & comprehension Research & Statistics Publications Complexity comprehension Information culture / Ongoing work / Projects Information culture Ongoing work Projects

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Reclaiming the heritage of misappropriated collective endeavour
Conflicting claims to territory and property: real or virtual "Existence" of collective entities Value context	Deprecated arguments Exploitation of contractual relationships Reclaiming a heritage

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Projects

Projects overview World problems project Global strategies project Human development project Human values project Integrative knowledge project Metaphor and patterns project Transformative approaches project Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential 1972-1976: Yearbook 1983-1995: Editions 2,3,4 and CD 1997-2000: Web-based developments Articulation / Implementation of web strategy Simulating a global brain Diversitas bid for management of the .ORG web domain registry

Systematic solicitation of institutional project funding Ecolynx: Information Context for Biodiversity Conservation Interactive Conceptual Environmental Planning Tool for Developing Countries Cultivating Knowledge Ecosystems: adapting visual arts and music Local Action Dynamics: Knowledge patterns for the Lisbon Strategy Global Knowledge Grid for Understanding Globalization CiviLynx: Gateway to Civil Society Organization Information Cessation of the Union of Intelligible Associations Enabling a Living Library Generating a Million Questions from UIA Databases

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Visuals

Selected presentations of interrelationships between UIA databases Selected Screen-shots of Problem and Organization Networks in Virtual Reality (PDF images) Network visualizations (PDF images) 2001: Spring maps (organizations, problems, strategies, values) 2002: Network analyses (organizations, problems, strategies, values) 2003: Network analyses (organizations, problems, strategies, values) 2004: Network analyses (organizations, problems, strategies, values)

Gallery of screen shots of virtual reality displays (interrelated problems or organizations) Experimental representations of entity interrelationships (using SVG) NetMap visualizations of questions, world problems, global strategies, and values Problems and strategies: Energy / Water / Strategies against violence Questions: Peace-related / Faith/Prosperity-related Pattern-language Human values

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Resources (Documents)
Specific documents Collections of documents	Other documentary resources

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Context
Association context (map) Complementary initiatives Cognitive Fusion Reactor (ITER-8) Union of Imaginable Associations University of Earth Union of the Whys	Research resources Laetus in Praesens Historical associations Union of Intelligible Associations Union of International Associations Mankind 2000 / Humanité 2000

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