Wisdom Well

Wisdom Well is a care-centered guide for deepening wisdom and knowledge with diverse groups in arts and culture. 

Context

Wisdom Well is a community-based approach to research that focuses on making the process more respectful, fair, and open to everyone. It includes five responsibilities or streams: knowledge seeking, sensemaking, shaping, stewarding, and sharing. These streams each help ensure that the legacies of knowledge and wisdom are valued, protected, and shared in meaningful ways. While they will each ideally happen all at once, beginners can go through them one at a time to better understand how they work together.

Knowledge seeking (grounding wisdom)

Curiosity-driven exploration, seeking information, insights, and experiences to lay foundations for deeper understanding and appreciation.

Knowledge sensemaking (contextualizing wisdom)

Making sense of knowledge to contextualize it within various worldviews and experiences. 

Knowledge shaping (evolving wisdom)

Actively evolving, deepening, and adapting knowledge to contribute to the emergence of wise practices in the future.  

Knowledge sharing (disseminating wisdom)

Disseminating wisdom, knowledge, and insights with others to enrich community dialogue and cultivate connections. 

Knowledge stewarding (respecting wisdom)

Safeguarding, respecting, and protecting the cultural heritage of wisdom and knowledge for future generations.  

Codicil

How to use Wisdom Well? To apply the practice, follow these steps:

Knowledge seeking (grounding wisdom)
Knowledge sensemaking (contextualizing wisdom)
Knowledge shaping (evolving wisdom)
Knowledge stewarding (respecting wisdom)
Knowledge sharing (disseminating wisdom)

Examples in arts and culture

1. Newcomers

A collective of immigrant and refugee artists comes together to explore the intersection of their cultural heritage and the contemporary challenges of displacement and identity. Using the Wisdom Well framework, they aim to deepen understanding, share collective knowledge, and create a platform for cultural preservation and innovation in the arts.


Revision #10
Created 7 December 2024 19:23:57 by ArtsPond
Updated 26 January 2025 23:26:19 by ArtsPond