Mapping
Mapping
Within this inquiry, mapping means attending to the language, meanings, and concepts that already exist — and developing new ones — to help orient and make sense of the re-rooting process. The aim is to provide a common enough vocabulary that people can better name their experiences, build shared threads, and find one another across different contexts and conversations.
Most, though not all, of the mapping happens through semantic networks. A semantic network is a map of connections between related meanings and concepts — a way of getting a grounded orientation to a particular territory of thought before moving more slowly through it. They are not meant to be exhaustive, but to open inroads. The full collection of semantic networks, organized by category, can be found in the library.