**Pattern Name:** Culture _(pattern under development, feel free to help)_
**Introduction:** Culture has a long wave length. One is well advised to work within a culture rather than against it.
**Illustration:**
Two Cultures
**CONTEXT:**
Human principles emerge from and align with culture. They cannot be imposed. Imposed principles are inauthentic and increase the divide between espoused theory and theory-in-use. This results in cynicism and corruption. Motives emerge from cultures. Motives are the "hidden variables" in many socio-politico-technical systems.
**Initial Situation:** Innovators want to get going before they have understood the culture. There is often a sense of urgency. (Bonfires vs Campfires)
**PROBLEM:** Culture enables or inhibits creative cooperation.
Enthusiastic locals frequently don't account for the power of cultures in their own locale.
Outsiders seldom understand local cultures.
**Forces:** -Urgency -Commitments made without understanding the cultures at play. -Invasion -Extraction -Dumping
**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):** Ensure the culture matches the approach to local creativity. This most often requires adapting the approach to the culture or working with existing subcultures needed for prosocial creativity.
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**Consequences:**
**Known Uses:** -Subversion -Genocide -Displacement =Subjugation -Collaboration -Coordination -Cooperation -Co-Design -Co Identification
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**CONNECTED PATTERNS:** **Supported Patterns:** **Supporting Patterns:**
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