Drawing of what we would've done differently from class

Reflection on our market

Overall I think the market went really well.

Setting up, we initially had just the tables with fabric over them, but then we found some sticks from a previous market that we combined with stools so that we could rig up some bunting (leftover from a previous market, and some from the vibes team). Then we found a roll of cardboard to put in front of the tables which made our entrance link more to the internal decorations.

We were worried about having a bottleneck when people came in, and also between markets when people were both leaving and entering, but it turned out to work a lot better than expected. We managed to get the bag drop working really fast, and only the first stream ended up doing that – everyone else didn’t bring bags, which meant there was no stress about that. The booklets worked well too – the people who used the bag drop brought them back, because that was the system we used, but nobody else did – and we had about the right amount left for the next stream. In the end we only had about 8 left, which we recycled.

The fact that the entrance and exit were in the same place worked in our favour, since a lot of people went in the last stall before they were finished – and then they just went inside again, so the flow of it worked quite well.

Timelapse videos of entrance

Bag drop tags

I made these tags to put on bags/coats if people want to leave them with us. the numbers correspond to the numbers on the booklets.

I made the numbers in different colours to make it easier to find a specific one - eg 1-10 are red, 11-20 are black and so on. I also used the string I got from the secrets group from the last market as ties.

Finished booklets

I finished writing the fact for the last two stalls in all my booklets and added the maps. I also numbered the back of all of them - so we can use them to exchange for bags/coats.

Critique review

The market of immaterial labours didn't have much of a flow - which was good and bad. it meant that if there was a line at a stall, you could just go to another one, but also I felt it removed some of the market feel - there were a lot of empty spaces and I ended up walking back and forth a lot. I also felt like there wasn't as much of an atmosphere  throughout the whole market - it felt like the stalls were very separate. If the construction theme from the entrance/exit was more incorporated on the inside of the market, that might have helped.

Although they were generally all interesting and entertaining, it wasn't always apparent how the stalls related to immaterial labours. Most of them generally involved doing something - sometimes this involved thinking or problem solving (a symbolic-analytical service) but some didn't, for example the drawing ones. Other stalls had human contact and interaction - for example mindsketch, where they draw your conversation with the stall member,

 or the pillow talk stall - having a conversation with another marketgoer about a topic. I found that a lot of the stalls didn't really communicate how their stall fitted with the theme, or what their system of exchange was. In some, the thing you made would be given or exchanged, (like the quilt to the children's hospital, which was apparently in exchange for coffee/tea but I wasn't told that)

 but for the most part it wasn't obvious. Aside from the fact that it wasn't always obviously related to the theme, I found the stalls to be engaging and interesting. I especially liked the choose your own adventure stall because the story was fun. I also thought the beach/relaxing one was a good use of the space and was interesting for all the senses.

Group Review Critic - Kristen, Laya, Kate, George, Zoe

Market of Immaterial Labours – Reviewer/Critic – Team 38 Kristen, Laya, Kate, George, Zoe

In the Market of Immaterial Labours, “information, communication, knowledge and affect come to play a fundamental role in the production process” (Hardt, 93).  Although the stalls generally involved some kind of labour – making or doing something, thinking or problem solving, and/or interacting with people, they often didn’t communicate this clearly enough. We felt that they weren’t cohesive enough with the entrance/exit theme, and there wasn’t as much of an atmosphere. Although some had systems of exchange, this often wasn’t communicated, but we inferred that for the most part it was the exchange of doing or creating something, and getting something back. However, the individual stalls were generally very engaging and entertaining.

For example, Quilt for a Cause involved contributing to a quilt for the children’s hospital, and getting coffee or tea in exchange.  The zoetrope stall, where you spin the wheel and provide the light giving your own time and energy for the reward – an animation.  In the secrets stall, you gave your secrets in exchange for humour and relief. Overall the market was enjoyable and well put together as a collective.

Week 9 - Market Participation - Team Reflection

Market of Impossible Things – Participant – Group 38 Kristen, Laya, Kate, George 

As a team we entered the market together but soon found a lot of stalls needed set numbers of people and therefore we split up and didn’t stick with one another.

 The first section of the market on floor C was more immersive and all the stalls flowed together as the themes were similar, and the decorations helped transform the space. We didn’t quite understand the ideas of different times throughout the market flow, but found a majority of the displays to be very interactive and drew on our participation.

It was nice that some stalls required a high level of participation and others not as much so they could appeal to different people. Many groups approached us and informed us, but some groups didn’t do this as much and we were left to ask what was required from us.

 In the second half of the market, when you enter the pit area, we spent more time waiting than participating. Although we arrived at the market at 10am we were still in the market place at 11.30am when stalls started packing up. The waiting around drew us out of the market experience as we were left feeling bored.

Overall we enjoyed the market but wish there was less people/crowds and more time.

Market Participation

Market of Impossible Things


The first section of the market was really engaging, it helped that it was quite a small compact space. The decorations, stalls and people made it seem like a different space from what it usually is, and the music helped with the theme. I especially like the birthday party stall at the start - which had food, finger painting, party poppers (which smell) - things for all senses. The long room made it flow well, though at points there were too many people and a bit of waiting. There was also a 20 minute wait at the entrance, which was too long, especially with nothing to do. Some stalls had a high level of participation and some were more casual which was nice - I don't like super confronting things that put me on the spot, but I'm sure others like challenges like that. Once we got into the pit there was a lot more waiting, which meant I didn't feel as immersed in the experience. it didn't flow as well as the start did. Especially when the lights turned on because it ended. I felt like I was spending more time waiting than actually participating in anything. I would've liked to have more time to do things and less waiting.

shirts

Since I live in Newtown and there's about four opshops very close to my house, I had a look around for plain shirts we can use. The most common colour for plain shirts was grey, which will also be good for any colour of print, so I got three of those. (Zoe will try find two more)

writing in booklets

I ordered the stalls into more or less the order they go around in the market, and in order wrote their number and stall name on each page of all the booklets I took.

I also left some pages blank so people can write feedback in them - some had a lot of free pages so I left blank pages in between, and some just had one left at the end.

Booklets

I made about 20 booklets during the holidays out of scrap bits of paper. I also ripped up the offcuts and collected them for the paper making groups to use - since I'm lending them my paper making kits as well

Prototype market

We came prepared with

• the abandoned materials/wasted banners I made
• the booklet kristen made
• a wasted sign (on newspaper) that george made

Which we set up by the entrance to the market room itself, and also started up a timelapse inside to film the prototype market.

We were made aware that people coming up the stairs wouldn't now exactly where to go, and that we should make use of the whole area at the top of the stairs. (Also to research The Welcoming Party, think about colour/props/music?)

In order to use the space better, we moved the table with the booklets to directly at the top of the stairs, and hung an arrow and the origami wasted sign on it; put the newspaper wasted sign and another arrow on the wall up the stairs, as well as an arrow pointing right to the entrance (where we left the abandoned materials banner). 

The table with the booklets is also right by the exit door, which means people can hand us the booklets when they're done to be reused for new people coming in. This also made us think about how we could use the number of booklets to dictate how many people enter the market at one time. Would they go in a group? Would that create a bottleneck and what would we do with those people - maybe they can sit and watch the video of the prototype market/ people making things while they wait.

When people from the other markets came around to look they generally came up to me (I was the only one at the desk at the time) and I explained our booklet and then directed them in the direction they should go in. Everyone seemed to think the booklet was a good idea and they liked it. They also really liked the sign on the wall up the stairs. Some people just ignored me and walked around the corner but they followed the arrows, so it was clear at least?

Then I went to look at the other markets. They were generally a lot less cohesive - I wasn't sure where to walk in or if there was a specific entrance (especially on C floor - I didn't even realise there was something in the pit), and some of the groups weren't really engaging, I wasn't sure if they were a stall or just a group sitting discussing things. I think it helped for us having a smaller space rather than being really spread out. Some of the individual stalls were good though - I particularly liked the terrarium happy place, the choose-your-own-adventure game and the dentention one (though I didn't actually participate because I couldn't think of a story to write). Some of the simpler things like playdoh and drawing on things were nice too, though could be made a bit more interesting somehow.

Then we got together and discussed what else we should do, and what to do over the holidays

Banners

I made two banners for the prototype market - I was originally going to do posters for advertising it, but since the market is only for people doing this paper we don't need to do that.

-some people were talking about naming the market Wasted? which seems cool, though I assumed it was going to be called Abandoned Materials. I made one of each.

-origami letters made of scrap paper


-cut out letters filled with srcap paper/rubbish/etc

Commodity precedent slide

(Kristen took/added the top photos, Kate took the recycling bin photo)

What happens to paper recycled in NZ and What do recyclables become? both say junk mail/magazines generally are recycled into new magazines, newspaper, egg cartons etc. Which is generally done overseas.

Junk mail reusing things:

Junk Mail Press - a kit to pulp and press junk mail into paper bowls
Paper fire bricks - fuel for fires made of resued paper
Crafts - a whole lot of crafts to make out of junk mail
Homemade kitty litter

a small brainstorm I made during our meeting today.

Group Meeting - Monday 15th August

Kristen, Laya, Zoe, Kate.

Looking at what we are doing - 

Marketing, what would we do for the prototype market?

We could do a mood-board with all of the aspects of the market we will be using.

- posters
- marketing desk
- Uniform
- Brochures / maps?
- booklet: how to other teams stuff

What we want for next week:

To have a plan for our stall and idea. We would like to do:

Booklet - Map, then how to create other stalls things/what its made out of. Kristen
Posters - Laya - to advertise the event
T-shirt/uniform - Kate
Map - entire map for event - Zoe
The entrance way - a concept for people to walk in / an arch type thing? - George idea

Researching waste stream:

Where does old booklets go/brochures/magazines.

Researching our own waste streams = where does our waste end up?

Everyone is going to post our own waste streams in terms of advertisements/booklets/junkmail and where these things end up.

THIS IS DUE TOMORROW.

Lecture 3 - Homework

Group post on stream powerpoint:

Explaining the structure we had to research, examples and a diagram of what the structure is.

Organisational Model research

Innovative/project/adhocracy ​(more fluid or dynamic structures that emerge and dissolve around specific project tasks or requirements for expertise)

Adhocracy - a form of organisation that is fluid and adaptable, and is defined by a lack of structure. From the root ad hoc which implies something temporary, specialised and dynamic. People from varied backgrounds work together on a specific task force/committee that is formed for a particular task, and once the task is complete they disband, and will possibly create new groups with other people in the organisation for new tasks that arise.

"Adhocracy is characterized by an adaptive, creative and flexible integrative behavior based on non-permanence and spontaneity. It is believed that these characteristics allow adhocracy to respond faster than traditional bureaucratic organizations while being more open to new ideas" (source)


Types of adhocracy

• task force: a temporary structure formed to accomplish a specific, well defined task that involves a number of organisational sub units, which disbands once the task is complete.
• committee form: a committee facilitates bringing together many varied inputs including task forces, is established to oversee critical functions. used to bring perspectives from throughout the organisation into 'top level' decision making. (it almost seems like it still is part of a normal hierarchical structure..)
• source

The Creative Culture (Adhocracy)

New companies/organisations in the industries wanting to foster entrepreneurship and creativity, and a creative vision for the future. For businesses that are innovative and need to adapt to the ever changing market and culture. These organisations want new structures within the organisations, emphasising "organized anarchy, and disciplined imagination [to] create high levels of unique forms of collaboration."
"They have been characterized as “tents rather than palaces” in that they can reconfigure themselves rapidly when new opportunity (or alarming challenges); perhaps greater, unique prospects arise. A major goal of an adhocracy is to foster adaptability, flexibility, and creativity. It is not uncommon for uncertainty, ambiguity, and information overload to occur."


An example of an adhocracy: the Apollo 13 space mission. Leadership changed regularly and often unpredictably, and there was no clear structure of the communication or control system.
During the flight, both the astronauts in the space capsule and those on earth supporting them were not organised in a static way. Different problems required different types of people and teams, and different leadership. This structural form allowed teams of experts to function effectually and collaborate effectively with other teams. Decentralising certain decision making allowed them to master highly complex projects. 
NASA's entire Manned Space Flight Centre is an adhocracy: the formal structure changed 17 times in its first eight years. Printing any charts recording the organisatonal structure was impossible because they changed so rapidly. Lines between jurisdictions, precedents and policies were temporary, and titles/job responsibilities/department alignments often changed weekly. In order for it to work they had to have very detailed checklists and manuals for every possible situation - even for decision making itself - for everyone to follow, because there was no set leadership.

(source)

Some other companies with adhocracy cultures are Google, IDEO, Genentech, Menlo Innovation..


"While the design has experienced some growing pains transitioning away from decades of a bureaucratic tradition, the results are very promising thus far and have resulted in more timely actions in relation to non-emergent situations, greater responsiveness to citizens, organizational success, better decision-making, and leadership development of personnel within the organization who in turn are capable of accepting roles with a greater scope of responsibility." (source)


(from the PDF given to us: Bennis proposed that in our changing world we would need to develop “new temporary systems, formed to work on problems.” These systems would allow us “to focus on things like peace, traffic, or what have you, and to develop these task-force temporary systems…”. Most interesting is that these systems are fluid and dynamic: “When the problem seems to get less interesting, less potent, less salient, and possibly even solved, the members of the team, this temporary system, dissolve and return to their own departments, or form new teams.” These temporary systems don’t attempt to know everything in advance and prepare for any possible outcome with rigid and risk-averse processes, but rather can help us to “adapt to changing conditions” and “remain responsive to what is going on out there” (Bennis, 1969))


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Waste Streams research:

A big report about wellington waste here;
The main materials going into landfills are: organics (28%), timber (13%), paper (11%) and plastics (10%). 
Some organisations that reuse food waste: kai-to-compost (for businesses), Kaibosh (delivering surplus food to those in need), Kai Cycle (food scrap collection service, goes towards compost for community garden).

Sustainability trust has a variety of resources to do with waste streams and reusing things, like a curtain donation bank, electronics recycling, lots of resources about reducing waste.

The misprint co making notebooks by reusing paper - if we want to do something with paper there's heaps of paper around massey

Trade systems research

Bartercard

A barter trading exchange founded in Australia in 1991, which now operates in a number of countries including NZ. Member businesses can exchange goods and services with other member businesses without using cash/cash equivalents, or having to engage in the direct two-way swap of goods and/or services. Members get credits which they can earn by providing goods/services and spend.

The hotel industry utilise Bartercard to fill unsold rooms, restaurants use Bartercard to fill tables, the wine industry uses Bartercard to increase their marketing and distribution, and trades people and professionals use Bartercard to fill their work weeks and gain new business. The Bartercard network is focused on connecting business people with each other and holds over 500 networking events per year. source

When you spend cash there is no guarantee of the return. With the Trade Dollar you know that each time you spend, it will come back to you in the form of new business from another Bartercard member.
Bartercard members are motivated to utilise your goods and services because they are paying with their Gross Profit Margin just like you, saving them cash every time they spend. source

1 bartercard dollar =  1NZD.  Essentially it seems very commercialised and still focused on gaining money which is not exactly what we're focusing on in this paper but I thought I'd add it anyway.



Another interesting thing: Silent Trade, a system generally between groups who don't speak the same language. More of a historical thing than something that's still in use.