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Innovating Traditions:
Activation projects at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute
Amy Tsilemanis
Federation University Australia and Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute (BMI)
@amytinderbox @bmiballarat
ballaratmi.org.au
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Clip from the amazing Erin McCuskey’s What Minerva Saw
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‘Creative Activation of the Past’
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hulballarat.org.au
ballaratrevealed.com
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#bmiballarat
#ballarattreasures
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Anyone for Pokemon Go?
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“I see no reason why we should not be
able to provide for the wants of the
most accomplished scholar, the most
exacting seeker of amusement, and every
learner of every degree of taste and
aptitude.”
-Mr Joseph Jones, BMI president
Ballarat Star newspaper, May 21st 1868
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Wendy Graham BMI Board Member
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Collaboration and Partnerships
“At the heart of a learning organisation is a shift of mind – from seeing ourselves as separate from the world
to being connected to the world. System change depends on sophisticated and widely distributed networks
of communication or influence.”
-Peter Senge
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Collaboration and Partnerships
Collective wisdom helps us transcend
the duality of self and others because
it is a reminder that we are part of a
larger framework from which we act
our role.
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Social Capital
• sophisticated social networks
• high levels of trust
• high civic engagement
• symbols and rituals
• interdependence and reciprocity
• volunteering and community action
• shared hope and aspiration
• communities of practice – shared learning
• shared leadership
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Ask ourselves:
What do we want the Mechanics’ Institute to mean in this particular community,
in this context?
With this population?
What are we trying to create?
How does this fit with our current strategic plan?
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What’s possible?
and
Who cares?
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Where to Next?
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Thank you!