The report from Ani

Siaap asked Aniruddhan Vasudevan to 'document' our Global Learning Festival. There are many ways to document an event and then there is Ani's way.

First of all, it was simply not possible to distinguish this 'documenter' from any other participant. His contribution to the event was magical. If the Global Learning Festival was about learning-and-sharing, then Ani was a major contributor to the event.

In this short video clip, Ani describes how he came to this understanding of his role at the GLF:

And now there is the report. This report goes far beyond a step-by-step description of what happened during the week. In this report, we go to the heart of a Learning Festival and to the heart of Siaap and the Constellation. It is a work of great insight and great beauty.

Here is how Ani describes his role at the event:

The fresh insights follow....

You can download the full text as a Word Document from below.

When I met the Constellation members and the other participants at the Global Learning Festival on Day Zero, 19 November 2012, I positioned myself initially as someone SIAAP had asked to report on the event. However, I had to renounce my carefully constructed identity soon. During my conversation with Philip and then with my documentation team, I realized that I cannot be an outsider to this process. I have to be a participant-observer. There will be no more “They,” only “We”! If we all participate and relate as fellow humans, where is the space for “us” and “them”? Only an all-inclusive “We.” Therefore, my observations here come from my location as an active participant-observer. But since this was my introduction to CLCP, I hope I have some fresh insights to offer.