</a>Fundamental values and strategic pillars

Dynamic Exploration of Value Configurations: Interrelating traditional cultural symbols through animation (Part #2)

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The articulation of strategies by major institutions is now often expressed in terms of "pillars" associated with fundamental values. This phenomenon has been discussed extensively elsewhere (Coherent Value Frameworks: Pillar-ization, Polarization and Polyhedral frames of reference, 2008; Towards Polyhedral Global Governance: complexifying oversimplistic strategic metaphors, 2008). Those explorations raise the question: is it possible to represent such strategic "pillars" in ways that give a greater sense of coherence to the underlying set of values that enables governance, especially with the dynamic possibilities of modern web technology (Animating the Representation of Europe: visualizing the coherence of international institutions using dynamic animal-like structures, 2004; Polyhedral Pattern Language: software facilitation of emergence, representation and transformation of psycho-social organization, 2008).

On the other hand, a range of fundamental symbols, exemplifying the values of the cultures with which they are associated, may be understood geometrically as implying configurations of pillars or as indicative of such a configuration. Such symbols may be fundamental to cultural identity to the point of notably figuring on flags and emblems.

The question is then whether, through a dynamic exploration of such fundamental configurations:

• fruitful associations may be made to articulations of sets of values
• fruitful relationships may be explored between seemingly quite distinct symbols with which values are associated
• more appropriate insights may be rendered explicit with regard to strategies of development in the light of systems of faith-based governance representing cultures and civilizations held to be incompatible and clashing (Future Challenge of Faith-based Governance, 2003; Towards Fruitful Patterns of Faith-based Governance, 2003)

From a geometric perspective, of interest is whether the structure of simpler symbols implies the structure of more complex symbols. Expressed otherwise, how minimalistic can a simple structure be whilst adequately implying more complex structures through a minimum of transformations, typically associated with properties of symmetry? Some of the animations here explore such possibilities.

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