The Circle Center Collective[CCC] was a group of individuals banded around the idea of creating media+performances to harness the space provided by the GreenDome Tent that was meant to be installed as part of the Yo City Summit.
The CCC was an independent, self autonomous and self-governing collective, focussing on using media and performance to spread the idea of 'Wellbeing'. we proposed mechanisms to showcase the idea of 'seeking wellbeing' as a solution to making cities safer, along with many other perceived 'problems' in the world.
Through the process, we all learnt the legislative and energetic implications of using the collective structure. While the advantages are obvious, the downsides seemed to be the immediate acceptance of Hierarchy and Bureaucracy. i also found that the people associated with the CCC were largely unwilling/unable to deal with the idea of a leaderless collective.
Ultimately, I discovered that even leaderless collectives require a central point or person to co-ordinate the internal affairs and systems. Self governance is also a skill that must be engendered and learnt til perfected.
Once the CCC discovered that the GreenDome was not going to be part of the Yo City Summit, there was an interesting shift of dynamics, with a smaller team stepping forward to re-imagine and drive the original energy. This team, code named C3, initiated and produced a collaborative media project with 2nd-year Journalism Students from Durban University of Technology (Team D).
This project manifested itself as a public-wiki which screened submissions and reports from the students. The blog is still available at: http://www.safercitiesyouth.blogspot.com/
Though the quality of the reports was typically 2nd-year student level, the project was successful in spreading the idea of using blogs and other online mechanisms as part of an awareness campaign, and was a positive education for the local students.
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