Research: Making Networks Visible

Hypothesis: Networks constitute more of social, economic, and ecological reality than our current conceptual frameworks can recognize.

We are developing epistemological and practical tools to:

• Identify networks that exist but go unnamed
• Map relational density and flow patterns
• Understand how network dynamics shape outcomes
• Cultivate network health and agency
• Distinguish networks from other organizing forms (organizations, communities, markets, platforms)

Goal: We do not want to reduce networks to something controllable, but make them legible enough to participate in consciously while respecting their essential dynamism.