The Vox is, essentially, a global human voice advocating for its own needs, globally and locally.
Up until this graphic, we had worked out that it was necessary, but did not map out HOW soapbox activities could lead to such a voice. This is the first draft of the mechanism, and, though later ones will feature amendments, simplifications, and added layers, the basic ingredients remain the same.
Woodcarving:
At the beginning we have the established activities:
1.The entry point to soapbox is here described as a tree; the return to a human tradition of open connection without agenda.
This serves as a 'reset' with regards to cultural attitudes towards commodification and competition.
2. From there, groups or individuals can access guides from an info channel (the frame), as well as upload guides that they have created or discovered.
3. Using the guides, they can move from 'connecting' to acting
4. By acting, it creates a chance to broadcast on an inspo channel, which leads to an understanding of the various actions groups are choosing to undertake, which can be assessed to determine the needs of the society at a local or global level.
Wavecarving:
Involves building on the above to generate the social effect of self-sustaining continuous vox creation.
It is summarised as follows:
People organise action based on situational awareness. The situational awareness is developed by the people connecting with each other and by using soapbox. Their perspectives and creations influence how people organise action.
Specifically this requires 4 specific functions:
I'll use the example of cleaning the beach as a community action.
Situational analysis using observation + data on the frame (Several people in an area are cleaning the beach)
Teams connecting (Groups can coordinate their actions based on their shared purpose)
Organisation (Groups can have different functions within a team-of-teams, to meet the need, e.g. build awareness, petition council, clean the beach)
Crowdsourcing (Once an issue gains enough awareness, the general population people may get involved and popularise the issue/volunteer their time)
Summary
At its broadest, the assessment of needs, based on situation, allows us to act on those needs, and change the situation.
This cycles back to the beginning entry activities of soapbox, and ensures people will always have a means to create their own 'big tree' no matter what the situation and build from there.
Further, a vox may influence a situation directly, or in partnership with its government.
This is further distilled into the following 'film production' metaphor, illustrating how we can go from being market informed, to informing the market. This simpler diagram will end up being the foundation of later diagrams, where we no longer identify connecting as 'entry level' and action as 'advanced', but as equal reflections of each other.
