Archipelagos of Learning and Sharing: Collective Resonances Through the Kannō Booklet

On Day 3, a production workshop for the Kannō Booklet was held at KYOTO Design Lab (Kyoto City). Drawing on what they had sensed and experienced mainly in Nagahama and Kameoka on Day 2, participants worked in groups to create a collective output. The completed booklets were shared in a format called “Archipelagos of Learning and Sharing.” In this setting, each participant’s multifaceted insights from the fieldwork resonated with and stimulated one another, forming a constellation of interconnected reflections.

“Omiai Party”-Style Reflection and Sharing

The session began with participants exchanging reflections from the Day 2 fieldwork. Those who had visited Kameoka and Nagahama formed two facing circles—an inner and an outer ring—and shared photographs taken on site. This rotating format was playfully referred to as an “omiai party” (matchmaking party), encouraging both personal reflection and active exchange of observations.

Booklet Production

Following this, participants moved into group work to create the Kannō Booklet. Divided into seven groups, they explored the multifaceted insights they had gained—relating to temporality, climate, and infrastructure—through selected lenses such as Anticipating, Trusting, Caring, Moving, and Repeating.
Within four hours, each group completed a 12-page booklet. Approaches varied: some expressed their learning visually through sketches and illustrations in addition to photographs and text; others incorporated materials gathered through their designated roles (Maker, Watcher, Asker) into the booklet’s composition. Each group developed a distinct method of articulating their collective reflections.

Archipelagos of Learning and Sharing

The completed booklets were then shared across teams using the “Archipelago” format. The booklet itself functioned as a supportive medium—an aid for expressing what participants had sensed—rather than a fixed or definitive account. What was emphasized or perceived differed depending on who was presenting and who was reading.
Each team first formed its own “island,” leaving one member behind as a host. Visitors from other islands then joined, engaging in dialogue while listening to the host’s explanation. Through several rounds of this decentralized exchange, a form of collective resonance gradually emerged.

Kannō Booklets

The seven completed Kannō Booklets can be accessed below. We warmly invite those interested to explore them.

Written by

Shin Okamoto

monlon G.I.A.