{"id":2749,"date":"2009-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/lipoproblems-developing-a-strategy-omitting-a-key-problem\/"},"modified":"2009-09-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T00:00:00","slug":"lipoproblems-developing-a-strategy-omitting-a-key-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2009\/09\/lipoproblems-developing-a-strategy-omitting-a-key-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"LIPOPROBLEMS: DEVELOPING A STRATEGY OMITTING A KEY PROBLEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Systemic Challenge of Climate Change and Resource Issues
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According to Wikipedia<\/em>, a lipogram (from Greek lipogrammatos<\/em> or lipagrammatos<\/em>, "missing letter") is a form of constrained writing or word game consisting of writing texts in which a common letter or group of letters is omitted — usually a common vowel. The challenge is trivial for uncommon letters; the greatest challenge in English is omitting the letter "e", especially when the text is grammatically correct and smooth-flowing.<\/p>\n

This approach is one initiative of Oulipo (French abbreviation for: Ou<\/strong>vroir de li<\/strong><\/em>ttérature po<\/strong>tentielle<\/em>; roughly translated: "workshop of potential literature<\/em>"), group of writers, poets and mathematicians interested in the creation of literature using constrained writing techniques (see Harry Mathews and Alastair Brotchie, The Oulipo Compendium, 1998\/2005 — contents). One purpose of such constraints is to triggering new ideas and new thinking. The group is associated with several others having similar objectives with regard to other forms of representation. <\/p>\n

The lipogram constitutes an interesting metaphor for the challenge of articulating a strategy in response to a complex of problems (a problematique) whilst omitting a single problem — where problems might be understood as the "letters" of the strategic alphabet. Clearly the challenge is relatively trivial in the case of uncommon problems in any problematique. <\/p>\n

It would then be appropriate to speak of such a constrained strategy as a lipoproblem (from Greek lipoproblema<\/em>, "missing problem", where problem may also be understood as "question").

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