The SAVES set of categories was developed by Do No Harm users because other sets were not as functional for their purposes. People use the following categories for three reasons:<\/p>\n
Systems and Institutions<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n How do people organize themselves for action? How do communities organize service provision? What are the structures that people belong to and that organize their activities?<\/p>\n Militias and militaries. Police departments and legal systems. Energy and water supplies.<\/p>\n Attitudes and Actions<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n How do people treat one another? How do people talk about and to one another? What acts of violence or kindness do people exhibit?<\/p>\n Reconciliation and forgiveness. Grenades and gunfire. Discrimination and insults. Racism or tolerance.<\/p>\n Values and Interests<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n How do people think of themselves as good people? How do people make use of resources in order to meet their needs?<\/p>\n Is land common or private? Is religion welcoming or aggressive?<\/p>\n Experiences<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n Do people interpret history selectively or broadly? How do they interpret recent events or their own experiences? How do people interpret the cultures of others around them?<\/p>\n Symbols and Occasions<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n How do people demonstrate which groups they belong to?<\/p>\n Flags and fireworks. Icons and idols. Colors and costumes. Holidays and holy days.<\/p>\n Previous Page Checklist for Dividers\/Connectors Analysis<\/a> Related Topics The acronym SAVES is obvious once pointed out. Yet Mary and I missed it for years! The SAVES set of categories was developed by Do No Harm users because other sets were not as functional for their purposes. People use the following categories for three reasons: They encourage brainstorming. If you consider these categories and what people are doing, you will not leave out something important They help to organize information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":10361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1497","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1497\/revisions\/2967"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nHow to do a Dividers\/Connectors Analysis<\/a>
\nCommon Misunderstandings about Dividers and Connectors<\/a>
\nUnderstanding Dividers and Connectors<\/a>
\nKey Questions to unlock Dividers and Connectors<\/a>
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\nIt was finally pointed out to me by colleagues in Kenya who had been using it for years. I have subsequently learned that several groups around the world had been using the acronym, thinking it was intentional. The mind is a funny thing.
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\nAnd Mary still doesn\u2019t remember what the acronym stands for even though she knows the categories! The mind is a very funny thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"