Working in the Gap: What does it mean to you?
Working in the Gap
Great conversation. I think of gappers as translators and joiners working the messy middle ground between institutions and communities, and Ive seen them become unnecessary once the involved community and institutions find new ways to talk and work with each other. Its like a parachute jumper working a forest fire. You drop in, do your work, and move on to the next fire line. If gappers have a permanent place in the change framework of a community, doesnt that mean the transformative goals of a gapper have not been met? Thats an interesting idea to me, since institutions tend to want to promote permanent "positions" as a way to promote stability and a safe future for the institution. When is a gappers work done?