Network mapping inherently illuminates power. Network mapping and/or analysis inherently seeks to bring to light several kinds of power. Here are several ways it can include power: * Demonstrates where capacity and resources exist in a group of entities * Visualizes previously invisible patterns, structures, and dynamics that existed but of which we were unaware * Elucidates relationships and pathways for exchange; help understand how things flow through a set of entities (and where they don't flow) * Surfaces gaps like who's not being represented by providing an overview of a set of entities * Supports an understanding of these things as they change over time so we can reflect transparently (rather than anecdotally) on improvements or regression Main map copyright 2003 Valdis Krebs, http://orgnet.com/contagion.html

1. Network Mapping & Power
Ari Sahagún. 2015.

2. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Network mapping inherently illuminates
power.
• Demonstrates where capacity and resources exist in a group of entities
• Visualizes previously invisible patterns, structures, and dynamics that
existed but of which we were unaware
• Elucidates relationships and pathways for exchange; help understand how
things flow through a set of entities (and where they don't flow)
• Surfaces gaps like who's not being represented by providing an overview of
a set of entities
• Supports an understanding of these things as they change over time so we
can reflect transparently (rather than anecdotally) on improvements or
regression

3. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Demonstrates where capacity and resources
exist
If purple nodes represent a
particular capacity, notice that
this cluster doesn’t have much
access to it.

4. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Visualizes previously invisible patterns, structures,
and dynamics that existed but of which we were
unaware
Notice how several coalitions
rely on a common hub (black
nodes) to communicate with
the large core.
Nodes on the fringes have less
direct influence on the core
group.

5. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Elucidates relationships and pathways for
exchange; help understand how things flow
through a set of entities
Notice how several coalitions
rely on a common hub (black
nodes) to communicate with
the large core.
Power lies in those hubs
sharing resources, exchanging
knowledge, translating
messages both outward to their
members and back inward to
the core
Notice how this coalitions is not
directly connected to the large
core.

6. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Surfaces gaps like who's not being represented by
providing an overview of a set of entities
Notice the underrepresentation
of gray nodes. Would explicit
recruitment of that type of
node benefit the network?

7. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Supports an understanding of these things as they
change over time so we can reflect transparently
Time 1

8. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Supports an understanding of these things as they
change over time so we can reflect transparently
Notice how more coalitions
have built connections to the
core group. They are on the
way to strengthening their
network.
Time 2

9. Ari Sahagún. 2015.
Credits
The map used in this presentation is borrowed from Valdis Krebs,
copyright 2013, from http://orgnet.com/contagion.html