There were three sub-themes: disruption to the family, finding the balance, and social events/festivities.
The second day of the event was dedicated to three overarching themes: Sustainable Disruption, Post Privacy and Queer Shifts -- different topics involving different communities, from artists to hackers, to gender-situated communities.
Similar themes of disruption and loss were found by Boylstein and Hayes [ 34].
So when they invited me to be one of six live bloggers for the 2013 TEDxChange on April 3rd, with the theme "Positive Disruption," I was curious how as the host of this event, Melinda Gates, would handle that theme.
Therefore it's no surprise then that many of the 2.0 related conferences we attended this week in NYC were structured around the theme of disruption (the Wired Business Conference actually put the word 'disruptive' in the title).
Common themes of UPS disruption are emerging in related disorders such as among the autosomal recessive forms of Parkinson disease, the spinocerebellar ataxias, and the cognitive disorders Angelman disease, Rett syndrome and autism.
The overarching theme was the disruption in European music and culture caused by Hitler's rise to power.
Add to this flattened world anxiety is the fact that "disruption," another new and accepted theme about one's working life, complicates the situation even further.
I'll close by saying I was expecting there to be much more tension in the room given the theme of "positive disruption," which to me meant we are all given license to challenge the status quo for the greater good.
Meanwhile, the current releases emphasize the recurring themes of encounter and disruption.
