Safety Calls for the Theatre Counterweight System

Open vs Closed systems

The safety calls for the counterweight system is an open system because it interacts with the people working on the stage to keep them safe.

Interdependence

Every part of the calls interacts with each calls for the loader and the operator in the order they come.

Hierarchy

The calls should be in certain order to make things clear and to keep things safe.

Decomposability

If the calls are broken down, there would not be any meaning for the calls or it would not have enough information.

Self Regulation, Control and Homeostasis

The calls themselves regulate each other in the order they are in.

Interchange with Environment

Safety calls keeps the stage safe and it becomes the important part for the stage. The more people on stage will require more attention from the operator to keep them away from the rail.

Interface

Each call is defined to be clear for the loader and operator interaction.

Balance

The calls are exchanged with each other to give each other cues when it is safe.

 

Medieval Chivalry as a System

Open vs Closed systems

I believe medieval chivalry can be an open system that adapts to its community to increase the reputation of chivalry.

Interdependence

If a part of chivalry is changed, it will change what the knights will become. Knights interacts between all of the elements because all of them creates chivalry.

Hierarchy

The knight training have a form of hierarchy where it is a progress from being a page to becoming a knight.

Self Regulation, Control and Homeostasis

The rules of chivalry are righteousness, courting the ladies, and serving the king. All of these regulates how the knights should be to keep order in the community.

Interchange with Environment

The idea of chivalry gives a way for a knight to act on the community and in turn the community reacts to the knight.

Interface

Medieval chivalry has specific categories that separate the different functions that create it such as Heraldry functions different from Chivalric Orders.

Balance

Most of the elements within the structure of medieval chivalry creates meaning for knighthood to exist to give it status and reputation.

Change and Adaptability

The idea of chivalry can be changed according to the era and it's community.