From breakdown to possibility:  CLEHES and Anam Cara as enactive tools for transformational decision support
Osvaldo Garcia De la Cerda Maria Soledad Saavedra Ulloa and Patrick Humphreys  

Our bodies and interactions play a fundamental role in everyday life. From an
enactive and ontological perspective, self-observation unfolds as a moment-to
moment, situated process through which human presence and enaction emerge.
Pain, breakdowns, and uncertainty are not merely disruptions but generative
conditions that open or close different contexts and possibilities within complex
human activity systems. When eros—the vital force sustaining care, trust, and
meaning—is absent, such systems risk cognitive blindness and fragmentation. In
our Learning Laboratories, as enactive methodology, we employ implementations
of the ontological technology CLEHES ((Cuerpo) Body, Language, Emotion,
History, Eros, and Silence) within a bottom-up framework that decision supports
observers in addressing complex problem situations affecting human coexistence.
The paper presents a case of significant impact involving school directives,
managers, and teachers working in vulnerable Chilean schools within a public
policy framework connecting the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of the
Environment as compassionate institutions providing facilitative support.
As projection of the results, the Anam Cara perspective emerges, nourishing and
strengthening the ontological framework articulated through CLEHES and
Enactive Management. Findings suggest that implementations integrating
CLEHES, Anam Cara, and Enactive Management foster relationally grounded
decision-making and positive affirmation, strengthens creative environmental care
practices, and enhance the long-term viability of educational systems.


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