[+]

The Metapattern Institute is a leading-edge knowledge mobilization hub and digital humanities research network located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

We live in an era of digital saturation characterized by the disintegration of the public sphere and the fragmentation of the lifeworld. While humanity possesses a wealth of information, the foundational pillar of integral humanism is a vital prerequisite for navigating this contemporary complexity. Without a human-centric framework that accounts for the whole person, the individual is disconnected from the conditions necessary for existential integrity and human flourishing.

Addressing this gap is the essential work of integral human development. Our inquiry investigates how the body, mind, and spirit aspects of the person unfold within the contexts of self, culture, and nature. Metapattern was founded on the principle that the human person requires a coherent information architecture to navigate the world. We architect the systems that turn fragmented data into a grounded foundation for a revitalized public sphere. 

 The Metapattern Institute is the first knowledge mobilization hub and digital humanities research network to be founded on the principles of integral humanism and integral human development.

These are pioneering areas of research in the fields of anthropology, sociology, philosophy, theology, and information science that are vastly accelerating information literacy and knowledge mobilization. By viewing the digital humanities through this lens, the Institute works to improve the overall quality of life and health of our civic, democratic, and shared lifeworld—engineering the structural foundations required for a new transformation of the public sphere.