Gestaltencipher

The gestaltencipher is a scale invariant fractal mind map, that allows coarse or fine grained magnification of the structure of knowledge, and incorporates several layers that we can toggle back and forth between: (1) actual phenomena or "problem areas" and the gestalt of the predicament addressed (2) academic themes, disciplines, and paradigms, presented as comprehensively as possible, (3) the locally available academic degrees and programs, and (4) exemplary individuals, the unique gestalten they embody, and who provide a perspective on the predicaments, thus closing the loop.

The first layer provides "phenomena-based gestalten", for example global issues: 

Layer 1: phenomena (source)

 The second layer provides academic disciplines that address these:

Layer 2: Academic disciplines

The third layer are the corresponding locally available degrees and programs: 

Layer 3: Academic degrees and certifications at UAF

And the fourth layer are exemplars, individuals who embody a unique gestalt:

Masahiko Hashimoto (Humanities - Visual Art - Decorative Arts - Ceramic Art)
Roy Underhill (Humanities - History; Engineering - Woodworking)
Iain McGilchrist (Humanities - Philosophy; Medicine and Health - Psychiatry)
[Nurse] (Medicine and Health - Nursing)
[Teacher] (Education - Curriculum and Instruction - Teaching)
Michael Krauss (Linguistics - Alaska Native Languages)
Bren Smith (Agriculture - Mariculture)
Charles Mulli (Social Work - Community, Child Welfare; Agriculture)
Masanobu Fukuoka (Agriculture - Permaculture)
Benoit Mandelbrot (Mathematics - Fractal Geometry)
Piotr Naskrecki (Biology - Entomology, Conservation)
David Grinspoon (Astronomy - Astrobiology)
Gary Paul Nabham (Agriculture - Crop Science)
Craig Venter (Biology - Genetics)
Elinor Ostrom, Richard Wolff (Economics)