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Coping with Chaos--The next chapter

After a really great week at the Shambhala Institute in the Coping with Chaos module, our merry band of inquirers has more questions they want to pursue. We will consider those questions here and invite others to join us, as well. Here are the slides and a handout that we used in the session. They'll give you some background, and the rest will come as you engage with us. Glenda and Wendy

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Permalink Reply by Mihirini de Zoysa on October 24, 2009 at 12:51pm
Dear Glenda

This is not an answer, but more of an affirmation. This is something I too am truely interested to work with and research on.

I am hoping to explore this using 'dialoguing' techniques (David Bohm) around the topic of exploring identity, in Sri Lanka. 'Dialoguing' encourages you to 'hang your assumptions in front', which seems like what you are advocating as well "I wonder how it would shift the conversation if we looked at, and validated, each others' subjective truths. If we truly listened to each other and learned to strive to meet our individual needs ..."

Sri Lanka has had a 30 year ethnic war, and the Gov. of SL recently had a military victory. Of course absence of war is not peace. I am trying to put together a research proposal on this topic. I would love to share my initial thoughts and if you would be inclined to give feedback, I would be thrilled.


Mihirini de Zoysa


Glenda Eoyang said:
Glenda Eoyang said:
2. How can we increase awareness that there are unintented consequences of racism?
I had a lovely conversation last night with an NTL member who was thinking about how diversity influences conversations in that community. I began to see that when they (and we) talk about racism, we tend to move to objective truth claims--history, statistics, law, others' stories. I wonder how it would shift the conversation if we looked at, and validated, each others' subjective truths. If we truly listened to each other and learned to strive to meet our individual needs, I wonder if we might flock to a worldview in which racism was unthinkable. At least we would be focusing on a pattern (similiarities, differences and relationships that have meaning in space and time) of individual identity, pain, and generative voice that we can influence. have you tried this? How has it worked?
Permalink Reply by Glenda Eoyang on October 24, 2009 at 3:17pm
Mihirini,
I would be quite happy to talk with you about human systems dynamics and transcending conflict. I see dialogue (Bohm and others') as one of the conditions for establishing new self-organizing patterns. The other two are critical as well--who is included in the conversation and what are the significant differences that shape the content of the dialogue.

I'm curious about what research approaches you might be using. I look forward to on-going conversation. Glenda

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