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Notes from the Dialogue 20.04.24

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http://www.david-bohm.net/dialogue/facilitation_purpose.html An article by Don Factor. The Lancaster Dialogue does not have a facilitator or moderator at present. This article also brings up frustration and subversion, and William van den Heuvel wrote this http://www.david-bohm.net/dialogue/frustation_subversion.html as a response to Don Factor’s article.

A link to the Pari centre in Europe https://paricenter.com/ which holds residential retreats and dialogues, amongst other things “Fostering an interdisciplinary approach linking Science, the Arts and the Sacred.”

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42574505?seq=2 is one example of the phenomenon whereby words in different languages have different meanings and derivations: in Inuit languages the English phrase “writing poetry” translates literally as “breathing words” – and “breathing” is connected with the word for soul or spirit.

Click to access chiang_story_of_your_life.pdf

The basis of the movie “Arrival” (see below) . Arrival concerns the efforts of a linguist to communicate in the language of an alien culture.

Two links concerning the anthropologist Margaret Mead’s work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa and https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/field-samoa.html#:~:text=After%20spending%20about%20nine%20months,those%20in%20the%20United%20States

Cultural variation in music.
The very first episode of Fraggle Rock.

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It’s been suggested that we have a low-cost face-to-face Weekend of Dialogue in the NorthWest of England in the summer. Further details will be sent to those who currently receive a reminder for the dialogues by email – if you would like to be added to this list temporarily or permanently do contact us using this website.

Links from the Dialogue 04.11.23

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https://www.prio.org/publications/7356 A link from some time ago detailing a possible path to peace between Hamas and Israel.

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mentioned by a member as something being read.

Click to access The_Holographic_Universe_by_Michael_Talbot_1991.pdf

Suggested by a member as a useful way to consider what is going on.
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Above is Rogers (1951) Client-centered Therapy, in which is discussed the idea of meeting anger with pure acknowledgement.
A member was also wondering of considering the similarities of (Bohm) ‘dialogue’ and (Rogers 1959) ‘Improving relationship’ (contrasted to ‘deteriorating relationship’)

From the Dialogue 07.10.23/

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The videos made of David Bohm discussing Dialogue can be found here:

https://aofpd.org/library/category/public-resources/david-bohm-videos/

Some information on the place of confusion in learning can be found here:

https://www.philosophy-foundation.org/blog/confusion-leading-to-learning

We spent some time talking about the Edinburgh Dialogue: Those wanting to attend should contact us here, or contact them directly through the Dialogue Directory

https://dialogue.directory/united-kingdom/

Links from the Dialogue 02/09/23

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https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke Vervaeki is a philosopher and cognitive scientist, recommended by Rob

Mark recommended taking a look at the dialogues between Carl Rogers (the founder of modern counselling, and the person-centred approach) and Martin Buber, the philosopher. According to Amazon, “Moments of Meeting tells the story of a uniquely important event in twentieth-century intellectual history, the 1957 public dialogue of philosopher Martin Buber and psychotherapist Carl Rogers, and explores the practical implications of that event for contemporary social and cultural theory. Supported by original historical research, close textual analysis, and a variety of interviews, the book illuminates the careers, theories, and practices of two of the last century’s foremost scholars of dialogue, while it clarifies what they shared in common. Following a careful case study of the Buber-Rogers public conversation about the dynamics of dialogue itself, the authors conclude that public dialogue cannot be built primarily upon skillful technique. Instead, we must support settings and attitudes that enable unique “moments of meeting.” “ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moments-Meeting-Potential-Dialogue-Communication/dp/0791452840 (Martin Buber looks a lot like Rob, actually)

Links from the Dialogue 19.8.23

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From last Dialogue, but now I have the correct spelling of this person’s name: Trijant Burrow, one of the founders of group analysis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigant_Burrow

About paradigm shifts, Unlearning Economics, with Nate Hagans

About Spiral Dynamics, an approach to understanding and changing societies and cultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Dynamics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Dynamics

Give your thought-producing mind a name! (Work with your internal racoon)

The role of disgust, according to evolutionary psychology (spoiler alert, we’re not sure) with Dr Diana Fleishman

Yuga Wang, playing Rach 3, an amazing experience (use headphones)

The AfroRack – electronic music with an African vibe

https://hakunakulala.bandcamp.com/album/the-afrorack?t=8