4 SEASONS NEWSLETTER
Dear Trans4mers, Friends and Colleagues of Trans4m !
2018 started for Trans4m with a rich and, as you will see, highly “transcultural” intensive first quarter.
It included:
As we are spreading the Trans4m wings further, our local centers are playing an ever more important catalytic role. Here are three African examples: Firstly, OFIRDI Ofure (Pax) Integral Research and Development Initiative, under the leadership of Trans4m Senior Fellow Father Anselm Adodo, is starting this May, together with Ibadan University (Nigeria) and Trans4m, a new Masters Program for Transformation Management in Africa. Secondly, members of the CISER Center for Integral Social and Economic Research and OFIRDI, both in Nigeria, are in the process of setting up a CARE 4 Africa Book Series, to be launched in 2018. And thirdly, Zimbabwe’s Pundutso Center for Integral Development is currently conceptualising a second volume following the original Integral Green Zimbabwe book, showcasing the most recent research-to-innovation developments in our Zimbabwean community. These are just three examples, illustrating how we grow as a community, locally and globally, with the local in the lead. In our newsletter, we share the highlights of the quarter. The newsletter is a tool for you to stay abreast of the developments in our Trans4m community. Much more, it is an invitation to you, dear friend and supporter, to engage with us – on our shared journey to originate holistic solutions for today’s most burning issues, and to “shift the paradigm” towards an integral way of living, learning, and innovating together. Please visit our website for regular updates on Trans4m’s “integral innovations”. Let us know your comments and thoughts and please feel free to share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues. With kindest wishes and TRANS4Mative greetings! On behalf of the Trans4m Community Alexander & Ronnie SEASONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Advancing the Integral Africa Agenda: Trans4m’s 6th Integral Africa Roundtable took place in Johannesburg 24 Transformation Agents from various African countries, as well as from other continents (Europe, Asia, Middle East) got together for this 6th Integral Africa Roundtable dedicated to strengthening their collective engagement in co-creating an Integral Africa. Co-creating a Learning and Innovation Ecology: Trans4m Da Vinci PhD PHD Module in South Africa Eight of Trans4m’s PhD and PHD participants met in South Africa for a six-days doctoral module, co-hosted by Da Vinci Institute of Technology and Innovation and Trans4m. Awakening of All: Trans4m working with Sarvodaya in Sri Lanka to create a “University for Awakening” Through a series of workshops in Sri Lanka, Sarvodaya and Trans4m, deepened their partnership for holistic development – this time with a particular focus on creating a new educational platform within Sarvodaya to stimulate widespread societal transformation in an integral guise. Pacemaker: CIFE’s Inaugural Conference sets the Tone for Integral Finance and Economics London based Center for Integral Finance and Economics (CIFE) assembles a group of European, Asian and African Trans4m Fellows to explore integral finance models for socio-economic transformation. Collaborative Knowledge Creation: Trans4m Co-Engaging in Grassroots Conference in Mumbai The Tata Institute for Social Science (TISS), together with Trans4m’s partner organisation CORO, hosted a collaborative workshop space to explore and inact more collaborative and integral forms of knowledge creation and social innovation. MORE HIGHLIGHTS...
Towards Integral Ujamaa in Tanzania: Trans4m Fellows meet Kigamboni Community Center
Integral Worlds and Social Impact: Trans4m Workshop at University of Johannesburg Inclusion and Social Justice in Postgraduate Supervision: Trans4m participates in first Postgraduate Supervision Forum at UJ in South Africa From Supervision to Co-Creation: Video Interview of Alexander Schieffer by University of Johannesburg To change your subscription, click here.
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