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Christakis affirmed: "We want to make system science popular. Everybody is talking about systems and systemic thinking these days but it should not only be a discipline of system science but people science to enable people from different walks of life to be system thinkers." SDDP today is not only applied in local projects but used in multi-lingual peace-making projects for example in the Pacific Region as initiated by Jacqueline Wasilewski and presented by Paul Hays at our seminar. | Christakis affirmed: "We want to make system science popular. Everybody is talking about systems and systemic thinking these days but it should not only be a discipline of system science but people science to enable people from different walks of life to be system thinkers." SDDP today is not only applied in local projects but used in multi-lingual peace-making projects for example in the Pacific Region as initiated by Jacqueline Wasilewski and presented by Paul Hays at our seminar. | ||
Another topic was brought in virtually by [[Ken Bausch]], [[Tom Flanagan]] and [[Gayle Underwood]] from USA in their power point presentation titled "The Phenomenon of Body Wisdom in the Context of Dialogue". Unfortunately the presentation was disrupted by one of the power-cuts we were experiencing every day for some hours. Because of this electricity break-down the planned webinar with the authors was unfortunately cancelled. And "our" body wisdom reminded us that we need certain preconditions to function as human beings. Our heads fell down like flowers without water when the air conditioning stopped in these artificial "tin-cans". This seemed to be a mirror for us, reflecting our interconnectedness with the web of life and reminding us how much we depend on certain technologies in artificial environments. | Another topic was brought in virtually by [[Ken Bausch]], [[Tom Flanagan]] and [[Gayle Underwood]] from USA in their power point presentation titled "The Phenomenon of Body Wisdom in the Context of Dialogue". Unfortunately the presentation was disrupted by one of the power-cuts we were experiencing every day for some hours. Because of this electricity break-down the planned webinar with the authors was unfortunately cancelled. And "our" body wisdom reminded us that we need certain preconditions to function as human beings. Our heads fell down like flowers without water when the air conditioning stopped in these artificial container "tin-cans". This seemed to be a mirror for us, reflecting our interconnectedness with the web of life and reminding us how much we depend on certain technologies in artificial environments. | ||
==Reflections== | ==Reflections== | ||
