IDEAS, NEWS AND RESOURCES | November 2022 |
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The Taos Institute's mission is to bring together scholars and practitioners concerned with the social processes essential for the construction of reason, knowledge, and human value, and their application in relational, collaborative and appreciative practices around the world. |
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The Many Ways to Get Involved! |
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Beginning November 12 and continuing through November 18, the Taos Institute is Gathering online to engage with our global community in an enormously rich week of on-line offerings. As part of this virtual Taos Institute 2022 Gathering - Unfolding Dialogues: Relational Resources for Global Good, there are over 60 events offered by colleagues from around the world, all sharing their work, insights, and passions. Many sessions are offered in multiple languages and in time zones from around the world. The vitality of these meetings is dependent on supportive participants from over 32 countries, engaging, and co-creating a learning community. Owing to the pandemic these past few years, we have had to postpone the face-to-face conferences that have charged the energies of our community. Thus, huge efforts have been made to create the present Gathering, to stir the waters of creativity and care knowing that all of us are invested in making the world a better place. It is through constructionist, relational, and appreciative practices, the lifeblood of this community, that flows from our being there for each other.
The registration fee is low and adjusted for global differences in economy. There are also scholarships and group rates available and no one will be turned away for lack of the fee. Invite colleagues and students who may draw nourishment from these events.
I look forward to seeing you in a few days!
Kenneth Gergen
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You can still join us for The Taos 2022 Gathering,
a week-long series of global, virtual events!
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There are over 60 Events to choose throughout the week on topics such as governance, social justice, education, therapy, research, community, and more. Hosts and participants are coming together from over 32 countries
around the world.
Here is what Gathering participants are looking forward to:
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"Looking forward to the big event and to meeting more of this online community!" |
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"My calendar is packed with fabulous sessions! I look forward to connecting as we meet & chat to make a difference in the world!" |
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"I am excited to attend many of the sessions that continue conversations we started last year on relational education practices." |
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"I read The Relational Imperative by Ken Gergen and it knocked my socks off! I'm super hungry to learn more and talk about the implications for how to help leaders and organizations embrace and flourish in/with/towards a relationally oriented worldview." |
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Join us for the Taos Institute 2022 Gathering
Unfolding Dialogues - Relational Resources for Global Good
Nov 12-18, 2022
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Scholarships and group rates available - contact info@taosinstitute.net
www.taosinstitute.net/taos-2022-gathering
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Dialogue with the Authors |
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A Free Webinar
Grief, Growth, Grace:
A Sacred Pilgrimage
with Neena Verma, Ph.D., PCC
November 22, 2022 - 10:00-11:00 am EST
This book is about affirming grief and choosing & carving the path of meaningful existential growth in the aftermath of loss. "My 'Grief & Growth' approach is rooted in 'Meaning-reconstructivist' approach to grief work, logotherapy and the affirmative & constructivist aspects of Appreciative Inquiry - not the entire methodology per se - but its philosophical essence."
This author-interaction goes beyond talking about the book or the author alone. This event is yours as much, or maybe more. You are invited to partake in the collective wisdom that emerges from a co-constructed shared-meaning conversational space.
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The International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogic Practices Network presents |
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Next conversation:
Sheila McNamee, Sylvia London and Irma (Ñeca) Rodríguez
Grupo Campos Elíseos (Mexico)
November 19, 2022
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ICCP, HGI and The Taos Institute are pleased to announce this series of free online workshops, where leading voices in Social Constructionism and Collaborative-Dialogic ideas will engage in conversation with practitioners and scholars from different parts of the world. We will explore the principles and the applications of these practices in a variety of contexts and with different populations. The workshops will be in English with simultaneous translation. Details and registration are available here.
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Video
Dialogue with the Authors:
Collaborative-Dialogic Practice -Relationships and Conversations that Make a Difference Across Contexts and Cultures
With Harlene Anderson and Diane Gehart
Have you ever wondered how to successfully communicate with someone who sees the world from an entirely different angle than you do? Often the chasm seems impossible to navigate, even with the best of intentions. Whether you work in a boardroom, schoolroom, therapy room, or community organization, Collaborative-Dialogic Practice offers a humanizing approach to facilitating dialogues that make a difference in our fast-changing, diverse, and ever-shrinking world.
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Video
Relational Things
With Mary Gergen
Late Mary M. Gergen, Ph.D., co-founder of the Taos Institute and professor emerita of psychology affiliated with the Women's Studies Program at Penn State University, shares thoughts on the relational process for understanding ourselves and others. It is the relational process rather than the individual process that makes life meaningful.
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ISSUE 12 Available Now!
This free journal brings together members of a growing international community of practitioners, scholars, educators, researchers, and consultants interested in postmodern collaborative practices.
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FREE downloadable books in 12 different languages. Like all of the Taos Institute Publications, WorldShare Books represent significant contributions relevant to social constructionist theory and practice. With over 30 books in English and many more from around the world, you will enjoy reading about education, spirituality, organizational life, community building, group dynamics, leadership and more.
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By focusing on the positive aspects of aging and the availability of resources, skills, and resiliencies, research brings useful insights into the realm of practice, creates hope and empowers action among older people. By moving beyond practices of repair and prevention, to emphasize growth-enhancing activities, practitioners also contribute more effectively to the societal reconstruction of aging. For 20 years, late Taos Institute co-founder Mary Gergen, Ph.D. has inspired and driven the publication of this free newsletter - also translated in 9 languages!
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Access hundreds of articles and papers on topics such as:
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Collaborative Practices
- Dialogic Practices
- Creativity and Change
- Narrative Practices
- Relational Research
- Relational Learning
- Qualitative Research
- and so much more!
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In the current global context, the work in which we engage is more important than ever. You can make a difference by supporting our mission to create a promising future through social construction. Read more
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In loving memory of Taos Institute co-founder and board member Mary Gergen, Ph.D.. Mary was an innovator in feminist theory, social constructionism, and qualitative methods. She was an inspiration and mentor to thousands of people around the world. She deeply cared about making the world a better place and her contributions will be felt for generations. Read more
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