Anything Galtung
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“I just attended a lecture with Prof. Galtung and here is what I think”, “I just saw Galtung on T.V. and I want to share my opinion”, “I have read about Galtung’s conflict triangle but I do not understand it, can you help?”, “When is Galtung coming back to -fill in blank-“, “What does Galtung think about -fill in blank-“, “He teaches doesn’t he? How can I enroll in his courses? I would like to study with him!”, “Did Galtung predict the Fall of the Soviet Empire ten years in advance or did he not, and if so, which method did he use?” “Can I learn this method?” “Galtung once wrote that -fill in blank- I disagree with this and here is why: (…)” – WELCOME TO ANYTHING GALTUNG
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Naakow Grant-Hayford replied to the forum topic BASIC NEED 2/4: WELLBEING in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 7 months agoExactly. Exactly. Sorry I did not respond earlier. We need to improve the the notification functions of this website. Yes absolutely. I couldn’t have formulated it better. You see when you bring up spiritual and […]
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Aura TRIFU posted an update in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 8 months ago(Spanish) Prof. Galtung’s Lecture within the Congress “Religion and Violence” held in Madrid in may 2007: http://www.circulobellasartes.com/mt_visor.php?id=476&keyword=Galtung%2C+Johan
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Aura TRIFU replied to the forum topic DIAGNOSIS PROGNOSIS THERAPY – a methodology for encompassig conflict analysis in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 8 months agoHello everyone! I experience certain dificulty to understand the limit between party and actor. what does it mean councious? is it possible for someone having a threelemma and not being conscious about having it? […]
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Hello Dear Aura, are you still having that difficulty? Because I am. What was you solution to this issue? I would guess that an actor is not yet a conflict party but just acting out according to his or her goals. A party however has been defined through interacting with some other actor whereby the incompatibility has become clear. What do you…[Read more]
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Hello dear Kimm, good to know that someone else is sharing the same concerns for thorough understanding of the concepts. my dialectical dipping started with the given attribute for party=interest holder / actor=goal holder, where interest becomes goal once the holder becomes conscious and organized. As I understand it now, the difference is given…[Read more]
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Aura TRIFU replied to the forum topic BASIC NEED 2/4: WELLBEING in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 8 months agosocial and economic safety also? having access not only in the present, but in future to food, home and sanitation. stability and guarantees as a condition sine qua non for the mental health and spiritual balance?
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Aura TRIFU posted an update in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 8 months agosorry, sanitation
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Aura TRIFU posted an update in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 8 months agoHello everyone! i have a doubt about basic needs “wellbeing” concept: does it comprise social and economic safety also? having access not only in the present, but in future to food, home and sanity. stability and guarantees as a condition sine qua non for the mental health and spiritual balance?
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Naakow Grant-Hayford started the forum topic BASIC NEED 1/4: SURVIVAL in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 9 months agoreptile brain. “Privat ist privat und eine Verletzung dieser Privatsphäre ist mit Konflikten verbunden. Warum aber bereits Kleinigkeiten Nachbarschaftsstreitereien eskalieren lassen, erklärt Friedensforscher […]
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Naakow Grant-Hayford started the forum topic BASIC NEED 2/4: WELLBEING in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 9 months agoHealth and decreasing morbidity
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Naakow Grant-Hayford started the forum topic BASIC NEED 4/4: IDENTITY in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 9 months agoThe right to be what one wants and desires to be – values, choices, idiosyncrasies
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Naakow Grant-Hayford started the forum topic BASIC NEED 3/4: FREEDOM in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 9 months agoFreedom to choose what to do with one’s own life.
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OSIRIS replied to the forum topic DIAGNOSIS PROGNOSIS THERAPY – a methodology for encompassig conflict analysis in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 9 months agoWhat on earth are you people talking about? Seriously. How does this talk about endogenous internal narratives explain what is going on right now between Iran and the EU? Or regarding the Syrian Government vs. […]
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Federica Riccadonna replied to the forum topic DIAGNOSIS PROGNOSIS THERAPY – a methodology for encompassig conflict analysis in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 9 months agoAs you said, this concept is not so easy to understand.
The difficulty is to see the conflict formation in its general context, which is not only inner (emotional), but it has also an outer aspect […]
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Do you mind explaining to me what this internal dimension of conflicts mean in real life? For example in Syria where people are dying right now?
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Dear Osiris, an internal dimension of conflict could be the ATTITUDE of a person of reacting in a violent manner.
For example, in front of the same situation, people act in different ways and this is due to different internal attitude (for different reasons, too long to explore here). In Syria people are fighting for some rights..some are dying in…[Read more]
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Monserrat Gonzalez posted an update in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 10 months agoWarm greetings everyone from Mexico City, I have a question and hopefully someone can help me, I´m interested in taking the online courses that start on May, do you know if I only have to pay the fee? Or is there anything else I have to do or send?
My best
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Dear Monserrat,
Do you mean the courses that start in March??
Please have a look at the website http://www.transcend.org/tpu/#courses
You can also write an email to: tpu@transcend.org
or contact directly, Karoline Weber, TPU Executive Secretary: weber@transcend.org-
Hi Erika, yes I mean those, I already wrote to those emails but no answer, but thanks, hopefully soon I can get some news from them!!
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Please be sure you will receive accurate information as soon as possible
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I have never studied Galtung’s concept of structural Violence. Can you explain it to me? Everybody in here seems to know what it is about. How does it apply to what is going on in Syria and Iran for example?
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Naakow Grant-Hayford posted an update in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 10 months agoStructural Violence. Dear Mrs. Gonzalez, please let us know which aspect of it you are working on and with 🙂 Sounds exciting.
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Dear Mrs. Gonzales, your research is on “how external development aid agents and agencies reproduce structural and cultural violence in the Huichol indigenous community”. Are you speaking about governmental agencies which reproduce internal policies or also international NGOs?I read some books about how humanitarian aid agencies can influence this…[Read more]
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Dear Federica, I´m working on international and national NGO´s, but I´m also taking a look at national programs and policies (as they provide funding and the enabling space for NGO´s action), so please let me know the titles, I really appreciate it, thanks
Regards
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Hi Mrs. Gonzales!!
Well, Here is the author: Linda Polman, I read The Crisis Caravan: What’s Wrong with Humanitarian Aid. She makes hard critiques but I think that can broaden our horizons.
Another is Mary Anderson.here the link.. http://www.berghof-handbook.net/documents/…/anderson_handbook.pdf .
In this bibliography you find other two books…[Read more]-
Dear Federica, thank you very much, I´m sure they will be very helpful
best regards
Monserrat
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Naakow Grant-Hayford started the forum topic DIAGNOSIS PROGNOSIS THERAPY – a methodology for encompassig conflict analysis in the group
Anything Galtung 12 years, 11 months agoAbout the Peace by Peaceful Conflict Transformation: TRANSCEND method. It seems, that it isn’t all tooo selfexplanatory and that it is not easy to understand what the difference between outer and inner narrative […]
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Yes, I do not understand this at all.
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Dear Aura, you have been highly active in TMS and here. Thank you for keeping an eye on this audio release. Some people have been calling our office asking for it. Thank you.
Dear Naakow, it is a great pleasure and honour for me to participate in TMS and G-I and I am enjoying a very enriching experience here. Thank you all.