Funny, I feel the same way about Georgists, and the more power to you too. arthur
-----Original Message----- From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:46 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: Pari Center Newsletter Arthur, You ideologues are all the same. And the more power to you! Harry ------------------------------------------------ Arthur wrote: >this may be of interest. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Pari Center for New Learning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:35 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Pari Center Newsletter > > >PARI CENTER FOR NEW LEARNING. >NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2003 >www.paricenter.com > >(Note: If you do not wish to receive future copies of the Newsletter >simply reply with the word "unsubscribe".) > >Despite the excessive heat of this summer the Pari Center has already >enjoyed many visitors, as well as running two courses. It is now gearing >up for the conference on Unlimited Love, to be held mid September and >the New Paradigms/New Science course in October. > >HIGHLIGHTS >· Conference on Unlimited Love >· Pari Center courses >· The village chosen as "The Italian Laboratory" by Renaissance Europe >· Friends of the Pari Center >· Pari wins a $10,000 Metanexus prize >· The Graduate Institute >· A library opened in Pari >· New publications in the Website library >· The Future of Knowledge >· Pari Center Visitors > > >CONFERENCE; UNLIMITED LOVE >18-22 September 2003 sees the conference on "Unlimited Love: Social and >Personal > >Transformation". Several of the participants belong to groups working in >the Third World in the fields of health, housing and community development. >In particular there are representatives from Habitat Jordan and a >suggestion has been made of doing a comparative study of Pari and a >small Jordanian community. > >For information on the conference see >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/unlimlove/unlimited.php > >COURSES >The Center gave two courses in June, one on Synchronicity: The Bridge >between Matter and Mind, the other on New Paradigms/New Sciences. David >Peat, who gave the courses, was delighted at the interesting backgrounds >of the participants, their enthusiasm and interest. His next course will >be offered in October. For further information see: - >http://www.paricenter.com/programs/courses/newscience.php > >The Center was to have offered a Creative Writing course in September. >This had to be canceled, but for happy reasons, as the instructor, >Alison McLeod was awarded a three book contract by Penguin Books and had >to meet a strict deadline. > >We are now planning our calendar of courses for 2004 and will send our >information in the next newsletter. Meanwhile keep looking at our >website >http://www.paricenter.com/programs/courses/index.php > >RENAISSANCE EUROPE >On 19 July David Peat attended the first meeting of Renaissance Europe, >held in Brussels. Renaissance Europe is an organization made up of >politicians, representatives of environmental organizations, NGOs and >private individuals. Their area of concern is the future of an expanded >and sustainable Europe in terms of social services, justice, economics >and environment. Their hope is that an expanded Europe would stand as a >worthy democratic example for other nations. > >The village of Pari has been chosen as Italy's first "laboratory" to >study the way the village will move into the future while preserving its >traditions. A second meeting of Renaissance Europe is planned in Italy >at the end of this year or early in 2004. > >FRIENDS OF THE PARI CENTER >Several visitors and correspondents have expressed the desire to forge a >much stronger connection with the Center and play a role in its >activities and think about its future path. We always welcome feedback >and those who would like to help out in more practical ways. To take one >example, Janet Roberts, who attended a course this summer has agreed to >return to Pari next spring for several weeks to work in the office and >help improve our organizational skills. Her husband Keith, who is a >Financial Advisor, may also direct us in ways to put the Center on a >more stable financial basis. > >We would also appreciate any suggestions as to foundations, individuals >and organizations that would lend support to the Center, its conferences >and ways to subsidize participants from the Third World and the former >Eastern Bloc. > >Over the winter we hope to define some ongoing research projects that >will take place at the Center > >Three Pari supporters - Roy McWeeny, Neil Maroni and Therese >Schroeder-Sheker who have proposed setting up a "Friends of the Pari >Center" - a group that would pledge support for the Center by giving >donations. We are very grateful to Roy, Neil and Therese for their >generous donations. If you are interested in becoming a Friend please >write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >DIALOGUES IN RELIGION AND SCIENCE >Thanks to sponsorship by the Metanexus Foundation we have been >organizing a number of dialogues on Religion and Science. In June David >Peat attended the Metanexus annual conference held at Villanova >University in Philadelphia as the Pari representative. Information about >the conference, including the papers and talks presented can be found at >www.metanexus.net/conference2003. Peat's talk at the conference can also >be found at >http://www.paricenter.com/library/papers/peat30.php > >On the final evening of the meeting the Pari Center was honored to be >given an award by Metanexus for our "organizational excellence, creative >programming and spirited commitment to fostering the constructive >engagement of science and religion" during the first year of operation. >The award consisted of a plaque and a cheque for $10,000. > >For a report on these dialogues see >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/lci/lci.php > >The Center is also considering two conferences on Religion and Science >for 2004, one in Italian and a second, International Conference in >English. > >THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE >The Pari Center is holding discussions with the Graduate Institute of >Connecticut to explore future cooperative programs. > >ECONOMICS >The Center continues its interest in Economics and has had discussions >with Etica, Finanza, Ambiente (Ethics, Finance and Environment) - >members of which come from the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank and the >Faculty of Economics at the University of Siena. The group discussed >ethical approaches to finance and economics as well as ways to achieve >ethical, sustainable and socially friendly growth for third world >countries. > >PARI LIBRARY >A small library has opened in the Palazzo where the Center holds its >meetings. We have begun with several hundred books in Italian - these >include a representative selection of contemporary novels, fiction for >young people, religion, history, geography, psychology and biography - >with a smaller representation from other fields. > >In addition there is a much larger library of English books consisting >of science, philosophy, psychology, women's studies, ecology, native >american culture along with some light reading. > >WEBSITE LIBRARY >Several new papers have been added to the library on the Pari Center web >site. The site already contains papers on topics ranging from ethics, >economics and chaos theory to religion, creativity, education and >general cultural issues. A list of publications can be found at >http://www.paricenter.com/library/papers/index.php > >THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE >The Pari Center has held two international conferences to explore the >future of knowledge and learning. "The Future of the Academy", in 2000, >discussed the present condition of universities, research and teaching >and proposals for the future. >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/academy/academy.php > >The second, The Future of Knowledge in the World of the Internet, held >in 2002, explored the dissemination of academic knowledge both in >traditional print forms and on the Internet. It discussed issues of >copyright and "copyleft", problems of the Third World's access to the >latest scientific knowledge, ways in which the Internet could be used to >stimulate research, and better methods to create citation indices and >locate new knowledge. >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/tkf/meeting.php > >Dr Walter Truett Anderson, President of The World Academy of Art and >Science, attended the second conference. Since then the World Academy >has decided to build on the work done at the Pari conferences by holding >its next General Assembly, in 2004, on the theme of "The Future of >Knowledge". One of the founding principles of the World Academy is "the >social consequences and policy implications of knowledge." >The Academy's website is located at >http://www.worldacademy.org > >PARI: A STUDY >Over the past year quite a lot of activity in Pari has centered on >community, change, ethics and economics. As a consequence we have been >considering putting a group together to make a study of Pari and its >future in a changing world. For centuries Pari was a sustainable >community, with a barter economy and all its needs supplied by the >surrounding land - clothing, food, fuel, furniture, building materials >and even metal from the nearby copper and iron mines. Those approaching >retirement age can remember the time when water came from the two >village wells, women made cloth from the broom plant and the local >cobblers made summer sandals from snake skins. Today three people in the >village work from their homes via the Internet and Pari is seeing >visitors coming from all over the world. > >But what will be Pari's future? Can the village survive in a sustainable >way? Will the young generation remain? What will be the economics of the >village of tomorrow and what lessons can be learned from other small >communities? There are many questions to ask and lessons to learn which >may be of interest to other small rural communities. > >SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS >David Peat's speaking engagements are listed at >http://www.paricenter.com/programs/speaking.php > >VISITORS >Pari saw the return of Neil Maroni, formerly a director of The Knowledge >Forum, which sponsored the Pari Center's conference on "The Future of >Knowledge in the World of the Internet" in 2002. Neil has so enjoyed >life in the village that he sold his house in England and has settled >permanently in Pari. > >One of the year's first visitors was Ralph Freelink who is taking a >master's degree at Schumacher College. Ralph was here to talk about his >future research projects. > >In May Dr Arnold Smith arrived from the National Research Council of >Ottawa. Dr Smith gave several talks on Artificial Intelligence and >Complexity Theory and had planned to stay for around two months but it >looks as if he will now be spending much of the year with us. > >Several old friends have dropped in during the last months. Professor >Roy McWeeny and Dr Virginia del Rey from Pisa have always been strong >supporters and made several visits to our events. On one of their >visits they brought Giovanni Finzi-Contini, writer and scientist, whose >family had been the subject of the famous "In the Garden of the >Finzi-Continis" by Giorgio Bassini. (The novel was made into a film by >De Sica.) Professor Finzi-Contini made enthusiastic contributions to our >discussions and we hope to see him again soon in Pari. > >Dr Shantena Sabbadini, who has been responsible for the organization of >the Eranos Conferences, made a number of visits along with his friend >Johnna who had been teaching at the Florence campus of Syracuse >University (USA). Over the next year Shantena will be helping to >organize our Dialogues in Religion and Science and we are considering a >joint research project with Arnold Smith. Johnna has returned to >Syracuse but we hope to see her filming in Pari in the future. > >Dr Warwick Fox, Senior Lecturer at the University of Lancashire's Center >for Professional Ethics, visited from England. Warwick had been a >participant at the conference on Corporate Ethics, Economics and >Globalization as well as The Future of Knowledge in the world of the >Internet. This time he was accompanied by his wife, Dr Isis Brook, who >is Director of Distance Programmes in the Centre for Philosophy at >Lancaster University. > >Anna Willieme, an artist who has made installation pieces in Italy and >New York visited for several days and accepted the challenge to plan a >piece that would relate to the people of Pari. Bruce Pollen, a sculpture, >also visited with his family. In terms of artists David Peat has also >been having discussions with Janine Antoni in New York on the >possibility of a collaborative piece. We hope to see Janine in Pari one >day. > >Dr Chris Hauke, a Jungian analysist and writer from London visited with >his partner, Sue, and discussed the possibility of offering a course on >Jungian ideas. > >Professor Edward Nell, an economist from the New School University in >New York visited for several weeks with his partner the anthropologist >Dr Alice Schlegel. They hosted a gathering of economists at Pari and >discussed the possibility of a Siena/Pari based conference on "the Human >face of Globalization" > >We were very happy to welcome Claire and Gordon Shippey back to Pari. >Gordon attended one of the Pari courses and heard about ideas of Gentle >Action. He and Claire were so impressed by the village community that >they decided to bring some radical changes to their own community in >Middlesbrough, England. For more information see >http://www.paricenter.com/library/papers/gentle001.php > >Lynne Kerry visited to discuss ideas around Neuro Linguistic Programming. > >Joan Bartlett, an educational psychologist from the Sidweell Friends >School in Washington spent several weeks in Pari and collaborated with >Dr Elena Liotta in exploring a number of cases from her school. > >Professor Fernando di Mieri visited from the Dominican University, San >Tomaso Aquino, in Milan and told us about the dialogues they have been >having between science and faith. We discussed the possibility of >collaborative work together. > >Dr Lee Robbins, a Jungian analyst from New York, spent ten days at the >Center, in part reading and relaxing; in part discussing the book she is >working on about the Child Archetype. > >July saw a visit from Bodhisattva Productions in the UK. They were here >to film in Pari and carried out several hours of interviews with David >Peat for two documentaries they are making on the relationship of >Buddhism to ideas in modern physics. > >Sister Judith Lawson, a Dominican and Principal of Santa Sabina College >in Sydney, Australia visited along with Miss Margaret O'Shea, Head of >the Secondary School. > >John Hondros and Catherine Christof will visit in September. John is >working in new media with ideas around science, spirituality and ethics. >Catherine was with the Royal Shakespeare Company and is interested in >Sacred Theatre. > >In October we will have a visit from The Liverpool Pub Philosophers - a >group who have been meeting regularly in a pub in the center of >Liverpool, England to discuss philosophy. David Peat visited them while >on a trip to England last year and they have now decided to come to Pari >to have discussions with David, do some sight seeing, play football >against the village and exchange songs. **************************************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 http://home.comcast.net/~haledward **************************************************** _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
