At 01:03 PM 4/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>And just because Open Space came from Africa doesn't mean that it is honoring
>that culture. Historically, white europeans have made a practice of
>"borrowing" things from other cultures, claiming it and benefitting from it
>without giving anything back to
It seems that I am not the only one that has some passionate thoughts about
race. Seems that demonstrates how important it is to bring it up.
Wanted to briefly respond to just a few things and hope that the dialgue
continues...
I was pleased to read Birgitt's posting of how the process is questi
Hi folks,
The subject of racism really seems to have touched a nerve for alot of
folks. Harrison recently invited all to engage in civil conversation at
all levels. I believe racism is one of many ideal topics for this
discussion. So here goes.
The one truth I do know is that race is buried dee
.
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"Things are probably not as simple as that" -Sigmund Freud
Bryan Kidd
HyPerformance Team Works
Melbourne Australia
br...@hyteam.com.au
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From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of biver
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 10:09 AM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Racism and Open Space
Hi folks!
I'm new to Ope
Hello:
So Open Space was initially developed by a white man after spending time
in West Africa
and observing community processes, and is now practiced by First Nations
people like me
who repeatedly get a sense of "bringing it on home" from the Open Spaces
that we do. I
know of at least four other
patrick.mcau...@sympatico.ca writes:
>> Is the Open Space movement capable of taking us out of the boxes that
>we're doing open
>> space in - you know what I'm saying??"
>
>is that Open Space is all about breaking down barriers and getting us out
>of boxes.
This is theory. In practice open space
ane
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From: biver
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 10:08 AM
Subject: Racism and Open Space
Hi folks!
I'm new to O
Hi folks!
I'm new to Open Space and have been exploring it as a way to build
university-community relationships. This has given me the opportunity and the
necessity to take a serious look at racism and the way it is affecting us - in
terms
of who has power, how service systems ultimately breed d
