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Rethinking the Possibility and Meaning of Dialogue - Keynote by Dr Paul Hedges
Dialogue SocietyDr Paul Hedge was a keynote speaker in the academic workshop entitled “Dialogue with and among the Existing, Transforming and Emerging Communities”. ► About the Academic Workshop On 16 June 2021, the Dialogue Society hosted the Academic Workshop entitled "Dialogue with and among the Existing, Transforming and Emerging Communities", with the attendance of academics and dialogue practitioners from across the globe. Communities have been designated as secure, physical and emotional comfort zones for individuals and unofficially regulated and codified relations between their members. There are comRead moreShow less
Dr Paul Hedge was a keynote speaker in the academic workshop entitled “Dialogue with and among the Existing, Transforming and Emerging Communities”.
► About the Academic Workshop
On 16 June 2021, the Dialogue Society hosted the Academic Workshop entitled "Dialogue with and among the Existing, Transforming and Emerging Communities", with the attendance of academics and dialogue practitioners from across the globe.
Communities have been designated as secure, physical and emotional comfort zones for individuals and unofficially regulated and codified relations between their members. There are communities in which people have a common interest or passion; communities that are united around the idea of bringing about change; communities of people who belong to the same region or country; communities that comprise people of the same profession; and finally, communities of circumstance, that is, groups of people who came together as a result of external factors.
More than a physical entity, a community is about commonalities and it creates attachments. Similar to other social structures, communities always harbour their own values while they may have some underlying liabilities for individuals. However, community is an evolving phenomenon. Communities emerge, transform, and disappear in response to the context they were born into. In today’s world, traditional communities exist side by side with new and emerging communities, ranging from online forums and social media groups to online gaming communities.
As such, new communities emerge every day and challenge traditional views on what a community is. In the life cycle of a community, ‘dialogue’ comes into the picture as a prominent instrument facilitating the transformation and evolution of communities. It is dialogical engagements (inter- or intra-community) of the individuals that allow these social structures to evolve and transform.
In view of the abstract above, contributors were invited to consider questions such as the following:
● What are the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the evolution and transformation of communities and community life around the globe? What are the responses of the communities to the pandemic?
● What kind of access challenges have been faced by communities in the pandemic and how can dialogue be used effectively to break down barriers of race, class and culture?
● Did the Covid 19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns result in new types of community connections? Did this situation enable different dialogue engagements that were not possible or common before?
● Is dialogue across communities feasible? How can this be facilitated?
● What is the role of dialogue in overcoming challenges related to communities in general?
● What are the dialogic relations and challenges between emerging (virtual or otherwise) and traditional communities?
● What kind of dialogic engagements happen between minority and majority communities: Is dialogue a force of integration or assimilation?
● Intra-community dialogue and the future of communities
● Transnational communities and transnational dialogue(s)
Contributors were invited to reflect on these and similar questions and critically analyse any published work and field study on these subjects and make their own original contributions to the field.
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The Dialogue Society is a registered charity (Registered Charity Number: 1117039), established in London in 1999, with the aim of advancing social cohesion by connecting communities, empowering people to engage and contributing to the development of ideas on dialogue and community building. The Dialogue Society is not a religious or ethnic organisation. It aims to facilitate dialogue on a whole range of social issues, regardless of any particular faith or religion. It stands for democracy, human rights, the non-instrumentalisation of religion in politics, equality, and freedom of speech.
► About the Academic Workshop
On 16 June 2021, the Dialogue Society hosted the Academic Workshop entitled "Dialogue with and among the Existing, Transforming and Emerging Communities", with the attendance of academics and dialogue practitioners from across the globe.
Communities have been designated as secure, physical and emotional comfort zones for individuals and unofficially regulated and codified relations between their members. There are communities in which people have a common interest or passion; communities that are united around the idea of bringing about change; communities of people who belong to the same region or country; communities that comprise people of the same profession; and finally, communities of circumstance, that is, groups of people who came together as a result of external factors.
More than a physical entity, a community is about commonalities and it creates attachments. Similar to other social structures, communities always harbour their own values while they may have some underlying liabilities for individuals. However, community is an evolving phenomenon. Communities emerge, transform, and disappear in response to the context they were born into. In today’s world, traditional communities exist side by side with new and emerging communities, ranging from online forums and social media groups to online gaming communities.
As such, new communities emerge every day and challenge traditional views on what a community is. In the life cycle of a community, ‘dialogue’ comes into the picture as a prominent instrument facilitating the transformation and evolution of communities. It is dialogical engagements (inter- or intra-community) of the individuals that allow these social structures to evolve and transform.
In view of the abstract above, contributors were invited to consider questions such as the following:
● What are the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the evolution and transformation of communities and community life around the globe? What are the responses of the communities to the pandemic?
● What kind of access challenges have been faced by communities in the pandemic and how can dialogue be used effectively to break down barriers of race, class and culture?
● Did the Covid 19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns result in new types of community connections? Did this situation enable different dialogue engagements that were not possible or common before?
● Is dialogue across communities feasible? How can this be facilitated?
● What is the role of dialogue in overcoming challenges related to communities in general?
● What are the dialogic relations and challenges between emerging (virtual or otherwise) and traditional communities?
● What kind of dialogic engagements happen between minority and majority communities: Is dialogue a force of integration or assimilation?
● Intra-community dialogue and the future of communities
● Transnational communities and transnational dialogue(s)
Contributors were invited to reflect on these and similar questions and critically analyse any published work and field study on these subjects and make their own original contributions to the field.
Subscribe ►http://bit.ly/SubsDialogueSociety
Donate ► https://www.paypal.me/DialogueSociety
Become a patron ► https://www.patreon.com/DialogueSociety
Visit us ►http://www.dialoguesociety.org
Sign up for our newsletter ►http://eepurl.com/du5E6X
Twitter ►https://twitter.com/DialogueSociety/
Instagram ►https://www.instagram.com/dialoguesociety/
Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/DialogueSociety
About Dialogue Society
The Dialogue Society is a registered charity (Registered Charity Number: 1117039), established in London in 1999, with the aim of advancing social cohesion by connecting communities, empowering people to engage and contributing to the development of ideas on dialogue and community building. The Dialogue Society is not a religious or ethnic organisation. It aims to facilitate dialogue on a whole range of social issues, regardless of any particular faith or religion. It stands for democracy, human rights, the non-instrumentalisation of religion in politics, equality, and freedom of speech.
