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Notes from a Black and White Island | Revd David Wiseman
Dialogue SocietyRevd David Wiseman presented his paper "Notes from a Black and White Island, Personal Reflections on Dialogue and Black Lives Matter" in the first session - Citizens and Institutions in a Dialogical Setting - of the academic workshop entitled “Rethinking Dialogue in the Age of New Challenges and Opportunities”. ► About the Academic Workshop On 26 November 2020, the Dialogue Society hosted the Academic Workshop entitled "Rethinking Dialogue in the Age of New Challenges and Opportunities", with the attendance of academics and dialogue practitioners from across the globe. The world has always beRead moreShow less
Revd David Wiseman presented his paper "Notes from a Black and White Island, Personal Reflections on Dialogue and Black Lives Matter" in the first session - Citizens and Institutions in a Dialogical Setting - of the academic workshop entitled “Rethinking Dialogue in the Age of New Challenges and Opportunities”.
► Download the Journal of Dialogue Studies Volume 8: http://www.dialoguestudies.org/?p=863
► About the Academic Workshop
On 26 November 2020, the Dialogue Society hosted the Academic Workshop entitled "Rethinking Dialogue in the Age of New Challenges and Opportunities", with the attendance of academics and dialogue practitioners from across the globe.
The world has always been in an orbit of change, generating new meanings in a perpetual cycle. Our current time and age have seen various changes, and regeneration of meaning(s) is perhaps the biggest challenge of our and next generations. The phase of change has created gaps (of time and context) within gaps, in which not only meaning but also the nature of being is lost and is fast becoming what Heidegger calls, ‘das Mann.’ This is further complicating the state of ‘dialogue,’ and any meaningful exchange.
As a result of the phase of change and the gaps caused by this, new spaces, in which ‘meaning’ itself has been in constant transformation, are also created that allow and require new types of dialogue. In other words, the question is not just about how to make meaningful exchanges, but about how to make meaningful exchanges when meanings and realms of exchange are competing.
We are in the heyday of the biggest gaps in meaning and new spaces. ‘Populism’ arguably creates one of these gaps. It is on the rise across the world and presents a serious obstacle for meaningful dialogue. It harbours racism and breeds xenophobia, polarising people, creating fractions and hostility. Yearning for the past, making nations ‘great again’ has become the cry of the masses.
The erosion of open and meaningful dialogue is also evident even in non-conflict settings. Concepts like multiculturalism, diversity and even democracy have not only been consumed but also loaded with negative connotations within the ‘gaps.’
Nonetheless, we are also in an age of opportunities for rethinking and expanding dialogue. The emergence/creation of new ‘spaces’ allows us to generate and exchange meaning to begin to close the gaps, and this has become faster and easier than ever before. New tools for conversation and dialogue have emerged from the explosion of new technologies, creating spaces for discussion and debate. Here, people belonging to different faiths, social, cultural, political and professional groups can engage in meaningful dialogue and generate conversations.
In view of the abstract above, contributors were invited to consider questions such as the following:
● In the face of the rise of populist rhetoric around the world, how can dialogue be used to address the negative outcomes of populism?
● How can dialogue be utilised to deflate tensions in non-conflict situations?
● In the case of new dialogue spaces, in what ways can dialogue be beneficial and instrumental for various means, for instance, when we consider online communications tools, such as social media platforms? How does dialogue factor into new VR technologies and online gaming?
● What are the challenges of doing dialogue in new spaces, e.g. on online/virtual platforms communication channels?
● What are the fresh challenges brought about by the current pandemic, Covid-19, which has driven people to online platforms?
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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► Download the Journal of Dialogue Studies Volume 8: http://www.dialoguestudies.org/?p=863
► About the Academic Workshop
On 26 November 2020, the Dialogue Society hosted the Academic Workshop entitled "Rethinking Dialogue in the Age of New Challenges and Opportunities", with the attendance of academics and dialogue practitioners from across the globe.
The world has always been in an orbit of change, generating new meanings in a perpetual cycle. Our current time and age have seen various changes, and regeneration of meaning(s) is perhaps the biggest challenge of our and next generations. The phase of change has created gaps (of time and context) within gaps, in which not only meaning but also the nature of being is lost and is fast becoming what Heidegger calls, ‘das Mann.’ This is further complicating the state of ‘dialogue,’ and any meaningful exchange.
As a result of the phase of change and the gaps caused by this, new spaces, in which ‘meaning’ itself has been in constant transformation, are also created that allow and require new types of dialogue. In other words, the question is not just about how to make meaningful exchanges, but about how to make meaningful exchanges when meanings and realms of exchange are competing.
We are in the heyday of the biggest gaps in meaning and new spaces. ‘Populism’ arguably creates one of these gaps. It is on the rise across the world and presents a serious obstacle for meaningful dialogue. It harbours racism and breeds xenophobia, polarising people, creating fractions and hostility. Yearning for the past, making nations ‘great again’ has become the cry of the masses.
The erosion of open and meaningful dialogue is also evident even in non-conflict settings. Concepts like multiculturalism, diversity and even democracy have not only been consumed but also loaded with negative connotations within the ‘gaps.’
Nonetheless, we are also in an age of opportunities for rethinking and expanding dialogue. The emergence/creation of new ‘spaces’ allows us to generate and exchange meaning to begin to close the gaps, and this has become faster and easier than ever before. New tools for conversation and dialogue have emerged from the explosion of new technologies, creating spaces for discussion and debate. Here, people belonging to different faiths, social, cultural, political and professional groups can engage in meaningful dialogue and generate conversations.
In view of the abstract above, contributors were invited to consider questions such as the following:
● In the face of the rise of populist rhetoric around the world, how can dialogue be used to address the negative outcomes of populism?
● How can dialogue be utilised to deflate tensions in non-conflict situations?
● In the case of new dialogue spaces, in what ways can dialogue be beneficial and instrumental for various means, for instance, when we consider online communications tools, such as social media platforms? How does dialogue factor into new VR technologies and online gaming?
● What are the challenges of doing dialogue in new spaces, e.g. on online/virtual platforms communication channels?
● What are the fresh challenges brought about by the current pandemic, Covid-19, which has driven people to online platforms?
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 to 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.
