Monthly Archives: December 2020

7 12, 2020

Transcultural Student Research Group | TSRG 2020 / 2021

By Transcultural Caravan|2023-04-18T12:55:20+02:007. December 2020|Categories: Allgemein, Transcultural Student Research Groups|

European Relational Societies – Best Practices for Civil Society Cooperation [...]

“The more culture is considered a “thing” and not an ongoing coordination of meaning, the less able people are to see their own role in creating that meaning.” Milton Bennett

“A different point of view is simply the view from a place where you’re not.” Fons Trompenaars

“The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.” Paul Watzlawick

“Conversation doesn’t have to lead to consensus about anything especially not values; it’s enough that it helps people get used to one another” Kwame Anthony Appiah

“The art of progress is to reserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.” Alfred North Whitehead

“The most powerful tool in economics is not money nor even algebra. It is a pencil. Because with a pencil you can redraw the world.” Kate Raworth

“It is the trope of our times to locate the question of culture in the realm of the beyond!” Homi K. Bhabha, 1994

“In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others.” Nelson Mandela

“The Global is not universal or ideationally determined. It’s relational and contextual, and we need to create knowledge around this.” Vishakha N. Desai

“There can be no culture except where there is some consensus. Consensus is a matter of understanding. It is transmitted through communication, through example and through participation in a common life.” Robert Ezra Park, est. early 1920s