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Dialogatory – 2026 – 08 – Silence(s) & Knowing(s)
Theme: Slience(s) & Knowing(s) This session proposes to explore Silence(s) and Knowing(s), with a particular emphasis on the role of Silence in collective thinking and knowing processes. Stimulus We will use selected excerpts of a text from Pannikar, R. (1995). Invisible Harmony. Essays on contemplation & responsibility (H. J. Cages, Ed.). Fortress Press. Please find…
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Dialogatory – 2026-07 – Verbs of Knowing
Theme: Verbs of Knowing We tend to talk about knowledge as a thing — possessed, produced, transmitted. But knowing is something we do. What are the verbs? Discovering, assembling, composing, touching, resonating, attuning — each carries a different sense of what knowing is, who does it, and what it asks of the world. Some verbs…
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Dialogatory – 2026-06 – Questions on modes of knowing
Theme: (Questioning our) Questions on modes of knowing Participants were invited in advance to bring one question they carry with them related to ways or modes of knowing — not to answer it, but to inquire into it. The format proposed moving from individual questions through pattern-finding toward a shared meta-question, which the group would…
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Dialogatory – 2026-05 – On ignorance (and discovery)
Theme What is the relation of the notion of ignorance in relation to discovery (or inquiry)? Stimulus A passage from Appendix 1 of George Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form, available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m9RaM0HuPDjeJPY2ic3cmmpKf__Oc9PeZtupjCQGz78/edit?usp=sharing Participants were invited to offer questions related to the passage, with the group responding to and following the “liveness” of the questions. Preparation…
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Dialogatory – 2026-04 – Where do ideas come from?
Theme Where do ideas come from? How do my ideas move around and how do I guard them? Stimulus The stimulus for the dialogue was a poem from Fernando Pessoa. The English version can be found here: https://www.casafernandopessoa.pt/pt/cfp/visita/museu/poemas-e-textos-escolhidos/english/alberto-caeiro/im-keeper-sheep?eID= Preparation Pre-sessional: reading of the poem. Hosting Host(s): Ana Teixeira de Melo Facilitator(s): (if applicable) Ana Teixeira de…
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