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Deepening roots suggest abundant possibilities for fall
Monday July 27, 2015
Autumn is harvest time, and the Peterborough Dialogues has been growing deeper and stronger roots for community building and learning.
‘You can’t have a movement without music,’ singer and social activist says
Monday July 27, 2015
Diem Lafortune feels like her life is just starting, listening to her deepest inner voice following a journey of healing to tell stories through her music with stark honesty and heart.
New dialogue series and media in the works
Tuesday July 21, 2015
Expanding the realm of possibility for thriving local livelihoods and entrepreneurship is the main topic of discussion in a new economy circle that has emerged out of the Peterborough Dialogues.
Six themes are emerging for PeterboroughDialogues.media
Thursday July 16, 2015
The media-making plans of the Peterborough Dialogues — a community experience planted in a blend of possibility-oriented dialogue and media making — are swirling into clear focus. Weekly gatherings centred on the media making have surfaced six core themes for the ongoing work.
Effort sparked by asking, ‘What do we have to work with right here, right now?’
Monday July 13, 2015
An exciting example of citizens banding together to take ownership of their collective well-being is coming to life in the remote, small town of Philippi, West Virginia.
Peterborough conference goers try a collaborative experiment in knowledge sharing
Monday July 6, 2015
A man enters the only store in a small town wanting to buy fishing bait. The merchant, perplexed, says he can oblige but suggests the man will find just what he needs outside by simply turning over some rocks.
Belgian municipalities experiment with new model for addressing resource constraints and creating a thriving community
Monday June 29, 2015
In the municipalities of Olen and Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium, citizen demands are increasing and resources to meet those demands shrinking. In the face of these challenges, local government leaders are becoming more open to experimenting with the addition of a new paradigm to their current ways of working.
The future of our well-being depends on our making visible and supporting associational life: John McKnight
Tuesday June 23, 2015
A Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) study released last week reports that belonging to multiple groups contributes more to personal self-esteem than having a large network of friends. This is particularly the case when groups provide a basis for social identity, that is, when they are considered by people to contribute to their sense of who they are.
Holding a field for change over time through dialogue and media-making
Thursday June 18, 2015
What are the underlying processes that result in transformational change? In a recent webinar, authors Gervase Bushe and Bob Marshak offer a new way to think about the answer to that question through the lens of dialogic organizational development.
Participants share dream for more inclusive, thoughtful narrative art
Thursday June 11, 2015
Tuesday’s tree-fort session emanating from the inaugural Peterborough Dialogues series — a community-building initiative designed and hosted by Axiom News — dared to pose the question of creating an alternative community news media.
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