BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:Europe/Berlin
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Berlin
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6@vi2023.seu-events.org
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230623T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230623T193000
DTSTAMP:20230623T195646Z
URL:https://vi2023.seu-events.org/events/opening-session/
SUMMARY:Opening Session
DESCRIPTION:-----  followed by Art Bridging Cultures and Nations  -----\n
 \nShifting from WEIRD to Embracing Hybridity with Pascal da Rocha\nSession
  Description:\nThe acronym WEIRD has become a catch-all term for the conti
 nued marginalization\, exclusion and silencing of other ways to do busines
 s\, to understand the world\, and to establish community ties. Whereas the
  ascent of the term WEIRD can be taken back to the times where religion re
 placed kinship-related practices with the standardization of science\, thi
 nking\, and ways to see the world\, the meaning of the phenomenon remains 
 vague and unspecific. In this keynote\, I would like to focus on the ambig
 uous and ambivalent aspects of the term\, the advantages and disadvantages
  of a dominant worldview of politics\, democracy and the way of life of co
 mmunities\, and argue that we need to move beyond self-reinforcing labels 
 and be open to hybrid lives\, identities\, and cultural dialogue. In order
  to do\, there is the need to de-construct the term WEIRD and to re-invigo
 rate our ability and adaptive behaviors to complexity and social cohesion 
 through diversity\, equality and equity.\n\nSpeaker:\nPascal da Rocha is a
  mediator\, organizational consultant\, and professor. In the field of pol
 itical mediation\, Pascal has worked on or contributed to mediated process
 es such as the Dayton Agreement\, the Tajik National Accords\, the Darfur 
 Peace Agreement\, the Kampala Talks\, the Havanna Talks (Colombia)\, the G
 eneva II talks for Syria and the Conakry Accord (Guinea-Bissau)\, among ma
 ny others. \n\nHe is a rostered mediator with the UN and the OSCE as well 
 as a peace and development adviser for the UN. Pascal is the lead consulta
 nt for the ECOWAS Dialogue and Mediation Curriculum. He has worked as an e
 xpert on structural conflict prevention initiatives\, either commissioned 
 by the African Union or the European Union Commission. Furthermore\, Pasca
 l provides organizational development and change management advisory\, cro
 ss-cultural trainings\, and diversity programs for large companies\, rangi
 ng from biopharma to aviation industry. His research and publications are 
 on diversity management and leadership and political mediation.
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vi2023.seu-events.org/wp-content/uploads
 /2021/05/PascaldaRocha.jpg
CATEGORIES:A-Opening Session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Berlin
X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20230326T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR