Europe and Europeans have both shared and different histories, worth exploring through the experience of members from across the region. Meanwhile geo-politically, this present moment Is calling for new identifications and new roles for Europe and Europeans in the wider world. These dynamics of huge transition deserve our study.
The Purpose of this event is to create a series of dialogues across cultures and nations, represented by members. By studying how members came to belong to groups in family, school, work and nation. The aim is to develop a new sense of our being Europeans.
• The conference will use theme-centred small study groups. Each session will focus on one of these themes. The task will be to share experiences and learn from how much a person’s national culture is shaped by their experiences of expanding societal groupings.
• The method to be used is “Theme-Centred Interaction” (TCI). TCI invites interaction across the three points of a triangle: 1. The experience past and present of members; = “I” 2. The focus on the here-and-now experience of exploring the theme in this group with these people = “We”; 3. The theme chosen for each group = “It”.
• Each small study group will be followed by a larger study group designed to gather themes, forge links and make hypotheses about Europe as a large group.
• There will be a Trilogy Matrix Group, designed to gather experiences from theme centred “I (individual members), we (group experience) and it (workshop theme)”.
