{"id":316,"date":"2011-10-24T19:42:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T19:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2011-10-25T20:31:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T20:31:56","slug":"1-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/balance-unbalance2011.hexagram.ca\/?page_id=316","title":{"rendered":"#1 – #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transdisciplinary Activity #1<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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ART as UNBALANCE; UNBALANCE as ENLIGHTENMENT<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Louise Davey and Marjolaine Arpin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Abstract<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>Through continued elevation of and adherence to conventional business doctrine,\u00a0much of the corporate world is now adrift from its anchors in society. Continuously\u00a0fueled by technology and largely closed to criticism, the fragility of a singularly\u00a0focused global economic model is revealed. At the core of this divergent macrosocioeconomic\u00a0process is its dogged pursuit of \u201cperformance enhancement\u201d\u00a0through specialization, as evident by the increasingly segmented and isolated roles\u00a0of those operating within the corporate sphere.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the solution to rebalancing and reintegrating the market economy into a\u00a0table socio-economic system starts by destabilizing and challenging those within it.\u00a0Using transdisciplinary teachings and methods, conventional business doctrine can\u00a0be both examined and remedied in new and remarkably powerful ways. Among\u00a0many possible disciplines, few are quite as potent as the visual arts. Used as a\u00a0catalyst, contemporary art allows us to engage business people in conversations\u00a0that could never be initiated in the language of business. This process of\u00a0enlightenment ultimately leads to a broader understanding of one\u2019s place in the\u00a0world and to more socially and environmentally conscious business models.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lecture-gallery experience proposed applies new lenses to business and,\u00a0through a few select art works, illustrates the contrasts (and continuities) between\u00a0the \u201creal object\u201d and its representation. Specifically, how (1) a work of art allows us\u00a0to approach very challenging topics, (2) make us aware of our relationship to the\u00a0“every day” world and (3) through that experience make us want to make a very real\u00a0change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bio<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>Louise has over 20 years experience\u00a0helping companies design and navigate\u00a0major change processes. She currently\u00a0operates as an independent\u00a0Management Consultant specializing in\u00a0the area of business transformation\u00a0where her work includes strategic\u00a0reorientation, operational effectiveness\u00a0optimization, corporate culture\u00a0transformation, corporate restructuring,\u00a0operational due diligence and merger\u00a0and acquisition integration support.\u00a0Adept in both strategy and execution\u00a0with broad interests inside and outside\u00a0the field of business, Louise is able to\u00a0influence and leverage the many facets\u00a0of the business environment including its\u00a0operating culture, its people, its internal\u00a0and external processes and its\u00a0technology.<\/p>\n

Prior to becoming an independent\u00a0consultant, Louise held several senior\u00a0executive level positions where she has\u00a0helped her companies of service achieve\u00a0higher levels of sustainability and\u00a0business performance. Her combined\u00a0operational and consulting experience\u00a0make her particularly effective in helping\u00a0other organizations overcome day-to-day\u00a0challenges of in order to think and\u00a0progress in new strategic directions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Louise also has a long-standing interest\u00a0in community involvement and\u00a0environmental causes and has\u00a0introduced these values into business\u00a0cultures with positive effects.\u00a0Louise holds a Master\u2019s degree in\u00a0Physics from McGill University. She is\u00a0fluent in English and French.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2007, Marjolaine Arpin, a selfproclaimed\u00a0\u201cArt Ambassador\u201d has been\u00a0working as a catalyst between the art\u00a0and business world, endeavouring to\u00a0develop ever new forms of corporate\u00a0philanthropy in line the realities of the\u00a0emerging art world. This includes taking\u00a0the role of manager and curator at Les\u00a0Zones d’art actuel while acting as an\u00a0assistant and guide for emerging artists.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her work as an academic\u00a0researcher, artistic critic and collaborator\u00a0with private galleries and art centres, she\u00a0combines theory and practice to identify\u00a0and present new perspectives on\u00a0emerging art while investing herself fully\u00a0in the Quebec contemporary art\u00a0community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supported by the Fonds qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de la\u00a0recherche sur la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et la culture\u00a0(FQRSC) and the Social Sciences and\u00a0Humanities Research Council of Canada\u00a0(SSHRC), Marjolaine is currently\u00a0completing a Master in Art History at\u00a0Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al\u00a0(UQ\u00c0M), where she specializes in\u00a0contemporary art. Her academic\u00a0research, referred to \u201chypermodern\u201d in\u00a0contemporary society, focuses on\u00a0emerging artists and their works on the\u00a0miniature scale with a nod to \u201cnew\u201d\u00a0forms of excess and the sublime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marjolaine is also an active contributor to\u00a0Esse arts+opinions and Spirale, two\u00a0prominent Quebec-based art magazines\u00a0and writes texts for art exhibition\u00a0catalogues and booklets.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Transdisciplinary Activity #2<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Bio.mythic Beings in a Biological World<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

John Cimino<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>We human beings are creatures of imagery and narrative as much as we are\u00a0creatures of logic and technology. The stories we tell ourselves about how the\u00a0world works, how to get ahead and how to manage the planet have their roots in a\u00a0long ago time and can no longer guide us. Yet we cling to the old stories as \u201cmindforged\u00a0manacles\u201d (Blake) limiting our range of motion, emotion, empathy and\u00a0possibility.<\/p>\n

One well-worn story aptly named \u201cThe Course of Empire\u201d, tracks our development\u00a0from hunter-gatherers tucked into Nature\u2019s fierce embrace, to inventors of craft and\u00a0religion, and onward to great metropolises built on the backs of the less fortunate\u00a0and torn from the hide of the natural world. Of course, the tale ends badly. Greed\u00a0and vengeance topple our empire and we leave the place in ruins. How many times\u00a0have we witnessed this cycle and are we capable of re-envisioning a different\u00a0course?<\/p>\n

In this session, we immerse ourselves in bio-mythic tales, those which govern us\u00a0still and those emerging from the periphery demanding a more dedicated form of\u00a0attentiveness which philosopher, Georg Kuhlewind, has called love. We treat\u00a0ourselves to Thomas Cole\u2019s epic paintings, The Course of Empire , to A.R.<\/p>\n

Ammons\u2019 mind-shifting meditation on nature, Corson\u2019s Inlet, and a prologue to a\u00a0play by Anne Rhodes, The Blackbird Project. Our essential question: What are our\u00a0convictions concerning Sustainability and how can the arts help us address these\u00a0issues and move us toward action?<\/p>\n

Bio<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>John Cimino is president and CEO of\u00a0Creative Leaps International and The\u00a0Learning Arts. Educated at Rensselaer\u00a0Polytechnic Institute (biology & physics),\u00a0the State University of New York at\u00a0Albany (learning theory), and the\u00a0Manhattan and Juilliard Schools of Music\u00a0(music & voice), Cimino holds a uniquely\u00a0interdisciplinary perspective and works\u00a0across a variety of disciplines dedicated\u00a0to learning, human development and\u00a0social change.\u00a0As a champion of the arts in education,\u00a0business and professional life, Cimino\u00a0has brought his “Concerts of Ideas” and\u00a0other innovative programs into projects\u00a0of the White House, the Center for\u00a0Creative Leadership and the leadership\u00a0training programs of dozens of Fortune\u00a0500 companies including GE, IBM, Pfizer\u00a0and McDonnell Douglas as well as to\u00a0numerous universities, business schools\u00a0and institutes for professional\u00a0development. Projects include\u00a0presentations before the Global\u00a0Leadership Forum (Istanbul), the\u00a0International Organization Development\u00a0Association (Guanajuato), the\u00a0Organizational Behavior Teaching\u00a0Society (Irvine), the Academy of\u00a0Management (Chicago), the Association\u00a0for Supervision and Curriculum\u00a0Development (Alexandria, VA) and the\u00a0Association for Managers of Innovation\u00a0(Greensboro),<\/p>\n

Cimino is also an advisor to universities\u00a0engaged in interdisciplinary restructuring\u00a0and the integration of\u00a0creativity, leadership and\u00a0entrepreneurship as essential learning\u00a0across the disciplines and in all aspects\u00a0of university life. Finally, Cimino is a\u00a0composer, author and winner of more\u00a0than 20 national and international\u00a0awards and prizes as an operatic and\u00a0concert performer and has performed to\u00a0acclaim throughout Europe and the\u00a0United States including opposite opera\u00a0luminaries Luciano Pavarotti, Carlo\u00a0Bergonzi and Anna Moffo.<\/p>\n

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Transdisciplinary Activity #3<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Do birds have a conductor?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine Bouchain & Christophe Piot<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/span>: \u00a0<\/strong>In one place, all the singing birds are male ; they use their song to try to drive the\u00a0other males out of the territory, at the same time attracting the females. Each song\u00a0must therefore be heard from as far away as possible and must also be recognized\u00a0by the males and females of the species. How to avoid all the songs getting mixed\u00a0up in a general cacophony where no-one recognizes anyone? In this context, is the\u00a0tree allied to the bird or does it hinder the propagation of the song?<\/p>\n

The composition of the soundscape can also be analysed as a succession of sound\u00a0events, the latter carry information and are thus going to cause reactions, influence\u00a0the behaviour of other birds (song, alarm or contact calls, noise of movement\u00a0indicating presence, …) This game of cause\/effect, question\/answer is also the\u00a0basis for the organisation of improvised music. Musical signals which allow\u00a0musicians to communicate and therefore to play coherent music together, without\u00a0following a score to the note.<\/p>\n

Examples to listen to, explanations, public participation, will guide us on the tracks\u00a0of a universal composer…<\/p>\n

Bio<\/span>: \u00a0<\/strong>Catherine Bouchain:\u00a0Bioacoustics and musical illustration,\u00a0animator in science and nature.\u00a0University studies in Biology (Rennes\u00a0and Gabon), specialized in audio\u00a0communication in primates. Then\u00a0discovered the practice of sound and the\u00a0craft of sound editing in Sitelle. A degree\u00a0in multimedia design and construction\u00a0(Paris).<\/p>\n

The transmission of feelings that can be\u00a0in nature, especially the sounds,\u00a0motivates me and I try to awaken the\u00a0public to this dimension.<\/p>\n

Piot Christophe:\u00a0Drummer \/ percussionist, studied music\u00a0since the age of 6 years. Studies with\u00a0Yves Teslar to CIM, Peter Erskine\u00a0(master class), studied Afro-Cuban\u00a0music in France and Cuba (Olivier\u00a0Congar, Alberto Villareal, Panga,\u00a0Availles Armando, Ernesto Gatel,…).<\/p>\n

Fascinated by the rythms of all kinds, he\u00a0is actively involved in many projects jazz,\u00a0chanson, world, trad …<\/p>\n

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Transdisciplinary Activity #4<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Dialogues about Mother Earth: First Nation and Mapuche Youth addressing Biocultural Diversity Issues through Cinema<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thora Herrmann (Session organizers: Wapiloni mobile, Ariella Orbach, Andr\u00e9s Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, Guido Huaiquil, Elke Sh\u00fcttler, and Thora Herrmann)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The challenges faced by indigenous communities in the Americas to access and\u00a0control traditional lands and resources and maintain local livelihoods and cultural\u00a0identities require transdisciplinary efforts and innovative tools. Video is an\u00a0accessible, powerful information and communication technology (ICT) for enabling\u00a0marginalized and disenfranchised indigenous communities, particularly indigenous\u00a0youth, to make their voices heard, bring local perspectives to the forefront of\u00a0national and global policy debates and overcome barriers of prejudice and\u00a0discrimination. This session explores the power of cinematographic art, and ICTs for\u00a0addressing biocultural diversity issues of concern for indigenous communities\u00a0through the eyes of their youth across two distinct realities: First Nations\u00a0communities in Quebec and Mapuche communities in Chile. This session offers a\u00a0round table discussion and exchange with Chilean and Canadian research, cultural\u00a0and indigenous organizations, and young First Nations and Mapuche film maker;\u00a0and screenings of a number of short films created by youth trained in scriptwriting,\u00a0directing, camera, sound recording and editing. In an era where fragmentation and\u00a0destruction of ecosystems essential to indigenous cultures have led to erosion of\u00a0traditional ecological knowledge, we open a space for collective reflection on\u00a0‘cinema’ as a vehicle for enabling indigenous voices to reach a wider public and to\u00a0foster a deeper understanding of indigenous perspectives and bringing these to the\u00a0forefront of environmental debates. The short films screened illustrate youth\u00a0attitudes toward biocultural diversity challenges, well-being and self-identity, as a\u00a0medium for self-representation and advocacy for change.<\/p>\n

Bio:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Wapikoni mobile: Mobile audiovisual\u00a0training program for rural\/remote First\u00a0Nations youth, working in 18\u00a0communities across Qu\u00e9bec and\u00a0initiating 2,000 youth in the use of new\u00a0ICTs. A new international development\u00a0actor, working in three South American\u00a0countries since 2010. Representative\u00a0and First Nations Filmmaker attending\u00a0this session to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Thora Herrmann: Associate Professor at\u00a0the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, with\u00a0expertise in participatory and\u00a0community-based research projects on\u00a0indigenous ecological knowledge and\u00a0practices, and biocultural diversity\u00a0conservation in Mapuche and First\u00a0Nation contexts. Worked at United\u00a0Nations and German Agency for\u00a0International Development on issues\u00a0related to cultural and spiritual values of\u00a0biodiversity and indigenous rights.<\/p>\n

Elke Sch\u00fcttler: Post-doctoral Researcher\u00a0at PUC and Helmholtz Centre for\u00a0Environmental Research (Germany),\u00a0with expertise in conservation and\u00a0sustainable use of biodiversity in Latin\u00a0America. Works in interdisciplinary and\u00a0applied investigation projects on\u00a0Mapuche knowledge and practices of the\u00a0natural environment in Chile.\u00a0Guido Huaiquil: Founder and Director of\u00a0Mapuche TV and member of board of\u00a0directors of the Centro de Desarrollo\u00a0Socio-Cultural Mapuche. Partnered with\u00a0Wapikoni mobile for the implementation\u00a0of the First Mapuche Summer School in\u00a0Cinematography (2010-2011).<\/p>\n

Ariella Orbach & Andr\u00e9s Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez: Cofounders\u00a0and Directors of Strategic\u00a0Video Initiative, with a background in\u00a0rural development, project management,\u00a0and capacity development. Since 2008\u00a0implementing audiovisual capacity\u00a0development projects with Mapuche\u00a0communities, emphasizing local\u00a0applications of video for promoting\u00a0indigenous rights and self-determination.\u00a0Co-planned and managed the First\u00a0Mapuche Summer School in\u00a0Cinematography.<\/p>\n


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Transdisciplinary Activity #5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

GAMES FOR A NEW CLIMATE: Participatory activities for linking climate science with humanitarian work through the art of choice.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pablo Suarez<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Why do people continue to suffer and die due to entirely predictable natural\u00a0hazards? The remarkable progress in science and technology over recent decades\u00a0allows us to anticipate future conditions, communicate early warnings and take early\u00a0action to avoid losses, yet many recent disasters are evidence of a dreadful gap\u00a0between science and the humanitarian sector. Can forecasters and risk managers\u00a0build common ground through creative processes?<\/p>\n

The natural and social systems involved in disasters have dynamic elements that\u00a0are not easy to grasp through conventional, linear educational approaches. How to\u00a0devise a communication platform that can successfully convey the existence and\u00a0relevance of system complexity? Feedbacks, non-linearities, delays, unanticipated\u00a0\u201cside effects\u201d, and trade-offs between the macro and the micro levels are inherent in\u00a0risk management decisions, and should be part of the learning experience of\u00a0government officials and illiterate farmers alike. Well-designed games, like\u00a0adaptation measures, involve decisions with consequences. Games can help\u00a0people and organizations improve access, understanding, trust and utilization of\u00a0information for climate adaptation. Through games we can learn how climate sensitive\u00a0systems work and the system rewards us as we learn.<\/p>\n

In this session we will experience the challenges confronted by subsistence\u00a0farmers, the Red Cross and donors through a seriously fun game that combines\u00a0collaboration and competition, as well as art and science: participants will make\u00a0decisions about disaster management with limited resources. There will be winners\u00a0and losers. We will discuss the role of innovative participatory approaches for\u00a0linking knowledge with action.<\/p>\n

Bio:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Pablo Suarez is Associate Director of\u00a0Programs for the Red Cross\/Red\u00a0Crescent Climate Centre, as well as\u00a0consultant for Oxfam America, visiting\u00a0fellow at Boston University, and research\u00a0scholar at the International Institute for\u00a0Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in\u00a0Austria. He has consulted for the United\u00a0Nations Development Programme, the\u00a0World Food Programme, the World Bank\u00a0Development Economics Research\u00a0Group, and about twenty other\u00a0international humanitarian and\u00a0development organizations, working in\u00a0more than 45 countries. His current work\u00a0addresses institutional integration across\u00a0disciplines and geographic scales, and\u00a0the use of innovative tools for climate\u00a0risk management \u2013 including the design\u00a0and facilitation of participatory games fo\u00a0learning and managing complex dynamic\u00a0systems. Pablo holds a master\u2019s degree\u00a0in planning, and a Ph.D. in geography.<\/p>\n

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