ONGOING AND RECENT COMPANIONSHIPS Online companionship for Spanish speakers Started: November 30 (Four meetings, once a week, Mondays) Participants: Jessica Lombana (Mexico), Ran Lahav (USA), Juan Carlos Montellano (Nexico), Paulina Ramirez (Mexico), Siegfried Seedorf (Mexico), Carmen Zavala (Peru).Facilitators: Ran Lahav and Carmen ZavalaFree participation (donations to Agora are welcome, but are not necessary) Online companionship for Italian speakers Started: November 19 (Four meetings, once a week, Thursdays) Participants: Laura Capogna (Rome), Stefania Giordano (Rome), Ran Lahav (USA), Andrea Modesto (Brescia), Donata...
The Philo-Practice Agora
The electronic library for philosophical practitioners from around the world
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SHARING EXPERIENCES, THOUGHTS, QUOTE You are encouraged to assemble your own companionships, whether online or face-to-face, and experiment with it. Please share with us your experiences and thoughts by writing to:
VIDEO: Interview with Manos PerrakisShakespeare in Philosophical Practice [spvideo]http://youtu.be/GkJPP0m-pKM[/spvideo] Manos Perrakis is a philosophical practitioner from Athens, Greece. Currently based in Berlin, Germany, he offers education and consulting services for individuals and organizations. {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Michael NiehausThe Formation Program of the Philosophical Practitioner [spvideo]http://youtu.be/YqeoZWjFUjo[/spvideo] Michael Niehaus is a German philosophical practitioner, a member of the IGPP, and is a member of the team responsible for training new philosophical practitioners. {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Michael Noah WeissExploring our inner voice [spvideo]http://youtu.be/09u6lHtBMtw[/spvideo] Michael Noah Weiss is working as a philosophical practitioner in Norway, Austria and Switzerland. He is a board member of the Norwegian Society for Philosophical Practice and editor of the upcoming publication “The Socratic Handbook”, in which 34 philosophical practitioners from 20 countries present different dialogue tools and techniques for philosophical practice. For further information see: www.michaelnoahweiss.net {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Interview with Viktoria ChernenkoDeveloping the Competencies of the Mind [spvideo]http://youtu.be/xmM2Pv-FeQo[/spvideo] Viktoria Chernenko is a Russian philosophical counselor, practicing in Moscow and in various countries in Europe and Asia. She works with adults and children, conducting workshops and individual philosophical consultations. {jcomments on}
OUR INTERVIEWEES SO FAR: List of Agora Users Lydia Amir (Israel) José Barrientos (Spain) Carlo Basili (Italy) Heidi Bennent-Vahle (Germany) Martina Bernasconi (Switzerland) Dries Boele (Holland) Oscar Brenifier (France) Laura Candiotto (Italy) Victoria Chernenko (Russia) Eef Cornelissen (Belgium) Catharina De Haas (Holland)...
TOPICS FOR INTERVIEW (A list in development) Each interviewee will chose from this list 1-2 topics to talk about GROUP 1: PHILOSOPHY AND EVERYDAY LIFE Topic 1.1: The power of philosophical ideas – how philosophical ideas can make a difference to ourlives. Topic 1.2: What does philosophical self-reflection mean? Topic 1.3: Philosophical reflection versus psychological thinking. Topic 1.4: The relevance of philosophy to the person in the street. Topic 1.5: Philosophical practice as a way of living. Topic 1.6:...
VIDEO: Interview with Detlef StaudeThe adventure of searching for orientation in doing philosophy [spvideo]http://youtu.be/Sf5a2syRMbM[/spvideo] Detlef Staude is a philosophical practitioner living and working in Berne, Switzerland. He is the head of the Swiss association for philosophical practice, and gives counseling and workshops to individuals or groups. {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Interview with Dries BoelePhilosophy as the art of living [spvideo]http://youtu.be/r6nrvqWIMdI[/spvideo] {jcomments on} Dries Boele is a Dutch philosophical practitioner, working with individuals and groups in Amsterdam. He was one of the three pioneers who founded the Dutch movement of philosophical practice in the early 1980s.