Global Bildung Festival
September 21st
5-10 am and 5-10 pm
London daylight saving time (UTC+1)
Through bildung, everybody can become wiser and more empowered as a citizen,
and doors open to a richer and more meaningful life.
This can help all kinds of societies to evolve and become self-transforming and sustainable.
People around the globe have so much potential,
yet only a small part of humanity gets the chance to unfold it.
Program
5:00-10:00 am London time
05:00-05:30 am Opening Session
Welcome by the organizers and host Elena Tochilina.
Why do we educate? The Maori heritage and the environment into which I was born
Keynote by Dr. Noema Williams, Aotearoa, New Zealand, Maori, Nana, and adult educator
The Cultivated Person: What Confucius and Chinese Tradition Say About Bildung
Keynote by Dr. Yi Heng Cheng, China & Singapore, Fellow at World Academy of Art and Science
5:30-6:45 am Parallel Sessions
Each parallel session will open with 2-3 ultra short introductions to the topic after which the majority of the time will be discussions in smaller groups. Each parallel session is also a call for action: How do we create awareness around this? and will conclude in a short wrap-up
Unfortunately, the parallel session “Why are we educating?” with Elena Tochilina and Mihail Krikunov was not recorded.
How can Bildung help shift societies to sustainability?
And how do we get people on board?
Xola Keswa (South Africa) and Jim Bowen (US)
7:00-7:30 am Bildung, the future, and our continental activities
The Future and the Education for it
Pernille Tranberg, Denmark
8:15-9:30 am Parallel Sessions
The parallel sessions will open with 2-3 ultra short introductions to the topic after which the majority of the time will be discussions in smaller groups. Each parallel session will conclude in a short wrap-up.
Unfortunately, the parallel session What is knowledge: From Indigenous Societies to Metamodernity And how can we promote it? with Konkankoh Ngwa, Andrey Vargas, and Ginie Servant-Miklos was not recorded.
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What does bildung for teens look like?
And how can we engage teens in it?
Christine Ravn Lund (Denmark) and Torben Vind Rasmussen (Denmark)
Immigrants and receiving societies
From a bildung perspective, what does the fruitful meeting between the two look like?
Alka Kumar (India & Canada) and Martin Itzkow (Canada)
Program
5:00-10:00 pm London time
05:00-05:30 pm Opening Session
Welcome by the organizers
Ubuntu and Bildung: Similarities and Differences from an African Perspective
Keynote by Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, South Africa, co-president of the Club of Rome
Self at the centre of Bildung: Reading Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Keynote by Dr. Ali Abbas, India
5:30-6:45 pm Parallel Sessions
The parallel sessions opened with 2-3 ultra short introductions to the topic after which the majority of the time will be discussions in smaller groups. Each parallel session was also a call for action: How do we create awareness around this?
Why are we educating?
And how do we spark public debate about it?
Irena Pranskeviciute (Lithuania) and Florencia Salas Münchmeyer & Viviana Canessa Derout (Chile)
How can Bildung help shift societies to sustainability?
And how do we get people on board?
Paul Karpawich (USA), Kim Hjerrild (Denmark), and Konkanko Ngwa (Cameroon & Portugal)
7:00-7:30 pm Bildung, the future, and our continental activities
Education at the Edge of History
Dr. Zak Stein, United States
8:15-9:30 pm Parallel Sessions
The parallel sessions opened with 2-3 ultra short introductions to the topic after which the majority of the time was discussions in smaller groups.
What is knowledge: From Indigenous Societies to Metamodernity
And how can we promote it?
Moema Viezzer (Brazil) and Andrey Vargas (Costa Rica)
What does bildung for teens look like?
And how can we engage teens in it?
Rolf Hitschfeld (Chile) and Lars Andreassen (Denmark)
Immigrants and receiving societies
From a bildung perspective, what does the fruitful meeting between the two look like?
Carlos Nunes (Brazil & USA) and Alka Kumar (India & Canada)
Organizers
Brandon Norgaard, USA
Brandon is the founder of The Enlightened Worldview Project and also organizes meetup events in Sacramento, California on politics, philosophy, and culture.
Elena Tochilina, Ukraine
Elena is contributing to the Bildung group of Ukraine framing the promotion of this social innovation in Ukraine. She is also a communication strategies expert.
Imran Parray, India
Imran in an assistant professor of media and communication at the Universty of Delhi.
Ines Medeiros, Brazil
Ines is a psychologist and business consultant and works with values in organizations.
Lene Rachel Andersen, Denmark
Lene is a futurist and a philosopher, she is president of Nordic Bildung and a full member of the Club of Rome.
Paul Karpawich, USA
Paul recently switched from an active business career to studying circular economy in order to work with sustainability.