Tag Archives: worldviews in international development

States of Being Poor

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

States of being poor ………for testing with personas (very draft)  Not Poor:  Life conditions are such that people have the personal capabilities and worldviews, individual resources, supportive community environment and essential community services to care for themselves and their children and … Continue reading →

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Advice from an Integral Friend

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

Advice from an Integral Friend In an organization you can find yourself presiding over a range of activities and programs that seem to make some sense on their own but are difficult to conceive of and articulate as being something … Continue reading →

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Worlds of Praxis

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

WOP-Quadrants and Development[Paper010]

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The Dynamic of Emergence

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

The Dynamic of Emergence [3]

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History and Me

Posted on October 23, 2014 by jocknoble

Armenians being Marched by Turkish soldiers near Van 1915 Postcard from Yerevan I stumbled on the rocky ground but managed to grab hold of the piping rail and pull myself up the grid iron steps to the rear landing of … Continue reading →

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Riding on Trust

Posted on October 23, 2014 by jocknoble

Postcard from Hanoi I am free falling, no escape. My head in my hands, panic somewhere just below where my heart should be. I tell myself I have been to this place before and so far it has always ended … Continue reading →

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Alone with others and two headed yellow dragons

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

  “Anyone or anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you.”                             (Poet David Whyte) Postcard from Senegal I am back in Senegal, eight months since … Continue reading →

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The Creator of Yerevan

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

When I arrived in Yerevan I began to construct a new city; it is very similar to the Yerevan on my city tourist map and it is similar to the Yerevan of the people who have lived here all their … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Dreams

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

Postcard from Solomon Islands We are sitting in a circle on white plastic moulded chairs on the sand. I am in Honiara with a group of Solomon Islanders, they are speaking of high youth unemployment, few jobs and little money, … Continue reading →

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When You Have No Choice

Posted on July 6, 2014 by jocknoble

I am flying into Nairobi from Dubai, I have been in the air for twenty hours since leaving Melbourne, twenty eight hours since I locked the door of my apartment. The TV screen on the centre aisle bulkhead shows map … Continue reading →

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