EMP 739 M. Burgess 3 credits
Connection, Communication, Creation, and Communion I
Description
Many of the most pressing interpersonal, community, and international issues revolve around communication, or the lack thereof. This course explores the process of connection, communication, creation, and communion: internal and external, verbal and nonverbal, interpersonal and international, subtle and intuitive, local and nonlocal. Course explorations include thoughts, words, and actions, social networks, global dynamics, subtle and natural systems, and communication processes including Bohmian dialogue, Nonviolent Communication, wisdom councils, Self Reflective Dialogue, and self-inquiry. Explorations include research, practicum, written reflection, and dialogue
Objectives
After completing this course participants will have gained an expanded understanding of connection, communication, creation, and communion; they will have experienced ways of connecting, communicating, creating, and communing in new ways; and they will have developed and expanded their ability to work with connection, communication, creation, and communion in their personal and professional lives.
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