Re: crossing boundaries

You might find of interest www.globechange.org .

If so, I would be welcome your support.

Paul Williamson
President,
Global Vision, Inc.

Paul Broome wrote:
> 
> >What bothers me is all the
> >activists and academics who are on one island or another and
> >don't talk to one another. Academic specialization is the
> >epitome.
> >
> >I'm trying to learn how to communicate with people in other
> >worlds, because I think that is the key to what is needed.
> >
> >rkm
> 
> well, I've been trying to get academics and activists in the UK
> together for ages, and find much the same thing. Activists accuse
> academics of being reformists or of being all waffle and no action,
> and academics accuse activists of being irrational and unscholarly. I
> am of course, being somewhat generalist and stereotypical, as I do
> know people that make a genuine effort to cross boundaries and
> explore 'the other side'. Better known activist-academics (or vice
> versa) include Patrick Bond, Richard Norgaard and the late Walter
> Rodney to name but three.
> 
> So what is one to do? Is there 'good practice' that  gets like-minded
> folk together? I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has a foot
> in both camps or has tried to make a bridge between the two
> communities.
> 
> By the way, you are correct - communication is the key.
> 
> Paul.
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