I myself have had difficulties this year in contributing due to the simple reason that Japan is one of the most bureaucratically burdened countries from which to send a monetary contribution. I have tried all the possibilities that are listed on the TMS<\/em> website without success. Perhaps many are facing a similar problem.<\/p>\n If there is any doubt about the importance of the past writings, I suggest a look at Archives tab on the website which dates from 3 Mar 2008 to this current edition.<\/p>\n Where do future peace journalists, scholars, researchers, and students go for such a treasure house of thoughts, analyses and opinions? As far as I know, there is nothing to compare with those writings found on TMS<\/em>. If the reader should know of others, please add a comment to this article.<\/p>\n Certainly a university with active programs in Peace Studies, a Museum for Peace, or an individual, such as a celebrity or philanthropist, can make a contribution and work with TMS<\/em> while allowing it to retain its open and freely expressive and accessible views. Why is it that no one in the TRANSCEND<\/em> family, with a sincere bow to Johan Galtung and wife Fumiko, has been able to offer a suggestion to one of those sources of sustainability for this invaluable storehouse of acumen and reflection?<\/p>\n I suggest that during the month of January 2022, each writer who has contributed and continues to contribute articles to TMS<\/em> reflect on this most important dilemma, both for this year and in order to keep the archive extant for the foreseeable future. I further suggest that any thoughts as to what might be a proper and dignified way (non-corporate, of course) to assure that TRANSCEND Media Service<\/em> remain online as long as peace studies, journalism, art, and activities be published at the top of the January 24th issue.<\/p>\n In this Age of Dissonance, let us begin this year with a resounding resonance that will continue to echo for many years to come.<\/p>\n Please give this some thought.<\/p>\n Sincerely, _____________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n Needless to say, if you are a frequent writer, contributor, or visitor to the TRANSCEND Media Service website, you are aware of the unique significance this Weekly Digest offers both as a beacon and archive. Thirteen years of thought on major global issues from a wide variety of peace and conflict transformation perspectives. You also must be aware of the financial difficulties that TMS now continues to face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":83968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[688,945],"class_list":["post-202877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transcend-news","tag-peace-journalism","tag-transcend-media-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRobert Kowalczyk
\nKyoto, Japan<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ROBERT-KOWALCZYK-1-e1530447012653.jpeg\")
<\/a> Robert Kowalczyk is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>. He is former Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Intercultural Studies in the School of Art, Literature and Cultural Studies of Kindai University, Osaka, Japan. Robert<\/em> has coordinated a wide variety of projects in the intercultural field, and is currently the International Coordinator of Peace Mask Project<\/a>. He has also worked in cultural documentary photography and has portfolios of images from Korea, Japan, China, Russia and other countries. He has been a frequent contributor to Kyoto Journal<\/a><\/em>. Contact can be made through his website portfolio: robertkowalczyk.zenfolio.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"