{"id":247116,"date":"2023-10-30T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=247116"},"modified":"2023-10-30T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T08:44:10","slug":"the-future-of-transcend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/10\/the-future-of-transcend\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of TRANSCEND"},"content":{"rendered":"

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30 Oct 2023 <\/em>– It is high time to plan for the future of TRANSCEND<\/a>. Johan just turned 93. A few weeks ago, Antonio C. S. Rosa,\u00a0Marilyn Langlois and I\u00a0spent precious time together bonding in Porto, Portugal where Antonio lives.<\/p>\n

He has been Johan Galtung\u2019s closest associate, and through TMS<\/a> he singlehandedly keeps TRANSCEND alive with often problematic financial support.\u00a0\u00a0Marilyn and I, TR Conveners for U.S. East and West Coast respectively, were charged by Johan to create a Galtung Institute and sell his books in the USA.<\/p>\n

With the world now gripped with a paradigm and a deep culture that Johan calls DMA-Dualism,\u00a0Manichaeism,\u00a0Armageddon<\/em>, his\u00a0life\u2019s work is more needed than ever, as are his Analysis, Diagnosis, Prognosis <\/em>and\u00a0Therapy<\/em> through the TRANSCEND Method<\/em><\/a> of conflict transformation.<\/p>\n

There is minimal awareness and understanding of the field of \u201cconflict resolution.\u201d There is a belief that it doesn\u2019t work and such and such conflict cannot be resolved. We need to raise consciousness and make a distinction with the approach of \u201cconflict transformation,\u201d which creates a new reality that addresses the legitimate goals of all parties. Perhaps this conflict cannot be resolved; it can only be transformed.<\/p>\n

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Johan Galtung – October 2023<\/p><\/div>\n

We invite all guest editorialists and friends of TRANSCEND to think about the value of this body of work and how we can promote it more widely and sustain it financially. We are free to re-envision our structure and practices. For example, Johan chose for us to be a network<\/em> of conflict transformation practitioners, not an organization<\/em>. He did not agree to make official statements on current events. Although we sold books from TRANSCEND University Press, he did not wish to sell e-books. We could rethink some of these.<\/p>\n

Here are some ideas. Please revise and\/or add your own. You may post your replies in Join the Discussion!<\/strong> below.<\/p>\n