LEARNING CIRCLES AND ART
EXHIBITS
LEARNING CIRCLES
AND ART EXHIBITS are regularly
sponsored and scheduled in different locations. Sometimes
they are planned around EVENTS organized
by non profit organizations and projects we support in
principle and/or through the ART FOR CHARITY
PROJECT.
You can click on the
links, to go directly to the
pages on ONGOING
EVENTS, UPCOMING EVENTS and
the LEARN AROUND THE CIRCLE
PROJECT or scroll to the bottom
of the page, to read about WHAT IS A LEARNING
CIRCLE?, then click on the appropriate
links, also at the bottom of the page.
LEARN AROUND
THE CIRCLE PROJECT:
ART BY P.I.
SONGA
(Adapted from a Book
Project By M. Akulia)
The LEARN AROUND THE CIRCLE PROJECT is a
variation of LEARNING CIRCLES and a personal
initiative of M. Akulia, a Vancouver based
SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST and LEARNING CIRCLE
FACILITATOR. M. Akulia is working on a book project
which chronicles a very unique life that begins in
AFRICA, with the heroine's dream to
become a GLOBAL CRUSADER as a
GIRL CHILD and ends with that dream becoming a
reality, when a number of "very strange" life
circumstances and "twists of fate" bring her to live
in NORTH AMERICA.
You can read about the LEARN
AROUND THE CIRCLE PROJECT and the
BOOK PROJECT BY M. AKULIA, by clicking on the
appropriate links at the bottom of the page.
WHAT IS A LEARNING
CIRCLE
Following is a definition of a LEARNING
CIRCLE as offered by BRITISH COLUMBIA'S OPEN
LEARNING AGENCY.
"A Learning
Circle is an informal, co-operative way of learning that is based on
natural patterns of human interaction. It does not convey
information in a linear way, but offers a complex sharing of
personal wisdom that addresses every level of the participants'
body, mind, heart, and spirit. Imagine half a dozen or a
dozen people, talking intensely, listening deeply, sharing their
thoughts and insights, and feeling heard, acknowledged, involved,
challenged, and connected - this is a Learning Circle.
Learning Circles are not new. They have
been with us since the earliest people sat down around a campfire to
share experiences and solve problems. It is an approach applied in
aboriginal healing circles, in medicine wheels, and in ritual
circles used for spiritual learning in cultures all over the globe.
The behaviour persists today when employees discuss problems during
their coffee break. No matter what the context, the human tendency
is to circle together and talk through issues face to face.
Perhaps we do this because the knowledge
of a group is always broader than that of an individual. Human
beings like to talk, and social structures in every culture have
turned upon group discussion. In fact, the Learning Circle is really
a temporary re-creation of the tribe, offering a way of expanding
horizons of the participants"1
(SOURCE: OPEN LEARNING AGENCY, TRANSFORMATION
AND TRIBAL LEARNING GUIDE).
Experience and participate in an ONGOING AND/OR
UPCOMING LEARNING
CIRCLE. Click on ONGOING OR UPCOMING
EVENTS at the bottom of
the page, for information about LEARNING
CIRCLES planned
around EVENTS organized by non profit
organizations and projects we support in principle and/or
through the ART FOR CHARITY PROJECT.
