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Youth Section at the Goetheanum - School of Spiritual Science
Newsletter July 2020
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Shaping reality in times of uncertainty
Dear friends of the Youth Section Worldwide,
In our (Re)Search in times of COVID-19, we have been exploring what is required of us to shape the future in a conscientious way. How can we transform our life into a dance, moving between action and response, that is in accordance to the fulfilment of one’s own destiny and the needs of the world?
It seemed to us that the only way to start this path was to ground our actions in a deeper knowledge of
ourselves. But, where to start?
Our summer will be for us a time of deepening knowledge and shaping the future. In this newsletter you will be able to read the questions that we are working with, as well as some reflections that have already sprung from this process. You will also see glimpses of how we, and other young people around the world are doing so, always in a participatory way. This means, that you are all invited to connect with us to help us give form to what is to come. We wish you a wonder-full month, whether you are in Summer or Winter!
Andrea de la Cruz, Ioana Viscrianu, Johannes Kronenberg and
Rocio Ferrera with Constanza Kaliks.
The Youth Section at the Goetheanum Team
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COMING UP IN 2021:
We are launching a (Re)Search Summer School!
19 - 25th July 2021
at the Goetheanum
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Together with Nathaniel Williams (Free Columbia) and Joaquin Muñoz (Augsburg University) we will bring to young people interested in research processes, a week-long experience to learn about methodologies & practices of investigation grounded on
Anthroposophy.
Who is it for?
The school is open for young people of all backgrounds, regardless of previous academic experience. It is recommended for the curious, interested spirit who seeks answers to their questions and want to find approaches that will lead them to unveil new mysteries as they emerge in their research.
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New perspectives in research: from academic life to living with our questions.
The ethics of method and the moral aspect of research: what values
lie within the methods we use?
Relationship in peer-based research: researching to understand self & world.
Developing Love, Devotion & Generosity in qualitative research.
Indigenous epistemologies and methods of research.
Anthroposophy, spiritual science & Goetheanism: Rudolf Steiner’s legacy.
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In our (Re)Search in Times of COVID-19 process we are currently working with these questions:WHAT MAKES A HUMAN BEING HUMAN?
&
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?
We invite you to share with us your answers to this question, and if you want to participate on the next call via Zoom, write to andrea@youthsection.org
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(Re)flections from (Re)Search in times of COVID-19
by various participants & a
researcher
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...Maybe I long for the world feeling like home again, is that why I look for potholes and cracks around me? So I can fix them? So I can own them, so they feel mine, so they feel like my place, my home (not in the sense of ownership but more on the sense of responsibility)?...
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We are the generation who can really see the picture from a wider angle, and we can simply see nowadays with every new event that this tree is going to
collapse no matter how we are improving with science and technology. It is already late to start, but it is a must anyways. Observers need to start contributing. The goal is to initiate the mentality of building the good instead of wasting the energy on fighting the bad. If I would give a gift, it would be awareness to the observers...
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As I make the transcription of the call held in June, it appears like a puzzle to me. A puzzle created by many young people from different countries around the world, with different perspectives and backgrounds, of different ages and environments...
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A contribution to art, Corona and the future (DEU)
by students of the Freien Waldorfschule Landsberg and their teacher Jessica Sartor-d'Avigdor
Die Oberstufe setzte sich während des Corona bedingten Unterrichts zuhause künstlerisch mit ihren Erfahrungen in dieser Zeit auseinander. So entstanden eine Vielfalt an Kunstwerken, die nun im Kunstturm ausgestellt sind und noch bis ins neue Schuljahr hinein betrachtet werden können.
Read the full article in German here
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Planetaria is here!
A
magazine by the Youth Section in Brazil - in Portuguese
This is Planetária, the bi-annual newspaper by the Youth Section in Brazil. The intention is to connect young
people with projects, studies, events and happenings related to Anthroposophy in Brazil and the world. If you are lucky enough to understand Portuguese, then you will be able to read some amazing work by this group of young people!
Here you can see the work of the Brazilian Youth Section on their website and also on social media: @secaodejovensbrasil @leiaplanetaria
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UPCOMING EVENTS,
NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES
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Upcoming events & Coronavirus
Due the present situation, the house will unfortunately remain closed for the time being. When everything related to new regulations and measures is clarified by the local government, we will share more information with you.
Down below you will find an overview of the events in preparation for 2021:
Climate Conference 2021 “Breathing with the Climate Crisis” with the Section for Agriculture 11 – 14 February 2021 [Goetheanum]
3rd Class Lesson Gathering Worldwide for young members 25 – 28 February 2021 [Goetheanum]
International Student Conference 2021 6 – 10 April 2021 [Goetheanum]
Youth Section’s Worldwide Gathering 28 April – 2 May 2021 [England]
Camphill Worldwide Youth Gathering 20 – 23 May 2021 [Scotland]
Summer School 19 July – 25 July [Goetheanum]
Refugee theatre week 1 – 9 October 2021 [Goetheanum]
Research colloquium December 2021 [Goetheanum]
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Call for contributions & proposals!
Climate conference 2021
"BREATHING WITH THE CLIMATE CRISIS"
11 - 14 February 2021 at the Goetheanum
A gathering where farmers and youth meet on common soil.
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Every year in February the biodynamic movement comes together at the Goetheanum in Dornach for the Agriculture Conference on a different theme. As well is the Youth Section with the known February Days, winter conference. This year for the first time these conference are being held in co-creation of the Youth Section and the Agricultural Section. The Agriculture Conference and February Days will thus become the Climate Conference 2021 and invite 1000 participants to take place in this joint effort.
In the following form you can recommend a contribution, for example a technical paper, a personal experience report or a workshop, from others or yourself.
Your recommendation will then be discussed and selected. Not all proposals can be considered for the conference. You will receive a feedback from us as soon as possible after the due date of 25 August 2020.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate and contact us, email: agriculture.conference@goetheanum.ch.
Warm greetings on behalf of the Agricultural Section
and the Youth Section at the Goetheanum
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"TRUST"
Is the theme of
next year's International Students Conference.
Save the date!
More information coming soon at 21.isc.international
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FROM OUR FRIENDS AND NETWORK
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A survey for young people about our relationship to the branches of the Anthroposophical Society
from Milena Kowarik
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Question to young people born after 1980 involved in different fields of work, and all those who do not attend a branch:
What needs do you have in an anthroposophical working group? A questionnaire has been developed to listen to your opinion and it can be completed until 30th September 2020. Answers will be evaluated before the AGM in October.
The request comes on behalf of a group consisting of members of the Executive Council at the Goetheanum and various branch representatives from the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The group met during the Corona time via Zoom, to discuss how the life of the branch and group work can continue.
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Frage an Menschen in den Arbeitsfeldern, junge Menschen (nach 1980 geboren) und an alle die keinen Zweig besuchen:
Welche Bedürfnisse haben Sie in einer anthroposophischen Gruppenarbeit? Um Ihre Meinung bis zum 30. September 2020 einzuholen, wurde ein Fragebogen entwickelt dessen Rücklauf bis zur GV im Oktober ausgewertet werden soll.
Ich frage im Auftrag einer Gruppe (bestehend aus Mitgliedern des Vorstands am Goetheanum und verschiedenen Zweigvertretern aus Holland, Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz), die sich in der Corona-Zeit über Zoom damit beschäftigte, wie es mit dem Leben der Zweig- und Gruppenarbeit weitergehen kann.
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The North American Youth Section Summer Conference is ON!Find about it all here and watch Stefan tell all about the event, and the team's intentions to keep everyone safe during these special times.
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It's going to happen! In the midst of the difficult times the world is currently going through, we have decided that the World Conference in the Goetheanum to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Anthroposophic Medicine, will take place! We would like to warmly invite you all to our Conference Crossing Bridges - Being Human!
More than 3 years ago, we, that is a lively preparation group of young people working in the various medical and therapeutic professions, met for the first time to organize an international interdisciplinary medical conference specifically for young people. Later, we were invited by the Medical Section to combine this with the 100th anniversary and the annual medical conference. But it all started for the youth and we haven't forgotten that. That's why we would very much want to celebrate this anniversary with you, our friends!
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Invitation to the preparation of Living Connections,
20-21 September 2020
Goetheanum, Dornach
Public Conference on Anthroposophical Meditation
‹Living Connections› is an encounter with the diversity of anthroposophical meditation. A practice for people who wish to engage self-confidently with questions and the meaning of life, as well as professional challenges.
Supported by open exchange of experience and methods, it becomes a path of individual responsibility. The living connection of all practitioners is the horizon of this event.
If you want to help shape the programme and content of the next conference and would like to attend the preparation meeting, email andrea@youthsection.org for more information.
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The next M.C. Richards Program by Free Columbia
starts end of August!
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Living In Between Spaces
The World Social Initiative Forum (WSIF) will host their first webinar series “Living In Between Spaces” on July 31, 2020, Friday at 16:00 CET via Facebook Live. The online Forum aims to discuss the social questions arising out of COVID-19, George Floyd’s death, the climate crisis, and the oppression of democracy experienced worldwide. WSIF Project Leader Joan Sleigh and SEKEM CEO Helmy Abouleish will start the series on the social challenges of today and what we can do now. The 7-part webinar series will culminate with the International WSIF Forum in July 2021 at the Goetheanum.
WSIF is a worldwide network that creates spaces for unfolding individual potential freely, out of Anthroposophy and in dialogue with other frameworks, in service of others and the world. Founded in 2000 by Ute Craemer and Truus Geraets, it is a project led by Joan Sleigh under the Section for Social Sciences at the Goetheanum.
Click on the image below to find out more!
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— partnership between generations for fairness and sustainability
The solutions we find in the world post-COVID must involve children and young people. That is why the Learning for Well-being Foundation started the ACT2gether initiative: to gather, inspire and equip children and adults with the ability to work in partnership in creating well-being in their communities, and together realize their own unique potential throughout their lives.
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We have just completed a four-months long online campaign to promote ACT2gether. We are now looking back and asking ourselves: How can we shape this initiative together with young people? How can ACT2gether support their own will to improve the world? —That is where YOU come in!
We are organizing an informal call with young people like you to tell us:
- What are the issues that YOU care about that need partnership between generations to solve?
- What would
motivate YOU to join ACT2gether?
- How could ACT2gether support you?
If you are interested in talking and engaging with us, please register your interest on the google form below and then we will contact you with the date and time for a 90min call in the first week of September. If you are interested, but cannot make the call, please still register your interest on the google form! There is no commitment to continue working with us after this call. If ACT2gether speaks to you and you want to get involved, you will be warmly welcomed to the wider ACT2gether family!
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For more information and if you have any questions,
you can contact the Youth Section team on mail@youthsection.org
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Youth Section Goetheanum - School of Spiritual Science
45 Rüttiweg
4143 Dornach, CH
www.youthsection.org
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