Ulli and David
Recently, Auroville
residents were invited to participate in a new series of the
Evolutionary Café which take place every two weeks in the Unity
Pavilion. But what is the Evolutionary Café, and why is it being run
in Auroville? Auroville Today spoke to the two organizers, David
Nightingale and Ulli Roeper.
What is the
Evolutionary Café?
David: The
Evolutionary Cafe is the Auroville version of the World Café.
Ulli: The World Café
started in the 1990s and it came out of the ‘dialogue’ movement
inspired by physicist David Bohm. Juanita Brown and others tried to
develop a model where society could be transformed through
conversations that follow a basic model. It is important that
participants understand the difference between a discussion and
dialogue. Dialogue tries to create a free flow of meaning; it an
attempt to break out of our normal way of responding and reacting so
that we can tap into something deeper. As somebody put it, the
objective that the Worl...
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