haiti regional open space on open space

Artur Ferreira da Silva artsilva at mail.eunet.pt
Sun Jun 29 03:27:23 PDT 2003


John and Michael (Berlin):

Thanks for your reports on the regional OSonOS in Haiti and Berlin/Central
Europe.

I think those meetings are very inspirational particularly because:

(1) They are named "regional OSonOS", thus conserving the name - I am glad
you have NOT decided to "combine" OST with "future search" or "AI" or
something else and give a new name to the overall event or "method";

(2) They are held in "local languages"

I hope that during the next year we will be able to have a first regional
OSonOS in Portugal (or in Iberia, Florian?) that will then send someone to
Goa (btw, a town where Indian and Portuguese languages have been both used
for a long time).

Some more comments on languages. I have accepted your suggestion, John, and
have been subscribed during some days to the Haitian "forum ouvert". And I
could conclude two things. First
(as I would expect from my previous experience with Cape-Vertian Creole)
Haitian Creole is quite
different from French); second your domain of the Haitian Creole is quite
remarkable, John. CONGRATULATIONS.

Answering now to Brian (finally): if a lady from Australia (or the USA)
goes on holyday, for a short period, to Paris, or even if someone goes
there to facilitate some events, only a very chauvinist person (but Chauvin
was French, by the way) would expect the lady to speak in French. But if
someone goes to a foreign country with a different language for a long
period, to work there, as football trainer or OST facilitator, one would
expect that, after some time (say one or two years), he/she would be able
to speak that foreign language. Not doing that will show a complete lack of
respect for the native language and culture and a "colonial" mindset and
will be (and/or should be) rejected by the "natives". That would be
especially true if the person claims to be an "intercultural specialist"
but speaks only her mother tongue. Your "Australian lady", was not an
"intercultural specialist", was she, Brian?

I wish the best to all the people participating in regional or local OsonOS's.

Artur

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