Participatory spirituality breakout in Japan

[Michel Bauwens]

Transformative Inquiry: An Integral Approach: Ritsumekian University publishes anthology on Jorge Ferrer’s integral pedagogy.

EWP chair Jorge Ferrer’s participatory integral pedagogy is the focus of Transformative Inquiry: An Integral Approach (Kyoto, Japan: Institute of Human Sciences, 2010), an anthology of writings coedited by Prof. Yoshiharu Nakagawa and Yoshiko Matsuda based on Ferrer’s recent visit to Ritsumekian University, Kyoto. The anthology includes the Japanese translation of Jorge’s essay, “Integral Transformative Practice: A Participatory Perspective” (Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 2003), the translation of Helge Osterhold (EWP Ph.D. candidate), Elisabeth Husserl (EWP MA graduate) and David Nicol’s (PCC Ph.D. candidate) article, “Rekindling the Fire of Transformative Education: A Participatory Case Study” (Journal of Transformative Education, 2007), and six essays written by Japanese students who attended Jorge’s course at Ritsumekian University last summer 2009. A Japanese translation of Jorge’s essay, “Integral Transformative Education: A Participatory Perspective” (Journal of Transformative Education, 2005) will appear later this year in The Journal of Holistic Education.







Editors: Yoshiharu Nakagawa & Yoshiko Matsuda



Book Title:

Transformative Inquiry: An Integral Approach



Series: Ritsumeikan Human Services Research No. 18

Published by: Institute of Human Science, Ritsumeikan University

Date: 2010 January



Table of Contents:



PART I: VISIONS AND PERSPECTIVES



Chapter 1. Integral Transformative Practice: A Participatory Approach. Jorge N. Ferrer

Chapter 2. Rekindling the Fire of Transformative Education: A Participatory Case Study. Helge Osterhold, Elisabeth Husserl, and David Nicol



PART II: EXPERIENCES AND REFLECTIONS



Chapter 3. Becoming Aware of Multidimensionality and Cognicentrism. Yusuke Murakami

Chapter 4. The Awakening of the Self: A Deepening of Awareness through Body Images Emerging in Integral Inquiry. Karoi Yoshijima

Chapter 5. Concerto Pour Une Voix: A Reflection on Jorge N. Ferrer’s Course.

Yuka Arakawa

Chapter 6. Engaging in the World with All the Dimensions of Being: Reflections on the “Participatory Approach.” Rima Kimura



PART III: FURTHER THOUGHTS

Chapter 7. The Wise Body: Mindful ‘Touch’ as the Intersection between Integral Education and Eastern Medicine. Yuka Saito

Chapter 8. A Practice for Creating a Space of Healing and Maturation. Yoshiko Matsuda