by Harold van Garderen | Jan 31, 2018 | Applications
We have been told by economic leaders, macro-economic models, the press, and politicians that we live in a globalized world, run by “hot money” capital systems, political superpowers, and large corporations. Dissident voices exist (see for example Doughnut Economics), but the globalised view is the dominant view. In everyday life, however, I observe something completely different. There, local forces and context matter. In this post I want to lay out a different image of the world, one that is more hopeful and human.
by Harold van Garderen | Dec 2, 2016 | News
We are happy to announce that Mr. Gerben Bruins has joined the PNI Institute. In the post below he introduces himself including his trajectory into participatory narrative. Please welcome Gerben by commenting and asking questions. I was born in Groningen in the north...
by Harold van Garderen | Aug 10, 2016 | News
It has been a very busy summer for personal and business reasons. So I’m still in the doghouse to do that write-down of the previous call on needs. Hope to finish that before the end of the month. Still all that is no reason not to announce the next call:Date...
by Harold van Garderen | Jun 15, 2016 | Announcements, Meeting
During the last PNI Institute call I said I would do the write-up. This week I was officially put in the Institute’s doghouse for failing to live up to that promise. The write-up is maybe finished halfway while the next call is only two days away. I’m...
by Harold van Garderen | Sep 18, 2015 | News
On August 28, 2015, we held our second PNI hangout on the topic of power differences in PNI. We were lucky to have a caller who works in the area of social drama (speaker 4), and we talked about how drama and PNI can work together in the context of power and...
