Towards rebirth in transformational psychology and practice: A Southern perspective.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Del M.N. Sekgaphane
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Psychological Practice ◽  
Transformational Process ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
Authentic Identity ◽  
The World ◽  
Creative Experience ◽  
African Context

In divergent world ecosystems, there is a desire for visible, integral ecological transformation pertaining to self, other, community and society; partly influenced by loss of identity both within and without the greater ecology. Notably, identity and impact of psychological practice remains a burning platform within the African context, thus growing the question – does Africa have anything to offer to redress the growing conversation of human disconnect, discard and dehumanisation through loss of identity. To redress, it becomes necessary to Rebirth through grounding to “Call” to cause transformation of self towards ecological healing. REBIRTH is an innovative transformational process grounded in the South, exploring the role of Africa, its norms and unique philosophy of Ubuntu-Botho as relevant practice towards inclusive transformation, catalysing social innovation. It is a creative experience reconnecting self, other, community and society to identity in Botho-Ubuntu beginning in the Southern relational path, and unfolds into the four voices of global exploration, towards inclusive transformation and authentic identity. The traditional African approach to rebirth promotes collective healing within a more holistic approach and the role of the community becomes apparent in the womb of the “Tribe” as point of entry - pointing towards a renewed civilisation in the world.

scholarly journals TOWARDS REBIRTH IN ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT A SOUTHERN VOICE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Del M.N. Sekgaphane
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Authentic Identity ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
Creative Experience ◽  
African Context ◽  
Set Up

In divergent ecosystems around the world, there is a desire for visible, integral ecological transformation. A lack of ecological transformation is found within various domains beginning with the self, team, organisation and society, and is partly influenced by the loss of identity both within and without the larger ecology. Notably, the issue of identity and transformation remains a burning platform within the African context, for which the researcher proposes a solution grounded in the Southern relational path of community and reason (Lessem & Schieffer, 2009). In the context of this study, the researcher was invited to lead and transform a wealth banking business unit that had become a liability to the greater FNB brand, reflecting the lowest engagement scores at the time.The research methodology was built on the foundation of the 4C Integral Research Approach (Call, Context, Co-creation and Contribution). Each one of the four research paths is integral, as each includes local Origination, local-global Foundation, all-round Emancipation and Transformation towards a consistent path to social innovation. Focusing on FNB Private Wealth Client Servicing as the research community, the researcher set up various communities of practice (CoPs). The applicable ontology was phenomenology, adopting Southern, communal frames from which to drive inclusive transformation, and the epistemology was feminism, encompassing integral research and participatory action research (PAR) as part of the Southern path. The research design followed an integral design on the Four Worlds of South, East, North and West, contextualised using the 4C rhythm and the grounding, emerging, navigation and effecting (GENE) integral paths of renewal towards social innovation. Data was gathered by qualitative means such as participative observations, community engagements, discussions and interviews. The researcher analysed the gathered data by measuring its quality in terms of valuable and truthful results of REBIRTH data analysis. REBIRTH is an innovative organisational change and development process located in the South, and has potential to be adapted and applied within FNB as the rebirth of the transformation journey. REBIRTH, engaged holistically, is designed to cause inclusive transformation though enabling an organisation to re-engage the issue of identity as catalyst for inclusivity. It is a creative experience which starts in the Southern relational path, and unfolds into the four voices of global exploration, towards inclusive transformation and authentic identity. REBIRTH reconnects self, other, community and organisation to identity in Botho-Ubuntu, captured in the FNB case study vision as: “I Care (Heart), I Can (Head), I Commit. Botho-Ubuntu is an African philosophy which draws us back to the value of our humanness and offers an authentic lens through which to view transformational practice. The REBIRTH transformation journey was successfully tested within FNB Private Wealth Client Servicing and FNB Wealth Inland. Grounded in traditional and indigenous knowledge, it offers a new lens for leadership towards inclusive transformation, founded in Southern values and norms and grounded in the essence and philosophy of Botho-Ubuntu as an authentic Southern frame to reconstruct the complexity of today’s ever-changing world.

scholarly journals Exploring the Role of Islamic Fintech in Combating the Aftershocks of COVID-19: The Pen Social Innovation of the Islamic Financial System

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Mustafa Raza Rabbani ◽  
Abu Bashar ◽  
Nishad Nawaz ◽  
Sitara Karim ◽  
Mahmood Asad Mohd. Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Business Context ◽  
The World

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the role of the Islamic financial system in recovery post-COVID-19 and the way Fintech can be utilized to combat the economic reverberations created by COVID-19. The global financial crisis of 2008 has established the credentials of the Islamic financial system as a sustainable financial system which can save the long run interests of the average citizens around the world while adding value to the real economy. The basic ethical tenets available in the Islamic financial system make it more suited and readymade to fight the economic aftershocks of a pandemic like COVID-19. The basic principles of ethical Islamic finance have solid connections to financial stability and corporate social responsibility within the wide-reaching business context. With the emergence of Financial technology (Fintech) it has provided a missing impetus to the Islamic financial system to compete on equal ground with its conventional counterpart and prove its mettle. The study uses discourse analysis along with the content analysis to extract content and draw a conclusion. The findings of the study indicate that COVID-19 pandemic has provided the opportunity for the social and open innovation to grow and finance world have turned to open innovation to provide a speedy, timely, reliable, and sustainable solution to the world. The findings of the study provide significant implications for governments and policy makers in efficient application of Fintech and innovative Islamic financial services to fight the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Proverbs and Patriarchy: Analysis of Linguistic Prejudice and Representation of Women in Traditional Akan Communities of Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Gyan ◽  
Eunice Abbey ◽  
Michael Baffoe
Keyword(s):  
Oral Traditions ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
Phenomenological Interpretation ◽  
The World ◽  
African Context ◽  
Linguistic Prejudice ◽  
The Way

Discourses govern the phenomenological interpretation of our everyday existence and influence both our way of thinking and our relationship with one another in the world. Undoubtedly, popular sayings and proverbs mediate the way of being in African context. This paper examines the role of proverbs and wise sayings in the African culture. This paper attempts to analyze the representation of women in sampled Akan proverbs and the ways in which these proverbs institutionalize the position, identity, and roles of women in traditional Akan communities of Ghana. This paper suggests that oral traditions are used in the systematic perpetuation of patriarchal culture, gender inequities, and inequality. Therefore, it recommends the revolutionalization of oral traditions to assist in the deinstitutionalization of the prevailing patriarchal discourses and culture in traditional Akan communities of Ghana.

The role of ideal as a sample for inheritance in the educational process in university

2019 ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
L. Lytvynchuk ◽  
I. Rashkovska
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Ideal

The article reveals the actual question of the role of the ideal as a model for teenage inheritance in the process of studying at a university. The multiplicity of problems associated with the formation of the idea of the "ideal" implies the interdependence of various aspects of this process, a holistic approach to the problem. This study used a systematic approach to identify the leading ideals of persons of adolescence as a way of seeing the world.

scholarly journals ORGANIZAÇÕES COLABORATIVAS COMO SISTEMAS ABERTOS: CONTRIBUIÇÕES DO METAPROJETO PARA FOMENTAR AÇÕES DE INOVAÇÃO SOCIAL

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Coral Michelin Basso ◽  
Carlos Franzato ◽  
Karine Freire ◽  
Gustavo Severo de Borba
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The World ◽  
Modelo Económico

 No contexto em que tudo que se ouve é crise, urgência e mudança, falar sobre as possibilidades de ação em prol de um futuro sustentável é uma necessidade. Estão surgindo, em diversos lugares no mundo, iniciativas com capacidade de propor uma visão de bem-estar renovada, calcada na sustentabilidade e no agir coletivo, conhecidas como organizações colabo­rativas. Tais empreendimentos promovem pequenas rupturas locais no modelo econômico vigente, ao mesmo tempo que criam casos promissores de inovação social. Ao observar as características das organizações colaborativas e as relações que estabelecem com o ecossistema onde estão inseridas, o presente estudo estabelece uma conexão comparativa entre essas organizações e os sistemas abertos, apresentando um conceito que amplia o entendimento acerca do funcionamento e das possibilidades de ação das organizações. O objetivo, com isso, é apontar as possibilidades do design – encarado aqui sob seu viés estratégico – em fomentar as atividades de inovação social das organizações colaborativas. Utilizando o framework conceitual do metadesign, são sugeridas duas contribuições para dar suporte à organização; para habilitar seus atores a serem co-criadores; e também para transformar o próprio designer, que se assume então o papel de articulador desse sistema com­plexo: o co-design e o seeding.ABSTRACT In a context where all you can hear is crisis, urgency and change, to speak about the possibilities of action towards a sustai­nable future is a necessity. Initiatives are emerging in several places around the world, that are able to propose a renewed vision of well being based on sustainability and collective action, known as collaborative organizations. Such projects promote small local ruptures on the current economic model, while creating promising cases of social innovation. By observing the characteristics of these collaborative organizations and the relations they establish with the ecosystem where they are inserted, the present study establishes a comparative connection between these organizations and open systems, presenting a concept that amplifies the understanding of the operation and possibilities of action of such organizations. With this, the goal is to point the possibilities of design – understood here under its strategic scope – to foster the actions of social innovation of these collaborative organizations. Using the conceptual framework of metadesign, two contributions are suggested to support the organization; to enable its actors to be co-creators; and to transform the designer himself, who then assumes the role of articulator of this complex system: co-design and seeding.

scholarly journals The Role of International Criminal Justice in Fulfillment of the Tasks of the World Community - UN

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
N I Kostenko
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
International Criminal Justice ◽  
World Community ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
The World

The article examines the role of international criminal justice in fulfilling the important tasks set by the world community in the 21st century to stabilize the criminal justice system, which should become a fundamental element of the rule of law structure; on the recognition of the central role of the criminal justice system in the development of international criminal justice. The work focuses on the need for a holistic approach to reforming the criminal justice system in order to improve the effectiveness of international criminal justice systems in the fight against crime.

scholarly journals Introducing “Rebirth” – a Model for Organisational Change and Development

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
King Costa ◽  
Del M.N. Sekgaphane
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Authentic Identity ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
Creative Experience ◽  
African Context ◽  
Auto Ethnography

In divergent ecosystems around the world, there is a desire for visible, integral ecological transformation. A lack of ecological transformation is found within various domains beginning with the self, team, organisation and society, and is partly influenced by the loss of identity both within and without the larger ecology. Notably, the issue of identity and transformation remains a burning platform within the African context, for which the researcher proposes a solution grounded in the Southern relational path of community and reason (Schieffer & Lessem, 2014). In the context of this study, the researcher was invited to lead and transform a wealth banking business unit that had become a liability to the larger banking brand, reflecting the lowest engagement scores at the time.The research design applied was Integral Research Approach (IRA). IRA enables one to ground through an experience which engages auto-ethnography. Kothari (2009) stated that “Research methods refer to the behavior and instruments used in selecting and constructing research technique.” In simple terms, this means that research methods refer to the methods the researchers use in research operations.” The applicable ontology was phenomenology, adopting Southern, communal frames from which to drive inclusive transformation, and the epistemology was feminism, encompassing integral research and participatory action research (PAR) as part of the Southern path. Data was gathered by qualitative means such as participative observations, community engagements, discussions and interviews. The researcher analyzed the gathered data by measuring its quality in terms of valuable and truthful results of REBIRTH data analysis. REBIRTH is an innovative organisational change and development process located in the South, and has potential to be adapted and applied within divergent organisations and systems as the rebirth transformation journey.Conclusion of the research culminated in the creation of a REBIRTH Model for Organisational Change and Development, hereinafter referred to as REBIRTH. The purpose of this model’s design is to cause inclusive transformation though enabling an organisation to re-engage the issue of identity as catalyst for inclusivity. It is a creative experience which starts in the Southern relational path, and unfolds into the four voices of global exploration, towards inclusive transformation and authentic identity. REBIRTH reconnects self, other, community and organisation to identity in Botho-Ubuntu, captured in the banking case study vision as: “I Care (Heart), I Can (Head), I Commit. Botho-Ubuntu is an African philosophy which draws us back to the value of our humanness and offers an authentic lens through which to view transformational practice.

Missiology in an African Context: Toward a New Language

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Anekwe Oborji
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Mission Theology ◽  
The World ◽  
African Churches ◽  
African Context ◽  
African Intellectuals

The present paper discusses the question of missiology in an African context and raises the following questions: What has been the prevailing missiology in Africa? What can Africans say about missiology in the new century? Have Africans something to contribute in missiology, or should they continue to be consumers of the mission theology and the version of Christianity developed overseas? Can African churches be fully participant in the evangelization of the continent and of the world? And finally, what kind of contribution can African theologians make in order to promote the inculturation of the Christian faith and of human promotion in the continent? In exploring these issues, the author has chosen to emphasize the importance of a new language for missiology in Africa1 and the need to correct the inaccuracies of the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries' foreign missionary accounts of the culture and people of the continent, which are still very much with us and are not about to go away. The paper underlines the irreplaceable role of African intellectuals and gifted theologians in the development of new cultural identity and language for missiology in the continent.

scholarly journals Clinical Holistic Medicine: Social Problems Disguised as Illness

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 286-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Ventegodt ◽  
Mohammed Morad ◽  
Isack Kandel ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
And Behavior

Many of the diseases seen in the clinic are actually symptoms of social problems. It is often easier for the physician to treat the symptoms than to be a coach and help the patient to assume responsibility in order to improve quality of life, social situation, and relations. If the physician ignores the signs of the disease as a symptom of social problems, and treats the patient with pharmaceuticals, he can give the patient the best justification in the world not to do anything about the situation. It is very important that the physician is not tricked by the games the socially troubled patient, more or less unconsciously, is playing. A firm and wise attitude that confronts the patient with his or her lack of responsibility for solving social problems seems to be a constructive way out. The physician can give holding and support, but the responsibility must remain with the patient. Often it is better for the patient that the physician abstains from giving drugs that can remedy the symptoms and takes the role of a coach instead. Suffering is not necessarily bad, suffering is actually highly motivating and often the most efficient source of learning. Coaching can help the patient canalize his motivation into highly constructive considerations and behavior. A holistic approach thus gives the patient learning and helps him rehabilitate his social reality. Concerning children with recurrent or chronic pain, we have observed an overuse of painkillers, where we believe part is of a psychosomatic nature due to poor thriving in the family. Here the physician has an important job helping the parents to develop as persons, teaching them the basic holding of awareness, respect, care, acknowledgment and acceptance of their child. Most of the chronic pain and discomfort with children can be improved if the physician understands how to use the holistic medical toolbox.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF FATE IN TRAGEDY: A CASE STUDY OF ROTIMI’S THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Japhet Mokani
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
West African ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Tragic Hero ◽  
Religious Worldview ◽  
The World ◽  
African Context ◽  
Human Tragedy

The traditional pagan view of human tragedy which existed several centuries back in the ancient Greek religious myths was transposed not only to Western Europe but also to the African context in the literary representation of reality in tragedy. Common religious metaphysics across cultures occasionally occasion common conception of human tragedy across generations of human history, but such cosmological cross-cultural convergence does not take for granted their dynamic perspectives on the role of fate in human tragedy. To be sure, the audiences of each time, view and appreciate tragedy within their unique geo-political and cultural milieu. In this sense, Erich Auerbach’s new historicist reading and post-modern montage of texts and commentaries validly confirms humanity’s representation of reality from their religious and traditional customary dispensations across space and time. Coming into the world in the West African Nigerian Yoruba metaphysical universe, the tragic personage holds his fate in his own hands. The gods and supernatural beings in the invisible realms claim foreknowledge of the fate which the tragic hero brings into the world, yet do not influence the fate-holder in the winding trail of life to the fulfillment of tragic fate. The gods in the mythico-religious worldview of the Yoruba natives permit the fulfilment of prehistoric fate based on the fate-holder’s individuality, as dictated by his carnal nature. This paper therefore posits that tragedy occurs as a product of the constant working of fate in the tragic hero which fulfills itself in a tragic conflict through the hero’s free-will, according to the prophecy of the gods in Ola Rotimi’s The gods are not to blame. This is more so in the Aristotelian concept of catharsis in tragedy due to the interplay between prehistoric fate and historic fate, the latter being the product of the former. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0876/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

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