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Beyond ‘isms & ‘ologies:
Being a Researcher,
Being Human
Keith Beasley Bangor University
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Psychology Sociology
Theology/
Philosophy Health &
Well-being
Biology/Ecology
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Many perspectives, many questions
Psychology How does the mind work?
Sociology What’s happening to
society?
Health How can we be healthy?
Biology Are we evolving?
Philosophy What’s the point?
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Result of the Knowledge Gap?
Common Cause of:
• Attitudes towards Climate Change
• Isolation and loneliness
• Poverty, inequality
Ref PIRC 2011
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One common question
What does it mean . . .
to ‘be human’?
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Need for Behaviour Change
• Acknowledged by Research
Councils
• Studied by Europe
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Understanding the Knowledge Gap
• Human behaviour: Human
Being
• Thinking & Feeling
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[We] have mislaid our reflexive roots in
favour of all that is literal
McIntosh 2010
Even such names as "logic," "ethics,"
and "physics" begin to flourish only
when original thinking comes to an end.
(Heidegger 1947)
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Soft-skills training
• Participative enquiry
• Action research
• Emotional Intelligence
• Reflective Practice
. . . experientially
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Participatory
research
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Beyond Words
• The freedom from the text enabled me to engage more in private prayer. (Diary 201).
• Very meditative environment – didn't focus on words, just relaxed in the
sound of worship. (Diary 209)
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No really creative transformation can possibly be effected by human beings, either in nature or in society, unless they are in the creative state of mind that is generally sensitive to the differences that always exist between the observed fact and any preconceived ideas, however noble, beautiful, and magnificent they may seem to be. Bohm 2004, p23
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Beyond Words - Enablers
• Art & Music
• Imagination
• Reflection, Mindfulness
• Nature
• Creativity
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Engaged in the non-rational
Excited – alive – cheerful – playful
Creative
Content – At Peace – Happy – Free - Entranced – Engrossed – Relaxed – At ease
Experimental – content – occupied
The Qi of TaiQi – Relaxed – Concentrated – Focussed – Content
Lost in my unconscious imagination
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‘Fruits’ of experience
• Acceptance of ‘knowing’ beyond the rational
• Insights into specific questions
• Relaxed, flowing
• Connected
• Open to new perspectives
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Responsiveness connects awareness with action. in a world where people insist on their human rights, responsibility is often conveniently forgotten. Yet it is as important. Personal responsibility is part of being awake. There is openness or there is the closed-mindedness of avoidance. You need to open up. Scott 2012, p140
Avoidance Doesn’t Work
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© 2012 Keith Beasley
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