Professor Chris Mowles will be back in Sydney and this provides an ideal opportunity to continue the last salon experience with fresh perspectives.
It appears it is becoming hard to talk to each other, and even harder to listen. But if we are to break out of the cycle of increased polarisation which seems to affect virtually every country in the world, then we need to consider changing our practices. The way we relate to each other every day is directly linked to the kinds of institutions we create. This means being able to sit with our differences, but also to explore them: abstract tolerance is easy enough at a distance. But is it possible to be radically open to the otherness of others, at the same time as standing somewhere, and standing for something? How might we set out a point of view at the same time as accepting that all views are fallible and revisable? Is it possible to say what we mean while being accountable to others? Free speech is never free of consequences.
We welcome you to join Chris and Sophie at Whale Beach. There will be two open-ended sessions in a diverse group comprising activists, academics, businesspeople, and professionals.
