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Data Session: 4th December, Jean-Marie Nau: : Negotiating Perspectives on Cultivating Children’s Reverence during Lessons

December 4 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm GMT

DARG will run at 13:00-14:30 UK time as a hybrid data session:
Room SCH1:21 (Schofield Building Building, Loughborough)
Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcOqgrjgiHtTW1buxXxCdo2SK5iFfK3iV  (NB: we are now collecting some basic information on who comes to DARG)

Session details:

Introduction and Focus:

I’m curious whether the ways that participants in a Baháʼí consultation carry out their activities are, or are not, consistent with what authoritative texts say about that activity. For a recent PhD poster presentation, I looked at a deliberation on a treatment method during a Baháʼí consultation: What Up- and Downgrades tell us about how participants convey their preferences. Further analytic insights are welcome.

Elements of Baháʼí consultation:

  • Frank, candid, dispassionate, unfettered, and cordial, courteous and loving expression of opinions.
  • Detachment from personal views.
  • When an idea is put forth it becomes at once the property of the group. Although this notion sounds simple, it is perhaps the most profound principle of consultation.
  • A means of harmonizing points of view, promoting unity among community members.
  • Aimed at building consensus.
  • Consultations do not always require a final decision; often, the objective is simply to exchange views to clarify matters and foster a unified vision.

Session Details: The transcript is part of a 55-minute Bahá’í consultation among three volunteer children’s class teachers and Amy, a regional support giver. The extract starts 36 minutes into the consultation and lasts 6 minutes.

Transcript: DARGNauTranscript4Dec24

Details

Date:
December 4
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm GMT