London - twenty-first century man has mapped the ocean and mountains, visiting the moon, and observing the planets. But for all the progress, people still do not know each other very well.That's the premise of the "party of Theodore Zeldin conversations" - events where individuals mate with people they do not know for three hours of talk designed to be guided through the "Where are you from?"Mr. Zeldin, Oxford University dean emeritus of the turn to the history of relations, head of the Oxford Muse, a foundation of 10 years based on the idea that what people need is not more information, but more of inspiration and encouragement.
Earlier this month, at a cafe Tube See the 2012 London Olympic site, Zeldin supervising 200 London that "organic" is paired and talk privately. A dinner was served. But the real meat is in the "conversation" with topics such as, "What about your priorities changed over the years?" Or, "What are rebelling against in the past?" And "what are the limits you love?"Humanity, in recent years frontierTen ago, Zeldin decided that she lived in the 16th century, he wanted to explore America. If he was in the 20th century, it will be a solar system. Today, the border is a human.Party "to" work off "Intimate History of Humanity," which is not visible in politics or events, but on how people feel about work, relationships between the sexes, hopes and fears, enemies and authority, their life forms. What makes the concept of such a party "anti-nervousness," though not in a way hostile. This is the opposite of speed dating as well, although this is not matchmaking. The party has been held in Europe, Asia, and in corporate retreats.As conversants gathered, Zeldin, who with a big puff of white hair could be a character from "Lord of the Rings," opens with a homily: that even in an era of instant global communication, problem fixed human liver. Many people who are lonely, or in the routine that prevents knowing the depth of each other. "We're trapped in shallow conventions, and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful," he said. "But the interaction of thinking that separates us from other species, except maybe a dog ... who have generations of human interaction."We do not interrogate ... but talking to one another," he said.
Talking, not tweetingLondoners heard about the free event, hosted by Make 10, a British cultural groups conduct outreach for the 2012 Olympics, on the morning show, from 200 places were snapped quickly. The main rule: Do not partner with someone who you know or ask questions you do not want to answer. Only awkward moment came when a crowd of multiethnic young adults to seniors, in sun hats and tank tops, ties and dresses, look to see who they will be "intimate" with long hours. But 15 minutes later, everyone sits and talks, continue in full force until the operator intervention 180 minutes later."It's encouraging to see the world not just a place of oppression and the distance from one another," concluded Zeldin ups. "What we do is unusual, but not to upset the world have this."Some say they feel "liberated" to talk about sensitive topics. Peter Thirty-something, from East London, enthused that "it may take several weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly open."Zeldin, an adviser to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, told the Monitor that "specialization" has been making people "afraid to go out and find different things, different people."
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