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What Can the West Learn from the East and Indigenous Cultures?

Sunday, August 14, 2011

1:10-2:40

San Antonio Convention Center

Room 202 B

Organized and moderated by:

Sandra Waddock, Boston College

Panelists: 

Hiroshi Takeda, University of Kitakyushu, Japan

Edwina Pio, AUT University, New Zealand

Chellie Spiller, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Mzamo Magaliso, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Join us for presentations followed by an interactive session on the ways in which Eastern and indigenous wisdom traditions can potentially help bridge the disconnects between economics and society, business and human values globally through our teaching, research, and management practice.   To begin the conversation, we will discuss several traditions from around the world:  the Māori relational perspective of New Zealand, Japanese, Chinese, and Indian traditions of ku and toku, and African orientation toward ubuntu, comparing and contrasting them with the scientific, economic, and cultural traditions of the west.  Sandra Waddock will frame the conversation in light of major issues facing the planet.  Edwina Pio and Chellie Spiller will discuss 'Wisdom Intersections or Cultural Crossroads,' reflecting on indigenous Māori wisdom and knowledge traditions emphasizing a holistic, interdependent and relational perspective.  Hiroshi Takeda will focus on 'Eastern Wisdom,' emphasizing the ways that concepts of ku, the way that all things follow the law of coming into existence, are relative, interdependent, and interconnected, and toku, a unified notion of virtue.  Mzamo Mangaliso will focus on 'West Meets East:  Is Africa the Missing Link?' emphasizing ubuntu, the state of being human, playing a central role in African life.  Generally, indigenous and Eastern wisdom traditions provide a holistic, interconnected, and relational perspective on community and society that might be helpful foundations for businesses and their leaders going into an uncertain future, and could help provide insight into reframing economies as part of healthy and thriving societies.  To enhance the conversation we will break into groups following the short presentations and engage in an interactive conversation (and report out) about how these wisdom traditions can potentially enhance pedagogy, research, and practice.    We look forward to seeing you at this session! 

Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy

Professor of Management

Boston College

Carroll School of Management
Chestnut Hill, MA  02467
 
617-552-0477
f:  617-552-0433
waddock@bc.edu
www2.bc.edu/sandra-waddock 

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