– Tom Uytterhoeven – This morning my wife posted a picture on my Facebook wall. It shows two Post It notes on a wall in a community center in a Belgian town. The center had organized a cultural activity for kids: they were invited to write down who their hero was. So one kid posted:…
Tag: Diversity
The Mood of Secular Existence
– Tom Uytterhoeven – I just started reading Jerome A. Stone’s “The Minimalist Vision of Transcendence“, and he immediately raised a question I cannot answer myself. Stone describes the secular life, on p. 3: Given that the meaning of secularity is the loss of a transcendent source of meaning, secular existence will either find a…
Atlas of languages in danger | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution According to @UNESCO, some 3,000 languages are endangered worldwide. Is yours? Find out more here: http://t.co/HXeHX58ua9 Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: A map on the loss of diversity in our cultural niche… See on www.unesco.org
As Languages Disappear, So Does Our Priceless Culture And Heritage – International Business Times
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution International Business Times As Languages Disappear, So Does Our Priceless Culture And Heritage International Business Times In our depressingly globalized world, where commerce trumps above all, regional cultures and languages are dying. Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: Just as we need biodiversity, we need cultural diversity… See on www.ibtimes.com
Heresy in a Theological Debate
– Tom Uytterhoeven – Yesterday, May 22th, I presented a paper “Towards a Theology of Toolmaking”, on a conference on Nature, Technology and Religion, in which I use Philip Hefner’s concept of ‘Created Co-Creator’ as a starting point for further reflections on technology. It went alright, considering I only slept for 3-4 hours the night…
‘It’s Arabic’
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution What do zero a giraffe and alcohol have in common Not much other than all these words originate from Arabic and are part of the huge heritage of language and knowledge that Europe has absorbed from the Arabs over the centuries (You are already… Tom Uytterhoeven’s insight: Just to…