Arresting the Collapse of the City Through Systemic Education: A Case Study of Melbourne |
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Authors: | J. D. R. de Raadt Veronica D. de Raadt |
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Affiliation: | (1) Melbourne Centre for Community Development, 488 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3053, Australia |
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Abstract: | Though it is claimed that Melbourne is one of the most liveable cities in the world, a systemic examination, based not on mechanistic and utilitarian foundations but on a humanist, systemic science reveals that a variety of modalities of its social fabric are threatened and will drive the city to eventual collapse. As usual, the worst impacted are the most defenceless: the poor, the elderly and especially the young. We propose that an education that emphasises vision and ethics and that integrates the humanities with the natural sciences in a systemic approach should be the prime instrument of intervention. We describe a new Master of Arts degree designed on these principles to re-orientate young professionals towards the community and away from big business and commerce. |
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Keywords: | Community development Social systems analysis Education Multi-modal systems |
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