Запрошуємо всіх зацікавлених до Ресусного центру (Києво-Могилянська Академія) на безкоштовні дискусійні клуби з Роуз Путенпураккал (далі - англ.).

In April, Thanks to Jimmy Hill, we will have an opportunity to discuss some vital life issues with Rose Puthenpurackal.

RosePuthenpurackal is a Master’s in Political Science and an avid shoe-string traveler. She has taught English in four continents and has worked with film-makers in the festival circuit and artists on culture-specific social issues. After hitch-hiking to Kiev from Dublin, Rose has become motivated to learn Ukrainian-Russian Language, Kickboxing, and developing dynamic learning models with short-stories and dissection of ideas in prose.

Please read a schedule below:

Tuesday, April 4from 4:30 – 5:45 PM Discussion Club“Why Do We Want to be Leaders?”

At the first session together with Rose we will find answers to the following questions. 

• Is it pressure from corporate culture or an expression of our need to fulfill our potential?
• Are leaders born or made?
• Is it more attached to the idea of our specialness or service to others?
• Might being a leader be an inverse of a person’s greatest fear- to be the lowest on the hierarchical chain?
• Does culture sometimes cultivate people with messiah complexes or low self-esteem? How?
• In what real sense are we special?

CRITIQUE - These ideas:

http://pastors.com/13-reasons-everyone-want-leader/

critically compare them to these

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2013/01/23/why-youre-not-a-leader/#3736d0d46fb8

Which rings true?

Tuesday, April 11from 4:30 – 5:45 PM Discussion Club on Life “Types of Egos: How do They Define Your Reality?”

• What ego-states ( Diagram of Ego-States: http://www.shareyouressays.com/100117/3-types-of-ego-states-and-transactional-interactions-between-each-personalities) do you sometimes find yourself functioning in? Describe how you act when playing that role.
• How do they affect your relationships?
• Do you wish you could change them and why?
  Have you tried to break out of your ego and how were your results?
• What may be the difference between an active ego and passive ego?
• What role does a ‘social ego’ play in both?

Wednesday, April 18 from 4:30 – 5:45 PM Discussion Club on Life Skills “How Counter-propaganda Works”

• What defines propaganda? How is it different from persuasion?
• There are many propaganda techniques. Where have you seen these used?

Cult of Personality 

Bandwagon

Black-and-White Fallacy

Selective Truth

Generalization

Beautiful Person

• What kinds of propaganda have we grown up with?
• Is propaganda the same as marketing?

Propaganda examples: https://designschool.canva.com/blog/examples-of-propaganda/

(counter-propaganda examples-Monday) 

Have you seen other examples of ‘counter-propaganda’?

Methods:

Research and Analysis

Reveal True origin of propaganda

Expose Reasoning Errors

• How can less powerful groups and individuals counter propaganda?
• How is subversion a powerful tool? 

 *examples from wider culture

Wednesday, April 25 from 4:30 – 5:45 PM DEBATE: “Should Elderly People be held Responsible for Taking Care of Themselves or are Children Obligated to Care for their Parents?”

• How are elderly people seen in your respective cultures?
• Can you typify an elderly person, their activities, and stereotypes in your country or other countries?
• Why are elderly so different from country to country?
• How do you define ‘self-progress’?
• Do you like yourself more now or in the past?
• What kind of person do you imagine yourself to be when you are 70?
• What do you think is the underlying fear behind some cultures’ dread of aging? Is this a contemporary fear or has it existed throughout history?

 All events are free of charge!

Please sign up in advance to attend a particular event at the circulation desk, by phone (044) 425-77-75, by e-mail: [email protected], or send a text message to 067 230-7619.