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WHAT
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more
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the NAME and
KEY IDEAS
keys.html
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Tropis ASSOCIATION's functions
obj-estatuto.htm
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Yes...
and no. The organization exists... to give support.
It does not define what we are.
as to an atom
what gives identity to TROPIS is
a nucleus
of ideas
as
an atom
it is whole & alive when
people AND
actions
find articulation & impulse
in these idEas
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a
nucleus constituted
by ideas such as ...
a CO-LIVING Philosophy and Pedagogy
whose axis is a formally defined
ABSOLUTE Pluralism
a ReHumanization
of Human Life
an ETHICAL Revolution
in EVERYDAY-LIFE'S
Micro-structure
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more
about
the ideias in
the texts library:
biblioteca
how
name and grouo came together:
foto-historia1.html
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Tropos
= direction, SENSE
TROPIS
= KEEL
(Greek)
what a
tropis does is
(in love & struggle with each wave)
to
conquest at every moment
its boat's rhumb and sense |
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being
articulated by this ideas-nucleus
ANY
activity (or nearly!)
- started by any a person -
can
be TROPIS:
social-cultural
iniciativeS
(our work
has had mostly the form of
activities OF
BY WITH AMONG
young people, especially
those considered
socially and economically peripherical
but
this is just one of the uncountable
forms a
tropis may take) |
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But...
what
do
you
do
in PRACTICE? |
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hoje
see
more
about
what Tropis is doing in each season
in
Tropis
Today
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2006
(southern) Autumn
a
moment of redefinitions
in the concrete level, a pause
in the collective enterprises:
with
external eyes there
is
little to see right now!
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restarting a TROPIS Community
e working space in Sao Paulo
(which did not exist since May 2003)
debate and studies group
monthly meetings and internet discussions
Library: ca. 4000 books + clippings, sound recordings,
image archives -
in internal use for the moment
individual de creation projects in
MUSIC
VISUAL ARTS VIDEO THEORY
and/or personal preparation for future projects
gradual publishing of the Tropis' theory and experience
descriptions
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things
we have done
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intentional CO-LIVING with
educational and therapeutic dimensions - since 1993
knowledge & Arts
workshops
theoretical and practical -
since 1993
special courses and care:
>
Community
Radio Course - 5 months
(with NGO Capacitacao Solidaria)
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Assisted
Freedom for sentenced youths
(with government agency +
NGO Monte Azul)
personal counselling
(several
approaches)
medical care
(antroposophic approach)
art-therapy atelier |
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Submundo
Theatre Group
group
I: play Brazil Corner - 1999
group II: play 45 Minutes of Love - 2000
inedited created play : To the Honest Men
Band PROVISORIO PERMANENTE
creation
in contemporary Brazilian song
RAIZEN GROUP - drawing and manga comics
production of art evenings and other events
space for individual creation
in
visual arts, music, literature, web design etc.
theatre interventions in schools
with NGO Aprendiz ComGαs
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SEE
it in our
PHOTO
HISTORY
'old
times'
web pages
TROPIS'
MEMORY
ARCHIVES |
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Open library: 4000 books, magazines, clippings, sound
recordings (ca 1000 LP records and more), image archive
Debate and Studies
Nucleus
>
production
of theoretical
materials
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lectures and debates
>
external lectures & workshops:
Sao Paulo, Rio, Ponta Grossa,
Curitiba, Juiz de Fora, Botucatu
presentations in congresses like
>
I
USP Education Week - 2000
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III
USP Education Week - 2005
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Networks
for Global Learning,
Hanover, Germany - 2002
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physical intervention in degraded city squares
with
NGO Alliance for Childhood
reform of 3 houses by the community group
Sao
Paulo, Sao Vicente, Praia Grande
public computer and internet room
(with
NGO Rede
Jovem / Comunitas)
various activities with
Instituto Sou da Paz -
NEV-USP
Canal Futura
- Elenko-KVA etc.
web site since 1997
tropis.org domain since 1999
hosting
for keen initiatives sites
materials production and publishing
internet
and printed
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presence in youth's
local and national events:
Sao Paulo - Salvador - Porto Alegre -
Campinas -
Faxinal do Ceu PR -
Botucatu - Ubatuba - Santos
presence in 3rd Sector exhibitions
highlighting: 2nd place in public preference
among ca.115 exhibitors at
ExpoSolidaria 2002
promoting and taking part
in events for the development of institutional networking
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VISUAL
DOCUMENTATION
PHOTO-HISTORY
WEB
PAGES
preserved as documents
SINCE 1998
TROPIS
MEMORY ARCHIVES
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things
we
WILL
do!
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contribute
to multiplying
AUTONOMOUS
initiatives
that
may wish to refer to our experience (more as an example
than as a 'model'!)
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but also... |
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a
permanent center of studies
for the Re-enchantment of Education
within
something like an
Eco-Village (without isolationism!)
with
something like a Co-Living
Sacial-Pedagogical
Hosting
&
other activities for income generation in a sociocratic-cooperative
organization manner
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Utopian? SURE!
For
it depends on ONE thing
...and that is a MIRACLE: people
joining forces
in a continued way
and permanent dialogue |
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But
who said that just
by depending on a miracle
we would give it up?
the
initial formulation of these perspectives
was written down in the Oca Mundi
Project
(see
it in the Tropis' Memory Files)
a
long-term and in-spiral concept
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How
to get in contact |
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Use
E-Mails
***
or
tropis@gmail.com
or
see more contact information at WHO
WE ARE |
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Visit
also the
TROPIS Community
at Orkut |
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Let's
know
more
about
each
other?
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