Jacques Boulet
Entering the Social Domain, we wish to sharpen participants’ awareness of the premises of our common understanding of processes of social change and of ways and means of influencing such processes. Philosophical, theoretical and methodological issues surrounding our notions of culture, organisation, development, change, innovation, progress and the like are examined and their consequences for practice reflected upon and discussed. Our own implication in societal and organisational complexities, processes and relationships (global, institutional, every-day and ‘mental’) are reflected upon, so that practical changes can indeed be considered. Finally, we want to ensure that the rather technical / methodical strategic discussions we have remain rooted in reflections about fundamental issues, to do with how we lead our every-day lives and how we relate to one another and to the world around us. That is, the unit is also and essentially about eco-ethics and socio-ethics, indeed about sustainable community building and development.