[Ailist] Re: re positive core of America - APRRECIATIVE INQUIRY IN PORTUGUESE

[Augusto Cuginotti]

Olá Roman and everyone, bom dia!

As Marge said, there's a good group of AI practitioners in Brazil - and in
Curitiba. Ilma did her PhD at Case and Eduardo Araújo [edu (at) copel.com]
and I did the course in Cleveland together back in 2003: talk to them.

The deeper you go into a topic, and closer to their core principles, the
more beneficial it is to explore it in your native language. Besides,
language is a huge framework of our thoughts, so if you can explore AI in
more than one, certainly better! Very interesting the conversation about
inquiry using universal languages - motion, music, drawing...

um grande abraço,

Augusto



Augusto Cuginotti at the learning host <http://www.thelearninghost.com> .com
- co-design of systems




> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:30:34 -0400
> From: Marge Schiller <margeschiller at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Ailist] APRRECIATIVE INQUIRY IN PORTUGUESE
> To: smroman <smroman at onda.com.br>
> Cc: Eduardo Afonso <eduardo.afonso at wisnet.com.br>,      Augusto Cuginotti
>        <acuginotti at gmail.com>, Ilma Barros <ilma.barros at fiepr.org.br>, AI
>        list AI List <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>,  Cristina D'Arce
>        <quartet at uol.com.br>,   Marcos Schlemm <Marcos.Schlemm at fiepr.org.br
> >,
>        Rodrigo Loures <rloures.fwb at terra.com.br>
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> There are a number of outstanding AI practitioners in Brazil
> (including  you,Sergio)
> Here are just some of them:
> Eduardo Afonso,Cristina D'Arce,Marcos Schlemm, Ilma Barros, Augusto
> Cuginotti, Rodrigo Loures.
> AI is vibrant in Brazil... we  need to know how to "connect the dots"
> The AI List serve is a wonderful vehicle for connection.
>
> Marge
> margeschiller at yahoo.com
>
> Marjorie Schiller , PhD
>
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>
> On Mar 19, 2009, at 4:26 PM, smroman wrote:
>
> > Dear Jane and colleagues,
> >
> > Your message is meaningful to me, and I think it is the same to some
> > people
> > that is not fluent in English, as you can see. I am Brazilian (and I
> > live in
> > Brazil) and my biggest problem is to find someone that knows
> > something (or a
> > lot) about Appreciative Inquiry and could share with me in
> > Portuguese. We do
> > not have a forum discussion in my native language and I rarely see
> > post from
> > Brazil in the AIlist.
> >
> > I wish we had people opened to make something like you Americans, so
> > we
> > could learn and improve and maybe to contribute with projects we
> > have done
> > here in Brazil and I do think there are some people involved and using
> > Appreciative Inquiry here.
> >
> > Unfortunately we do not have any AI materials in Portuguese. Some
> > years ago
> > Dr. Marge Schiller told me that "In The Eye of the Beholder" (by
> > Marjorie
> > Schiller, Deanna Riley, and Bea Mah Holland) would be translated into
> > Portuguese, but I have not found it so far.
> >
> > Also, I am sure there are lots of Brazilian people capable to
> > understand and
> > get involved in every AI discussion, but it is not my case.
> > Sometimes I
> > think I could contribute with thoughts and ideas, but by reading the
> > e-mails
> > I am not sure if I really "got the meaning".
> >
> > Other people have suggested me to be in touch with some Brazilians
> > by using
> > e-mail, but I do not want to bore anyone, as I wishe we had an "open
> > discussion about AI in Portuguese". Also (and I do mean this!) I
> > want to
> > thank some of the people who are reading this e-mail for their
> > appreciative
> > efforts in trying to share what they know about Appreciative
> > Inquiry, like
> > Marge Schiller, Cheri Torres and others I cannot remember the names
> > right
> > now, but they will know by reading this message.
> >
> > So, if the AIlist servers know someone or could collaborate with
> > ideas about
> > HOW to open an Appreciative Inquiry discussion in Portuguese I would
> > be the
> > happiest man in the world.
> >
> >
> > You wrote:
> > As an American citizen, I'm probably not objective enough, but it
> > seems to
> > me that as a country that hugely impacts what happens all over the
> > world,
> > (sort of "the bull in the china shop") I would be very interested to
> > know
> > what people from other countries think about how we are behaving
> > these days
> > and what their wishes for us would be. I'd also love to have similar
> > conversations about all the countries represented on the listserve
> > as a way
> > for us to become familiar with the strengths and best stories of those
> > cultures.
> >
> > My answer: What American people are doing is totally correct. And
> > what I
> > think is that USA is the phoenix of the world - that always emerge
> > with
> > grace, strength and better in every crisis.
> >
> > I hope you can help me to find a way to make this happens as soon as
> > possible: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY DISCUSSION IN PORTUGUESE!
> >
> > THANK YOU!
> >
> > Sérgio Medina Roman
> > Curitiba - Paraná - Brazil
> >
> > P.S.: I am sure each one of you have re-translated my words into
> > better
> > English and got the meaning. Thank you for this!
> >
> >
> > "Ralph and I are in the mountains of Arkansas for our Grandson's
> > wedding -
> > an appreciative event for us all!"
> >
> > God Bless you and your Grandson! I wish you all the happiness in the
> > world!
> >
> > Bye!
> >
> >
> >
>
>