Slideshow during 4th Integral Conference, Sonoma State University, pre-workshop. Spiral dynamics, African dynamics, multi-cultural dynamics and complexities in emerging economies are presented. The presentation was used as part of a presentation team that focused on different parts of the Gravesian spiral.

1. ITC 2015 - From the craddle of mankind
Dr Rica Viljoen

2. Marikana 16 August 2012
34 Mineworkers killed by police
“Treat us with respect”, “long sleeve
shirts for the sun please”, “basic rights”,
“treat us with dignity”. Solve
PURPLE
problems
with
PURPLE
thinking

4. 5 months Platinum Strike 2014

5. Diepsloot – Musa Mandala’s gardener says: “I live in Malawi where my roots are and
choose to come here to get in a better his financial position to support an extended
family.”
Do we remember where our roots are?

6. Xenophobia
• On 12 April 2015 shops in Umlazi and KwaMashu, outside Durban, were
torched. Almost 2,000 foreign nationals from Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
and Burundi have been displaced as a result of the violence.
• Five people have been killed.
• On 14 April 2015, Looting of foreign shops spread to Verulam, north of Durban
following a day of clashes between locals, foreigners, and police in the city centre,
KwaZulu-Natal.
• About 300 local people looted foreign-owned shops, and only two people have
been arrested.
• A 14-year-old boy became the latest fatality. He was shot dead during looting in
KwaNdlanzi, allegedly by two security guards.
• In Durban's Central Business District (CBD), a car was set alight and police fired
rubber bullets, stun grenades and teargas canisters in clashes between looters and
foreigners

8. Zimbabwe – 2nd poorest country in the
world

9. Over-culture congruence
Thinking structures Viljoen, 2015

10. NORTH
Nature &
Community
Culture &
Spirituality
Science &
Technology
Economics &
Politics
RED
SOUTH
PURPLE
YELLOW
BLUE
WEST EAST
Doing
Being
Knowing
Thinking
Viljoen (2015)
An integral approach
ORANGE
BLUE
Green
BEIGE

11. “When father Germany (Europe)
and mother Africa marry,
the divine child called TRANSFORMATION
is born.”
-Jung 1953
Dossey

12. “You cannot help but learn more as
you take the world into your hands.
Take it up reverently, for it is an old
piece of clay, with millions of
thumbprints on it.”
-John Updike

13. There is no shame in looking back
and fixing something!
Akan Adrinka Symbol
West Africa

14. We locked up our wisdom into our bones
And swallowed the keys
They sank in our rivers of blood
And we forgot the maps
Because we had to forget the mysteries To keep them safe. We wove our hair into
ms And swept over our paths And then burned the earth with our rage We didn't teach
ildren It was the only way to protect them, we thought But in them we planted seeds,
ds and keys And told them stories and riddles and songs With no roots, just tangled
s That would take years to unwind Just enough time For the rains to fall again and put
t the fires For the dams to break For the rivers to flood For the paths to be walked
For the soil to breathe And as the old bones crumble Deep beneath the rubble We find
always had the keys Our stories and our maps Our paths are revealed to some And the
seeds grow again The threads are unspun
And woven again~ Amara Bronwyn Hollow Bones

15. If a old person dies, a library burns
down . . .

16. Reflections…
?
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