Hi TOK Folks, I just wanted to share that Mark Edwards and I hooked up yesterday and had a great conversation and I wanted to introduce him to the TOK Society. Mark is a long time contributor to meta-theory<http://www.integralworld.net/edwards27.html> and has long advocated for an "integrated pluralism" which, BTW, is exactly how we framed the sensibility of the TOK Society during the first 2018 conference. Mark deeply explored Wilber's Integral Theory and expanded on it and argued for developing methodologies for evaluating metatheories. More recently, Mark has been exploring indigenous wisdom. As he notes here in this powerful interview with Layman Pascal and Bruce Alderman<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnm3LkUqDGU>, he strongly argues for us to pay deep attention to the way Aboriginal Australian societies cultivating a sustainable, rich relationship with nature that was intricately balanced and maintained for upwards of 50 to 60 THOUSAND YEARS! Think about that folks. That is basically the entirety of the Culture-Person plane of existence! Now if we consider traditional civilization (i.e., highly populated city states with laws and infrastructure) to be ~5000 years old and modern civilization to be ~500 years old and the global postmodern period to be about ~50 years old, we must note that the rate of change that has both much beauty and power but also much dangerous degradation and a trajectory that is potentially catastrophic. Think how much we might be able to learn from a society that extends back almost as far as human Culture itself! In talking with Mark, I was reminded of the Indigenous Wisdom talk provided by Darcia Narvaez<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ol6tQcwZYRtBTDNMumQ1mDYlIqVp1zMZ/view?usp=sharing>, and I was reminded of a number of Joe's comments, and Lene Rachel Andersen's point that we need a metamodern mindset that cultivates the wisdom/values/sensibilities of: 1) oral/indigenous; 2) traditional; 3) modernist; 4) postmodernist into an integrative pluralistic frame that is oriented toward wisdom. Much good reflection to ponder. Mark, welcome to the TOK Society, where we seek knowledge for the cultivation of wisdom! Best, Gregg ___________________________________________ Gregg Henriques, Ph.D. Professor Department of Graduate Psychology 216 Johnston Hall MSC 7401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (540) 568-7857 (phone) (540) 568-4747 (fax) Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity. Check out the Unified Theory Of Knowledge homepage at: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1