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EKKLESIA |
WELCOME TO EKKLESIA |
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 versión en españolThis is Ekklesia's new site since november 2004. If you wish to take a look at our old site please go to ekklesia5.tripod.com  PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION The group Ekklesia was created originally with the profound idea of being a group of "Colombianistas", interested in studying the country and in feeding their love for Colombia and the will of working for her. Although not mentioned explicitly in the content of the page below, Colombia constitutes the point of reference for the global action of the group. Nonetheless, the increased participation of people of other nationalities calls for a more open orientation. Therefore, this page should become the introduction to a global network of culture, a freeway to knowledge and fraternity. So far, the members of this group are people that come from different countries in Latin-America, therefore, the group work will offer a Latin-American taste. compared studies between countries are strongly encouraged, taking advantage of the situation of Ekklesia's members who live in different countries outside or within Latin America.  the Bema or orator's plataform in the Greek Pnyx where the Athenian Ekklesia assembled since the 5th century before Christ. (near the acropolis)
The former one makes people consequent with what they declare and even with what they intend to do according to their inner law. Such honesty includes courage to follow their own convictions, resisting the temptation of following the herd. As for the intellectual curiosity, it is convenient to point out that it might be what is called the child spirit, characterised by the will of reaching the remotest places, of making all evidence a subject to investigate deeper. In other terms, we are talking about a disposition that will prevent from "buying easily" any "ready-to-eat" truth. Still in other words, it is what the Ancient Greeks used to call a philosopher's soul.
(David, serment du jeu de paume) 
* What for? far-away echo of the Greek Ekklesia.
The abova are all persons that are appreciated by Ekklesia for their human value and it is precisely the human value what constitutes the nucleus of our Ekklesia. We believe that technicians bursting with knowledge are counted by millions but the indispensable ones are not these but those who enhoy of a rich personality but always eager for culture and knowledge of any type. In other words, here we try to educate ourselves in the long and arduous art of being ignorant, so as to never give up when learning with the simple eyes of he who knows that he does not know anything. We want to do so through the exchange of the most diverse contributions, made by people with different backgrounds and sensibilities. This exchange aims at prevailing over the tyranny of the mono-discipline, and at providing more pixels to the picture that we hace od the world that we live in. Working Method: Being perfectly aware of the chronological unavailability of its participants, Ekklesia proposes a modus operandi that fits such restrictions. There are two chronological horizons for the work of the group: short and "deep". Short chronological horizon: the members are invited to make one contribution per week (to be posted as late as Sunday night). This is a completely free contribution, both for its content and its shape. The purpose here is to show each member's personality, result of a long and unique path, considering that the flame of each member can help stoking the flame of the others and become an important cultural contribution for another person with a different life but sharing the same principles explained before. Deep chronological horizon: This consists in a research of one semester about a topical issue. We intend to study such an issue extensively, trying to find historic, social, (...) and economic explanations and implications. Each member will be asigned, after having received his consent, a specific orientation according to his knowledge and/or interests. A small report of the work shall be posted in the webpage of the group every fifteen days. We do not demand a long and complete report but only something that may tell the group about the research being done. At the end of the semester, Ekklesia will assemble its members (virtually if it is not possible physically) and, after a presentation of each member's research, all the work will be gathered together in a compact piece that will be posted in the site and available to any one. Our purpose is to unveil the current events so that they can be seen plainly, without the a priori that burs out of the public opinion or the press, and at the same time to share the research fo the different members, with their different points of view according to their own academic and intellectual tools. Ekklesia wishes to make us more complete observers, with a considerable panoramic capacity.  PENALTIES:
Given that the human soul needs orthopaedic measures to operate most of the times and that we want to avoid hampering the work of Ekklesia, we have established some penalties in case of non-compliance with the group constitution. This is above all a symbolic figure, chosen to avoid any major inconvenient or discontent and with the purpose of enriching the person culturally. In case of non-compliance with the rules, the penalty will consist on making a review of any of the movies of the list "corrigo rectum" drew by Rumi de la Rocha, qualified cinema expert and member of the group. This review should include a personal opinion of the experience with the movie and must be posted along with the due contribution during the next week or else a heavier penalty will be decided (visit to a museum with a small report of the experience). A new contribution corresponding to the new week must also be posted during that time. Virgin spanking baby Jesus. Max Ernst- 1926
Also, we invite the members to give each other the chance to establish mutual relationships beyond the contributions within the frame of the group. Let us get to know each other well, like soldiers who are going to battle together. Finally, the webmaster of the site (Luis Salamanca) wishes to apologies in advance if ever the webpage is not moving along very fast. Luis has many occupations but he assures that he will do his best to keep it up at all times. Ekklesia makes an appeal to you all to put your bit so that we can build a network that will prefigure our aspirations for our country, Latin-America and the world. Homer tells us that in Ancient Greece towards the end of the VII century before Christ, two things prefigured and prepared the democracy that would appear seven centuries later: freedom of speech and concern about others that would sometime take the shape of hospitality and other times the shape of compassion. Let us too take that, without falling into anachronisms, and let us also remember Plato's aphorism that preached: "It is not stones but men that which constitutes the real defence of the city". "Colombians, THE DAY OF AMERICA ARISES!" Bolivar, 1818.  (la vallée d'Apt) |
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