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Author: Genevieve Lawrence
What are the benefits and consequences of questioning / challenging authority?
The last time before the summer break we will meet on the 28th of June. The next discussion group question is really broad, don’t you think that even the title itself involves a lot of questions? First of all, we will need to define what we will be talking about, taking into account that questioning…
What is ‘art’ and why do individual cultures place so much value on its continuing evolution?
Last Friday of the month, 31st May the Discussion group members talked about art and its impact on individual cultures. We started with comments and views on what is art and how to define it. It seems quite obvious what it is until you start asking questions about art and craft and try to formulate…
Social Media Newsfeeds: Is it News or Opinion; Rumour or Gossip?
On 26th April, the last Friday of the month, the Discussion Group had its monthly meeting. It was a good and interesting discussion worth posting for U3A Javea members The discussion leader, usually the one who suggested the topic, sent the group members some relevant links for reading before the meeting. Increasingly, people around the…
Israeli-Hamas conflict: are we witnessing genocide?
Because of the holidays, the Discussion group meeting was held on the 22nd of March at the same place and time but a week earlier than usual. Despite the change of date, the meeting was attended very actively. The preliminary information was very short “We are not going to ‘solve’ the Palestinian war, or anything…
Israeli-Hamas conflict: are we witnessing genocide?
We will have our monthly discussion meeting on Friday 22nd of March, not the usual last Friday of the month because of the coming fiestas. This time we will talk about the situation in Gaza and Israel’s war with Hamas, a hot topic at the present. Talk is not a discussion, it is an informal…
Democracy – what is it?
In the last discussion meeting held on the 23rd of February, we started with the questions on what type of format for our discussion group is preferred by the members. The majority wanted it to have an agenda and some structure but not very formal, preferring an exchange of opinions, with a possibility to learn…