Ritual and Systems Thinking
Managing an Initial Encounter, by José-Rodrigo Córdoba- Pachón (Routledge, 2024)
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https://doi.org/10.47061/jasc.v4i2.8456Keywords:
ritual practices, systems thinking, systems practice, self-awarenessAbstract
This book review offers Norma Romm’s detailed reading of José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón’s new book Ritual and Systems Thinking: Managing an Initial Encounter (Routledge 2024). The book review highlights how Córdoba-Pachón expresses his development of his own increasing self-awareness through considering the relation between ritual and systems thinking, while considering possibilities for “systems change.” Through his text (along with pictures and tables) he extends creatively various concepts and practices of ritual as well as ideas regarding systemic thinking and their potential for activating personal, social and ecological transformation. He links his engagement with pertinent literature to his experiences and deliberations across two continents.
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