Date: June 11\, 2021
Time: 10:00-11:30AM PDT
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As defined by Rittel and Webber in their groundbreaking paper of 1973\, the term “Wicked Problems” refers to dilemmas of social planning that are so exceedingly multi-causal\, multi -scalar and interconnected\, involving multiple stakeholders with such conf licting agendas\, that even a clear problem definition is impossible to rea ch. Drawing upon elements of Deep Democracy\, Polarity Management\, and Cri tical Systems Heuristics\, this presentation will lay out a three-phase dia logical process through which groups of conflicting stakeholders can begin to embrace Russ Ackoff’s assertion that “there are no solutions\, only trad e-offs” and move towards clearer problem statements and policy proposals gr ounded in transparency regarding notions of value and expertise.
Join us on June 11th for a presentation by Tom Scholte\, UBC Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film\ , as we delve into a dialogical process through which groups of conflicting stakeholders can move towards clearer problem statements and policy propos als grounded in transparency.
Tom Scholte< /strong>
Tom is a nationally recognized actor\, director\, writer and producer in the realms of theatre\, film\, and television.
Among his numerous screen credits are a Genie nominated (Canada Screen Award – Film) and Leo winning (BC Film and Television) performance in the feature film\, Last Wedding\; a Gemini winning (Canada Screen Award – Television ) performance on the TV drama\, Da Vinci’s Inquest\; and a Leo win ning performance in the short film Exposures.
As a director\ , his feature film\, Crime\, premiered at the Vancouver Internatio nal Film Festival before being broadcast nationally on Super Channel and hi s short film\, Working Class Heroes\, has been seen around the wor ld on Shorts TV.
Producing credits include the Larry Kent feature\, < em>The Hamster Cage\, which screened at festivals around the globe and the Bruce Sweeney feature The Dick Knost Show (aka Hoser ) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before being a cquired for broadcast by US Netflix. Tom was also a lead actor in both of those films. He is currently in production as co-story author/producer and director on the feature film\, Slump.
On stage\, he is a tw o-time Jessie nominee (Vancouver theatre) who has appeared for such compani es as Vancouver’s Playhouse\, Pi Theatre\, Ruby Slippers and Arts Club Thea tre Company\, Toronto’s Modern Times Stage Company\, and Whitehorse’s Nakai Theatre. As a director\, he was a founding member of Neworld Theatre.
< p>Tom has been trained in the techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed and Th eatre for Living by David Diamond under whose direction he was an actor and co-creator in Theatre for Living’s ‘šxʷʔam̓ət (home). Since 2017\ , he has been the Faculty Lead and Artistic Director of Conflict Theatre@UB C\, a partnership between UBC’s Departments of Human Resources\, Theatre an d Film\, and Office of Equity and Inclusion\, using Forum Theatre to explor e blockages to productive and authentic communication in situations of work place conflict.In addition to his continuing artistic practice\, Tom in engaged in ongoing research exploring cybernetics in the Stanislavski S ystem of Acting and the naturalistic theatre as a modelling facility for co mplex adaptive social systems. His publications on this work can be found in such journals as Kybernetes and Constructivist Foundations. He is curre ntly pursuing a PhD in these topics in the Centre for Systems Studies at th e University of Hull (UK).
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