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La Trobe University Centre for Dialogue |
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Over the past twenty years, international society has experienced a rapid increase in the flows of people, money, technology, information and images across borders. It has also experienced an escalation of tension and violence throughout the world between states, nations, religions and cultures. The challenges posed by these changes demonstrate that problems of order and coexistence, not to say ethnicity, governance and citizenship, remain essentially unresolved. In responding to these multiple challenges, the Centre for Dialogue proposes to specialise in the theory and practice of dialogue in all its cultural, religious, political and economic dimensions. The function of dialogue is to enhance knowledge and understanding of other opinions and values by increasing levels of empathy for, and sensitivity to, the ‘other’. The Centre seeks to identify effective avenues and mechanisms that can promote international and national dialogue.
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