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'''Robert Johannson''' has joined ISSS in 19XX. He/She is ..... | '''Robert Johannson''' has joined ISSS in 19XX. He/She is .....Robert Johannson is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering | ||
==Academia and Career== | Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a | ||
recovering accountant. He has been variously called a “polymath” and “one of our local eccentrics.” He is | |||
also a proud husband, father and grandfather. | |||
==Personal Life Rev. Robert Johannson graduated Grade XII at Transcona Collegiate Institute where he joined his first== | |||
== political party and has been politically active ever since. He studied Chartered Accountancy for two years == | |||
== at the firm of Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart. He received an honours degree in English Literature from == | |||
== the University of Manitoba. Robert was a Winnipeg City Councillor for six years. He was baptized as an == | |||
== adult at Augustine United Church, and received the gift of the Holy Spirit. He was a candidate for == | |||
== ministry from Augustine United Church, has a Masters of Divinity from St. Andrew's College in == | |||
== Saskatoon, and was ordained by the Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. == | |||
== Robert and his wife Joan taught parenting courses in the inner-city of Winnipeg and produced two books: == | |||
== Empowerment: A systems approach to people and groups, and The Family Zoo: leadership for parents. == | |||
== They have three children and five granddaughters. His interest in cybernetics comes from discovering the == | |||
== negative effects of behaviourism as a parenting model, and turning instead to the study of Gregory == | |||
== Bateson and the Macy Conferences on Cybernetics. == | |||
== Robert served as the systems administrator for Journeys Adult Education Centre in Winnipeg which == | |||
== involved maintaining a computer lab, and Internet connection, as well as designing the school's data == | |||
== bases. == | |||
== Robert is a playwright and has been produced by CBC radio, the Manitoba Association of Playwrights, == | |||
== Prairie Theatre Exchange, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival and the Edmonton Fringe Theatre == | |||
== Festival. His plays include Charles Wesley: A Musical Play; The Ecstasy of St. Teresa; and Never Trust a == | |||
== Naked Marriage Counsellor. He is currently working on a play about the Trial of St. Paul. == | |||
== Robert retired in 2009 after serving First United Church in Dauphin. In his retirement Robert studied == | |||
== Physics, Mathematics, Statistics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Winnipeg. He has == | |||
== published two books on systems theory: Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem; and most == | |||
== recently Green Rising: An Alternative Future which deals with the cultural roots of the environmental == | |||
== crisis. He is the Chair of the Holistic Systems Theory Special Integration Group of the International == | |||
== Society for the Systems Sciences. == | |||
==Academia and Career Years of Service: 2021-224== | |||
== Post: Chair: Holistic Systems Theory SIG == | |||
== Degrees: Bachelor of Arts (Hons.); Master of Divinity == | |||
== Fields of Study: Cybernetics, General Systems Theory, Theatre, Theology, Philosophy, Leadership, == | |||
== Organization == | |||
== Universities: University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College, University of Winnipeg == | |||
== Notable works: Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem; == | |||
== Green Rising: An Alternative Future. == | |||
== Social: Winnipeg City Counselor; Canadian Association of the Non-Employed; Green Party == | |||
Books | |||
Power: Woodsworth and W. L. Mackenzie King | |||
Charles Wesley: A Musical Play | |||
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa | |||
Never Trust A Naked Marriage Counsellor | |||
The Red Saloon | |||
Voluspa: The Prophecy | |||
Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem | |||
Green Rising: An Alternative Future | |||
with Joan Johannson | |||
The Family Zoo: Leadership for Parents | |||
[[File:Robert Johnnson.jpg|thumb]] | |||
Empowerment: A Systems Approach to People and Groups | |||
==Special Interests== | ==Special Interests== | ||
==Video Presentations== | ==Video Presentations YouTube Channel== | ||
== <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson</nowiki> == | |||
== 33 Videos – most views – Cybernetics and Psychology == | |||
== Playlists == | |||
== ISSS 2022 – 4 videos == | |||
== ISSS 2021 – 6 videos == | |||
== Disintegration of the West - 2 videos == | |||
== Systems Theory – 10 videos == | |||
== ASC 2020 – 2 videos == | |||
== ISSS Conferences and Seminars == | |||
== <nowiki>https://www.isss.org/home/</nowiki> == | |||
==Selected Publications== | ==Selected Publications== | ||
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==Citations== | ==Citations== | ||
==Links to relevant pages== | ==Links to relevant pages https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson<nowiki/>== | ||
https://robertjohannson.wixsite.com/mysite | |||
[[Category: Members]] | [[Category: Members]] | ||