Robert Johannson - Revision history

Laouris: added a sample video

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	==Videos==		==Videos==


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	YouTube Channel		YouTube Channel
	https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson		https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson

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	ISSS Member		ISSS Member
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	\|title=Member		\|title=Member
	\|affiliation=~~To fill~~		\|affiliation=Retired
	\|notable_works=Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem;		\|notable_works=Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem;
	Green Rising: An Alternative Future.		Green Rising: An Alternative Future.
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	\|universities=University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College, University of Winnipeg		\|universities=University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College, University of Winnipeg
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	\|orcid=~~To Fill~~		\|orcid=
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	\|links=https://robertjohannson.wixsite.com/mysite		\|links=https://robertjohannson.wixsite.com/mysite
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	Robert and his wife Joan taught parenting courses in the inner-city of Winnipeg and produced two books:		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.		* [[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		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
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	==Work==		==Work==

	Robert Johannson has made two original contributions to the theory of systems. In his book Process		Robert Johannson has made two original contributions to the theory of systems. In his book [[Process
	Dualism he shows that mind and matter constitute a figure/ground gestalt, thus resolving how material		Dualism]] he shows that mind and matter constitute a figure/ground gestalt, thus resolving how material
	processes and information processes can be both simultaneous and incommensurate. The book also		processes and information processes can be both simultaneous and incommensurate. The book also
	explains that the cybernetic control loop is an information process and not a material process. It's purpose		explains that the cybernetic control loop is an information process and not a material process. It's purpose
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	The Family Zoo: Leadership for Parents		The Family Zoo: Leadership for Parents
	~~[[File:Robert Johnnson.jpg\|thumb]]~~
	Empowerment: A Systems Approach to People and Groups		Empowerment: A Systems Approach to People and Groups

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	'''Robert Johannson''' is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering		'''Robert Johannson''' is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering 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.

	~~Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a~~		Robert 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.

	~~recovering accountant. He has been variously called a polymath and one of our local eccentrics. He is also a proud husband, father and grandfather.~~




	~~'''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.

			==Personal Life==
	Robert and his wife Joan taught parenting courses in the inner-city of Winnipeg and produced two books:		Robert and his wife Joan taught parenting courses in the inner-city of Winnipeg and produced two books:

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	Work		==Work==

	Robert Johannson has made two original contributions to the theory of systems. In his book Process		Robert Johannson has made two original contributions to the theory of systems. In his book Process
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	Videos		==Videos==
	YouTube Channel		YouTube Channel
	https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson		https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson
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	https://www.isss.org/home/		https://www.isss.org/home/

	Publications		==Publications==
	The videos are the most accessible, but pdfs can be found at academia.edu		The videos are the most accessible, but pdfs can be found at academia.edu

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	'''Robert Johannson''' ~~has joined ISSS in 2024 He~~ is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering		'''Robert Johannson''' is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering

	Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a		Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a

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-Personal Life Rev. Robert Johannson graduated Grade XII at Transcona Collegiate Institute where he joined his first
+'''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
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 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
+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.
 Post: Chair: Holistic Systems Theory SIG
 Degrees: Bachelor of Arts (Hons.); Master of Divinity

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	==Citation		==Citation

	~~Links to relevant pages ==~~
	~~https://robertjohannson.wixsite.com/mysite~~
	[[Category: Members]]		[[Category: Members]]

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	\|notable_works=~~Books :Power: Woodsworth and W. L. Mackenzie King~~		\|notable_works=Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem;
	~~Charles Wesley: A Musical Play~~		Green Rising: An Alternative Future.
	~~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~~
	~~Empowerment: A Systems Approach to People and Groups~~
	\|interests=To fill		\|interests=To fill
	\|degrees=~~To fill~~		\|degrees=Bachelor of Arts (Hons.); Master of Divinity
	\|fields=~~To fill~~		\|fields=Cybernetics, General Systems Theory, Theatre, Theology, Philosophy, Leadership,
	\|universities=University of Winnipeg		Organization
			\|universities=University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College, University of Winnipeg
	\|specializations=To fill		\|specializations=To fill
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	'''Robert Johannson''' has joined ISSS in ~~19XX.~~ He is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering		'''Robert Johannson''' has joined ISSS in 2024 He is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering

	Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a		Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a
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	Universities: University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College,		Universities: University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College,

	Notable works: Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem; ~~Green Rising: An Alternative Future.~~		Notable works:Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem;

	Social: Winnipeg City Counselor; Canadian Association of the Non-Employed; Green Party		Social: Winnipeg City Counselor; Canadian Association of the Non-Employed; Green Party

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			https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson<nowiki/>

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	==Citation		==Citation

	Links to relevant pages ~~https://www.youtube.com/@robertjohannson<nowiki/>~~==		Links to relevant pages ==
	https://robertjohannson.wixsite.com/mysite		https://robertjohannson.wixsite.com/mysite
	[[Category: Members]]		[[Category: Members]]

Chloerobinet at 12:30, 28 February 2024

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	\|affiliation=To fill		\|affiliation=To fill
	\|notable_works=~~To fill~~		\|notable_works=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
			Empowerment: A Systems Approach to People and Groups
	\|interests=To fill		\|interests=To fill
	\|degrees=To fill		\|degrees=To fill
	\|fields=To fill		\|fields=To fill
	\|universities=~~To fill~~		\|universities=University of Winnipeg
	\|specializations=To fill		\|specializations=To fill
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	Fields of Study: Cybernetics, General Systems Theory, Theatre, Theology, Philosophy, Leadership, Organization		Fields of Study: Cybernetics, General Systems Theory, Theatre, Theology, Philosophy, Leadership, Organization

	Universities: University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College, ~~University of Winnipeg~~		Universities: University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College,

	Notable works: Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem; Green Rising: An Alternative Future.		Notable works: Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem; Green Rising: An Alternative Future.

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	'''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		'''Robert Johannson''' has joined ISSS in 19XX. He is a playwright and cyberneticist, as well as a recovering politician, a recovering

	Shakespeare scholar, a recovering United Church minister, a recovering system administrator, and a		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		recovering accountant. He has been variously called a polymath and one of our local eccentrics. He is also a proud husband, father and grandfather.



	~~also a proud husband, father and grandfather.~~

	Personal Life Rev. Robert Johannson graduated Grade XII at Transcona Collegiate Institute where he joined his first		Personal Life Rev. Robert Johannson graduated Grade XII at Transcona Collegiate Institute where he joined his first