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|image= Robert Johnnson.jpg

|affiliation=Retired

|notable_works=Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem;

|degrees=Bachelor of Arts (Hons.); Master of Divinity

|fields=Cybernetics, General Systems Theory, Theatre, Theology, Philosophy, Leadership,

|universities=University of Manitoba, St. Andrew's College, University of Winnipeg

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|links=https://robertjohannson.wixsite.com/mysite

'''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.

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.

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  

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

==Work==

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

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

==Videos==

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ISSS Conferences and Seminars

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==Publications==

Academia and Career Years of Service: 2021-224

Fields of Study: Cybernetics, General Systems Theory, Theatre, Theology, Philosophy, Leadership, Organization

Notable works:Process Dualism: Resolving the Mind/Body Problem;

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

Special Interests

33 Videos – most views – Cybernetics and Psychology

ISSS 2022 – 4 videos  

ISSS 2021 – 6 videos Disintegration of the West - 2 videos Systems Theory – 10 videos ASC 2020 – 2 videos

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