Global DEEP Network

DEEP works towards changing the world for the better

DEEP works towards changing the world for the better.

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DEEP Network at a Glance
We are a global, culturally diverse, and volunteer-based community of change-makers. Drawing inspiration from Indigenous wisdom as well as critical scholarship, we strive to foster the ‘deep approach’ which entails deep listening, deep learning, deep engagement, deep weaving, and deep analysis. We do this through a range of decolonial and transformative educational programs, ecological and social regenerative projects, community engagements, and other initiatives for change. We hold the view that the current precarity and calamitous threats facing humanity and the planet will remain unabated without addressing the ‘deep roots’--the contemporary and historical structures and systems--underlying the myriad societal and planetary problems and predicaments.

Recent Posts

Workshop on Developing a Great Mindset for Effective Communication

Workshop on Developing a Great Mindset for Effective Communication

Two members of DEEP Circle in Sabah – Kahansanan Circle, held a workshop entitled “Developing a Great Mindset for Effective Communication” at SHANGRILA Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in August last month. The event aims to foster interactive engagement with the local communities especially the indigenous community and to strengthen and support especially Seri Mengasih ...
Is there a chance for peace in Thailand’s deep south? Yes, if women are involved

Is there a chance for peace in Thailand’s deep south? Yes, if women are involved

This article has been republished for International Women’s Day 2023. It was first published on 8 March 2023. Originally published under Creative Commons by 360info.org Women’s groups in Thailand’s deep south provinces have never been included in peace talks, despite being affected by the conflict, directly and indirectly. Decades of armed conflict and insurgency still ...
Paul Komesaroff, Michael Komesaroff and Roger Mendelson: Australia’s response to the Ukraine crisis is a missed opportunity

Paul Komesaroff, Michael Komesaroff and Roger Mendelson: Australia’s response to the Ukraine crisis is a missed opportunity

This opinion piece on the Ukraine crisis, co-authored by Professor Paul Komesaroff, a member of DEEP’s Advisory Circle, was published in Pearls and Irritations (see johnmenadue.com for information about this public policy journal). Not only did diplomacy fail spectacularly but the responses of governments around the world was, perversely, to turn away from the search ...
The art of reflection as an arts practitioner

The art of reflection as an arts practitioner

As a reflective practitioner, I am continually looking back at my performances in the theatre, in the boardroom, the classroom, the community, the secure unit, and the open-air space. I always want to get something, some benefit from delivering the work that I do. Usually, the benefit is of me learning something. If I go ...
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I have listened, and observedIn a circle of peace, where people from another part of the worldPromised one another non-judgement and respectAlthough they’ve never met(Why can’t we even do it with the neighbours of our own?)My thorn: I am trapped between academic and practical worlds(And you are anchoring me down, thank you)My rose: I am ...
One Humanity

One Humanity

How can we inspire?  How can we build?  What can we do so that we feel fulfilled?  Fulfilling our hearts free from pain or disaster,  Ensuring each day is a ‘happy ever after’.  But how can we reach there?  And where do we start?  Perhaps the starting point is our hearts…  Can we learn to ...
12th June – 1m2 against littered nature 2021

12th June – 1m2 against littered nature 2021

Written by: Laurence Klein The ‘LIBERA, united against littered nature’ project, created by the environmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) SEO/BirdLife, in alliance with the non-profit organization Ecoembes, came to life in 2017 to curb the consequences of abandoned litter in natural spaces (littered nature, basuraleza in Spanish) in Spain. Ecoembes promotes a circular economy through the ...
A Devastating Month in Colombia

A Devastating Month in Colombia

*An earlier version of this was originally published in French on Priscyll’s personal blog. May 1st 2021 was a terrible and devastating Labor Day in Colombia. The day was marked with violence on the streets of many cities in the country as government forces cracked down harshly and brutally against peaceful protesters. The protests culminated ...
“I know what you did during lockdown”: How I re-thought accessibility

“I know what you did during lockdown”: How I re-thought accessibility

I’m entering my 11th year at La Trobe University, and I’m halfway through a PhD.  2021 also marks my 11th year of living with an invisible illness. My illness, multiple chemical sensitivities, impedes my access to most buildings, though the implementation of a Learning Access Plan (LAP) devised by the AccessAbility Hub (formerly Equity and ...
Story of a Forest Trek

Story of a Forest Trek

  I have had the good fortune of living with the Orang Asli, Malaysia’s Aborigines, who are renowned as forest Indigenes. They are remarkable storytellers and from them, I learned that telling a good story is an effective way of conveying one’s thoughts or ideas. As humans, we are hardwired to communicate through stories. A ...
DEEP Events: Peace, Conflict and Education On(the)line

DEEP Events: Peace, Conflict and Education On(the)line

DEEP Germany, also known as DEEP Deutschland e.V., kicked off a new project called DEEP Events in  January 2021. The aim of DEEP Events is to create a place to come together to share ideas, skills and  information through platforms like Zoom (for now) and includes workshops, discussions and  interviews with guests from a wide ...

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