Are you a seeker, an explorer, a khoji?
Are you excited about conducting your own experiments with truth?
Are you interested in exploring the questions: Who am I, what are my gifts, what is my higher purpose?
Come learn about the Basics of Self-Designed Learning and How to Design Your Own One Year Learning Program. We invite you to a 6-day adventure for learners of ages 17 - 23 to learn about the spirit of being a khoji and our new 1-year learning program at Swaraj University <www.swarajuniversity.org> in Udaipur.
Self-designed learning basically means that each learner actively designs and customises their own learning program according to their specific talents, questions, concerns and dreams. There is ample scope for learners to explore many areas at the same time and develop their own trans-disciplinary curriculum. We believe in learning by experimenting, learning by making mistakes, learning by reflecting, learning by unlearning, learning by collaborating and learning by seva (sacred service). We believe that our learning goes deep when we are in community together - alone i can go faster, together we can go farther.
This workshop will offer:
- deep insights and motivation from Manish Jain and Vidhi Jain
- practical tools and frameworks for you to customize and design your 1-year program;
- experiences and tips from former khojis;
- information on learning journeys and travel opportunities;
- internships and exploration of Alivelihoods careers and social entrepreneurship;
- additional available learning resources in the Indian Multiversities Alliance and the
Global Ecoversities Alliance, etc.
We will also share more details of how you can be part of Swaraj University's upcoming new cohort. The workshop will include a 1-day learning journey around Udaipur where you will visit and meet several inspiring people and projects.
The workshop will be facilitated by Manish Jain (co-founder Swaraj University and Ecoversities Alliance), Harsh Wardhan, Mrudula Bhale, Sumit Bhale, Dviti Bafna. Parents are invited to visit on the August 6th for a short introduction to the programs.
Schedule:
We start on Sunday, August 6th, 2023, 11:00 am and go until Saturday, August 12th, 2023, 5:30 pm. You are also welcomed to stay back on 12th night and attend the Hulchul cafe at Shikshantar.
Contribution:
Like many places across India and around the world, Swaraj University is experimenting with rethinking our lifestyle and our relationship with ourselves, our work, our resources, and our communities. We are questioning, challenging and experimenting with our set notions of money. So, we welcome you to join our experiment and explore your relationship with money.
By participating in such workshops you are, in a non-monetary way , supporting and encouraging such learning spaces to thrive and stay alive. You are, in a beautiful way, taking forward the larger movement of reclaiming our learning.
However, it is important we all contribute and take care of the needs of the place and meet the actual expenses for hosting such a workshop.
The suggested contribution for this workshop is 9000/-. By contributing this amount (or more), you would also partly be helping those who find it hard to access these spaces due to financial constraints. Money should not be a barrier to your attending. Please ask for a partial scholarship if you need it.
Please feel free to forward this invite to your friends, family, networks that you are part of and people you feel would love to be part of such a workshop.
Please call Harsh at +91 9958311401 for any details.
Regards,
Team Swaraj Uni.
