Opening Address to the 2nd International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting. Cape Town 24 November 2008.

dc.contributor.author	Ballim, Yunus
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-30T09:36:37Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-30T09:36:37Z
dc.date.issued	2004-11-24
dc.department	Civil Engineering
dc.description	Opening Address to the 2nd International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting. Cape Town 24 November 2008.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Most people, whether consciously or unconsciously, are attracted to what I shall call, the “great human narrative” of transformation through journey. We find the narrative attractive because it appears prominently - as a leitmotif - in much of the way in which we construct our religious and cultural understandings of ourselves. The journey narrative speaks strongly to our sense of identity - both as belonging to a group (tribe, nation, human, etc) but also as individual (adult, academic, gardener, etc). We recognise these identities as having been formed through difficult intellectual, spiritual and often, physical journey. Importantly, we think of the personal as well as the shared journey as a process towards a better understanding of complexity – towards a more enlightened view of the world and our place in it.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11195
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Opening Address to the 2nd International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting. Cape Town 24 November 2008.	en_US

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