Articles by Francisco Gomes de Matos
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(Português) Declaração de Paz Global 2024
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2024
Dia Internacional da Paz, 21 setembro 2024
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Dignity Visible
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
Dignity
Where can you be found?
Where can we hear your sweet sound?
The Day Weapons Refused to Kill
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
Nonkilling Society
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Johan Galtung’s Longevity: 93 Years
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
Inspired by His Creative Humanizing Dignifying Harmonizing Longevity
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International Day of Peace –> 21 September
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Sep 2023
Fear? Not even…
→ read full articleYearning for PEACE
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Apr 2023
When for Peace
We yearn…
Juxtaposition
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Feb 2023
When peace and language we juxtapose…
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Transcending Communicatively
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2022
Communicatively how to transcend?
Ensuring communicative peace will never end
Peace Prayer
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2022
For Global Peace let’s all pray…
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Scoring Goals for Peace
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2022
Let’s play…
→ read full articlePositivizers
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2022
Fill in the blanks
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(Português) Gols para Paz
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2022
Um Jogo Imaginativo
→ read full articleNever to Fear: 21 Sep UN Day of Peace
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Sep 2022
Let’s do our share: All for Peace!
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Pedagogy of Positiveness
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jun 2022
Positives vs Negatives
→ read full articlePedagogy of Positiveness
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Apr 2022
A Plea
→ read full articlePlea to Second Language Educators
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2022
Dear second language educators,
When to your teaching Peace Linguistics you apply
your students achieve more than communication
They experience a deep transformation
(Português) Guerra?
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Feb 2022
Quem opta por guerra
E’ inimigo da Terra
Diplomaticamente erra
A Multidimensional View of PEACE
Francisco Gomes De Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jan 2022
PEACE is
Harmony serenely shared
Tribute to Paulo Freire
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Sep 2021
100 Years of His Birth
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Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2020
Let s love Nature
Snow falls
Sun shines
Talking to Clouds
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Aug 2020
Let’s look at the clouds that go by
and ask them to learn from the sky
Why do so many people die
The End of Coronavirus: An Anticipatory View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jun 2020
When will the corona virus end?
When W.H.O this statement will globally send
The virus is under control and
globally prevented
Coronavirus Advice
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Apr 2020
Digniview
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Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Apr 2020
Tranquilidade
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(Português) Poema de Ano Novo
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2019
Quando o Ano Novo começa,
é natural que a Deus se peça
Saúde, Paz e Prosperidade
(Português) 70 Anos da Declaração Universal de Direitos Humanos 1948-2018
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2019
Lista incompleta… adicione ítens.
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Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2019
Sempre harmonizar. Jamais hostilizar
Sempre inspirar. Jamais conspirar…
Communicating Nonviolently: A Preventive Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2019
Let’s always harmonize. Let’s never antagonize.
Let’s always inspire. Let’s never conspire…
The Ecological Force of NON
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2019
When before Violence/Killing
the prefix NON we pose
The PEACE power of NON
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2019
When to NONviolence we commit
No forms of harm we permit
For Humanity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2019
One day in the not-too-distant future, by all governments/nations, a Global Peace Treaty will be signed!
To all signatories, a dual mission will be assigned:
Conceptual Embedding: A Continuum
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2019
Human Rights are embedded in Dignity
Dignity is embedded in Character
Character is embedded in Conduct…
Aging
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Sep 2019
Among the deplorable – isms that hurt and dehumanize
Ageism is one all Humanity should learn to neutralize
Praying Nonkillingly
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2019
A Mosaic of Poetic Pleas
→ read full article(Poesia~Português) Vida em Plenitude
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2019
Vida em plenitude
requer profunda atitude
On Influencers as Global Re-commencers: A Peace Linguist´s Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jan 2019
Influential persons are now called INFLUENCERS
What are some of their distinctive positive traits?
On Transforming Humanity: A Checklist for Reflection/Research
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jan 2019
We want Humanity politically to transform
but current political systems how to reform ?
A Global Prayer for PEACE
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
For Peace on Earth
Let’s pray every day
TRANSforming Humanity: A Challenge to Peace Linguistics Applicability
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
Continue reading…
→ read full articleOn the DIGNIprominence of Applied Peace Linguistics
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Dec 2018
Among the branches of Applied Linguistics, Peace Linguistics stands out
because much deeper goals a peace linguist locally and globally carries out
Peace Education, Peace Psychology, Peace Linguistics: Toward a Humanity-improving Integration
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2018
Peace Education, Peace Psychology and Peace Linguistics interconnected they are
Their principles and applications will help Humanity go far
Peaceful, nonviolent, nonkilling human beings the world urgently needs
May peace educators, peace psychologists, and peace linguists globally plant PEACE seeds
Toward a Global Peace Literacy: A Peace Linguist´s Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2018
One day Peace Literacy will be globalized
The right to be educated for Peace will be recognized
The Longevity Poster
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2018
Rhymes for Reflection/Research
→ read full articleNature: A PositiVIEW
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
Let´s refer to Nature positively;
Let´s avoid speaking of “the fury of Nature”
or describing the force of winds as “killing”!
An Imaginary Interplanetary Journey
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2018
An imaginary journey, also interplanetary?
How could its goal become extraordinary?
(Português) A Língua Portuguesa
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jul 2018
A língua portuguesa vai além: SER ou ESTAR para o BEM
→ read full articleScoring Goals for Peace
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jun 2018
On the Occasion of 2018 Football World Cup in Russia
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Children for Peace
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2018
A Multidimensional View
→ read full articleJournalists as Peacebuilders
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2018
A Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleOn Communicative Goodness: A Peace Linguist’s View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2018
The communicative good we can do
should help our dignity deeply renew
On Longevity: A Digniview
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2018
LONGEVITY ? In a Book of LIFE more than a daily page
→ read full articlePEACE Everywhere: Let’s Show We Dare. How? A Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Apr 2018
An important check list to help make us believe that peace is possible and a human right for all people.
→ read full articlePeace Education, Peace Psychology, and Peace Linguistics: Key Questions for Reflection/Research
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Apr 2018
1. Educationally, what is Peace? What are some of its educational distinctive features?
2. What can Education/Dignity/Human Rights contribute to an understanding of PEACE and vice-versa? How?
Preventing for Peace: A Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Mar 2018
When aggression we prevent…
bullying
corruption
crime
Let’s Speak PEACE: A Plea to All Language Users
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2018
Let´s speak PEACE wherever we may be
by teaching one another peacefully the world to see
On Longevity: Reflections
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jan 2018
Longevity is a life-lengthening quality
Longevity is a human-dignifying seniority…
(Português) Cidadãos Globais Podem Fazer a Diferença–Como?
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jan 2018
Homenagem a Johan Galtung, criador da área de Estudos de Paz.
→ read full articleOn OPTIMISM: A Peace Linguist’s Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2017
Optimism is a powerful sea on which to sail
It challenges all ships to make PEACE prevail
Sowing Sapient Superlatives: A Peace Linguist’s Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
1. Who are the most peaceful language users in……………..? What is their communicative peace competence like?
2. Who are the most inspiring peacebuilding educators in………..? In what peacebuilding efforts do they excel? How?
PEACE: An Ultimate Planetary Need
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2017
Humanity needs Peace!
Who feeds Peace?
Who is fed Peace? By whom?
How? Where? When? Why?
On LONGEVITY PLUS: a Rhymed Reflection
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2017
If an octogenarian you have become, how do you celebrate your longevity:
By humbling sharing your appreciation with humanity?
On Cosmodignifiers: A Futurist Reflection
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2017
A Dialogue between Two Futurists, A and B
→ read full articleA Tribute to Johan Galtung on His 87th Birthday
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2017
As Global Citizens, How Can We Make a Dignifying Difference?
→ read full article(Português) Cidadãos Globais Podem Fazer a Diferença – Como?
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2017
Uma homenagem a JOHAN GALTUNG, criador da área de ESTUDOS DA PAZ.
→ read full articleFrom Japan for Humanity: A Tribute to Dr. Hideo Tsuchiyama
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Sep 2017
To atomic radiation he was exposed
The Nagasaki Peace Movement he eloquently proposed
Ecolinguistics: Rhymed Reflections
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2017
Between language users and their environments,
a myriad relationships there are.
Given such oceanic diversity,
has our human ecolinguistic identity gone very far?
All Languages Use for Peace: A Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jun 2017
All languages are mental marvels for meaning-making,
but are they being used globally for peacemaking?
An Encyclical That Will Dignify Humanity: An Anticipatory Plea
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2017
Pope Francis` contribution to World Peace will never cease
if as the climax of his papacy he writes an Encyclical on Nonviolent Peace
A Rhymed Reflection Never Before Proclaimed
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 May 2017
All types of nuclear weapons let us abhor.
The mention of any types of nuclear war let us deplore.
In Memory of Morton Deutsch: A Rhymed Reflection
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Apr 2017
Morton Deutsch was the main co-editor of the acclaimed The Handbook of Conflict Resolution-Theory and Practice, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2014. The renowned Columbia University psychologist passed away March 13, 2017.
→ read full articleDoes PEACE JOURNALISM Help…
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2017
The Checklist is open-ended… far from complete.
→ read full articleOn an Extraordinary Pa(i)ge
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jan 2017
A Rhymed Reflection in Memoriam of Prof. Glenn Paige
→ read full articlePeace: A Multidimensional View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jan 2017
Peace Art imagines the way
Peace Education builds the way…
Teachers’ Day: 5 October
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2016
Being a teacher calls for multiple abilities.
→ read full articleOh Brazil!
Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jul 2016
A positive anticipatory view.
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Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jul 2016
Brasil, uma imagiNAÇÃO
→ read full articleShakespeare’s Universe: A Nonkilling View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 May 2016
Shakespeare`s TO BE OR NOT TO BE is a universe of choices
to be or not to be experienced-expressed by a myriad human voices
Just War No More! PEACE to the Fore!
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 May 2016
To war Humankind seeks a wise global solution
that is well beyond a conceptual evolution
An Encyclical on Nonviolence: An Anticipatory Approach
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 May 2016
In his encyclical on Nonviolence, Pope Francis will be uniquely inspired :
examples of applications of Jesus` teachings will be required
Diplomatic Relations: A Nonkilling Perspective
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Feb 2016
When between two countries diplomatic relations are broken
what peace-building-reuniting language could be spoken?
Human Rights, Human Rights: A Poem-Plea to Humankind
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Feb 2016
Human Rights, Human Rights
You have been violated how many thousands of days and nights?
The Day President Obama Cried
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2016
Yesterday on television President Obama addressed his nation
on new measures to be taken concerning gun-control legislation
On Refugee Migrants` Right to Live: A Nonkilling View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Feb 2016
Migrant
Refugee migrant
Migration
Refugee migration
Nonkiling: A Checklist for Family Use
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Oct 2015
This checklist has a dual purpose:
→ read full articleTo Johan Galtung on His Birthday
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2015
Peacebuilders/educators/makers everywhere let’s rejoice
Today let’s acknowledge the privilege of hearing Johan Galtung’s voice.
On October 24, 85 blessed years old he will be
Linguistic Rights of the Elderly
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2015
A Checklist for Reflection/Research
→ read full article(Português) Alerta Ecolinguístico
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2015
Atenção à digital descomunhão
Cuidado com a desagregadora WhatsApptidão:
On Japan’s new Pacifism: Questions —
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2015
The mass media say that, in Japan, pacifism is being rethought.
What kind of perspective/government policy is being sought?
Peace Can Be Transcended
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Oct 2015
Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleUsing Positivizers: Focus on Verbs
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Sep 2015
Use each verb in the appropriate blank. Then expand the list with verbal positivizers in contextualized messages. Use the set for group reflection.
→ read full articleOn My Beloved Wife Helen’s Dignity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Sep 2015
12 September 2015
Helen`s life as a spouse was lived in dignity
enhanced by her daily spiritual activity
Refugees Right to Survive: A Nonkilling Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Sep 2015
When refugees may die while fleeing from violence where they live,
What assistance to those people do other countries give?
Toward Constructive, Peaceful, Globalizing Countries
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Sep 2015
A Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleGlobalizing DIGNITY: An Anticipatory View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Aug 2015
Globally, when will DIGNITY grow?
When honesty and integrity all countries sow
On Compassionate Care
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Aug 2015
Rhymed Reflections
→ read full articleOn Altruism
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Aug 2015
Rhymed Reflections
→ read full articleThe News Media as a Masterful Means of Multiple Meaning-Making
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Aug 2015
A Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleThe Nuclear Agreement with Iran: A Nonkilling View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jul 2015
A Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleToward a World Pedagogy of Positiveness: A Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 May 2015
Sad to see that in my parts of the world there is increasing negativity,
which calls for educators everywhere to enhance the power of positivity
If we look at Positiveness and Negativity in the History of Languages will be shown?
Will uses of those two concepts in spoken/written vocabulary have grown?
Migrants´ Right to Live Should Not Be Killed
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Apr 2015
Humankind may boast of many a life-saving technological invention,
but does it succeed, when challenged by migrant death prevention?…