Articles by Francisco Gomes de Matos
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(Português) Ecolinguagem
Francisco Gomes de Matos, Elza Kioko N. N. do Couto, Adilson Marques & Hildo Honório do Couto, A Arvinha – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
A primeira ideia que vem à mente quando ouvimos a palavra ‘ecolinguagem’ é a de que ela seria a “linguagem ecologicamente correta”. Essa é a opinião do leigo. Porém, ela é apenas parcialmente correta e pode levar a interpretações equivocadas, como sói acontecer. Usar ecolinguagem é admitir e assimilar a visão ecológica do mundo.
→ read full articleThe Mobilization of Nonkilling: A Needed Global Effort
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Dec 2014
When terrorists kill people who are praying,
It is also Humankind that those killers are slaying.
On Writing: A Nonkilling View
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Oct 2014
Writing is not a fight
It is rather a light
(Português) ECOmetaforizando para o BEM
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Sep 2014
Um monte de problemas temos que enfrentar ?
Rios de boas soluções saibamos encontrar
(English/Portuguese) Ecolinguisticamente Rimando em Português e Inglês
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Sep 2014
Ecolinquistical Rhymes in English and Portuguese
→ read full articleSpiritual Leaders for Nonkilling
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Sep 2014
Spiritual leaders,
Most powerful is what you teach
spiritually you guide and inspire
people East and West you reach
Religions for Peace
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Sep 2014
Religions for Peace
A mission never to cease
Ecolinguistic Communication
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Sep 2014
Rhymed Reflections
→ read full articleLet’s Wave the Nonkilling Flag: A Global Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Sep 2014
When the Nonkilling Flag we wave
We show our community how to be brave
Humankind-Improving Concepts
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleLet’s Open a Nonkilling Door: A Global Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Aug 2014
When we see or read/hear about many innocent persons being brutally killed in a current war
Let´s plead guilty globally for Humankind is becoming more shamefully destructive than before
(Português) Por Uma Pedagogia dos Humilhados
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jul 2014
Uma Reflexão Rimada
→ read full article(Português) Diferenças entre ESCREVER e REDIGIR
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jul 2014
Posso saber escrever, mas redigir, saberei?
As diferenças entre os dois processos, explicar saberei?
60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Poem-Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jun 2014
Sixty years ago the UDHR was proclaimed
Humankind’s living conditions to improve
Nonkilling Peace between East and West: A Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 May 2014
When will East and West be able to live in Nonkilling Peace?
When all conflicts and wars within or between them will cease.
On Dignity in Democracy
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jan 2014
A Rhymed Reflection Dedicated to Litang Cui
→ read full articleGlobally Needed: A Nonkilling Musical Conscience
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2013
If in a song we hear the life-destructing verb to kill
Does it mean that its composers make life stand still?
(Português) Pela Dignidade Terminológica: Um Apelo
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2013
Reflexões rimadas traduzidas-adaptadas do original (inglês) “On terminological dignity for human beings”. A tradução é dedicada aos terminológos que se dedicam à língua portuguesa.
→ read full articleWar No More
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2013
A poem-plea dedicated to Johan Galtung.
→ read full articleOn Nelson Mandela`s Legacy to the History of Dignity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
Nelson Mandela left us physically
but he is still among us dignifyingly
On DIGNITechnologizing
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2013
Since Literacy has been called the Technology of the Intellect
Dignity could be referred to as the Technology of Deep Respect
NONKILLING: A New Force for a Peaceful World
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
Rhymed Reflections
→ read full article(Português) Os Direitos da Criança Sob a Perspectiva do Não Matar: Apelo aos Adultos
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Em nome das crianças do mundo, estas Reflexões Rimadas são apresentadas:
Como crianças, estamos felizes por saber que temos o direito de brincar.
Por isso, adultos, considerem seriamente o que nós vamos reivindicar
School Subject Textbook Authors for Nonkilling: A Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Mar 2013
School subject textbook authors,
Globally, you play a very relevant role in Education:
Provide contents to learners` multifaceted preparation
Millions of children, adolescents and adults benefit from the materials you produce
Filmmakers for Nonkilling
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Feb 2013
Filmmakers,
Creatively, you seek world audiences to entertain
through increasingly varied genres of filmmaking
but sadly, a tradition of violence many movies sustain
and viewers are exposed to cruel forms of killing
On a Draft UN Declaration on the Right to Peace
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Feb 2013
Of all the many political documents in which Humankind may excel
there is one in which universal human intent is expressed well:
On my Soul
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jan 2013
Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleThe Right to Live Peacefully
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2013
If the Right to Life and the Right to Peace we combine
a new, deeply humanizing right will be yours and mine…
For Nonkilling Education: A Plea to Humankind
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2012
Rhymed Reflections
→ read full articleNonkilling Lessons from the Connecticut Killings
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
The world cries again; innocent lives in Connecticut were sacrificed
and current legislation for gun control and use once more unsufficed…
A Peace Paradigm
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2012
Dedicated to Bernard Spolsky
Conflict resolution, Nonviolent resolution, Nonkilling resolution, Peaceful resolution, Peaceful (re)solution, PEACE is the solution!
The Right to Water
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Oct 2012
To Water all human beings should have the right
but why isn´t that vital right always in sight?
On The Dignity of Being Forgetful
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2012
Rhymed Reflection
→ read full articleDignity in Charity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Oct 2012
When, in the media, people boast of their charity
Doesn´t that behavior violate humanitarian dignity?
Prerequisites to Planetary Peace: A Nonkilling Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2012
In a critical perspective, all current political systems would be taught
Their peace-nonviolence-nonkilling common denominators would be sought
TRANSCENDING Multidimensionally: A rhymed reflection
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Oct 2012
What will happen when politically all Humankind transcend?
To more dignifying political systems we will ascend
A Global Plea for Spiritual Dignity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2012
Rhymed Reflections
When religious/spiritual systems are communicatively disrespected and violated
Universal spiritual dignity is not only being infected but literally decimated
On PEACE: An Artistic Paradigm
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
PEACE can be verbalized
PEACE can be imagined : PEACE universalized !
Defining DIGNITY Didactically through Rhymed Reflections
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
DIGNITY has to do with character elevation
It also refers to one`s wisdom in conversation
Distinctive Features of NONKILLING
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2012
NONKILLING dignifies personal power
NONKILLING dignifies public power
The History of Humankind Is Also a History of Dignification
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2012
A Rhymed Reflection
If, on the one hand, the history of Humankind is a history of edification
On the other hand, the history of Humankind is also a history of humiliation
A Peace Nonkillingly Sustained
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2012
Many types of peace Humankind may see
Many ways of promoting peace there may be
Communicative Humiliation: A Sociolinguistic Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2012
1. How is humiliation communicated in your community: by spoken/written/sign language/gestures?
2. In what social contexts does/did the humiliation take place? Home/work/school/public places (church, stadiums, political meetings, shopping malls, parades, etc)
Glenn Paige Nonkilling Schools: A Plea
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2012
To establish a school aimed at genocide-prevention education
calls for a compassionate, courageous, Nonkilling transformation
In the village of Kazimia, Eastern Congo, a Glenn Paige Nonkilling
School can be found
Rhymed Reflections: Dignity in Human Rights, Literature and Spirituality
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jul 2012
Human Rights educators/practitioners,
In your advocacy, efforts, initiatives for/in/through Human Rights, much
more dignity you can bring…
On Writing Peace Poetry
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2012
When poetry for peace we write
We mean a much deeper might
On Types of Humiliation: A Checklist
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2012
Who has been subjected to what type of humiliation? A checklist (nouns ending in -ATION)
→ read full articleRhymed Reflections
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jul 2012
Mediators, To Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice, more dignity you can bring…
→ read full articleKnowledge for/in/through Dignity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jul 2012
In this age of digital learning, so much knowledge Humankind can embrace
but humanizingly, dignifyingly knowledge do we know how to trace?
A Plea of Pleas for Nonkilling
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Rhymed Reflections Dedicated to the Center for Global Nonkilling
→ read full articleCreativity
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
Where is Creativity?
→ read full articleOn TRANSCENDING: Rhymed Reflections
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Apr 2012
1. When will humankind be able to peacefully TRANSCEND?
When to all forms of violence and killing we will put AN END.
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