Peter Gonsalves
Peter Gonsalves is from Mumbai, India. He was born in a family that experienced centuries of political, economic, social and cultural changes which transformed an archipelago of verdant islands into a congested and chaotic metropolis. His trilogy on Gandhi's communication through cloth and clothing is the result of twenty years of experience in the promotion of media education for a culture of peace. A priest and Salesian of Don Bosco, Peter is a member of SIGNIS, a world association of Catholic communicators, and was president of INTERSIG, its international section. He has Masters diplomas in Philosophy (Jnanadeepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, 1982), Journalism and Communication (Symbiosis, Pune, 1993) and Media Education (British Film Institute, London, 2003). In 2007 he completed his PhD in Communication at Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, where he has taught 'History of Media', 'Media Education', 'Peace Communication', and was in charge of the doctoral program of the Faculty of the Sciences of Communication. Here he served as Dean between 2015-2018 and was appointed consultor to the Vatican Dicastery for Communications from 2017 to 2023. Among other publications, he is also author of the teachers' manuals for South Asia titled, 'Exercises in Media Education' (1999) and 'Exercises in Peace Education' (2018), which are freely downloadable here or at his website. His latest publication is a 400-page book on 'Don Bosco's Peace Culture' (2022). www.petergonsalves.in.
Address: Faculty of the Sciences of Social Communication
Salesian Pontifical University,
Piazza dell'Ateneo Salesiano 1,
Roma 00139
Italy
Address: Faculty of the Sciences of Social Communication
Salesian Pontifical University,
Piazza dell'Ateneo Salesiano 1,
Roma 00139
Italy
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The author first prepares the ground for the theoretical investigation by exploring the breadth of Gandhi’s communication skills. He provides essential information on a wide range of Gandhi’s communication skills, with a view to proposing interesting areas of research for communication scholars.
The book deals with the qualitative and quantitative aspects of Gandhi’s verbal output, his linguistic capacity, his journalistic and letter-writing style, his peace communication in an atmosphere of conflict, his organizational ability and the international repercussions of his mass mediated messages. It also elaborates the different types of non-verbal communication he used, such as silence, fasting, clothing, personal presence and charisma.
The book closes with, perhaps for the first time, a Gandhian approach to symbolisation for socio-political change. Photographs of Gandhi in different phases of his life have been used to provide a visual chronology of sartorial change and emphasise the arguments in the book." - Sage Publications
'Clothing for Liberation' is also translated into Hindi and Marathi by Sage-Bhasha, India.
The book brings together historical evidence of Gandhi's search for a semiotics of attire in his quest for personal integrity and socio-political change. From a multidisciplinary perspective, it closely examines the 'subversion' underlying his sartorial communication.
The symbolic potential for change which khadi has, is therefore seen, not merely as 'revolution' or 'sedition', but as a sustained, well-organised strategy for achieving full independence or purna swaraj.
The author also discusses the complex challenges in Gandhi's highly polarized environment, such as the conflict between the British Empire and the Indian National Congress, Hindu-Muslim tensions, the urban-rural divide, and the question of untouchability.
Photographs, illustrations and an extensive appendix considerably add to the historical value of the study, making it useful for students and scholars in various fields of South Asian research." - Sage Publications
'Khadi: Mega Symbol...' is also translated into Hindi and Marathi by Sage-Bhasha, India.
I traduttori: Peter Gonsalves e Paola Springhetti
“Non sarebbe presuntuoso affermare che Gandhi ha avuto un posto privilegiato nella memoria papale” dice Peter Gonsalves.
LINK: https://it.aleteia.org/2021/02/03/i-papi-e-gandhi-i/
I Papi e Gandhi - 2
L'archetipo di leadership perfetta in Cristo ispira i Papi e anche gli uomini che hanno fatto la storia.
LINK: https://it.aleteia.org/2021/02/05/papi-e-gandhi-papa-francesco-2/
+ the Spanish version of Aleteia.org <https://es.aleteia.org/2021/01/30/papa-francisco-y-gandhi-5-claves-de-liderazgo-con-el-ejemplo/>
+ the Italian version of Aleteia.org <https://it.aleteia.org/2021/02/05/papi-e-gandhi-papa-francesco-2/>
la Bibbia al Gujarat National College di Ahmedabad, in India. Il prof. Peter dimostra che Gandhi ha rivendicato il suo diritto personale di essere ispirato da Gesù, ma senza aderire ad una denominazione cristiana e senza respingere la pari dignità di tutte le scritture. Ha creduto che “l’imitazione di Cristo o l’identificazione morale con lui” fosse l’imperativo universale, ma ha respinto il “cristianesimo” a causa della sua dipendenza dal potere imperiale, dalla cultura lassista e dalle pretese di salvezza esclusiva che ha offuscato la sua identità originale. Ha “respinto il cristianesimo per amore di Gesù”.
NB: This article was submitted for publishing in November 2019, a month before young people in universities across India woke up to protest against a discriminatory law in the style and manner of a Gandhian 'satyagraha'. This fact alone is a welcome corrective to my negative impression expressed in the introductory part of the article.
Published also in «Gandhi Marg» 41/4 (2020) pp 465-472.
Also published in 'Gandhi Marg' vol 40/1-2, 2018, 91-96.
https://gandhimargjournal.org/2018/04/05/volume-40-issue-12-april-september-2018/