Dia logos The root of the word dialogue goes back to Greek. Dia logos is most often translated as: through the word, between words or the flow of meanings.

In literature and life, dialogue is most often discussed from four perspectives:

• communication, interaction - dialogue as a conversation or a special form of communication in which mutual understanding is important;
• relationships - building bonds, healthy and close contacts, as well as human development thanks to dialogical relationships;
• collective intelligence - that is, the ability to learn from each other, make better decisions through appropriate communication, where listening and openness to other opinions are crucial;
• philosophy - where the focus is on man and his encounter with another human being (philosophy of dialogue, philosophy of encounter).

Associations concerning dialogue as a medium of communication, conversations come to mind most often, automatically, naturally. They do not exhaust, but only signal the possibility of reflection on dialogue. Dialogue, discussion, debate, conversation, polemic are words commonly used in the context of conversation. Often - wrongly - interchangeably. For example, in communication dialogue, we focus more on listening, understanding, explaining than convincing and wanting to prove the point - as in a debate.

What is dialogue for us?

"Dialogue is a kind of contact, interaction between people, in which mutual curiosity and openness to other people are important. The desire to find out what other person thinks, what she/he is, what her/his opinions, thoughts, experiences are. A relationship full of respect for difference, which enriches both parties, in which we learn from each other, thanks to which we know more and become better."

Iwona Kozieja-Grabowska

"Dialogue in its essence is a meeting of souls. That is why dialogue is so difficult to have in everyday life, because it requires stopping in the narrow gap that it is now, focusing on the other and forgetting about yourself, about your ego. Dialogue is the flow of meanings between our souls."

Zbyszek Grabowski

Why was the foundation focused on teaching and promoting dialogue established?