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Wilfred T. M. Berendsen
Wilfred T. M. Berendsen
	Wilfred T. M. Berendsen
Born	September 11, 1973; Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
Residence	Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Meta-semiotics, semiotics, phronesis, management, social sciences
	Scientific career
Fields	Social sciences, semiotics, management

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Wilfred T. M. Berendsen (born 11 September 1973) is a Dutch social researcher, change manager and independent theorist. He is known for developing a self-described "meta-semeiotical" body of understanding that he calls practicism (also spelled practisism), which he presents as a unifying framework intended to dissolve the distinction between theory and practice. His interests span semiotics, phronesis, storytelling, sensemaking, management and alternative monetary systems.

Biography

Berendsen was born in Lichtenvoorde, in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands, in 1973. He studied at the HEAO in Arnhem (now the HAN University of Applied Sciences), where he graduated in logistics and economics, and subsequently completed a programme in business administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, specialising in change management. He also spent several months studying at the Prague University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic, and during his studies worked in the Czech Republic, helping to establish a subsidiary for a Dutch company.

After graduating from Erasmus University, Berendsen worked on a multi-plant, cross-cultural implementation of the SAP enterprise software system, focusing on the material management components such as the material master, stock keeping, MRP and purchasing. He subsequently turned to independent research in the social sciences.

Outside his professional work, Berendsen is a falconer, and more specifically a sparviter, practising the art of hunting with the European sparrowhawk.

Work

Berendsen describes practicism as a "phronesis meta-semeiotical" body of understanding intended to unify theory and practice and to serve as a common foundation for the sciences and for human sensemaking. Within this framework he emphasises storytelling, narrating and antenarrating as methods for interpreting and reshaping social and economic life. He has also proposed an alternative monetary system, which he presents as a solution to economic and debt crises.

Berendsen's ideas are developed and circulated independently of established academic institutions, and his framework lies outside the mainstream of the social sciences and economics. His writings have been distributed through preprint and self-publishing platforms such as the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), the Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA), Academia.edu and Scribd, rather than through conventional peer-reviewed journals.

Abstracts

2011 - "Practicism: The Unifying Body of Understanding for Everything" (Read in full)

Media

2011 - Practicism: The Unifying Body of Understanding for Everything (Video Lecture)

External links

"Solution for the Economic Crisis" (SSRN)
Wilfred Berendsen at IDEAS/RePEc
"Towards a reenchanted society through storytelling and phronesis" (Academia.edu)

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 | birth_date = {{birth date|1973|09|11|mf=y}}
+| birth_place = Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
 | residence = Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
 | nationality = Dutch
+| fields = [[Social sciences]], [[semiotics]], [[management]]
 | known_for = [[Meta-semiotics]], [[semiotics]], [[phronesis]], [[management]], [[social sciences]]
 }}
-I am a social researcher and practitioner, and wrote two books, soon to be released, covering        # A meta-semiotic body of understanding, a sort of theory for everything, in which differences between theory and practice disappear.
+'''Wilfred T. M. Berendsen''' (born 11 September 1973) is a Dutch social researcher, change manager and independent theorist. He is known for developing a self-described "meta-semeiotical" body of understanding that he calls '''practicism''' (also spelled ''practisism''), which he presents as a unifying framework intended to dissolve the distinction between theory and practice. His interests span [[semiotics]], [[phronesis]], storytelling, sensemaking, [[management]] and alternative monetary systems.
-# An alternative money system enabling a whole new world of possibilities and existences.
-I was born in Lichtenvoorde, the Netherlands, in 1973. Some of my educational backgrounds include the HAN university of applied sciences (at that time called HEAO Arnhem) where I graduated in Logistics and Economics. Then also I completed Business Administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Specialization into change management. Besides that I studied some months at the Prague University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic.  During my studies in Arnhem and Rotterdam, I also worked in the Czech Republic. Setting up a subsidiary for a Dutch company there.
+==Biography==
-After graduation from Erasmus University, I enrolled into an SAP implementation project. Which was a multiplant, cross cultural implementation of SAP. Me working on the material management parts. The material master, stock keeping, MRP, purchasing and other material management functionalities. This was a very successful implementation, but of course this project ended.
+Berendsen was born in [[Lichtenvoorde]], in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands, in 1973. He studied at the HEAO in Arnhem (now the HAN University of Applied Sciences), where he graduated in logistics and economics, and subsequently completed a programme in business administration at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]], specialising in change management. He also spent several months studying at the Prague University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic, and during his studies worked in the Czech Republic, helping to establish a subsidiary for a Dutch company.
-After it I mainly pursued my research in social sciences and practises. Already knowing that there was something fundamentally wrong with our money system and economics. Later on, during my research I came to understand that just all of sciences are based on the wrong, (potentially) insane and damaging fundaments. But, more importantly, I came to understand that ALL of sciences and practises NEED to be grounded on one sole true great underlying structure and nature of ALL of our universes. This resulted in my phronesis meta-semeiotical body of understanding called practicism. Which is a unifying body of understanding for everything, unifying theory and practise. This body of understanding for everything HAS to become the new fundament for ALL of sciences and practises and ALL of human sensemaking.
+After graduating from Erasmus University, Berendsen worked on a multi-plant, cross-cultural implementation of the SAP enterprise software system, focusing on the material management components such as the material master, stock keeping, [[Material requirements planning|MRP]] and purchasing. He subsequently turned to independent research in the social sciences.
-Besides being a social researcher and practitioner and intellectual in change management, I am also kind of addicted to falconry. Being the art of hunting with birds of prey.
+Outside his professional work, Berendsen is a falconer, and more specifically a sparviter, practising the art of hunting with the [[Eurasian sparrowhawk|European sparrowhawk]].
-My work can be found through googling, there is quite a lot being published on the internet already. For instance on [http://www.scribd.com/wberendsen www.scribd.com/wberendsen] or [http://www.academia.edu/ www.academia.edu] and then my page there. Also I can be found on Facebook and Linkedin. Anyone interested in more information or wanting to negotiate is cordially invited to contact me.
+==Work==
+Berendsen describes practicism as a "phronesis meta-semeiotical" body of understanding intended to unify theory and practice and to serve as a common foundation for the sciences and for human sensemaking. Within this framework he emphasises storytelling, narrating and antenarrating as methods for interpreting and reshaping social and economic life. He has also proposed an alternative monetary system, which he presents as a solution to economic and debt crises.
+Berendsen's ideas are developed and circulated independently of established academic institutions, and his framework lies outside the mainstream of the social sciences and economics. His writings have been distributed through preprint and self-publishing platforms such as the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), the Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA), Academia.edu and Scribd, rather than through conventional peer-reviewed journals.
 ==Abstracts==
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 * 2011 - [http://www.worldsci.org/videos/dimdim/event_415_dimdim.flv Practicism: The Unifying Body of Understanding for Everything] (Video Lecture)
+==External links==
+* [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1791425 "Solution for the Economic Crisis"] (SSRN)
+* [https://ideas.repec.org/f/pbe373.html Wilfred Berendsen] at IDEAS/RePEc
+* [https://www.academia.edu/217241/Towards_a_reenchanted_society_through_storytelling_and_phronesis "Towards a reenchanted society through storytelling and phronesis"] (Academia.edu)
 [[Category:Scientist|Berendsen Wilfred]]