Our retreat was a foundational event for this research network: our diverse group of researchers, and including Critical Friends from Latin America, India, China, Southeast Asia and Europe, had the opportunity to envision and design composition, program and methodology of this network in a series of focused workshops. Shortly before Christmas at a quaint, historical monastery run by the Salvatorians in the midst of the Eifel hills, the ambience did its part in a productive and inspiring event.
