Working in Auroville

renedu · Sep 23rd, 2005, 19:13

I am applying for a position running a study abroad program based in Auroville.

Can anyone give me the low-down on A-ville.

I have never been, just read the travel lit on it and visited their massive website as well.

Thanks,

RMD

Priyamav · Sep 23rd, 2005, 19:33

I was born in Auroville, raised there untill I was 7, and have been back there regularly over the past years. So I know quite a bit about the place

You can pm me with any questions you may have.

Just out of curiosity, are you going to Auroville for the job or for Auroville?
It's usually not a place 'expats' go to for work, but rather people who want to go there to live in Auroville, by the ideals of Auroville...(which also means it's not a place people to go to for the money). But maybe for this position it's different.
I am curious to know.

terra1 · Sep 23rd, 2005, 21:27

We spend to weeks in AV last year. Going for three months this time for the intentions of moving there. email me and will answer what I can.

Frutiji · Sep 27th, 2005, 12:31

I have a soft spot for intentional communities where people are trying come up with better ways of being in the world, so I recently spent 10 days in Auroville for the first time and found it worthwhile. I found it a strange and complex place, though, and it would take me much longer to really get a deep sense of what it's all about.

It's basically just a small city (a very spread-out and dusty one) with it's people just wanting to go about their business, so visitors often feel a bit like they're getting the cold shoulder I'm told. Going there with a specific job or purpose is definitely a better way to experience what it's about, I think. You'll have the time to get under it's skin.

Some places and people are more open then others. It's actually a pretty diverse place, with people's values and lifestyles covering a broad spectrum. Some people are working really hard with all their hearts and some residents are probably just wanting an inexpensive place to do their own thing and live out their lives. I enjoyed asking Aurovillians how they felt about the Matrimandir, a huge golden golfball-shaped meditation building being built, at great cost, in the center of the city. The responses varied from hating it to loving it with everything in between.

So, I'd say Auroville's what you make of it. You can read more than you probably care to about my stay there in the last couple entries of my travel blog which you can link to from my profile.

Sep 23rd, 2005, 19:13	#1
renedu Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florence, Italy Posts: 112	Working in Auroville I am applying for a position running a study abroad program based in Auroville. Can anyone give me the low-down on A-ville. I have never been, just read the travel lit on it and visited their massive website as well. Thanks, RMD

Sep 23rd, 2005, 21:27	#3
terra1 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: san francisco Posts: 63	We spend to weeks in AV last year. Going for three months this time for the intentions of moving there. email me and will answer what I can. __________________ "there's never going to be any answer" Robert Ashley

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Sep 23rd, 2005, 19:33	#2
Priyamav Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: India (Bangalore, Pondicherry) Posts: 162	I was born in Auroville, raised there untill I was 7, and have been back there regularly over the past years. So I know quite a bit about the place You can pm me with any questions you may have. Just out of curiosity, are you going to Auroville for the job or for Auroville? It's usually not a place 'expats' go to for work, but rather people who want to go there to live in Auroville, by the ideals of Auroville...(which also means it's not a place people to go to for the money). But maybe for this position it's different. I am curious to know.

Sep 27th, 2005, 12:31	#4
Frutiji Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 35	I have a soft spot for intentional communities where people are trying come up with better ways of being in the world, so I recently spent 10 days in Auroville for the first time and found it worthwhile. I found it a strange and complex place, though, and it would take me much longer to really get a deep sense of what it's all about. It's basically just a small city (a very spread-out and dusty one) with it's people just wanting to go about their business, so visitors often feel a bit like they're getting the cold shoulder I'm told. Going there with a specific job or purpose is definitely a better way to experience what it's about, I think. You'll have the time to get under it's skin. Some places and people are more open then others. It's actually a pretty diverse place, with people's values and lifestyles covering a broad spectrum. Some people are working really hard with all their hearts and some residents are probably just wanting an inexpensive place to do their own thing and live out their lives. I enjoyed asking Aurovillians how they felt about the Matrimandir, a huge golden golfball-shaped meditation building being built, at great cost, in the center of the city. The responses varied from hating it to loving it with everything in between. So, I'd say Auroville's what you make of it. You can read more than you probably care to about my stay there in the last couple entries of my travel blog which you can link to from my profile.

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