Category: Emerging Models

The Senses and Society – Sensory Studies

27 Dec 2011

The Senses and Society The Senses and Society is a journal founded in 2006 by Michael Bull and David Howes, together with Doug Kahn and Paul Gilroy. It is published three times a year. The journal carries full-length articles and a range of reviews (sensory design, book, conference and exhibition). The inaugural issue is available … More The Senses and Society – Sensory Studies

Reflection 1: learning to listen also means to learn to be heard

25 Dec 2011

// Reflection 1: learning to listen also means to learn to be heard I have began to read two texts that deal with entirely different parts of learning but seem somehow very complementary. The first is The hundred languages of children, the Reggio Emilia approach – advanced reflections, edited by Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini and George … More Reflection 1: learning to listen also means to learn to be heard

My research

17 Dec 2011

How is taking my family down to Nicaragua related to new media and education? Or how did my research take me there? Every society that depends on procreation for its survival must take into account in its social organization that children initially require a great deal of care (Matthews, 2007). I have been studying the … More My research

Epigenetics – How Grandma’s Health Affects Your Child’s

2 Nov 2011

Excerpt from Epigenetics – How Grandma’s Health Affects Your Child’s. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance — or epigenetics, for short — doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Yet this idea that environmental factors (such as diet, lifestyle choices and behaviors, and stress) can change the health not only of the people who are exposed to them, but … More Epigenetics – How Grandma’s Health Affects Your Child’s

Six Views of Embodied Cognition

1 Nov 2011

The emerging viewpoint of embodied cognition holds that cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body’s interactions with the world. This position actually houses a number of distinct claims, some of which are more controversial than others. This paper distinguishes and evaluates the following six claims: 1) cognition is situated; 2) cognition is time-pressured; 3) … More Six Views of Embodied Cognition

The New Global Economy – Project Syndicate

27 Oct 2011

The New Global Economy (re-blogged) Ten years ago, rich countries dominated the world economy, accounting for two-thirds of global GDP. Since then, their share has fallen to just over half. In ten years, it could decline to a mere 40%, with emerging markets producing most global output. The pace of this shift in economic power … More The New Global Economy – Project Syndicate

Don’t Diss The Drum Circles: Why Hippie Culture Is Still Important to Our Protests | Activism & Vision | AlterNet

27 Oct 2011

Don’t Diss The Drum Circles: Why Hippie Culture Is Still Important to Our Protests (Re-blogged It is precisely the mystical utopian energy that most professional progressives so smugly dismiss that has aroused a salient, mass political consciousness on economic issues. October 25, 2011 | Progressives and mainstream Democratic pundits disagree with each other about many … More Don’t Diss The Drum Circles: Why Hippie Culture Is Still Important to Our Protests | Activism & Vision | AlterNet