Deterministic Emergence
In A New Kind of Science, Stephen Wolfram outlines an instance of the more general emergence approach using the basic insight that one may indeed get a...
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Following our conversation with Chorost, I was very intrigued by the enhanced interaction and interconnection that seemed to be the goal of such a technological innovation (giving human brains constant access to the internet). Overall, I very much enjoyed listening to the aspects of the conversation revolving around the notion of communication. Admittedly, when I first read the sections of the book I was a bit wary of such close interconnection between minds. However, after hearing the...
Jody and I have been fiddling with the syllabus this weekend.
For Tuesday, please read the essay by Pedro Noguera. We will not have time to talk through the Massey and Denton study of residential segregation, so have moved that into the category of optional/additional reading (in other words, you can let that one go...)
Please do bring bell hooks back to class with you, though; we are not done w/ her yet (and we suspect she is not quite done with us, either...
As a process painter and collage maker, I try to come in close to the line between conscious and unconscious processes and to work gently alongside it. I stick with the physical experience of paint and paper application. I enjoy shifting among various moves, weighting – and waiting! I want in painting not to execute intention but to find and drop it as needed and as possible.
“Effects...
Disruption in the Interpretation of Embodied Symbols
Final Web Event
Assumptions are made about individuals through the expression and interpretation of embodied acts and body language is the conduit for social meaning. The social meaning behind bodily acts are disrupted when the movement itself is not completely controlled by the individual. Disability, gender, and communication are all entangled in a web of perception, symbolism, and agency. This web of...
Notes towards Day 16 of
Critical Feminist Studies
Is a Canon a Cannon?
Found in OE. as canon, a. L. canon rule, a. Gr....
Prior to our classes this week, I was in the process of writing a blog post on self-referentiality and endlessness however, I found myself struggling to convey my thoughts so I scrapped the post. However, since endlessness dominated both classes this week, I thought I would return to the fragment of the post I started writing last week: In our discussion section last Thursday, we returned to the issue of self-...
One of my biggest questions for many years of my life has been, “what grade do I want to teach?” It has never been a question of IF I’m going to teach, but rather where I will be along the education spectrum. Throughout middle and high school I desired to be a Pre-K teacher, then moving up to include Pre-K through first grade. Upon coming to Bryn Mawr, the question arose all over again and I thought I had settled on third grade and had been complacent about that decision for about half a...
Is it our culture?
Microsoft Word Thesaurus connects the word forceful
with the word persuasive
(and powerful).
This thesaurus is a great dinosaur.
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Memory’s Identity
Autobiographical memories are neither static nor objective in scope. Both the processes of encoding and recalling memories affect how a memory is preserved. While encoding a memory, a person will subconsciously decide what details will be remembered. The details can range from external sensory observations...
Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities
Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
Narrative is determined not by a desire to narrate but by a desire to exchange. (Roland Barthes, S/Z)
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