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Veresov's section was exactly about relation ( matching) between theory and practice; it was very lively thanks to Nickolay's charismatic leading the discussion. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:00 AM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the added ideas, Volker-- A broad spectrum for sure. > > I have heard a couple of comments about a felt gap between theoretical > focus > and real life, practical relevance. > > Were there any discussions of the theory/practice relationship that seemed > to you helpful? Any good examples? I think this relates to the tension > between "teacher for the people" and "reviewers" but i am unsure. > > mike > > > > , Sep 13, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Volker Bunzendahl <volker@volker.dk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > second thoughts, part 2: > >> > > > > the next session I attended to was:*Psychology of art and literature*, > > where *Ana María Rodriguez* talk about how art-workshops - for the > > participants, created an new way of self-experience, and change of > memory, > > through collective and public participation.*Bella Kotic-Friedgut* talked > > about Vygotskys early years, his writings about Hamlet, about Dostojevski > > and his "antisemitism", about how theater and the revolution in USSR - > for > > Vygotsky showed a contradiction, with similarity to our own role as > > researchers: Do we want to be "teacher for the people" or do we want to > be > > "reviewers"... or both, as reflective practitioners? *Ann Maj NIelsen* > > talked about her work with children's use of, and understanding of first > and > > second order symbolism. It demands that we are able to listen to > children, > > and that we manage to ask the questions, where children talk about their > > experience. We will then be able to be open for understanding the role of > > Sensory Appeal (in first order) and Cultural Codes (in second order > > symbolism), which shape what we understand or do not understand. > > > > the next day, key speaker number one, Lucy Suchman, about Human Artifact > > Interface. It was interesting, but her final point, that the best use of > > artifacts is in health care and the military, made me think: ok, we may > only > > shoot healthy people? - bad joke, but it was not my cop of cafe late. > > > > after that, *Elinor Ochs, Experiencing language.* > > She showed us four different views, 1) language as representational , > where > > she combined Kohut and Geertz in an interesting way. Here we see symbolic > > language as authentic, and the society as immoral, in contrast to > > Aristoteles positive picture of "the political animal". On the other > hand, > > Wittgenstein shows us the opposite, symbolic language is in-authentic. > > View 2: (Lacan) Words as "master signifier", view 3: (Boas) Language is > not > > one-to-one mappings. Language is inherently categorical. Language has > > indexical capacity. > > View 4: Everyday language in movement as an experience of unfolding > meaning > > as a social and personal creation. Experience as performance - temporal > > unfolding living experiences.. > > > > I have to read some of her work, I think, and she closed by pointing to a > > book by Agamben: the coming community. > > > > more to come ... > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**____________ > > > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca< > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > -- Sincerely yours Bella Kotik-Friedgut __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca