Re: [xmca] Gita Vygotskaya's orbituary by Elena Kravtsova

[Steve Gabosch <stevegabosch@me.com>]

Gita touched the lives of many people.  She touched mine, too.
Yesterday, I thought of a question I want to ask her, about her father.
- Steve


On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Elina Lampert-Shepel wrote:

> Dear Leif and Mike, you are welcome. The loss of every cultural  
> voice makes
> me reflect on how important is not only "perezivaniye" but also
> "prozivaniye" , i.e living, experiencing, cultural-historical weaving
> cultural-historical psychology in the context of individual human  
> lives.
> Elina
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:09 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks very much, Elina.
> > mike
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Leif Strandberg <
> > leifstrandberg.ab@telia.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Elina for your translation!
> > >
> > > And great to see that there is a Vygotsky museum in Gomel, Bela Rus.
> > >
> > > Leif
> > > Sweden
> > > 27 jul 2010 kl. 02.05 skrev Elina Lampert-Shepel:
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > > > Attached please find Gita Vygotskaya's obituary that was  
> > > > published in
> > > > Russian newspapers. It was written by her daughter, professor Elena
> > > > Kravtsova. I took a liberty to translate and post it on xmca.
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Elina
> > > >
> > > > Elina Lampert-Shepel, Ed.D.
> > > > Associate Professor
> > > > Graduate School of Education
> > > > Mercy College New Teacher Residency Program
> > > > Mercy College
> > > > 66 West 35th Street
> > > > New York, NY 10001
> > > > (212) 615 3367
> > > >
> > > > -- I have on my table a violin string. It is free. I twist one  
> > > > end of it
> > > > and it
> > > > responds. It is free. But it's not free to do what a violin  
> > > > string is
> > > > supposed to do - to produce music. So I take it, fix it in my  
> > > > violin and
> > > > tighten it until it is taut. Only then is it free to be a violin  
> > > > string.
> > > > -Sir Rabindranath Tagore
> > > > <Gita L.doc>
> > > >
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> --
> I have on my table a violin string. It is free. I twist one end of  
> it and it
> responds. It is free. But it's not free to do what a violin string is
> supposed to do - to produce music. So I take it, fix it in my violin  
> and
> tighten it until it is taut. Only then is it free to be a violin  
> string.
> -Sir Rabindranath Tagore
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