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Human Development

10 Jul

Posted at 19:38h in Culture, Human Development, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming

"it's taken being locked down and closed in for us to be opened up"   The East Side Institute (Institute) of which I am the director is launching a new podcast in August called “All Power to the Developing.” I’d like to take its launch as an opportunity to share with you...

02 Jul

Posted at 18:02h in Creativity, Human Development, Interviews, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics

Robyn Stratton-Berkessel is the host of Positivity Strategist, an interview series focusing on positive change methodologies, including social construction and appreciative inquiry. The current shows in this fabulous podcast, conceived in collaboration with the Taos Institute, feature a diverse group of scholars and practitioners responding to the invitation—"What are the...

18 Feb

Posted at 11:44h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Human Development, Performing the World, Play, Psychology of Becoming

In this guest blog, two wonderful performance activists share their amazing work with you. Performing the world and we stay closer to one another By Cheng Zeng and Marian Rich Cheng: The Chinese lunar new year of the Mouse should have been a time for family reunions. Unfortunately, a devastating coronavirus has spread...

29 Dec

Posted at 23:25h in Activity Theory, Critical psychiatry, Culture, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics

When I have an academic presentation to make or an article to write on social therapeutic methodology, it's usually an opportunity to play around with conceptions I've spoken and written about many times before. I like the challenge of creating new frames ("What do I want to say to this...

19 Jun

Posted at 03:01h in Applied Theatre, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Theatre, Training/Classes

Back: Mayari Perez Arroyo , Mike Pickering, Bashiru Lasisi, Guillermo Terisotto, Francisco Estefogo, Laura Sonnino, Martha McCoy, Eva Brenner. Front:  Andre Liberali, Mieke Lippstreu, Oscar Lozoya, Drazen Horvatic, Annie Rose Stathes.  This past Saturday (June 15, 2019) the happy group pictured above graduated as the 15th International Class of the East Side Institute (joining 130...

22 Mar

Posted at 01:45h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Philosophy, Play, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Publications, Social Therapeutics

I spent last week with 16 Japanese professors and graduate students who traveled to NYC for an immersion in social therapeutics, the psychology of becoming, and a first-hand experience with how these "tools-and-results" help people grow by performing our sociality and building community. We had a wonderful time together. By...

01 Mar

Posted at 21:26h in Creativity, Culture, Health Care, Human Development, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming

  Here’s a recent article from The Washington Post that reports on an important and exciting trend in Alzheimer’s care: Changing the "Tragedy Narrative:" Why a Growing Camp Is Promoting a More Joyous Approach to Alzheimer’s. The article shines a spotlight on some of the many, many activists, advocates, caregivers and people living with dementia who are...