Author: loisholzman

16 Jan Words to Ponder #15

Posted at 17:47h in I Like This, Language, Politics, Psychology, What's New, Words to Ponder 4 Comments

If I were an historian I'd want to be as creative, eloquent, passionate and rigorous as Kurt Danziger (Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto). A few times a year, I return to his wonderful books, Constructing the Subject: Historical Origins of Psychological Research and Naming the Mind: How Psychology...

14 Jan Interviewing Ananta Giri

Posted at 18:08h in Culture, Events, Human Development, Philosophy 0 Comments

On January 25, 2016 I’ll be interviewing Ananta Kumar Giri, associate professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies in Tamil Nadu, India, as part of the Side Institute’s “Making a Conceptual Revolution” series. Professor Giri is a fascinating person whose interests include social movements and cultural change, creativity and...

11 Jan Taos Institute Webinar on “The Overweight Brain”

Posted at 20:24h in Events, Look and Listen, Speaking Engagements, What's New 2 Comments

Thanks to the Taos Institute for hosting me for a "Conversation with the Author" webinar February 8-12. Anyone can register for free and join in. From February 8-11 people can post comments and questions and create written conversation with each other and me. Then on Friday February 12 10-11:30 EST...

09 Jan The Wasteland of the Free

Posted at 02:10h in I Like This, Look and Listen 1 Comment

[youtube height="HEIGHT" width="WIDTH"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYqDpL0YCvI[/youtube] I love Iris DeMent's voice. A favorite album of mine is her duets with John Prine, In Spite of Oursevles. I just came something different—a very political song, "Living in the Wasteland of the Free." Here are the lyrics Living in the wasteland of the free...

09 Jan Performance, Culture Change and Activism

Posted at 01:43h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, What's New 0 Comments

There's lots of activity around the 9th Performing the World conference/happening to be held in New York City Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. Proposals are due February 21, so please help spread the word (and get your proposals in)! I've heard from PTW old timers who are designing sessions across...

08 Jan Words to Ponder #14

Posted at 20:04h in I Like This, Politics, What's New, Words to Ponder 2 Comments

Worth remembering as we begin a new year...

22 Dec Words to Ponder #13

Posted at 16:08h in Culture, I Like This, Look and Listen, Philosophy, What's New, Words to Ponder 1 Comment

Today’s Words to Ponder are spoken by Sir Malcolm Muckerex, the pompous and erudite narrator in Fred Newman’s play, “Life Upon the Wicked Stage.” The play was first performed live at the American Psychological Association Convention in 1997; you can watch a video performance of it here. The world is a wicked...

18 Dec Words to Ponder # 12

Posted at 14:03h in Culture, Human Development, I Like This, Play, What's New, Words to Ponder 3 Comments

Brian Sutton-Smith was a pioneer in researching the intellectual, social and cultural history of play. He passed away this past March at the age of 90. World renowned for the thoroughness of his scholarly writings, he is also very quotable. Here's one of his most famous: The opposite of play is not a present...

11 Dec Performance and Power

Posted at 19:12h in Applied Theatre, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Play, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Theatre, What's New, Youth Development 0 Comments

ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PROPOSALS September 23-25, 2016 Deadline for Proposals: February 21, 2016 The ninth Performing the World (PTW) conference will be held in New York City, Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. As the practice, understanding and appreciation for performance and play continue to grow, the world context in which...

11 Dec Vygotsky in Practice

Posted at 17:44h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Interviews, Learning Environments, Look and Listen, Philosophy, Play, Vygotsky, What's New, Youth Development 0 Comments

You might enjoy this conversation between Fred Newman and me from 18 years ago! We're looking at the various Vygotskian inspired projects we and our community created and if and how they're "Vygotskian." It was fascinating seeing them in their earlier years (once I got over the shock of seeing a much...