Author: loisholzman

10 Jun

Posted at 01:35h in Culture, Education, Politics

  Here's some photos from my trip to Taiwan last month as a guest of Lin-Ching Hsia, professor of psychology at  Fu-Jen University in Taipei and a passionate and successful community organizer. (Lin was a Fulbright Scholar with the East Side Institute some years ago.) I visited and spoke with activists, scholars...

12 Apr

Posted at 03:22h in Activity Theory, Culture, Education, Performance Movement, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Training/Classes

April 10, 2009 "It is not only a Vygotskian atmosphere where professionals share different backgrounds, but a zone where you may improve your human skills and to help others to perform a better world." --Ignacio Dalton, educational researcher, Buenos Aires Argentina "The class has been such a wonderful support system, helping...

09 Apr

Posted at 03:07h in Activity Theory, Language, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Vygotsky

April 7, 2009 I've been making a series of presentations in recent months around New York City and I've thoroughly enjoyed speaking with diverse audiences of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staffs at universities, conferences and human service organizations. The topics of my talks have varied—"Play is the Thing," "Learning in...

15 Feb

Posted at 03:05h in Vygotsky

February 15, 2009 This might be a first — invoking the Zone of Proximal Development to sell a health club! I was doing a "Vygotsky" search on UTube and the first one to come up was an ad for getting fit, not on your own but with others -  Shedfast on...

15 Feb

Posted at 01:22h in Activity Theory, Culture, Politics, Psychology, Vygotsky

February 15, 2009 I am happy to report that a new documentary film, Lev Vygotsky: One Man's Legacy through his Life and Theory, is being released this month. The filmmaker is Valerie Lowe who, in addition to making films, is an adult educator, corporate consultant and staff trainer in British Columbia — and...

07 Feb

Posted at 08:42h in Culture, Performance Movement, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Youth Development

February 7, 2009 I'm excited about a new course offering of the East Side Institute, where I am privileged to be director. It's entitled, "Conversations with a Black Minority: Postmodern Marxists in Dialogue about a New and Innovative Approach to "Black" Psychology," and it will be led by four powerful African...

05 Feb

Posted at 00:53h in Culture, Performance Movement, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Youth Development

Some Words from Ana Marjanovic-Shane The headquarters of the East Side Institute was crowded with friends and colleagues and their friends and colleagues as we launched my new book, Vygotsky at Work and Play on January 23. We interrupted the chatter of conversation and book signing with a short program. Rafael...