Creativity

16 Jul

Posted at 20:52h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Health Care, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Play, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Theatre, What's New, Youth Development

Performing the World (PTW) is a cross-disciplinary gathering of practitioners and scholars from every continent. Participants include performers and performance scholars, psychologists and social workers, physicians and nurses, educators and youth workers, community organizers and activists, and all others for whom performance, play and the creative/expressive arts offer a new...

19 Apr

Posted at 16:30h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, I Like This, Outside of School, What's New

The All Stars Project is seeking diverse fellowship candidates with a relationship to, and an affinity for poor communities of color. What does it mean to be a Fulani Fellow? First and foremost, it means training and working alongside independent activist and grassroots leader Dr. Fulani and her high-performing and diverse...

09 Jan

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

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...

11 Dec

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

  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

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

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...

10 Oct

Posted at 16:11h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein, Youth Development

I'm looking for people interested in exploring the politics, ethics and activity of a relational psychology of becoming.   Social Therapeutics and the Practice of Method: An Advanced Online Course with Lois Holzman and Faculty February — May 2016 Social therapeutics is a “practice of method” for human and community development. What Lois Holzman and Fred...

04 Oct

Posted at 23:00h in Creativity, I Like This, Language, Philosophy, What's New, Words to Ponder

This week's words are from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass—a very playful practical-philosopical book containing hundreds of thinking/speaking muddles. Here's two of them. I. White Queen: Let's consider your age to begin with—how old are you? Alice: I'm seven and a half exactly. White Queen: You needn't say "exactually: I can believe it without that....

01 Aug

Posted at 21:19h in Creativity, Look and Listen

Caught on Tape for August—Making a Conceptual Revolution with Lois Holzman and Eric Maisel Each month the Institute features a discussion of an audio or video recording from our web archives. These rich and varied presentations touch on a range of topics, such as group collective creativity, meaning-making, performance and play, learning...