Culture

07 Mar New Book Series!

Posted at 03:10h in Applied Theatre, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology, Publications, What's New, Youth Development 2 Comments

I'm excited to share a new project of mine. I'm series editor for a new collection of books for Palgrave Macmillan on the topic of Play, Performance, Learning and Development. Over the next three years (and maybe beyond) researchers and practitioners will have a multi-disciplinary "home" to publish their work...

28 Feb Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information

Posted at 20:18h in Culture, I Like This, Philosophy, Theatre, What's New 0 Comments

I just saw "Love and Information", the new play by the great playwright Carly Churchill. Unique in form (15 actors played 100 parts in 57 scenes that are seconds to a few minutes long), it's equally unusual in content—how our obsession with knowing and information permeates our everyday conversations and...

25 Feb The Performance Turn in Social Activism

Posted at 14:44h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Politics, Publications, Training/Classes, What's New 0 Comments

[caption id="attachment_2074" align="aligncenter" width="478"] New Book and Coffee Cup[/caption] I was so pleased to see this new book in the mail yesterday that I took a photo of it. Performance Studies in Motion originated in a 2010 conference at the University of Haifa: RS and PS: Richard Schechner and Performance Studies....

20 Feb Discover Development—NYC

Posted at 18:07h in Creativity, Culture, Events, Human Development, Performance Movement, Play, Speaking Engagements, Training/Classes, What's New 1 Comment

I'll be playing "Development Tour Guide" once again this coming May 16-18 as I lead another Discover Development NYC weekend. It's a unique small-group experience in seeing and making culture in one of the world's most vibrant cities. Contact Melissa Meyer at mmeyer@eastsideinstitute.org if you're interested. Click here for more information. ...

30 Jan The Mystery of Play at TEDx

Posted at 00:07h in Creativity, Culture, Events, Human Development, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, What's New 2 Comments

Announcing TEDxNavesink PLAY I'm happy to say that I'll be there in Red Bank NJ on May 10 2014. for this unique event on the subject of PLAY. I'll be one of two dozen presenters (list in formation). I titled my talk, "Unveiling the Mystery of How Play Helps Us to Grow at...

22 Jan Seeing the Unseen in High School Theatre

Posted at 20:39h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, I Like This, Publications, What's New 0 Comments

The Unseen Benefits of the Arts in Schools, An Op Ed by Univrsity of Georgia professor Peter Smagornisky. I'm glad to say I've known Peter for many years through our work together in AERA (American Educational Research Association). Peter's co-author is Michelle Thorne. I like how they help us see a...

12 Jan What a thing is language!

Posted at 03:27h in Activity Theory, Creativity, Culture, Language, Philosophy, Popular Posts, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements 7 Comments

Here’s something I’ve been mulling over for a long time (decades!): the “blessing and the curse” that is human language. What an invention! Making sounds together creating meanings, meanings creating and shaping and reshaping perceptions, concepts, beliefs, feelings, relationships, images, imagination… What we have done and continue to do with, and...

27 Dec Something Really Good Was on TV

Posted at 23:08h in Culture, I Like This, What's New 1 Comment

December 27, 2013 I love "Sing-Off" the a cappella competition show on NBC...

21 Dec How Do We See What We See?

Posted at 01:36h in Culture, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming 9 Comments

December 20, 2013 Ever since I heard long ago that “Eskimos have 100 words for snow” I’ve been fascinated by how we see, and the ways that our culture and language inter-relate with our perceptions. Never mind that the “words for snow” claim has been questioned and debated for more than...