Culture

30 Oct

Posted at 22:10h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Vygotsky, Youth Development

October 30, 2009 These days, la Cuidad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico is pretty much known for one thing—violent crime. No denying the destruction of life and transformation of culture that’s hit this city so hard. But it is not the whole story (it never is). [caption id="attachment_321" align="alignleft" width="300"...

16 Sep

Posted at 16:58h in Culture, Language, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics

September 16, 2009 In a few weeks, I’ll begin working (and playing) with a new International Class—grass roots community activists and scholars who will gather at the East Side Institute for their first residency. Coming from different places and professions, they share a desire to change the world—and an eagerness to...

19 Aug

Posted at 20:08h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Language, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Reviews, Social Therapeutics, Vygotsky

August 19, 2009 Popular books, especially if they relate to current events, get reviewed  as soon as they are published—and sometimes before. Not so academic books. Alas, it's typically a year before a review appears in print. So I was pleasantly surprised today to find an email in my inbox from...

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...

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...