I posted a new chapter of The Overweight Brain a few days ago and am so pleased with the great feedback I'm receiving so far. Here's a snippet: Science relies on and perpetuates the distinction (dualism) between subjective and objective—subjective being beliefs, attitudes, and other mental processes that are “inside,” and objective being...
My Facebook feed this morning made me happy. Here’s why— That’s Marian Rich—long-time friend, colleague and member of the current International Class of the East Side Institute—holding a copy of the new Second Edition of my book, Vygotsky at Work and Play. I’m excited for Marian and others to read it! Here’s...
Renowned scholar John Shotter passed away on December 8, 2016 after a long illness. John loved to talk and to listen, to create conversation about everything, most especially about conversation itself. His contributions to social constructionism, Open Dialogue and a radically humanistic psychology are acknowledged and studied the world over. I...
[caption id="attachment_3254" align="aligncenter" width="4032"] National Dong-Hwa University[/caption] A few weeks after traveling to Bogotá Colombia to participate in the International Conference on Citizenship Culture, Dan Friedman (Institute faculty, artistic director of the All Stars Project's Castillo Theatre and associate dean of All Stars' UX) and I were on our way to...
A colleague of mine invited me to contribute a chapter to a book he's putting together. Over the summer I completed the draft chapter, which I call Zones of Proximal Development: Mundane and Magical. I share a paragraph from the beginning pages and another from the ending pages. (You'll have...
I'm happy to report that the expanded second edition of my book, Vygotsky at Work and Play is just three weeks away from publication (11/17/16). To give you a preview, here's an excerpt from my Introduction to the second edition. In his thoughtful and very generous Foreword to the first edition...
Dan Friedman (artistic director of the Castillo Theatre and associate dean of UX) and I were in Bogota Colombia last week at the invitation of former mayor Antanas Mockus and his organization Corpovisionarois. We were both keynote speakers at their International Conference on Citizenship Culture. This years theme was "Another...
I’m excited to be leading a Revolutionary Conversation this November with Alvaader Frazier—community organizer, human rights attorney, poet and friend. Culture Interrupted...
I'm immersed this week in final preparations for the 9th Performing the World event, PTW '16: Can We Perform Our Way to Power? (September 23-25) and in working on the science chapter for my online book The Overweight Brain. One thing led to another, as they always do. I was beginning to...
The Performing the World 2016 newsletters can't help but inspire you. Each newsletter features some of the creative performance activists presenting September 23-25 at this important gathering. Check back for more newsletters over the next two weeks. ...