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Learning Environments

29 Dec

Posted at 22:52h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Vygotsky, Youth Development

[caption id="attachment_1180" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Zdravo da Ste Weekend"][/caption] December 29, 2011 I returned from Serbia a few weeks ago, energized from six very performatory days with friends old and new. Nearly every year since 1997 as winter begins I’ve made the journey to work and play with the extraordinary people of Zdravo...

27 Oct

Posted at 02:36h in Activity Theory, Creativity, Education, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Politics, Popular Posts, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein

October 26, 2011 Question: What's it like to participate in an academic conference taking place in China and on the topic of contemporary capitalism? Answer: An academic conference. Which is to say that you have to do the work to create human connection/conversation outside the rigid conference structure of one person after another...

18 Oct

Posted at 04:02h in Creativity, Education, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein

October 17, 2011 Last week in The Thought Leadership of Fred Newman we played with the Newman play in which Lev Vygotsky and Ludwig Wittgenstein are in therapy with a social therapist (referred to in my last post). I asked folks to break up into four groups and perform the readings of the...

09 Oct

Posted at 17:38h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Language, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Philosophy, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, Wittgenstein

October 9, 2012 I’m currently leading the second phase of my ongoing series, "The Thought Leadership of Fred Newman," at the East Side Institute. For this coming Monday’s session we’re going to play around with two of Newman’s “Psychology Plays”—written expressly for performance at APA (American Psychological Association) annual conventions during...

06 Oct

Posted at 12:35h in Activity Theory, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy, Theatre, Vygotsky, Youth Development

October 6, 2011 I was delighted to come across this Amazon reader review of my book Vygotsky at Work and Play. The author is David R. Cross, Ph.D. Thanks, David!  A Transformative Book Reflecting on a Transformative Life, July 2, 2011 Every now and then you get lucky, and find the book that is...

02 Oct

Posted at 18:01h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Theatre, Youth Development

October 2, 2011 I'm thrilled to announce the next Performing the World (PTW) conference/festival, "Can Performance Change Save the World?" to take place in New York City October 4-7, 2012. Proposals are due March 1, 2012. The theme of the last PTW, held in 2010 and attended by over 500 people from dozens...

21 Jul

Posted at 15:14h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development

July 20, 2011 I've written before about the All Stars Project's unique and fabulous UX, a free, open-to-all, university-style development center, but it's worth mentioning over and over. This new project creates its curriculum from suggestions for courses from those who want to learn and ideas from those who want to...

21 Jun

Posted at 19:15h in Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics

June 21, 2011 Fred Newman and I have written quite a bit about the specific ways that Ludwig Wittgenstein has influenced the social therapeutic practice and our understanding and articulation of the practice. As I teach a course/lead a conversation, “The Thought Leadership of Fred Newman,” these past three weeks (as...