[Xmca-l] Re: some videos for a general audience
Andy Blunden
andyb@marxists.org
Fri Feb 14 13:17:36 PST 2020
Any chance you could help us maintain this genre by
(perhaps) speaking your question into your phone and
recording a little video of it, and sending to me? ZPD is a
challenging one, but I'll have a go, but your second one I
would very much like to see formulated as a video question
in your voice.
andy
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*Andy Blunden*
Hegel for Social Movements <https://brill.com/view/title/54574>
Home Page <https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm>
On 15/02/2020 4:02 am, Wendy Maples wrote:
> This is such a great project: thank you Andy and Anthony!!
> (Though I am very concerned about Anthony posing Qs whilst
> driving -- let's have a rule against that please 🙂.)
>
> A video on the ZPD would be very welcome, please, in
> particular, how 'social interaction' might be expressed.
>
> All the best,
> Wendy
> (sitting safely on her sofa waiting for the lemon drizzle
> cake to bake)
>
>
>
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> *From:* xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
> <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Anthony
> Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 12 February 2020 16:58
> *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
> *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: some videos for a general audience
> Andy has replied, and his responses are here:
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK3JV1Ux_5Xu2aCKJ2iNGSvY-8wo28vx
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLEK3JV1Ux_5Xu2aCKJ2iNGSvY-8wo28vx&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426770020&sdata=LQDuiA2ExdxpohuvMhmXDF4uTFt%2Fq1KTBTufbW7HGsw%3D&reserved=0>
>
>
> Would anyone else like to get involved in this little
> video project?
>
> Thanks ~
> Anthony
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 6:18 PM Andy Blunden
> <andyb@marxists.org <mailto:andyb@marxists.org>> wrote:
>
> i was shocked when I saw you'd cut my 9 mins to 2
> mins, Anthony, but after I'd watched the 2 min
> version, I couldn't think what I could have been
> saying for the remaining 7 mins. You are a good editor.
>
> I would appreciate it if you, Anthony, or anyone else,
> could send me a video clip of 5-15 seconds with a
> question to answer.
>
> Andy
>
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> *Andy Blunden*
> Hegel for Social Movements
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fview%2Ftitle%2F54574&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426770020&sdata=GnuA%2BGI6A6Wux6KyZ5NMcwVGz%2BiusVLiKnt9z00E63s%3D&reserved=0>
> Home Page
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> On 11/02/2020 7:36 am, Anthony Barra wrote:
>> Thanks to Andy for his first video response -- on the
>> Social Situation of Development.
>>
>> Snippets here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK3JV1Ux_5W2ZfG2I-J7prbfDUK_dIlo
>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLEK3JV1Ux_5W2ZfG2I-J7prbfDUK_dIlo&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426780018&sdata=mCkl3oqFy2pTJiUe0z%2BBYGubB6lertsHz2VnptcpGHs%3D&reserved=0>
>> Full video here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK3JV1Ux_5Xu2aCKJ2iNGSvY-8wo28vx
>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPLEK3JV1Ux_5Xu2aCKJ2iNGSvY-8wo28vx&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426780018&sdata=XKtcU8AWzZfgSGrnNN4zthGzjWEfErYb%2FonzVoS6hew%3D&reserved=0>
>>
>> I will pose new questions soon -- and if anyone would
>> like to contribute to the new "Answered questions"
>> playlist, that would be great -- and probably fun for
>> all involved.
>>
>> Thanks for the hospitality,
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 6:20 AM Wendy Maples
>> <wendy.maples@outlook.com
>> <mailto:wendy.maples@outlook.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Likewise, I would be very pleased to have a short
>> video on 'Topic 1' especially!
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>> <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>> <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>> <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>> on
>> behalf of Helen Beetham <helen.beetham@gmail.com
>> <mailto:helen.beetham@gmail.com>>
>> *Sent:* 07 February 2020 09:19
>> *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
>> <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>> *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: some videos for a general
>> audience
>> The two minute explainer videos are a wonderful
>> idea.
>> As a researcher I would be really interested to
>> hear (and share) some two-minute, practical
>> accounts of using CHAT in research settings.
>> After years of working in the field and using
>> (and recommending) AT as an analytical frame to
>> other researchers, I’m finding that in order to
>> submit something for a PhD I have to write an
>> extraordinary long and detailed justification for
>> its use, via critical theory, philosophy of
>> language, and even evolutionary biology. The
>> reason I think it’s so powerful a tool - and the
>> reason I think it’s so controversial - is that it
>> falls between sociological methods/explanations
>> that tend to be hyper local and resist any
>> systematic account of the relationships between
>> agency, material artefacts, and
>> cultural-historical systems - and more cybernetic
>> or systematic accounts that dissolve human agency
>> and meaning-making in the ‘factors’ and forces
>> acting on a situation. AT comes through the
>> middle - but exactly how it does that seems to me
>> very particular to the context of study. I’d be
>> interested in any thoughts or practical
>> experiences - and apologise for any mistakes or
>> naivity of my own understanding.
>>
>> The XMCA archives are a mine of useful
>> discussion, but there are few really seminal
>> articles - to someone not centrally involved it’s
>> sometimes hard to make the link between the
>> philosophy and the method.
>>
>> In solidarity
>> Helen
>>
>> Helen Beetham, Researcher and Consultant
>> @helenbeetham helenb33
>> helen.beetham@gmail.com
>> <mailto:helen.beetham@gmail.com>
>> h.a.beetham@wlv.ac.uk <mailto:h.a.beetham@wlv.ac.uk>
>> digitalthinking.org.uk
>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalthinking.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426790007&sdata=EO7VtSaY7siytIwkbHbYNhTLMBoZUQf603ywxO8siHc%3D&reserved=0>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 7 Feb 2020, at 01:41, Anthony Barra
>>> <anthonymbarra@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:anthonymbarra@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, thanks Andy. Good idea.
>>>
>>> And then after that we can have another chat, if
>>> we can think of a worthy topic.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 6:17 PM Andy Blunden
>>> <andyb@marxists.org <mailto:andyb@marxists.org>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Totally wonderful questions, Anthony,
>>> questions which beautifully illustrate the
>>> creativity of collaboration!
>>>
>>> I will record them on my webcam and edit
>>> them and send them to you, rather than doing
>>> it by Skype. Allow me a couple of weeks
>>> though. The first requires a thought-out
>>> concise answer, and the other 2 require a
>>> lot of thought.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *Andy Blunden*
>>> Hegel for Social Movements
>>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fview%2Ftitle%2F54574&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426790007&sdata=zGTg640PVhXHPvxtW5Gb0tg0zE1B%2BcT0CKswygnSYhQ%3D&reserved=0>
>>> Home Page
>>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ethicalpolitics.org%2Fablunden%2Findex.htm&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426800007&sdata=uAD9dSokW%2Bjm%2BmVNoW1FjiVPHu1mBpeusvN9XfNxkAU%3D&reserved=0>
>>>
>>> On 7/02/2020 4:34 am, Anthony Barra wrote:
>>>> Hi Andy,
>>>>
>>>> I have two potential topics in mind, if you
>>>> would find either (or both) of them
>>>> suitable -- both with an audience of
>>>> non-experts in mind:
>>>>
>>>> Topic 1 - a layman's explanation of the
>>>> concept of /the social situation of
>>>> development /through the eyes of an expert;
>>>> /
>>>> /
>>>> Topic 2a - Thus far, what have been the
>>>> worst, and the best, real-world outcomes
>>>> from Marx's methods of analysis? Of
>>>> Vygotsky's? Can these questions be
>>>> objectively answered?
>>>> Topic 2b - Why should - or how could - a
>>>> skeptic or critic of Marx's economic
>>>> analysis have faith in Vygotsky's
>>>> psychological analysis?
>>>>
>>>> My motivations: for reasons I'm not totally
>>>> sure of, I am a slow learner -- and at
>>>> times feel like my understanding is
>>>> progressing in reverse. Topic 1 is a
>>>> component of cultural-historical theory I
>>>> don't yet feel comfortable with; Topic 2 is
>>>> something I personally am curious about,
>>>> and it is also a topic I can't speak
>>>> productively about in conversations with
>>>> peers and friends. Lastly, I am motivated
>>>> to continue building my youtube channel
>>>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUCV_JLMKIELbpjSH3nbmISoQ%2Fabout&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426800007&sdata=8cxr%2B18Z7GV1yQXIi0O0O14Nd3DzZgpwuPLyH964aHA%3D&reserved=0>,
>>>> in hopes that it will be a helpful resource
>>>> to others who have been captured - and
>>>> confused - by Vygotsky and his ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:30 PM Andy
>>>> Blunden <andyb@marxists.org
>>>> <mailto:andyb@marxists.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I really like what you've done to make
>>>> those two-minute quickies, Anthony.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be up for some more 2-minute Q&As
>>>> if you are. And I've got better
>>>> internet connection these days, too.
>>>>
>>>> Send me a list of
>>>> topics/problems/questions and I'll pick
>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>> The fact is: people don't watch
>>>> hour-long youtube videos. Sadly. You
>>>> have the solution. :)
>>>>
>>>> andy
>>>>
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>>>> *Andy Blunden*
>>>> Hegel for Social Movements
>>>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fview%2Ftitle%2F54574&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426809995&sdata=XNuCkrEdeHbYaO2JiM8Pgvc8wrdhD5A4%2B1KyKVvaMtU%3D&reserved=0>
>>>> Home Page
>>>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ethicalpolitics.org%2Fablunden%2Findex.htm&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426809995&sdata=pkiLCib0ovib6woj2905ozZ0wXFEADetkpxnOGj39yc%3D&reserved=0>
>>>>
>>>> On 24/01/2020 2:20 pm, Anthony Barra wrote:
>>>>> Good evening,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to share a small project I've
>>>>> been working on recently, in an
>>>>> attempt to better understand
>>>>> Vygotsky's ideas and implications.
>>>>>
>>>>> Short clips are here, averaging about
>>>>> 2 minutes apiece:
>>>>> http://tiny.cc/dra4iz
>>>>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Fdra4iz&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426819989&sdata=GfxPVwAMoAjMWJmN8Ji5T7sKeJyiTeQ4I7ZX1xSGPv0%3D&reserved=0>
>>>>>
>>>>> Longer ones are here, and I am very
>>>>> grateful to Andy, Nikolai, and Peter
>>>>> for their generosity:
>>>>> http://tiny.cc/bpa4iz
>>>>> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Fbpa4iz&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbb0a04dbcbed4cf815e308d7affcfdaf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637171373426819989&sdata=CNYQ%2BCWF7K30lXViSOFW4U%2FVunwMtArBTOT8SztCo5c%3D&reserved=0>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you, and have a great day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony Barra
>>>>
>>
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