[Xmca-l] Re: Are You Preparing Your AERA Annual Meeting Submission Due July 12?

Sat Jun 19 14:26:27 PDT 2021

Dear Mike.

The quotes that end up at the bottom of my emails are randomly selected from a list that I continue to add to as something particularly strikes me. Some no longer carry much weight anymore for me and should probably be removed. This is not true for this Lessing quote, and I’ve been struck many times by the power of computer-generated random selection to get just the right quote for the moment.

AERA themes frequently seem to miss the moment, but it has been a particularly rough year for people. I want desperately to talk about alternatives to the educational system we have and  have new kinds of conversations. I have sacrificed a lot of potential scholarship to work within my college and the union. The few students I work with in my research group as well as my own children have taught me a lot about how school prevents the young from learning and developing—particularly the development part. I have doubts about our ability to influence the system  as long as "late-stage capitalism" drives us all to focus on jobs—at least with community college students. There is no equitable education, I think, but we might manage some subtly seditious education. That is the power I see in that Lessing quote.

Best,
Lara

> On Jun 18, 2021, at 2:08 PM, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> 
> That Lessing quote was a superbly chosen thought for our times, Lara. Thanks for the rich material for reflection.  What Lessing described for the turn of the 20th century can already be read in the inscriptions and socio-architectural structure of Uruk, 5000 years ago. Uruk -- where formal schooling emerged as a cornerstone of the authoritarian, male dominated, lifeworlds we still inhabit. The goal of schooling was to create cadres of scribes, in the service of the King/Priest, who collected taxes from their grain, part of which was used for festivals of overconsumption to elaborate adoration of the goddess. To me, the power system she describes is baked into the system from at least the time agriculture became an essential part of human social/species reproduction.
> 
> Doris Lessing's thoughts arrived in my mail cue 2 minutes after I had gone to the AERA site to see what the overall theme was.
> Cultivating Equitable Education for the 21st century.
> 
> -Cultivating is what agri culturalists do. Cultivating minds is a phrase routinely encountered in current development and learning discourse.
>  -Equitable signals a focus on providing all people with an educational experience sufficient to insure a fair chance at a long life and liberty and
>    wellbeing (to use the modern lingo).  The intellectual tradition of viewing schools/classroom as gardens also has ancient advocates.
> -Education as word is itself split in its meaning:
> 
> The word "education" is derived from the Latin word ēducātiō ("A breeding, a bringing up, a rearing") from ēducō ("I educate, I train") which is related to the homonym ēdūcō ("I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect") from ē- ("from, out of") and dūcō ("I lead, I conduct").https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_search-3Fq-3Deducation-2Betymological-2Bmeaning-26rlz-3D1C1CHBD-5FenUS911US911-26sxsrf-3DALeKk03urayBHNrgMT-2DZ7ZgTR8wvopNWGQ-3A1624038943896-26tbm-3Disch-26source-3Diu-26ictx-3D1-26fir-3D0l9u9Mium6TuoM-25252CcT1ABJTx3MR4DM-25252C-5F-26vet-3D1-26usg-3DAI4-5F-2DkTvP6CnPWtghxBhnTl-2D-2DDSUvq3I4w-26sa-3DX-26ved-3D2ahUKEwjo3-2DfC4KHxAhXYuZ4KHZcyAf8Q-5Fh16BAgMEAE-23imgrc-3D0l9u9Mium6TuoM&d=DwIFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=9lf1XCLtwmU-67UKZD509Q4G63BD10zOm3o5XcSInt8&m=SA9heqedr4FPSjcoKwU3bO5UMNK_lPIxvcrspsH5WKg&s=HRQTqsArwaMrTyuZDtLTNDJReHpq052vY30WMrn-sUg&e=  <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_search-3Fq-3Deducation-2Betymological-2Bmeaning-26rlz-3D1C1CHBD-5FenUS911US911-26sxsrf-3DALeKk03urayBHNrgMT-2DZ7ZgTR8wvopNWGQ-3A1624038943896-26tbm-3Disch-26source-3Diu-26ictx-3D1-26fir-3D0l9u9Mium6TuoM-25252CcT1ABJTx3MR4DM-25252C-5F-26vet-3D1-26usg-3DAI4-5F-2DkTvP6CnPWtghxBhnTl-2D-2DDSUvq3I4w-26sa-3DX-26ved-3D2ahUKEwjo3-2DfC4KHxAhXYuZ4KHZcyAf8Q-5Fh16BAgMEAE-23imgrc-3D0l9u9Mium6TuoM&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=9lf1XCLtwmU-67UKZD509Q4G63BD10zOm3o5XcSInt8&m=l4BspCA8w-4nRaNhiUKv6yXvUxxvajQX4T6SYHn261E&s=3RgXM-rPh-zae3DfKMIGXXyK4UY_JQH4A9RdxiIMgk8&e=>
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> -Education is what AERA is about and it is split too: between breeding, training and drawing forth, different processes the meaning of which cannot
>  be determined outside of the system of activity itself.
> 
> -21st century is a mis-leading horizon. It might have been forward looking in 2016 but now it should be "for the post-covid, 
> post BLM#metoo, post George Floyd, mixed with the slower burning crises associated with global warming, poverty, and mass migration."
> 
> What do cultural historical,sociocutural developmentalist/educators have to offer in terms of potentially implementable strategies for clear, if
> not initially transformative change in the organization of schooling for the last 79 years of the 21st century? A symposium that tackled this
> question might be worth travelling a long way to participate in. Or watching via the marvelous new media that are as much as part of the problem
> as the solution. Whatever AERA arranges. Besides, we can use the money we spent last year in a confused search for connectivity to attend this
> year for free.... i am pretty sure.
> 
> mike
> 
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>  
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>  be.
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> is no serious national will to even life's playing field.  But just in case, and perhaps as a way of making the case, assume
> that there was a massive 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 8:19 AM Lara Beaty <larabeaty@gmail.com <mailto:larabeaty@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Nacho,
> 
> I’ve been trying to get an overview of work on trauma and trauma-informed pedagogy to relate to my work with students in a community college, who frequently confide horrible experiences to me and who opushed for our collective research to focus on adverse childhood experiences. This has gone new directions because of the pandemic. I have been thinking a lot about how CHAT doesn’t focus enough on the affective-volitional aspects of development but how a more holistic, Vygotskian approach would be an improvement on some of the mainstream work on trauma. 
> 
> I think the fit between what we’re doing would be beautiful! We just need at least one more person looking at similar issue who’s interested!
> 
> Best,
> Lara 
> 
>> On Jun 18, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Nacho Montero <nacho.montero@uam.es <mailto:nacho.montero@uam.es>> wrote:
>> 
>> Lara,
>> It sounds great. Let’s see another proposals. Here are the rules:
>> “Session submissions for symposia must have a minimum of three (3) participants. Session submissions for symposia are limited to six (6) participants for 90-minute sessions and seven (7) participants for 120-minute sessions. The number of participants includes presenters and any discussants. These limits are in addition to the chair” (Call for submissions, p. 7).
>> My presentation would have three parts: Emotion in the works of LSV; current theoretical contributions for a socio-cultural perspective on emotion and lines for future research. 
>> My own recent work is about emotional education but I guess the topic would cover topics like trauma.
>> Continue in touch.
>> Nacho 
>>  
>> De: 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>> En nombre de Lara Beaty
>> Enviado el: viernes, 18 de junio de 2021 16:38
>> Para: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>> Asunto: [Xmca-l] Re: Are You Preparing Your AERA Annual Meeting Submission Due July 12?
>>  
>> Hi Nacho.
>>  
>> I’ve been struggling with a paper on addressing trauma from a CHAT perspective if you want to put together a symposium focused on emotion.
>>  
>> Best,
>> Lara
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 18, 2021, at 10:13 AM, Nacho Montero <nacho.montero@uam.es <mailto:nacho.montero@uam.es>> wrote:
>>>  
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> My idea was simple: I have a Poster that couldn’t present at Jean Piaget Society and I wish to present at the AERA Annual Meeting. In addition, I presented a paper on Vygotsky and Emotion at the ISCAR ibérico. I was thinking to send the two proposals in an individual way.
>>> But if other people are interested, we can try to organize a Symposium with a more general perspective. For example: “Sociocultural approaches to emotional education”. Or more accurate with the main issue for the Conference: “Emotional education as another tool for equity: A socio-cultural perspective”. 
>>> We have twenty four days… A lot of time, from my perspective!
>>> Anyone interested?
>>> Nacho
>>>  
>>>  
>>> De: 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>> En nombre de mike cole
>>> Enviado el: miércoles, 16 de junio de 2021 20:13
>>> Para: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>> Asunto: [Xmca-l] Re: Fwd: Are You Preparing Your AERA Annual Meeting Submission Due July 12?
>>>  
>>> Hey Nacho!
>>>  
>>> I haven't even looked at the call. Will there be mixed zoom/in person meetings? 
>>> If so, suggest a topic!
>>> mike
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 11:07 AM Nacho Montero <nacho.montero@uam.es <mailto:nacho.montero@uam.es>> wrote:
>>>> I will and I’ll try…
>>>> We would be still able to celebrate your birthday… Wouldn’t we?
>>>> Abrazo,
>>>> Nacho
>>>>  
>>>> De: 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>> En nombre de mike cole
>>>> Enviado el: miércoles, 16 de junio de 2021 19:52
>>>> Para: XMCA <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>> Asunto: [Xmca-l] Fwd: Are You Preparing Your AERA Annual Meeting Submission Due July 12?
>>>>  
>>>> Anyone planning on visiting our fair city?
>>>> Mike
>>>>  
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>> They have always known, they have known for ten thousand years, that to lock a human being into solitary confinement can make a madman of him or an animal. They have always known that a poor man is frightened of the police and his landlord is a slave. They have always known that frightened people are cruel. They have always known that violence breeds violence. And we know it. But do the great masses of the world know it? No. It is our job to tell them. Because great men can’t be bothered. Their imaginations are already occupied with how to colonize Venus; they are already creating in the minds visions of a society full of free and noble human beings.
>> —Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook, 1962, p. 590
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> Time heals all, but what if time itself is the disease? Sometimes you have to bend to go on living. To live . . . one look is enough.
> --Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire
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